Listen vs AuralWise
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.
AuralWise
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AuralWise is ear training that actually remembers what you miss. Hear an interval, a chord, or a note inside a key, and name what you heard. A real spaced-repetition engine, the method behind flashcard apps like Anki, resurfaces your weak spots until they stick. Pay once, no subscription. Fully offline, no account, no tracking, no ads. THREE SKILLS, ONE APP - Interval identification: ascending, descending, and harmonic, from minor 2nds to the octave - Chord quality: major, minor, augmented, diminished, dominant 7th, major 7th, and minor 7th - Functional, in-key training: hear a note over a cadence and name its scale degree - Note reading on the staff, treble through tenor clef Instead of hopping between three apps, train all of it in one. IT DRILLS WHAT YOU KEEP MISSING - Every interval and chord is its own flashcard with its own forgetting curve - The ones you get wrong come back sooner; the ones you have mastered come back less often - A progress dashboard shows exactly where you are strong and weak - A daily streak keeps the habit going SOUNDS LIKE MUSIC, NOT A BEEP - Warm, rich synthesized tones, well above the tinny MIDI sine other apps use - Equal temperament, concert pitch A 440, every pitch exactly right FREE FOREVER - Interval drills with the full spaced-repetition engine - Treble and bass note reading - Your streak, your progress, and customizable practice scope - No ads, no account, fully offline AURALWISE PRO, ONE PURCHASE - Chord quality drills: major, minor, augmented, diminished, and 7ths - Functional, in-key training - Alto and tenor clef, for cello, viola, bassoon, and trombone players - Deep analytics on exactly what you keep missing WHY MUSICIANS CHOOSE AURALWISE - Pay once. The free core is genuinely useful and yours forever, and Pro is a single unlock, never a subscription. - No account, no sign-up, no tracking. Everything stays on your iPhone. - A real method. Spaced repetition plus functional, in-key listening is how ears actually improve. AuralWise is an educational music-practice app. Headphones recommended.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Listen at none against AuralWise's 1. Listen also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads 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
Both are free to download. AuralWise sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Listen asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Listen | AuralWise |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 112 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Enver Yigitler | Vikram Joshi |
In-app purchases
Listen
No in-app purchases
AuralWise
- AuralWise Pro$7.99









