Comparison

Listen vs Ear Trainer v5

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Listen-only ear training
  • Recognize intervals, chords, scales
  • Hands-free operation
  • Configurable training sessions
  • Minimalist interface
  • Looping sound playback
Features
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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.

About

Ear Trainer v5

Features
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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.

Screenshots

Listen3 screens
Ear Trainer v51 screens

Verdict

The call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Listen versus Ear Trainer v5: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterListenEar Trainer v5
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size112 MB35 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEnver YigitlerAjay Nayak

In-app purchases

None

Listen

No in-app purchases

None

Ear Trainer v5

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Listen free?
Listen is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ear Trainer v5 free?
Ear Trainer v5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Listen or Ear Trainer v5 have ads?
Neither Listen nor Ear Trainer v5 shows ads.

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