Comparison

Relative Pitch vs Ear Training

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

Head to head
About

Relative Pitch

Train your ear to recognize musical intervals by listening to notes. This app dynamically adjusts difficulty based on your performance, offering personalized feedback. It's designed for all skill levels, from beginners to experienced musicians, with accessibility features and multiple profiles.

Highlights
  • Interval recognition training
  • Adaptive difficulty engine
  • Personalized feedback
  • Multiple user profiles
  • Accessibility features
  • Available in 12 languages
Features
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The app is free. Level 1 in full, with unlimited sessions, and training that adapts to your ear from the very first answer. You hear two notes. Which one is higher? By how much? And played together, could you name them? Recognizing intervals by ear is what separates the musician who reads notes from the one who hears music. It is not a gift, it is practice. And you do not need to read sheet music to start. TRAINING THAT ADAPTS TO YOU The ZDP engine reads your answers as you go and sets every exercise to the level you are at today. On a good run? Difficulty rises. An interval that keeps slipping? It eases off until that one sinks in. You stay where progress actually happens: never bored, never stuck against a wall. A DEBRIEF AFTER EVERY SESSION Apple Intelligence can analyze your work right on your device and give you personal feedback: what is settling in, what still needs time. Nothing leaves your device. FREE, FOREVER • All of Level 1, with unlimited sessions • The full adaptive engine within that scope • Your progress, your calendar and your stats • Reminders to help you keep the rhythm WHAT THE SINGLE PURCHASE UNLOCKS • Every level, from your first steps to the most demanding • The complete range of intervals, simple and compound, ascending, descending and harmonic • Your choice of which intervals to work on • The pathway built for the L.U.C.I.D. method One purchase, no subscription. FOR HOME AND FOR THE CLASSROOM Up to 3 independent profiles on a single device: everyone keeps their own progress, stats and pace. BUILT TO BE USABLE BY EVERYONE VoiceOver, high contrast, a dark interface, and feedback that never relies on color alone: every answer is marked by a symbol and by haptic feedback. Adapting properly means adapting to each person. YOUR DATA STAYS WITH YOU No collection, no account to create, no connection required, no permission to grant to get started. Everything happens on your device. Note Precision: Intervals accompanies the Relative Ear module of the L.U.C.I.D. platform, which grew out of a music teacher's work, and it fits practice with your teacher as naturally as working on your own at home. Available in 12 languages, as a native app on iPhone, iPad and Mac. This is the first app in the NotePrecision suite. The ear can be trained.

About

Ear Training

Features
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Hear the key, then name the note's role. The key changes every question, so you learn relative pitch, not pitch memory. Every question plays a short cadence to set the key, then one note. You don't name its pitch: you name its role in the key (Do Re Mi... or 1-7) by tapping a rung of the ladder on screen. Because the key changes with every question, memorizing pitches won't get it right. THREE KINDS OF PRACTICE - Scale degrees: which degree the note is, counting from Do (Level 1 Do, Mi, Sol / Level 2 Do to Ti / Level 3 with chromatic notes) - Intervals: the distance between two notes (minor 2nd to octave; ascending, descending or together) - Chords: major, minor, diminished and augmented triads, with inversions AFTER YOU ANSWER - Compare with the answer, hear the resolution back to the tonic, or replay as often as you like (replays never count against you) - Intervals and chords are shown on a keyboard FOCUS ON YOUR WEAK SPOTS - Weak spots again: a 2-choice comparison of the two answers you mixed up, or practice narrowed to 3 or 4 choices including your weak spots. The choices are shown before you start - Practice chosen answers: practice only the answers you pick, such as Mi and Fa only - Comparisons show your accuracy over the last 30 questions HISTORY Accuracy by answer, weekly trends and weekly summaries. NOTATION AND INSTRUMENTS - Degree names: Do Re Mi, numbers, or katakana - Note names: C D E, fixed Do, or Japanese - Transposing instruments: in B flat, in F and in E flat (key names follow your instrument's written key) - Reference A at 440 or 442 Hz, range, cadence length and volume FREE AND PRO Try every level of every practice for free, up to 60 questions in total (this doesn't reset daily). Weak-spot practice can be tried once. Pro is a one-time purchase with no subscription: no question limit, unlimited weak-spot practice, practice in a fixed key or with chosen answers, and your full history. PRIVACY Your practice history and settings stay on this device. To improve the app, only anonymous usage (Google Analytics) and crash reports (Firebase Crashlytics) are sent. No ads, no tracking. The app doesn't use the microphone. This is a practice tool, not a hearing test. How things sound depends on your playback setup.

Screenshots

Relative Pitch4 screens
Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Relative Pitch at none against Ear Training's 1. Ear Training's advantage is iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

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

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

Both are free to download. Ear Training sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Relative Pitch asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 6 level
Relative Pitch versus Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRelative PitchEar Training
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCedrik RazafimanantsoaRAINBOW TREE LLC

In-app purchases

None

Relative Pitch

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Ear Training

One-time1
  • Ear Training Pro$19.99

Questions

Is Relative Pitch free?
Relative Pitch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Ear Training free?
Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Relative Pitch or Ear Training have ads?
Neither Relative Pitch nor Ear Training shows ads.

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