Ear Training vs Solfagen
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ear Training
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Stop guessing what to practice next. SolfègePRO turns your practice history into a focused daily plan. It finds weak intervals, chords, notes, and timing habits, recommends the next drill, and lets you start with the right settings already prepared. Train ear, rhythm, sight reading, singing, and guitar or bass fretboard in one place. --- RESULTS THAT SHAPE YOUR NEXT SESSION --- • See specific weak spots—not just one overall score • Get a recommended next drill for each weakness and start it immediately • Build a daily plan around your goal, instrument, level, available time, and weak areas • Track change with day, week, month, and year reports plus a practice calendar • Stay consistent with three-tier goals, streaks, badges, and Home/Lock Screen widgets --- 9 WAYS TO TRAIN --- • Rhythm: tap or clap; measure rush, drag, and consistency to the millisecond • Rhythm Sight Reading: read a rhythm score and reproduce it by tapping • Intervals: identify ascending, descending, and harmonic intervals • Chords: recognize major, minor, 7th, diminished, augmented, root position, and inversions • Scales: hear church modes, pentatonic scales, melodic minor, and harmonic minor • Chord Progressions: connect function, Roman numerals, and chord symbols • Sight Reading: practice treble/bass clef, key signatures, accidentals, and ledger lines • Fretboard: six-string guitar plus four- and five-string bass; play back notes, intervals, and melodies by ear • Vocal Solfege: sing from notation and receive pitch and rhythm feedback through the microphone --- BUILT FOR A DAILY PRACTICE HABIT --- Open today’s plan from the Home Screen, Lock Screen, Live Activity, or Control Center. Three goal levels make it easier to keep the habit even on short practice days. Sixteen spotlight guides explain each feature on the real app screen, so you can learn a new training mode while using it. --- FREE & PRO --- • The 30–300 BPM metronome is completely free • Try all 9 training modes with 15 shared introductory credits—no card required • After the trial, basic practice shares 5 units/day: 20 quiz answers, 4 input rhythm bars, 16 valid singing bars or 5 fretboard answers per unit. Unfinished use carries over; Progression requires Pro • Pro unlocks advanced difficulty, ranges, playback choices, question counts, and deeper customization • Monthly, yearly, and lifetime options; available plans and local prices appear on the purchase screen --- MADE FOR --- Musicians learning to transcribe by ear Students preparing for music exams, auditions, or conservatory entrance Singers building sight-singing accuracy Guitarists and bassists connecting sound to the fretboard Anyone who wants a clear daily practice path instead of another list of drills Questions or ideas? Use Report a Bug or Request a Feature in the app settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://solfegepro.com/privacy/
Solfagen
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Solfagen turns sight-singing practice into something you can pick up any time — no two exercises ever the same. Built on the Kodály method that music teachers use worldwide, Solfagen generates fresh, original melodies on demand and walks you from your very first two notes toward reading fuller tunes with confidence. Every exercise is singable, follows real melodic rules, and shows the movable-Do solfège syllable under each note: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La. WHY SINGERS CHOOSE IT • A real skill, not a game. Sight-singing — reading music and hearing it in your head — is the foundation choirs, instrument lessons, and music classes all build on. • A clear path. Levels add one new idea at a time, in the order music teachers actually teach, so progress feels earned, never overwhelming. • Endless practice. The exercise generator never runs out, so repetition builds the ear without memorizing the same line. • Calm and focused. No ads. No accounts to create. No pop-ups pulling attention away from the music. WHAT'S INSIDE • Unlimited auto-generated sight-singing exercises in standard notation • A guided sequence of levels, from simple five-note (pentatonic) patterns toward longer, fuller phrases • Solfège syllables printed under every note • Tap to hear any exercise played back, at a tempo you choose • A built-in metronome to practice keeping time • Clean Paper, Slate, and Night themes • Designed for both iPhone and iPad PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST No accounts, no logins, no tracking, no ads. Practice happens entirely on the device. Questions or feedback? Tap the message icon in the app, or reach us at the support link below. We read everything.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solfagen at none against Ear Training's 2. Solfagen also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.6). On price, ads 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. Ear Training sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Solfagen asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Ear Training | Solfagen |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 48 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | numasawa shogo | Ross Morey |
In-app purchases
Ear Training
- Monthly Plan$9.991 Month
- Annual Plan$69.991 Year
Solfagen
No in-app purchases









