Comparison

Real Ear Trainer vs FrankenSim

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

Head to head
About

Real Ear Trainer

This app revolutionizes musical ear training by using AI to create personalized quizzes from your own music library. It adapts to your skill level, offering detailed progress tracking and feedback to help you improve your musical abilities.

Highlights
  • Personalized quizzes from own music
  • AI-driven analysis
  • Adaptive skill level adjustments
  • Detailed progress tracking
  • Targeted feedback
  • Engaging musical exercises
Features
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Play the songs you love — by ear. You don't need sheet music or years of theory to figure out the music in your head. Real Ear Trainer turns the songs you already listen to into quick, daily reps that train your ear to catch chords, melodies, and changes — until playing by ear just clicks. Drop in your own music and AI builds personalized exercises from the exact tracks you want to play. Start wherever you are — total beginner or seasoned player — and it adapts to your level, with progress tracking and feedback that show your ear getting sharper every day. 5 minutes a day. Then you're playing by ear. • Train on your own favorite songs, not generic drills • AI-generated quizzes from real music • Catch chords, intervals, and progressions by ear • Adapts to your level, beginner to advanced • Progress tracking + targeted feedback Stop reaching for tabs. Start hearing the music — and playing it back.

About

FrankenSim

Features
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Carry a working numerical laboratory on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac. FrankenSim contains forty-three native experiments drawn from the FrankenSim Rust workspace. Each one runs a real local kernel and pairs the result with an interactive visualization and a concise account of what was computed. Explore heat diffusion, spectral waves, Lorenz dynamics, Gray-Scott reaction diffusion, fluid flow, smoke, topology optimization, signed-distance geometry, isosurfaces, Gaussian-process optimization, randomized linear algebra, symplectic orbits, computational geometry, interval-certified fractals, and more. The library is organized from foundations through deep experiments, end-to-end campaigns, and three larger flagships. Evidence labels distinguish a computed result from an illustration, approximation, bound, or certified conclusion. The theory atlas explains the equations and numerical ideas behind the displays. Every experiment runs on the device. FrankenSim has no account, advertising, tracking, cloud compute, or required network connection.

Screenshots

Real Ear Trainer4 screens
FrankenSim3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: FrankenSim at 3 against Real Ear Trainer's 1. On price, ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Real Ear Trainer versus FrankenSim: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Ear TrainerFrankenSim
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size83 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMayank SanganeriaJeffrey Emanuel

In-app purchases

None

Real Ear Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

FrankenSim

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real Ear Trainer free?
Real Ear Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FrankenSim free?
FrankenSim is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Real Ear Trainer or FrankenSim have ads?
Neither Real Ear Trainer nor FrankenSim shows ads.

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