Comparison

Piano Ear Training vs Auricula

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

Auricula

Enhance your musical abilities by practicing interval recognition. This app offers various difficulty levels, progress analytics, and daily reminders to help you improve your sense of hearing and musical development.

Highlights
  • Interval ear training exercises
  • Progress analytics and skill overview
  • Daily exercise reminders
  • Customizable interval selection
  • Highscore mode
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Looking for the best interval ear training app? Do you want to improve your sense of hearing, develop your ability to identify intervals, or take your musical development to the next level? Then Auricula is the app for you - updated and evolving since 2014! Features you don't want to miss: - Exercises with different levels of difficulty - Analytics for your learning progress: overview of your skills, showing averages from your last and all exercises - Enjoy clear entry of all intervals and display of the correct interval after three incorrect entries with automatic replay. - Receive daily exercise reminders to ensure a steep learning curve - Supports light and dark mode Unlock Auricula Pro - full access to all features and support for independent app development: - All exercise variations in addition to ascending: descending, random and simultaneous intervals - Choose your preferred intervals for training: all, weakest, or custom selections - Dive into endless highscore mode, where you identify the interval of the previously played note - Change custom application icons - Email Support Got any feedback? Send an email to: feedback@simonbraun.eu

Screenshots

Piano Ear Training4 screens
Auricula4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Auricula at none against Piano Ear Training's shown. Auricula also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 59%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On price, ratings volume, 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 Auricula sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Auricula holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 192 and 83 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 59% of Piano Ear Training's written reviews are positive against 79% of Auricula's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Ear Training ships an update every 2 months, Auricula every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano Ear Training versus Auricula: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Ear TrainingAuricula
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (192 ratings)4.8 (83 ratings) — better
Positive reviews58.9% of reviews79.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings192 — better83
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB19 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLearn To Master LtdSimon Braun

Customer experience

Piano Ear Training

All ratings192 ratings
Positive85.4%
Neutral7.8%
Negative6.8%
Written reviews56 reviews
Positive58.9%
Neutral12.5%
Negative28.6%

Auricula

All ratings71 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative16.3%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Piano Ear Training

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

Auricula

One-time1
  • Auricula Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Piano Ear Training free?
Piano Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Auricula free?
Auricula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Ear Training or Auricula?
Auricula is rated higher. Piano Ear Training averages 4.5 out of 5 from 192 ratings, while Auricula averages 4.8 from 83 ratings.
Do Piano Ear Training or Auricula have ads?
Piano Ear Training shows ads; Auricula does not.
Which is updated more often, Piano Ear Training or Auricula?
Piano Ear Training ships an update every 2 months, and Auricula every 3 months. Most recently, Piano Ear Training was updated on October 23, 2026 and Auricula on October 21, 2026.

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