Comparison

Trill vs Elysian Marching

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

Head to head
About

Trill

Develop your musical ear with daily, focused exercises. This app transforms ear training into an engaging game with challenges and rewards, helping you learn to recognize tones, chords, and keys naturally. It also includes tools like a tuner and metronome.

Highlights
  • Daily ear training exercises
  • Chord, interval, and scale visualizers
  • Tuner and metronome
  • Gamified learning with challenges and badges
  • Focus Lock to block distractions
  • Progress tracking and achievements
Features
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Learn to hear music. Not guess it. Have you ever wanted to play music by ear, recognize chords instantly, or identify the key of a melody? A trained musical ear changes everything. It helps you improvise, compose, transcribe melodies, sing in tune, and play with others confidently. Your musical ear is like a muscle. If you don’t train it, it stays weak. If you train it a little every day, it becomes instinct. Just 10 minutes of daily ear training is enough to build powerful musical hearing over time. Short, focused sessions train your brain to recognize tones, chords, and keys naturally — the same way athletes build strength with consistent workouts. And if you struggle with consistency, Trill makes you serious about it. With Focus Lock enabled, distracting apps are blocked until you complete your daily ear training. No scrolling first. No excuses. You train your ear — then you unlock your screen time. Train first. Scroll later. Funny part is, that Trill turns ear training into a game you actually want to come back to. Daily challenges, streaks, levels, and collectible badges transform serious ear training into a motivating system. Many users describe Trill as “Duolingo for ear training” — short sessions, clear progress, and constant small wins that keep you practicing. I originally built Trill for myself. I wanted to improvise more freely, hear the key of a song instantly, and recognize chords during jam sessions without guessing. What started as a personal tool became a complete daily training system for everyone who want real musical hearing. Free and Pro Features Free access includes an essential musician toolkit such as a tuner, metronome, and chord, interval, and scale visualizers. A free trial provides limited access to ear training and vocal training. Trill Pro unlocks unlimited training, advanced exercises, progress tracking, achievements, and Focus Lock. By downloading or using Trill, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. Privacy Policy: https://trill.studio/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://trill.studio/terms-of-service

About

Elysian Marching

This platform empowers traditional show-style marching bands to exclusively license and monetize their content. It provides tools for building brands through social media, uploading performances for compensation, and creating podcasts or talk shows to engage with followers. The app also facilitates competition, scholarship opportunities, and student musician recruitment.

Highlights
  • Exclusive content licensing
  • Monetize performances
  • Brand building tools
  • Social media structured rubric
  • Podcast and talk show creation
  • Audition portal for musicians
Features
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ELYSIAN is a streaming and marketing tool made for Traditional Show-style marching bands. This application allows marching bands to exclusively license and monetize their content while building their brands through a social media structured rubric made for consumers to easily enjoy and navigate. ELYSIAN has created a structure that safely allows for marching bands to properly upload their performances and receive compensation. In addition to this function marching bands can also build their brands by creating their own podcasts or talk shows where they can take advantage of a space of addressing and interacting with their followers, sharing behind the scenes information, and promoting their involvement in events such as showcases, competitions and battles. ELYSIAN's structure enables marching bands to retain exclusivity of all of their content and likeness. This platform will increase the amount of competitions, scholarship opportunities and enable an audition portal for students musicians to be recruited.

Screenshots

Trill4 screens
Elysian Marching4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Trill at 4.6 against Elysian Marching's 2.6. Trill also leads on ratings volume (1.8K vs 5) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). Elysian Marching's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 20%). 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. Trill sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Elysian Marching sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Trill holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Trill has 1.8K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 20% of Trill's written reviews are positive against 50% of Elysian Marching's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Trill ships an update fortnightly, Elysian Marching every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Trill versus Elysian Marching: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTrillElysian Marching
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.8K ratings) — better2.6 (5 ratings)
Positive reviews20.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.8K — better5
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#98 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB82 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developergmol6.studio s.r.o.oMeticulous analytic creative kingdom core l.l.c.

Customer experience

Trill

All ratings1,634 ratings
Positive90.0%
Neutral2.8%
Negative7.2%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive20.0%
Neutral7.5%
Negative72.5%

Elysian Marching

All ratings4 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

10 purchases

Trill

Subscriptions10
  • Monthly Access – Trill Pro$4.991 Month
  • Monthly Access - Trill Pro$9.991 Month
  • Weekly Access - Trill Pro$9.997 Days
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  • Monthly Access - Trill Pro$12.991 Month
  • Annual Special – Trill Pro$14.991 Year
  • Annual Deal – Trill Pro3 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Yearly Access - Trill Pro7 Days trial$24.991 Year
  • Yearly Access - Trill Pro7 Days trial$39.991 Year
  • Yearly Access - Trill Pro7 Days trial$49.991 Year
  • Yearly Access - Trill Pro7 Days trial$59.991 Year
2 purchases

Elysian Marching

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Subscription$4.991 Month
  • Yearly$59.991 Year

Questions

Is Trill free?
Trill is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Elysian Marching free?
Elysian Marching is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Trill or Elysian Marching?
Trill is rated higher. Trill averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.8K ratings, while Elysian Marching averages 2.6 from 5 ratings.
Do Trill or Elysian Marching have ads?
Neither Trill nor Elysian Marching shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Trill or Elysian Marching?
Trill ships an update fortnightly, and Elysian Marching every 9 days. Most recently, Trill was updated on October 28, 2026 and Elysian Marching on October 24, 2026.

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