Listen vs Ear Trainer v5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Listen
This minimalist, hands-free app helps you develop your musical ear by recognizing intervals, chords, and scales. Simply listen as the app plays sounds and then reveals their names in a continuous loop. Customize your training sessions for focused practice.
- Listen-only ear training
- Recognize intervals, chords, scales
- Hands-free operation
- Configurable training sessions
- Minimalist interface
- Looping sound playback
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Recognize intervals, chords, and scales with this minimalist, listen-only, hands-free ear training app. Configure your training, and just listen. The app will play the sound and then tell its name after one second, in a loop.
Ear Trainer v5
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Sharpen your interval recognition skills with a fast, focused ear-training app designed for musicians on the go. Whether you’re a beginner learning to hear basic intervals or an advanced player refining your accuracy, this app lets you build custom interval quizzes that match your goals and practice style. How it works: Set up your quiz * Choose interval sets: Simple, Diatonic Major, Diatonic Minor, or fully Custom * Select interval direction: Ascending, Descending, Both, or Harmonic (simultaneous) * Control playback speed: Slow, Medium, or Fast * Practice with a fixed root or random roots * Choose your instrument tone: Piano or Guitar Take the quiz * Each quiz includes 20 interval questions * Hear the root and interval played using MIDI audio * Replay intervals as needed * Answer until correct, or skip and move on * End the quiz at any time Review your results * See your total score * Visualize accuracy by interval with a stacked bar chart * Track progress over time with saved quiz results * Retry the same quiz or create a new one instantly Designed for musicians * Clean, distraction-free interface * Works great for instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, and students * Ideal for daily ear-training practice, music theory study, and audition prep No ads. No accounts. Just focused ear training. Download for free and start hearing music more clearly today.
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Verdict
Listen and Ear Trainer v5 are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Listen | Ear Trainer v5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enver Yigitler | Ajay Nayak |
In-app purchases
Listen
No in-app purchases
Ear Trainer v5
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Listen free?
Is Ear Trainer v5 free?
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