EarX Trainer vs StrumForge

EarX is a lightweight ear-training tool that helps you recognize pitches through simple and repetitive practice. Perfect for musicians, students, and anyone who wants to improve their sense of pitch.

StrumForge brings chord progressions, drum grooves, exercises, scales, triads, and arpeggios together in one practice app. Work on chord changes, build your timing and technique, and practice improvisation with interactive diagrams and built-in playback. Instantly generate over 1 million unique, theory-based chord progressions across every key. Customize your practice loop, choose your guitar sound and rhythm, and play along at your own pace. No ads. No account required to get started. CHORD PROGRESSIONS • Generate theory-based progressions instantly across every key • Choose 2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 chords for focused loops or longer practice sessions • Select your key, mode, chord types, tempo, and guitar sound • Lock individual chords, change their voicings, or replace them manually • Explore open chords, barre chords, triads, and power chords • Add sevenths, suspended chords, and add9 chords • See chord shapes outlined on your scale diagram during playback or chord preview • Build your own progression to practice specific chord changes RHYTHM & DRUMS • Play along with sampled drum grooves that bring your practice to life • Unlock the full collection of 20 grooves with Pro, including rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 • Customize drum parts from light to busy, add fills, and choose a metronome click • Choose guitar strumming patterns independently of the drum groove • Adjust guitar and drum volumes to suit your practice • Save drum settings and guitar strum with each favorite progression TRIADS & ARPEGGIOS • Explore every triad inversion and how shapes connect across the fretboard • Play along with the Triad Trainer to practice changes in time • Learn moveable arpeggios through CAGED chord shapes • Follow animated TAB that highlights each fret as it plays • Adjust playback tempo, direction, and rhythm to suit your practice EXERCISES & RIFFS • Build technique with hundreds of original guitar drills and riffs, from beginner to advanced • Practice picking, scale sequences, legato, slides, bends, blues, and more • Follow guitar playback with synchronized TAB and an animated fretboard • Adjust tempo and key, loop exercises, and use a count-in and metronome • Filter by difficulty, technique, and type, and save your favorites • Tap the lightning bolt to preview Exercises; Pro unlocks the practice controls SCALES & FRETBOARD • Improvise over progressions with matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams • Explore CAGED scale shapes individually or across the full fretboard • Choose note or interval labels and highlight triads or characteristic intervals • Move diagrams to your preferred fretboard position • Explore chord shapes with interval, note, or suggested finger-placement labels • Use left-handed diagrams in portrait or landscape UNLOCK STRUMFORGE PRO • Unlimited progression generation and longer progressions • Musical styles for mood-based generation • All drum grooves, customizable kits, fills, and independent guitar strumming • Triad Trainer and Arpeggio Trainer with animated TAB • Exercises with hundreds of drills and riffs, synchronized TAB, and guitar playback • Advanced scale tools and individual CAGED scale shapes • Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions with scale and rhythm settings • Sync favorites and preferences across devices with an account • Track practice automatically with session stats and streaks • Guitar tuner with popular alternate tunings and reference tones • Metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions, swing, and saved presets • Additional 12-string, overdrive, and arpeggiated guitar sounds • Dark mode and saved practice preferences From focused technique drills to exploring the whole fretboard, StrumForge helps you put music theory into practice—and discover ideas for your own songs along the way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/