Comparison

Piano Ear Training vs Solfeggio

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Piano Ear Training

Develop your musical ear with interactive exercises for intervals, chords, scales, and melodies. Personalize your training to focus on specific areas and track your progress. Ideal for musicians of all levels, from beginners to advanced.

Highlights
  • Interval training
  • Chord distinction
  • Pitch training
  • Melodic dictation
  • Chord progression exercises
  • Personalized training levels
  • Progress tracking
Features
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• Suitable for beginners to advanced musicians with all the essential ear training exercises in various levels. • Quickly develop aural skills by personalising your training by focusing on specific chords, intervals, progressions, scales etc. • Track progress as you improve efficiently in each ear training discipline. • A simple intuitive design enables you quickly enjoy ear training and follow the help and tutorials to get most out of the ear trainer. • Configurable piano which strongly aids connection between visual and aural skills and musical instruments. • Most popular and extensive ear training with over 1 millions users. • Highly recommended by professional and student musicians in top musical schools contributing to the design for their own use. • Ideal for all musicians as you can easily change the instrument sounds. Exercises: ***** interval training ***** Being able to determine intervals between notes in the key skill to playing by ear. Challenge your expertise by changing the base note or playing the notes together. This is made easy as it associates an interval with a well known song. ***** chord distinction ***** Can you distinguish between a Major from a Minor chord for example? There are 100s of chords to differentiate. You can help your understanding by selecting arpeggio mode to aid chord distinction and selecting highlight to visualise the construction of the chords. You can challenge yourself by changing the key of the chord. Work your way quickly and steadily through the levels. Another exercise to help you fully understand musical theory and composition. ***** higher lower ***** Given 2 notes, can you identify whether the second note is higher or lower in pitch than the first note? Musicians can train their ears to recognise different pitches. Whilst this is a beginners exercise, you can challenge yourself by reducing the range of the 2 notes played. ***** pitch training ***** After hearing a pitch, can you accurately play that same pitch on the piano? This exercise allows your to zoom in on the note using relative pitch skills, and will record how many notes it takes for you to correctly identify. You can easily adjust the difficult by setting a time interval between listening and playing. ***** interval comparison ***** Given 2 intervals, can you determine whether the second interval is wider or narrower in distance? ***** pitch identification ***** A popular test that comes up in music grade aural exams. Given a chord can you identify a specific note/pitch within it? For example, given a C Major chord, can you find the highest note? ***** melodic dictation ***** Listen to a melody and then play it back on the piano. You can make it easier by adjusting the speed and focusing on a few notes at a time. ***** chord progression ***** Can you distinguish a I - IV - V - I progression from a I - V- IV - I? Contains all the most common chord progressions which you will find in nearly all the most popular songs. ***** scale identification ***** Listen to a scale and can you then identify it as a Major scale, Harmonic Minor or Natural Minor for example? ***** absolute pitch ***** Given the same note played at different octaves, can you identify its pitch? Includes a Learning mode to imprint the pitches into the brain.

About

Solfeggio

This professional music training app offers ear and vocal exercises. Practice pitch, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, and melody. Track your progress with recorded scores and set practice reminders.

Highlights
  • Ear training exercises
  • Vocal exercises
  • Pitch, interval, chord, scale, rhythm, melodic practice
  • Practice recording and scoring
  • Customizable practice reminders
  • Easy-to-use interface
Features
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The app is used for EAR and VOCAL exercises. It's a very professional music training app. You can do ear training and sight-singing practices. * The practices include pitch, interval, chord(includes inversions), scale, rhythm, melodic, etc. * The app record your practices, so you can know your scores anytime. * The app can remind you to do practices based on the learning schedule. * It's very easy to use for anyone. You can use it in anywhere and anytime.

Screenshots

Piano Ear Training4 screens
Solfeggio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Solfeggio at none against Piano Ear Training's shown. Solfeggio also leads on review sentiment (74% vs 59%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). Piano Ear Training's advantage is ratings volume (189 vs 19). On price, rating, update cadence and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Piano Ear Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Solfeggio sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Piano Ear Training against 4.4 for Solfeggio. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Ear Training has 189 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 59% of Piano Ear Training's written reviews are positive against 74% of Solfeggio's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Ear Training ships an update every 5 weeks, Solfeggio every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piano Ear Training versus Solfeggio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Ear TrainingSolfeggio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (189 ratings) — better4.4 (19 ratings)
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews74.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings189 — better19
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 2 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB67 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearn To Master Ltd海 林

Customer experience

Piano Ear Training

All ratings189 ratings
Positive86.2%
Neutral7.4%
Negative6.3%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative28.6%

Solfeggio

All ratings19 ratings
Positive84.2%
Neutral10.5%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews31 reviews
Positive74.2%
Neutral9.7%
Negative16.1%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Piano Ear Training

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Version$2.991 Month
  • Annual Premium Version7 Days trial$24.991 Year
10 purchases

Solfeggio

One-time10
  • Pitch Training Course$0.99
  • Interval Training Course$0.99
  • Chord Training Course$0.99
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  • Scale Training Course$0.99
  • Rhythm Training Course$0.99
  • Melodic Training Course$0.99
  • Sight-Singing Basic Training Course$0.99
  • Melodic Sight-Singing$0.99
  • Complete Training Course(dis.)$2.99
  • Complete Training Course$4.99

Questions

Is Piano Ear Training free?
Piano Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Solfeggio free?
Solfeggio is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Ear Training or Solfeggio?
Piano Ear Training is rated higher. Piano Ear Training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 189 ratings, while Solfeggio averages 4.4 from 19 ratings.
Do Piano Ear Training or Solfeggio have ads?
Piano Ear Training shows ads; Solfeggio does not.
Which is updated more often, Piano Ear Training or Solfeggio?
Piano Ear Training ships an update every 5 weeks, and Solfeggio every 2 months. Most recently, Piano Ear Training was updated on September 25, 2026 and Solfeggio on September 28, 2026.

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