Comparison

Modalissimo Ear Training vs Aubel

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

Head to head
About

Modalissimo Ear Training

Develop your musical ear with this comprehensive ear training app. It offers modes for recognizing intervals, chords, melodies, and rhythms, with a built-in tuner and interactive piano. Practice offline with adaptive learning and track your progress through gamified elements.

Highlights
  • Interval and chord recognition
  • Melodic and polyphonic dictation
  • Rhythm tapping exercises
  • Singing pitch detection
  • Chromatic instrument tuner
  • Interactive piano with score player
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Functional Ear Training — develop your musical ear in tonal context. Designed for musicians, conservatory students, singers, jazz players and anyone who wants to train their relative pitch, the app makes you recognize intervals, chords, rhythms and melodies — across 6 instrument timbres — after a harmonic cadence that establishes the key. ■ TRAINING MODES • Intervals — recognition with a I-IV-V-I cadence before each exercise (functional ear training) • Chords — major, minor, diminished, augmented + 7th chords (M7, m7, dom7, m7b5), inversions • Melodic dictation — reconstruct a diatonic melody note by note in the given key • Polyphonic dictation — two simultaneous voices, transcribe soprano + bass beat by beat • Singing mic — sing the target note, real-time pitch detection in cents via the microphone • Rhythm — listen, then tap back the rhythm. Adjustable tempo and difficulty. • Tuner — chromatic instrument tuner with cent precision • Pocket mode — hands-free audio training with voice answers, even with the screen locked • Piano — full keyboard with instrument choice, plus a score player: follow “Für Elise” note-by-note on the staff, at your own tempo (play/pause, step through notes) ■ FEATURES • 6 instrument banks — piano, violin, sax, trumpet, flute, guitar • 3 difficulty levels per mode (Beginner → Intermediate → Advanced) • Notation toggle: Do Re Mi (Latin) or C D E (English) • Adaptive selection — items you miss come back more often (SRS-lite) • Per-item statistics — see your strengths and weaknesses by interval, chord and degree • Daily streak with reminder — keep the practice habit • Light, dark and color-blind friendly themes • 9 languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Chinese • No ads, no tracking, works offline • Progress & rewards — XP, levels, a daily goal, badges and streaks to keep you motivated (free, no account) ■ PRO PLAN All exercise modes are free, with a daily quota of 6 questions per mode. Pro removes the limit for unlimited practice on every mode, and guarantees no ads — today and forever: • Monthly — CHF 5.99/month (cancel anytime) • Yearly — CHF 19.99/year (save 72%) • Lifetime — CHF 32.99 one-time payment ■ PRIVACY No sign-up, no account, no login required. No personal data sent to our servers. The Singing mode processes microphone audio entirely on your device, in real time, and never records or transmits it. Purchases are handled by the App Store — we never see your payment details. Privacy policy: https://gansoft.ch/eartraining-privacy-policy.html Terms of Use: https://gansoft.ch/eartraining-terms.html

About

Aubel

This app helps music students develop their ear by identifying intervals, scales, and chords. It integrates with your phone's alarm and Screen Time features to ensure consistent practice, making ear training a daily habit.

Highlights
  • Interval, scale, and chord identification
  • Adaptive progression engine
  • Morning alarm practice integration
  • Screen Time app lockout for focused practice
  • Streak counter and accuracy tracking
  • Multiple game modes
Features
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Train your ear and your eye. Aubel is ear training and sight-reading for music students. Hear intervals, scales, and chords and name them. Read notes, chords, and key signatures on the staff. A progression engine starts from what you already know and opens up new material as you get accurate. LISTEN Intervals, scales, chord quality, and intonation, by ear. Two notes and a gap. A scale running up and down. Four notes stacked into a chord. Train one at a time, or mix them. READ Notes on the staff, intervals, scales, chords, and key signatures, on sight. The same progression that sharpens your ear sharpens how fast you read. PRACTICE THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS Most people mean to do ear training and never get to it. The problem is timing, not motivation. Aubel makes the practice come to you. Set a morning alarm that plays a few notes and won't dismiss until you name them. Put distracting apps behind a quick challenge with Screen Time, so opening Instagram costs you five intervals first. COMPETE A daily chord-progression puzzle, the same one for everyone, every day. Weekly leagues that sort you against players at your level. A global board. Head-to-head battles with friends whenever you want one. FOR CLASSROOMS Teachers can run a class, assign quizzes, and see who is keeping up, with full reporting on the web. PRICING Aubel is free to start. One payment unlocks everything, and you pay what it is worth to you. No subscription, ever. WHY EAR TRAINING A trained ear shrinks the gap between what you imagine and what you play. You hear the chord changes coming. You catch your own tuning. You learn songs off a recording instead of waiting for the sheet music. Every music student knows ear training matters. Almost nobody does it, because the plan to practice later this week loses to everything else on the list. Aubel fixes the timing first. The session is thirty seconds, and the apps you already open ask for it. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Modalissimo Ear Training4 screens
Aubel4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Modalissimo Ear Training at every 2 days against Aubel's monthly. Modalissimo Ear Training also leads on monetization model (freemium vs paid). Aubel's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 1). On price, rating, ads and in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Modalissimo Ear Training sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per month and Aubel sells 18 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Modalissimo Ear Training against 5.0 for Aubel. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aubel has 10 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Modalissimo Ear Training ships an update every 2 days, Aubel monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Modalissimo Ear Training versus Aubel: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModalissimo Ear TrainingAubel
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (10 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings110 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.1
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB130 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperGanSoft SARLEuan Maley

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Modalissimo Ear Training

Subscriptions2
  • Pro Monthly$6.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly$22.991 Year
One-time1
  • Pro Lifetime$34.99
18 purchases

Aubel

One-time18
  • Meow$0.99
  • Rocket$0.99
  • Kalimba$0.99
Show 15 more
  • Unlock Aubel$1.99
  • Keyboard & Plucked$2.99
  • Percussion Pack$2.99
  • Strings Pack$2.99
  • Brass Pack$2.99
  • Woodwinds Pack$2.99
  • Saxes Pack$2.99
  • Unlock Aubel$4.99
  • Unlock Aubel$9.99
  • Complete Collection$9.99
  • Unlock Aubel$14.99
  • Unlock Aubel$19.99
  • Unlock Aubel$24.99
  • Unlock Aubel$49.99
  • Unlock Aubel$99.99

Questions

Is Modalissimo Ear Training free?
Modalissimo Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Aubel free?
Aubel is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Modalissimo Ear Training or Aubel?
Modalissimo Ear Training and Aubel are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 10 ratings respectively.
Do Modalissimo Ear Training or Aubel have ads?
Neither Modalissimo Ear Training nor Aubel shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Modalissimo Ear Training or Aubel?
Modalissimo Ear Training ships an update every 2 days, and Aubel monthly. Most recently, Modalissimo Ear Training was updated on September 21, 2026 and Aubel on September 18, 2026.

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