Comparison

Sonofield Ear Trainer vs Absolute Pitch Trainer

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

Absolute Pitch Trainer

Train your ear and develop perfect pitch with daily exercises. This app offers multiple difficulty levels and game modes to help you identify notes and chords accurately. Track your progress and aim for mastery in just five minutes a day.

Highlights
  • Nine difficulty levels
  • Five game modes
  • Daily challenges
  • Reference tuning fork
  • Per-note mastery tracking
  • Historical accuracy curve
Features
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Perfect pitch and ear training in 5 minutes a day. Hear a tone — name the note. Nine difficulty levels from beginner to chord progressions, free to start. Absolute Pitch Trainer turns ear training into a daily habit you'll actually keep. Hear a pure tone. Tap the note you heard. Watch your accuracy climb session over session — through nine levels of difficulty, from three colored notes for absolute beginners to full chord progressions and melodies for serious students. THE SCIENCE Folk wisdom says perfect pitch is "inborn or never." That's only half the story. Children can develop full absolute pitch during a critical childhood window — especially with early musical training. But adult ears keep learning too: focused, repeated practice still sharpens accurate note recognition at any age. We built the app on the part of the science that works for grown-up brains. BUILT FOR REAL EARS • 9 difficulty levels — from 3 notes with color hints to full chords and melodies • Five game modes — Practice (calm, no pressure), Quiz (timed, scored), Survival (one life: how many notes in a row?), Weak Notes (drills exactly the notes you miss and mix up) and Custom Notes (train only the notes you pick, like the black keys) • Daily Challenge — a different challenge for every day of the week: white keys, black keys, intervals, three octaves, chords, precision and melodies • Reference tuning fork — tap for a clean C-D-E-F-G-A-B reference scale • A real recorded concert grand, violin and clarinet, every note tuned exactly to A = 440 Hz — or the classic E-Piano • Ear Reset — an optional masking sound between notes, so you name each note on its own instead of hearing the step from the last one • Transposition for B-flat, A, E-flat and F instruments — see and answer with the note your clarinet, trumpet, sax or horn reads, with the sounding note shown small underneath PROGRESSION YOU CAN FEEL • XP and ranked progression from beginner to master • Two streak systems side-by-side — a daily-play streak that rewards showing up across sessions, plus an in-quiz answer streak that ignites an "On Fire" mode once you chain enough correct answers in a row • Achievement system across Common / Rare / Epic / Legendary rarities • Per-note mastery tracking — after every round, see which notes you missed and what you heard instead • Streak calendar showing every day you played this month STATS YOU'LL ACTUALLY READ • Historical accuracy curve — 7 days, 30 days, 90 days, or a full year of progress • Time played, total quizzes, correct answers, longest streak • Note mastery rings for every pitch class • Game Center leaderboards for career XP, best quiz score and longest Survival run • Share your streak or score as a story-ready image — and dare your friends to beat it POLISH WHERE IT MATTERS • Four hand-tuned color palettes (Tube Glow, Jukebox Chrome, Reel-to-Reel, Rainbow Pride) • Multiple alternate app icons • Optional daily reminders so a busy week doesn't break your streak • iCloud sync — your progress moves with you to a new iPhone and survives a reinstall • Six languages: English, Deutsch, Español, Français, 日本語, 简体中文 PREMIUM Premium Lifetime is a one-time purchase, no subscription. It unlocks the higher difficulty levels, Weak Notes and Custom Notes training, violin, clarinet and guitar, transposition, and exclusive app icons. It's not too late to start. — Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://emign.github.io/absolute-pitch-trainer-legal/

Screenshots

Sonofield Ear Trainer4 screens
Absolute Pitch Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Sonofield Ear Trainer at 4.9 against Absolute Pitch Trainer's 3.7. Sonofield Ear Trainer also leads on ratings volume (392 vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence, 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 Absolute Pitch Trainer 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

Sonofield Ear Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Sonofield Ear Trainer has 392 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sonofield Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, Absolute Pitch Trainer every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Sonofield Ear Trainer versus Absolute Pitch Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSonofield Ear TrainerAbsolute Pitch Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (392 ratings) — better3.7 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews88.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings392 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size105 MB16 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSonofield Ear Trainer Education Ltd.Nicolai Emig

Customer experience

Sonofield Ear Trainer

All ratings387 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral1.6%
Negative1.0%
Written reviews152 reviews
Positive88.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative4.6%

Absolute Pitch Trainer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%

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

Absolute Pitch Trainer

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

Absolute Pitch Trainer

One-time1
  • Premium Lifetime$6.99

Questions

Is Sonofield Ear Trainer free?
Sonofield Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Absolute Pitch Trainer free?
Absolute Pitch Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Sonofield Ear Trainer or Absolute Pitch Trainer?
Sonofield Ear Trainer is rated higher. Sonofield Ear Trainer averages 4.9 out of 5 from 392 ratings, while Absolute Pitch Trainer averages 3.7 from 3 ratings.
Do Sonofield Ear Trainer or Absolute Pitch Trainer have ads?
Neither Sonofield Ear Trainer nor Absolute Pitch Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sonofield Ear Trainer or Absolute Pitch Trainer?
Sonofield Ear Trainer ships an update every 9 days, and Absolute Pitch Trainer every 5 days. Most recently, Sonofield Ear Trainer was updated on November 8, 2026 and Absolute Pitch Trainer on November 9, 2026.

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