EarLab vs Ear Training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
EarLab
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EarLab is a focused ear training app designed for musicians who want to improve pitch, rhythm, and musical awareness through structured practice. The app provides targeted exercises for: • Relative pitch training • Interval recognition • Rhythm and timing • Internal pulse and tempo control Each module is designed to be simple, intentional, and distraction-free, allowing you to concentrate fully on listening and response. No unnecessary gamification. Just clear exercises and steady progress.
Ear Training
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Train your ears, not your memory. Ear Training - Modern is a free, ad-free app that helps musicians hear what they read and read what they hear. Every drill is randomized and playable in any key, so you build real listening skills instead of memorizing fixed examples. WHAT YOU'LL PRACTICE • Solfège & pitch — identify scale degrees and resolutions • Intervals — melodic and harmonic, 2nds through 7ths, ascending and descending • Triads — recognize major, minor, and the diatonic triads, including inversions • Chord progressions — hear common diatonic and major-triad movements • Melodic dictation — listen, then read the melody back on the staff HOW IT WORKS Set or hear the DO (tonic), play a drill, then tap what you heard. An animated score gauge tracks your accuracy, and a hands-free Automation mode runs round after round so you can drill with your eyes closed. WHAT'S INSIDE • Level 1 · Foundations — seven chapters covering solfège, every interval quality, triad recognition, progressions, and dictation • Level 2 · Progressions — major and diatonic triad movement • Plus bonus drills: interval & triad ID, find the DO, and all the solfège syllables BUILT FOR FOCUS • Completely free — no ads, no in-app purchases • Works fully offline — no account, no sign-in, no tracking • Real piano samples and clean music notation These exercises extend the approach of Mark Harrison's "Contemporary Eartraining" series (used with permission). Whether you're a student, singer, instrumentalist, or returning to theory, Ear Training - Modern gives you unlimited, randomized practice to sharpen your ear.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: EarLab at 13.0 against Ear Training's 15.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | EarLab | Ear Training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | — | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 102 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yuhe Jin | Mike Hildner |
In-app purchases
EarLab
No in-app purchases
Ear Training
No in-app purchases








