Comparison

Modalissimo Ear Training vs Qwidict

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

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Qwidict

Features
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Write down what you hear. Qwidict plays you a measure. You write it down. Then you see straight away what was right and what was not — not just a score, but your own staff in colour, with the solution underneath. NEVER THE SAME ONE TWICE Qwidict holds no list of ready-made exercises. The app composes each dictation the moment you press start: the rhythm as well as the melody. You set the boundaries — level, clef, key, time signature, and how often a measure may be replayed. Within them the supply never runs out. Don’t feel like choosing? Tap the dice and let the app decide. THREE KINDS OF DICTATION • Rhythmic and melodic: pitch and note value, the full exercise • Rhythmic: rhythm only, everything on one line • Melodic: pitches only, in even notes ONE MEASURE AT A TIME You hear a single measure and write it down with the do-re-mi buttons. Missed it? Play it again — you decide how often. A moving line shows where you are in the measure, so you both hear and see where every note falls. SEE EXACTLY WHAT WENT WRONG Green is right, red is wrong, and the solution appears underneath. One look tells you whether the pitch or the rhythm was off — which a score on its own never does. FOUR LEVELS 1. 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. Whole, half, quarter and eighth notes. C major. 2. Sixteenths, dotted quarter, eighth rest. The keys of G and F. 3. 6/8, 9/8 and 12/8. Triplets. The keys of D, A, B flat and E flat. 4. 5/8 and 7/8, irregular meters and harder sixteenth-note groupings. START FOR FREE Levels 1 and 2 are completely free: all three dictation types, unlimited practice, no ads. The full version unlocks levels 3 and 4, the bass clef, all keys, compound and irregular meters and triplets. One purchase, no subscription. NO FUSS No account, no sign-up, no internet connection needed. No advertising and no tracking. Everything stays on your own device. Qwidict runs on iPhone and iPad, in English, Dutch, French, Spanish and German.

Screenshots

Modalissimo Ear Training4 screens
Qwidict4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Modalissimo Ear Training at every 2 days against Qwidict's weekly. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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 Qwidict sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Modalissimo Ear Training ships an update every 2 days, Qwidict weekly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Modalissimo Ear Training versus Qwidict: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterModalissimo Ear TrainingQwidict
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size45 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGanSoft SARLNever Another

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
1 purchases

Qwidict

One-time1
  • Full version$3.99

Questions

Is Modalissimo Ear Training free?
Modalissimo Ear Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Qwidict free?
Qwidict is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Modalissimo Ear Training or Qwidict have ads?
Neither Modalissimo Ear Training nor Qwidict shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Modalissimo Ear Training or Qwidict?
Modalissimo Ear Training ships an update every 2 days, and Qwidict weekly. Most recently, Modalissimo Ear Training was updated on September 21, 2026 and Qwidict on September 13, 2026.

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