Comparison

Ear Trainer v5 vs Practical Ear Training

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

Head to head
About

Ear Trainer v5

Features
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Sharpen your interval recognition skills with a fast, focused ear-training app designed for musicians on the go. Whether you’re a beginner learning to hear basic intervals or an advanced player refining your accuracy, this app lets you build custom interval quizzes that match your goals and practice style. How it works: Set up your quiz * Choose interval sets: Simple, Diatonic Major, Diatonic Minor, or fully Custom * Select interval direction: Ascending, Descending, Both, or Harmonic (simultaneous) * Control playback speed: Slow, Medium, or Fast * Practice with a fixed root or random roots * Choose your instrument tone: Piano or Guitar Take the quiz * Each quiz includes 20 interval questions * Hear the root and interval played using MIDI audio * Replay intervals as needed * Answer until correct, or skip and move on * End the quiz at any time Review your results * See your total score * Visualize accuracy by interval with a stacked bar chart * Track progress over time with saved quiz results * Retry the same quiz or create a new one instantly Designed for musicians * Clean, distraction-free interface * Works great for instrumentalists, vocalists, composers, and students * Ideal for daily ear-training practice, music theory study, and audition prep No ads. No accounts. Just focused ear training. Download for free and start hearing music more clearly today.

About

Practical Ear Training

Features
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Practical Ear Training helps musicians recognize what they hear and connect it to the notes they play. Practice five essential listening skills: β€’ Melodies β€” listen, explore the piano, then reproduce each phrase β€’ Intervals β€” identify every interval from unison to octave β€’ Chord progressions β€” recognize common, functional, minor-key and modal patterns β€’ Chord qualities β€” distinguish major, minor, diminished and augmented triads β€’ Scales β€” learn major, minor, pentatonic, blues, modal, whole-tone and diminished sounds MAKE PRACTICE YOUR OWN Choose the key, scale, octave and tempo. Focus on exactly the intervals, chords, scales and progression types you want to learn. Start with simple root-position chords and short melodies, then add inversions, open voicings, rhythmic chords and longer phrases. LISTEN WITH DIFFERENT SOUNDS Train with sampled grand piano, nylon guitar, trumpet and clarinet sounds. Changing the instrument helps you recognize musical ideas by pitch and structure instead of memorizing one timbre. PLAY, SEE AND UNDERSTAND Use the touch piano to find notes before answering or to perform a melody. After revealing the answer, follow it on an animated piano roll, piano keyboard, guitar, bass, ukulele or mandolin fretboard. Chord exercises show both chord names and Roman numerals. CHECK YOUR SKILLS Take a balanced 20-question ear test covering melodies, intervals, chord progressions, chord qualities and scales. See an overall result plus a score for each skill, then repeat the test later to compare your progress. BUILD A PRACTICE HABIT Track recent accuracy, completed exercises and individual strengths. Your practice history and test results stay on your device. Practical Ear Training is designed for music students, self-taught musicians, pianists, guitarists and anyone who wants a more confident musical ear. Practice as much as you likeβ€”no account, subscription or usage limit.

Screenshots

Ear Trainer v51 screens
Practical Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Ear Trainer v5 at 3 against Practical Ear Training's 1. Ear Trainer v5 also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences Β· 3 level
Ear Trainer v5 versus Practical Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEar Trainer v5Practical Ear Training
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod β€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.1 β€” better17.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size35 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAjay NayakHoverest AB

In-app purchases

None

Ear Trainer v5

No in-app purchases

None

Practical Ear Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ear Trainer v5 free?
Ear Trainer v5 is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Practical Ear Training free?
Practical Ear Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ear Trainer v5 or Practical Ear Training have ads?
Neither Ear Trainer v5 nor Practical Ear Training shows ads.

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