Comparison

FretTrainerEZ vs Aethron

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

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About

FretTrainerEZ

Features
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Know every note on the neck โ€” cold. FretTrainerEZ is the no-fluff fretboard trainer and music theory toolkit built for guitarists who are serious about mastering the fundamentals. Whether you're just starting out or you've been playing for years and still hesitate on the higher frets, FretTrainerEZ drills the knowledge in fast โ€” and gives you the tools to go deeper. THREE TRAINING MODES โ€ข Name It โ€” A note lights up on the fretboard. You name it. โ€ข Find It โ€” A note name appears. Find every position on the neck. โ€ข Memory Challenge โ€” Positions flash briefly, then disappear. Tap what you remember. Practice at your own pace or race the clock in Timed Mode (30s, 1 min, 2 min). Three difficulty levels โ€” Beginner (frets 0โ€“5), Intermediate (0โ€“10), and Advanced (full 22-fret neck). MUSIC THEORY TOOLKIT โ€ข Circle of Fifths โ€” Tap any key to instantly see tonic, subdominant, and dominant chords, diatonic chord pills, and common progressions with real chord names. โ€ข Chord Charts โ€” Diagrams for 70+ voicings across all 12 roots: major, minor, dom7, maj7, m7, sus2, sus4 โ€” with degree names, intervals, and chord tone breakdowns. โ€ข Chord Jam โ€” Build your own progressions, drag to reorder, tap to play. โ€ข Scale Explorer โ€” 10 scales including Pentatonic Minor, Blues, Dorian, Mixolydian, Lydian, and more โ€” mapped live on the fretboard for every root. โ€ข Chromatic Tuner โ€” Real-time pitch detection with a precision cents meter. No internet required. BUILT RIGHT โ€ข Karplus-Strong string synthesis โ€” note audio that actually sounds like a guitar โ€ข 5 wood fretboard themes: Rosewood, Maple, Ebony, Walnut, Midnight โ€ข Sharps or flats โ€” your choice, applied everywhere โ€ข Haptic feedback on correct answers โ€ข Fully offline โ€” no network calls, no analytics, no tracking โ€ข Zero ads. Zero subscriptions. Buy once, own it forever. Buy it once. Own your fretboard.

About

Aethron

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Aethron is a minimal oscillator instrument for observing sound as waveform. Rather than a full music production app, Aethron is designed as a small sonic device for touching, layering, and reshaping oscillating sound. Add oscillators, tune frequency and amplitude, switch waveforms, invert polarity, sync phases, randomize signal states, and store the sounds you discover. Features * Multiple oscillators * SINE / SAW / TRI / SQR waveforms * Frequency and amplitude control * Fine frequency adjustment * SUM / SPLIT waveform display * RANDOM signal generation * POL +/- polarity inversion * SYNC phase reset * SOLO monitoring * STATES / STORE for saving setups * Automatic restoration of the last oscillator state Aethron is not a conventional synthesizer or a waveform viewer. It is a small instrument for touching invisible vibration through sound and waveform.

Screenshots

FretTrainerEZ3 screens
Aethron3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: FretTrainerEZ at 17.0 against Aethron's 26.5. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.

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

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

Scorecard1 real difference ยท 4 level
FretTrainerEZ versus Aethron: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFretTrainerEZAethron
PriceFreeFree
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better26.5
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTony BommaritoNaoto Suetsugu

In-app purchases

None

FretTrainerEZ

No in-app purchases

None

Aethron

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is FretTrainerEZ free?
FretTrainerEZ is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aethron free?
Aethron is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do FretTrainerEZ or Aethron have ads?
Neither FretTrainerEZ nor Aethron shows ads.

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