Comparison

Sonofield Ear Trainer vs Ghost Beat

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

Head to head
About

Sonofield Ear Trainer

This app helps musicians develop their ear by focusing on the feeling of individual notes within a key, rather than traditional interval training. It uses sustained drones and offers various modes like identifying scale degrees, melodies, and singing exercises. The app adapts to your skill level with an intuitive interface and progression path.

Highlights
  • Feeling-based note recognition
  • Scale degree identification
  • Melody recognition training
  • Singing exercises
  • Hands-free training mode
  • Interactive exploration instrument
Features
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Sonofield Ear Trainer (SET) is a revolutionary ear training app designed to help you intuitively play the melodies you hear and imagine. Instead of relying on traditional old methods like intervals, SET focuses on helping you feel the unique character of each note within a key. By using sustained drones to create a tonal foundation, you’ll learn to recognize scale degrees based on their *feeling*, not just how they sound. The app offers a variety of ways to train: * Degrees Mode - Identify individual notes against the drone by feeling. The heart of SET. * Melody Mode - Identify short melodic phrases, preparing you for real music. * Voice Mode - Sing the requested scale degree into your microphone. * Pocket Mode - Hands-free training for when you're on the go. * Free Play - An interactive instrument for exploration. With its intuitive, color-coded interface, thoughtfully designed progression path, and multiple difficulty levels, SET adapts to your skill level while keeping practice engaging. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced musician, SET is your guide to unlocking true musical fluency through intuitive, feeling-based ear training. No ads or forced payments. The free version contains full foundations for feeling-based ear training. Download the ear training app now!

About

Ghost Beat

This app challenges your internal rhythm by making metronome beats disappear. It helps you maintain tempo by ear and provides a score based on your accuracy. Features include customizable beat patterns, random mutes, and a speed trainer.

Highlights
  • Disappearing beat patterns
  • Random beat muting
  • Accurate timing score with deviation
  • Automatic speed trainer
  • Practice tracking and history
  • Multiple click sounds and pitch shifting
  • Support for various time signatures and subdivisions
Features
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The metronome that teaches you to keep time on your own. Ghost Beat cycles between audible and silent bars — your job is to keep the tempo when the click is gone. It's not just a metronome. It's survival training for your internal clock. GHOST BARS Set how many bars play and how many go silent. 2 on, 2 off. 1 on, 3 off. When the click vanishes, your real timing is exposed. TAP ACCURACY Tap along with the beat and get graded S through D. Calibrates to your touch latency, then measures your actual deviation in milliseconds. DAILY CHALLENGES A new timing challenge every day — survive ghost bars, hit accuracy targets, or hold tempo for a set time. PRACTICE ROUTINES Chain exercises into timed sessions. Set BPM, ghost bars, and time signature per step. Hit play and the routine runs itself. PRACTICE STATS Streaks, timing grades, session history, and weekly charts. See your improvement in timing-specific terms — not just minutes practiced. RANDOM MUTE Beats disappear unpredictably. You never know which one is next. Pure internal time training. DEEP CUSTOMIZATION 6 time signatures · 7 subdivisions (1/4 through 1/32T) · 4 click sounds · Accent patterns · Count-in · Jog wheel BPM · Haptic feedback GHOST BEAT PRO — $4.99 one-time Unlock unlimited routines & steps, unlimited presets, sound pitch control, progressive difficulty, and detailed all-time stats. Built by a drummer, for drummers. No ads. No subscriptions. No account required. 100% offline.

Screenshots

Sonofield Ear Trainer4 screens
Ghost Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is monetization model: Ghost Beat at free against Sonofield Ear Trainer's free with in-app purchases. Ghost Beat also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 89%). Sonofield Ear Trainer's advantage is ratings volume (376 vs 4) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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. Sonofield Ear Trainer sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Ghost Beat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Sonofield Ear Trainer against 5.0 for Ghost Beat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonofield Ear Trainer has 376 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of Sonofield Ear Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Ghost Beat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonofield Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, Ghost Beat every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Sonofield Ear Trainer versus Ghost Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonofield Ear TrainerGhost Beat
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (376 ratings)5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings376 — better4
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonofield Ear Trainer Education Ltd.LANCE LAVERNE PEDERSON

Customer experience

Sonofield Ear Trainer

All ratings376 ratings
Positive97.3%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.1%
Written reviews151 reviews
Positive88.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative4.6%

Ghost Beat

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Sonofield Ear Trainer

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • None reported

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to switch between 12TET and just intonation
  • Ability to reduce octave range
  • Incorporate more timbre options for drone and notes
  • Tracking and visualization of progress and learned skills
  • Add interactive tutorial for level 1

Ghost Beat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sonofield Ear Trainer

One-time4
  • Lifetime Pro$14.99
  • Lifetime Pro$17.99
  • Lifetime Pro2 variants$19.99
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  • Lifetime Pro$24.99
1 purchases

Ghost Beat

One-time1
  • Ghost Beat Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Sonofield Ear Trainer free?
Sonofield Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ghost Beat free?
Ghost Beat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sonofield Ear Trainer or Ghost Beat?
Ghost Beat is rated higher. Sonofield Ear Trainer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 376 ratings, while Ghost Beat averages 5.0 from 4 ratings.
Do Sonofield Ear Trainer or Ghost Beat have ads?
Neither Sonofield Ear Trainer nor Ghost Beat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonofield Ear Trainer or Ghost Beat?
Sonofield Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, and Ghost Beat every 3 weeks. Most recently, Sonofield Ear Trainer was updated on October 2, 2026 and Ghost Beat on September 23, 2026.

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