Ear Trainer Master vs ToneGame
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ear Trainer Master
Master your musical ear with structured lessons on intervals, chords, and progressions. Features interactive guitar fretboards and piano keyboards with visual feedback. Offers survival modes and curated progression collections for comprehensive music theory training.
- Interactive guitar fretboard with chord shapes
- Visual piano keyboard for interval/chord recognition
- 133 structured ear training lessons
- Survival mode with leaderboards
- Curated music progression collections
- Music theory explanations before quizzes
- Practice in any key with tonal center selector
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Ear Trainer Master — the ear training and music theory app with a guitar fretboard, piano keyboard, and 133 structured lessons. Train intervals, chords, and chord progressions with visual aids no other app offers. GUITAR EAR TRAINING • See chord shapes on a real fretboard while you train — open voicings, barre chords, and a voicing style toggle • Guitar chord identification with visual feedback on every answer • Switch between acoustic guitar, electric guitar, classical guitar, and bass • The only ear training app that shows you the fretboard as you learn PIANO EAR TRAINING • Watch piano keys light up as intervals and chords play • Interval recognition and chord identification with keyboard visualization • Tap individual keys to compare notes and build your inner ear • Expand to full-screen piano for detailed analysis 133 EAR TRAINING LESSONS • Ascending Intervals — 24 lessons from pitch recognition to compound intervals across all 12 keys • Descending Intervals — 18 lessons with song associations, mixed directions, and random tonic training • Chord Identification — 31 lessons: triads, suspended chords, inversions, seventh chords, and extended jazz chords (9ths, 11ths, 13ths) • Cadences — 12 lessons on authentic, plagal, half, and deceptive cadences • Functional Harmony — 15 lessons: tonic/predominant/dominant functions, pop loops, circle of fifths, and turnarounds • Applied Dominants — 8 lessons on secondary dominants and tonicization • Discover — 25 style collections SURVIVAL MODE • One wrong answer ends the run — the difficulty climbs as your streak grows • A leaderboard per mode, tracking your best streak and accuracy DISCOVER REAL PROGRESSIONS • 25 hand-authored collections across classical, pop, rock, ballads, and funk • Each collection walks an era, and finishing one unlocks the next LEARN MUSIC THEORY BEFORE EACH QUIZ • Concept intro lessons explain what to listen for and why it matters • Song anchors help you remember interval sounds • Core concepts break down chord quality, voice leading, and harmonic function • Prerequisites guide you through a structured learning path PRACTICE IN ANY KEY • Tonal center selector — choose C, D, E, F, G, A, or B as your practice key • Random tonic mode for advanced ear training across all keys • Moving tonic mode for real-world modulation practice • Customizable playback: melodic, harmonic, block, or arpeggiated INTELLIGENT LEARNING SYSTEM • Two modes: Free Mode for open exploration or Tutor Mode with 80% mastery to advance • Multiple quiz formats: true/false recognition, matching, and identification • Instant feedback with correct answer display • Progress tracking with accuracy statistics and streaks • Auto-advance with configurable timing PROFESSIONAL AUDIO • High-quality MIDI synthesis with professional SoundFont technology • Adjustable tempo, volume, and sequence speed • Works offline — practice ear training anytime, anywhere WHO IS THIS FOR • Guitar players who want to recognize chords by ear • Music students preparing for ABRSM, RCM, or university auditions • Jazz musicians learning functional harmony, extended chords, and chord substitutions • Singers and vocalists building interval recognition and sight-singing skills FLEXIBLE & AFFORDABLE • Try free lessons in every domain before upgrading • Unlock all 133 lessons with PRO — one-time purchase, no subscription • Family Sharing support on iOS Download Ear Trainer Master and start training your musical ear today.
ToneGame
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Can you hear the difference between 440 Hz and 445 Hz? ToneGame is a deceptively simple challenge: a pure tone plays, then disappears. Your job is to find it again — as precisely as possible — using only your ears and a slider. No music theory. No instruments. Just pure listening. THREE WAYS TO PLAY ▶ SOLO 5 rounds. Score out of 50. Save your initials and climb the global leaderboard. How sharp are your ears compared to the rest of the world? ▶ ZEN No rounds, no score pressure, no end. Just you and the tones. A perfect daily warm-up for musicians, producers, and curious minds. ▶ DAILY CHALLENGE Every day, a new challenge — same tones for every player on Earth. One attempt only. No second chances. Come back tomorrow. TRAIN YOUR WAY • Easy mode — a wide frequency range, great for beginners • Hard mode — a narrow range that will humble experts • Octave shift — adapt the pitch register to your hearing range • Daily mode — its own range, fair for everyone, every time COMPETE GLOBALLY Every score is saved to a live leaderboard. Filter by today's challenge, all-time, easy, hard, or your own history. Badge of honor: can you reach the top? WHO IS THIS FOR? → Musicians developing absolute or relative pitch → Producers and engineers training frequency awareness → Audiophiles testing the limits of their hearing → Anyone who wants a daily 2-minute challenge that's genuinely hard FEATURES • Real-time pure tone synthesis — no samples, no loops • Daily Challenge — deterministic algorithm, identical worldwide • Global leaderboard with live rankings • Solo, Zen & Daily game modes • Easy / Hard + octave shift settings • Satisfying animations and detailed score feedback • English, French, Spanish, Portuguese & Chinese • No ads. No subscriptions. No paywalls. Your ears are more powerful than you think. Today's the day to prove it.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ToneGame at none against Ear Trainer Master's 1. Ear Trainer Master's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs every 9 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ear Trainer Master sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ToneGame asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ear Trainer Master ships an update every 4 days, ToneGame every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ear Trainer Master | ToneGame |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 191 MB | 62 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Walk of Code LLC | Christophe Colineaux |
In-app purchases
Ear Trainer Master
- EarTrainer Pro$4.99
ToneGame
No in-app purchases
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