Piano Visualizer vs Ear Training L2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piano Visualizer
Experience piano music like never before with detailed 3D animations of a grand piano's inner workings. Watch any music or MIDI file come to life with real-time, mechanically accurate visuals, including augmented reality and tactile feedback options.
- Mechanically accurate 3D grand piano model
- Versatile audio and MIDI input
- Live, real-time animation
- Transparent view mode
- Augmented Reality mode
- Tactile feedback (iOS)
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Dive into the elegance of piano music paired with groundbreaking technology. Piano Visualizer transforms how you experience music, offering a stunning 3D glimpse into the inner workings of a grand piano through detailed, mechanically accurate animations. Discover the Magic of Piano Visualizer: Imagine watching a piano play itself with exact precision - from the striking of each key to the movement of hammers and dampers. With Piano Visualizer, unleash the true beauty of piano performances right from your Mac, iPhone, iPad, or Apple Vision Pro. Key Features You’ll Love: - Mechanically Accurate 3D Model: Explore all intricacies of a grand piano in high-definition 3D. - Versatile Audio Input: Feed any music or midi file into the app and watch it come to life. - Live Animation: Enjoy real-time animations of a grand piano. - Transparent View Mode: Peek into the piano’s inner mechanisms with an innovative see-through display option. - Augmented Reality Mode: (Available on mobile devices) Step into new dimensions and view performances right in your living space. - Feel Every Note: (Available on iOS devices) Experience every keystroke with tactile feedback through CoreHaptics. Privacy and Convenience Hand in Hand: Your performances are personal. That’s why all processing in Piano Visualizer is conducted on your device, ensuring that your data remains private and secure with no internet connection required.
Ear Training L2
Explore and internalize musical intervals and triads with this interactive ear training app. It features a visual tower diagram of diatonic chords, allowing you to hear individual tones and combinations against a vocal drone. Includes a challenging test mode to assess your progress.
- Interactive chord tower diagram
- Vocal drone with adjustable mix
- 12 tonal centers and 5 modes
- Visual voice-leading connections
- Offline functionality
- Challenging test mode with 5 levels
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The Tower is a drone-based ear training app for exploring and internalizing intervals and triads. It presents the seven diatonic chords as an interactive tower diagram where you can tap individual chord tones and hear them singly or in combination against a sustained vocal drone. To see how your ear training is coming along, the app includes a fun and challenging test mode with 5 levels: 3rds, 6ths, 4th & 5ths, Root Position Triads, Inversions Features: 12 tonal centers (all keys) 7 modes: Major, Mixolydian, Lydian, Natural Minor, Harmonic Minor, Dorian, Phrygian 7 diatonic chords with voice-leading connections displayed visually Snapshot - capture and navigate between up to 10 states MIDI Visualizer - see what you play displayed Male and female choirs Real acoustic cello Adjustable drone/chord mix balance Function and note name label modes Works offline — no internet required How it works: Start the drone, then tap spheres in the tower to hear chord tones. Tap lines to follow voice leading paths. The tower diagram shows how intervals and chords interconnect through voice leading. Switch between chord pairs using the bottom panel. Toggle between solfege function labels and note names to build your understanding from both angles. Test Mode: Start drone, choose levels, then begin. Listen to the tones played, click the corresponding tones to select. When the timer runs out, you’ll receive feedback as to the accuracy of your selections. There are 10 questions per round. 5 levels in Tower Test Mode: 1) 3rds 2) 6ths 3) 4ths & 5ths. 4) Root Position Triads 5) Chord Inversions Level 2 of Ear Training in The Mandala L1 — The Fan & The Curtain (simple intervals) L2 — The Tower (intervals, chords, and connections) L3 — The Moons (chords and chord progressions)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ear Training L2 at 5.0 against Piano Visualizer's 1.0. Ear Training L2 also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months) and price ($7.99 vs $9.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support 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
Piano Visualizer costs $9.99 and Ear Training L2 $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ear Training L2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
Piano Visualizer ships an update every 3 months, Ear Training L2 every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on September 9, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piano Visualizer | Ear Training L2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $7.99 — better |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Weida Fan | Paul Russell |
Customer experience
Piano Visualizer
Ear Training L2
In-app purchases
Piano Visualizer
No in-app purchases
Ear Training L2
No in-app purchases





