SightRead vs HarmoniQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SightRead
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Free. No ads, no accounts, no subscriptions. SightRead teaches you to read rhythm and notes the way music schools do: with Kodály syllables, one small step at a time. RHYTHM, TAUGHT AS A LANGUAGE Every rhythm has a word. Ta is a quarter note. Ti-Ti is two eighths. Say it, then tap it. SightRead shows real notation with a moving cursor, counts you in, and scores every tap: perfect, great, good, or miss, with early/late feedback so you know which way to fix it. 89 LEVELS ACROSS 23 STAGES From single quarter notes to sixteenths, dotted rhythms, rests, ties, syncopation, triplets, and 2/4, 3/4, 6/4 and 6/8 time. Each stage introduces exactly one new idea, with a short audio lesson the first time you meet it. Earn stars to unlock the next level, or go back for a three-star run. THEN, THE NOTES 29 levels of note reading: treble clef from Middle C, sharps and flats, bass clef, ledger lines, and timed rounds. A note lands on the staff, you name it, you hear it. Notes Practice lets you drill exactly the notes you choose: clef, range, accidentals, timed or endless. BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE • Rhythm Lab: build the bars you're stuck on from a palette of note values, listen, practice, save • Free Practice at any tempo, with whole-stage mixes so patterns never repeat the same way • Tap calibration for Bluetooth headphones, plus Relaxed / Normal / Strict timing windows • Speed control on every level • Listen-first mode: hear the rhythm before you play it • Daily streak, calendar and stats, with an optional once-a-day reminder • Haptics on every tap • Designed for iPhone and iPad • English, Español, Português, Français, Deutsch, Italiano; note names as C D E, Do Re Mi, or C D E H FOR STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Five minutes a day is enough. Music students use it to prepare for theory exams and auditions; teachers use it in class and for homework. It works offline, needs no account, and collects no data. SightRead is free and stays free.
HarmoniQ
This app provides advanced ear training for musicians, focusing on relative pitch. It analyzes your unique musical profile to create personalized lessons for intervals, chords, scales, and rhythms, helping you identify and improve your weak spots.
- Personalized ear training lessons
- Interval, chord, and scale identification
- Rhythmic and melodic dictation
- Detailed ear profile analysis
- Dynamic difficulty adjustment
- Real instrument recordings
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A conservatory-grade relative pitch trainer that measures your ear's unique profile and dynamically builds lessons to eliminate your weak spots. POWERED BY EAR-IQ Ear-iQ measures every answer in musical terms. Interval distances, chord-tone geometry, scale degree differences, notes shared in the key, and per-note pitch and rhythm differences tell you far more than a simple right or wrong. YOUR EAR, IN DIMENSIONS YOU ALREADY USE - Intervals: perfect consonant, major, minor, simple lower, simple upper, imperfect consonant, dissonant, and compound - Chords: triads, open, major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant, 6ths & 7ths, 9ths, 11ths & 13ths, altered - Scales: major & minor, diatonic modes, pentatonic & blues, dominant, symmetric, jazz modes, exotic, bebop - Scale degrees and melodies: tonic chord, tendency tones, major key, minor key, and chromatic - Chord progressions: tonic, predominant, dominant, major, minor, diminished, triads, sevenths, secondary dominants, modal mixture - Rhythmic dictation: note values, placement, syncopation, rests, tuplets, and meters - Melodic dictation: pitch, scale degree, interval, contour, and rhythm - Harmonic dictation: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass See each skill with its strengths and weaknesses SMART RECOMMENDATIONS Ear-iQ tracks the pairs you confuse and draws them back onto the answer grid, weighted by how often you confuse them, letting them drift back out as you improve. Every lesson targets what you need most, and the difficulty rises when your performance says you're ready. No configuration required. MELODIC DICTATION Transcribe an infinite stream of melodies on an interactive staff. The engine uses real cadences, harmonic functions, and voice-leading rules to create natural, resolving melodies in real keys, meters, and clefs, and grades pitch, scale degree, interval, contour, and rhythm separately. HARMONIC DICTATION Transcribe harmonies in two, three, or four parts on an interactive staff, including treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs. RHYTHMIC DICTATION Transcribe rhythmic patterns on an interactive staff. The engine tests precise note placement, rests, ties, syncopation, and tuplets across simple, compound, and asymmetric meters. INTERVALS Every interval from a perfect unison to a major thirteenth, ascending, descending, and harmonic. CHORDS Triads, sixths and sevenths, extended and altered chords, with enharmonic spellings graded by chord-tone geometry. SCALES Major, minor, diatonic modes, pentatonic and blues, symmetric, jazz, and bebop scales. SCALE DEGREES AND SCALE DEGREE MELODIES Learn harmonic functions inside a key, diatonic and chromatic, in major and minor, one note at a time or as whole melodies. CHORD PROGRESSIONS Identify chord progressions by their Roman numerals, in major and minor, including secondary dominants and borrowed chords. PRACTICE YOUR WAY Build a custom lesson from exactly the material you want, or start from a preset for any skill. Save custom lessons and shape your own learning path. Once you choose the skills you're working on, or define your own, your recommendations will follow. REAL INSTRUMENTS Recordings of real instruments across seven octaves: piano, violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn, trumpet, French horn, and trombone, plus a pure sine tone. Every one is free in custom practice. FOR MUSIC STUDENTS, CASUAL LEARNERS, AND PROFESSIONALS Start with the fundamentals and let the engine raise the challenge as your ear improves, up to the advanced material tested in college placement and conservatory exams. Free lessons every day, no account required. Privacy Policy: https://harmoniqmusic.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SightRead at none against HarmoniQ's 6. SightRead also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 4 days). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. HarmoniQ sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. SightRead asks for nothing beyond the download.
SightRead ships an update daily, HarmoniQ every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SightRead | HarmoniQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (4 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Daily — better | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 71 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ruben Reut | Matthew James Clower |
In-app purchases
SightRead
No in-app purchases
HarmoniQ
- HarmoniQ Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- HarmoniQ Pro$29.991 Year
- Tiny Bundle of Diamonds$0.99
- Small Bundle of Diamonds$1.99
- Medium Bundle of Diamonds$4.99
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