Scale Master 2.0 vs Ukulele by Ear
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Scale Master 2.0
This app helps musicians improve their tuning accuracy and speed. It uses droning sounds to practice intonation and visually highlights scale patterns for easy recognition. Ideal for both aspiring and professional musicians, as well as educators.
- Droning sound practice for intonation
- Visual scale pattern highlighting
- Supports various scale modes
- Scale auto-play function
- Real-time interval generation
- 780 droning renderings
- 420 scale configurations
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Train your ears. Strengthen your intonation. Play with greater confidence. Scale Master helps musicians develop a more reliable sense of pitch by turning intonation into something you can clearly hear, feel, and practice. Whether you sing, play a wind or string instrument, rehearse an ensemble, or teach music, Scale Master provides a steady tonal reference that makes focused listening easier. Practice with a sustained root and justly tuned interval to hear when two notes truly resonate. As your pitch settles into place, beating is reduced and the sound becomes clearer—helping you learn the sensation of playing in tune, not merely watching a tuner. Switch to scale practice to build dependable pitch placement across keys. Hear each scale ascend and descend while following its pattern on screen, then work at your own pace with adjustable tempo, note length, repetition, and metronome support. Scale Master can help you: • Recognize and correct intonation more quickly • Hear the resonance of well-tuned intervals • Develop stronger interval and scale awareness • Improve ensemble balance and harmonic listening • Practice confidently with a stable tonal center • Demonstrate pitch relationships clearly to students Choose your concert root, octave, transposing instrument, enharmonic spelling, and pitch calibration to create a practice environment that fits your music. Use Scale mode for consistent equal-tempered pitch placement, or Drone mode to explore the resonance of just intonation. Included scales cover essential material such as major, natural minor, harmonic minor, blues, whole tone, chromatic, and pentatonic scales. An optional Jazz Modes upgrade adds Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, and Locrian modes. Designed by a professional musician and educator, Scale Master is a practical ear-training companion for students, teachers, ensemble directors, and experienced performers who want to hear more deeply—and play more beautifully in tune.
Ukulele by Ear
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…so you learned a couple of chords and your favorite melodies, but you don’t feel any progress anymore… Ukulele by Ear comes to rescue! This is a pro tool for ukulele learners who want a shortcut to fluency on the instrument. You can start on any level and still gain powerful progress. With this tool you will be able to play the ukulele it is meant to be played by ear, any melody or solo, you will gain a very deep understanding of chords and the notes they consist of and are surrounded by, they tell you all about this in lessons, but you never actually get to ingrain it. Yet this is the most important skill there is for mastering the ukulele and play any music by ear. The app allows you to practice with just the smartphone or with your real ukulele. This exercise might look a little bit tedious, but trust us, you will see very powerful results in your music within days of using the app 10-20 minutes per day. You could call it hacking the ukulele. You will learn to play the instrument by ear in DAYS with Ukulele by Ear, something other musicians struggle for YEARS for and still not everyone gets there. You will. During the first month. How much money would you pay to obtain such a skill? Consider this your lucky day, because you are on your way for real musicianship whether it is your hobby or you want to pursue career in music, this app sets you app for the best results.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Scale Master 2.0 at $1.99 against Ukulele by Ear's $12.99. Ukulele by Ear's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). On update cadence, ads and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Scale Master 2.0 costs $1.99 and Ukulele by Ear $12.99 up front. Scale Master 2.0 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ukulele by Ear asks for nothing beyond the download.
Scale Master 2.0 ships an update every 2 months, Ukulele by Ear every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Scale Master 2.0 | Ukulele by Ear |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $12.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (23 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 23 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 190 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gil Estes | Oleg Sokolov |
In-app purchases
Scale Master 2.0
- Jazz Modes$0.99
Ukulele by Ear
No in-app purchases
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