Comparison

RhythmForge vs Microtonal Interval Eartrainer

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

Head to head
About

RhythmForge

This app listens to your playing in real time, scoring your timing accuracy across multiple tiers. It provides detailed analysis of your performance, helping you identify and improve areas where you rush or drag. With numerous built-in challenges and practice modes, it acts as a personal coach for musicians.

Highlights
  • Real-time onset detection and scoring
  • Six-tier accuracy grading
  • Combo multipliers and personal best tracking
  • Rushing/dragging analysis
  • Timing precision scatter plot
  • Per-device latency calibration
  • 40+ built-in challenges
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Most metronomes just count. RhythmForge listens back. Play along to the beat and the app hears you in real time. Every hit is measured, every drift is shown, every session tells you exactly where your timing is strong and where it's not. Your phone becomes a practice coach. HOW IT WORKS Pick a challenge. Set your tempo. Play. RhythmForge scores every beat across six accuracy tiers — Perfect, Great, Good, Okay, Weak, Missed. Build combos with consecutive Perfects for bonus points. Beat your personal best. See exactly where you rushed or dragged. 63 built-in challenges spanning rudiments (singles, doubles, paradiddles, rolls, gallops), grooves, world rhythms (tresillo, son clave, rumba, cáscara, mozambique, bossa nova, samba, baião, bembé), compound and odd meters, and odd subdivisions. From first-week beginner to serious drummer. WHAT MAKES IT DIFFERENT • Real-time onset detection — the app hears your strokes and scores them instantly • Six-tier accuracy grading based on millisecond timing • Combo multipliers and personal-best tracking that make practice addictive • Rushing / dragging analysis per session — know your tendencies • Timing precision scatter plot and beat distribution charts • Per-device latency calibration that auto-corrects AirPods drift • Works with drum pads, snare, hand percussion, claves, djembe • 20–360 BPM, all standard subdivisions, accents • True dark-first design, optimized for OLED FREE FOREVER • Full metronome — every subdivision, tempo ramp, ghost measures • Every click sound • Unlimited free practice with live timing feedback • Every analysis screen, unblurred — distribution, precision, rushing and dragging • Every challenge in the library, playable. Nothing is locked • 6 minutes of challenge time a day, spent on whatever you choose • Your last 7 sessions No challenge is behind the subscription. What's metered is time: 6 minutes a day, topping back up as the day goes — four times faster while you're practicing. Run out and any challenge still gives you a free 25-second run, as many as you like. Tempo ramp and ghost measures are premium features in competing apps. Here they're free, forever. The metronome you'd pay for, included. RHYTHMFORGE PRO Unlock everything with a 7-day free trial: • Unlimited challenge time — the meter disappears • Pattern builder — create your own rhythms, loop them, score them • Triplet and sixteenth targets — play any subdivision over any click • Per-beat pattern editing • Full session history, unlimited FOR WHO Drummers. Percussionists. Guitarists who play rhythmically. Music students. Teachers. Anyone who knows that timing is the foundation of everything musical — and wants to actually measure where theirs stands. Privacy: RhythmForge never uploads your audio. All timing detection runs on-device. Analytics are anonymous and aggregated. Requires iOS 17 or later. Microphone permission required for timing feedback. Terms of Service: https://rhythmforge.app/terms

About

Microtonal Interval Eartrainer

Train your ear and voice to recognize and reproduce complex harmonies and intervals. Explore different tuning systems and practice with interactive exercises. Features include chord and scale recognition, with optional Game Center integration.

Highlights
  • Interval identification
  • Voice training with hum mode
  • Chord and scale recognition
  • Support for various tuning systems (JI, EDO)
  • Spectrum exploration mode
  • Progress tracking and accomplishment cards
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Enjoying new exotic songs, but have no idea what their unfamiliar harmonies are doing? With a little training, you can recognize and reproduce crazy harmonies yourself! TRAIN YOUR EAR, TRAIN YOUR VOICE Interval Ear Trainer turns ratios from JI (just intonation) and EDO (equal divisions of the octave) into focused, colorful practice sessions. Choose prime limits from 5-limit (traditional Western harmony) through 7-limit, 11-limit, 13-limit, and higher. Then, identify the intervals you hear. Targeted practice brings back troublesome intervals with nearby contrasts and familiar landmarks. Once you've trained your ear, train your voice with Hum mode, and let the app detect how close you are to singing intervals. Or, get started on recognizing chords, scales, and even scale progressions! EXPLORE THE SPECTRUM Turn off the pressure and enter a free spectrum mode, where you can practice your chosen intonation at will. A live display shows where your voice lands and highlights nearby intervals. Turn real practice history into polished accomplishment cards and challenge your friends to see how they do. No user account, ads, or in-app purchases. Microphone audio is never recorded or uploaded. Game Center integration is optional. EARN DISCOUNTS Unlock achievements to earn discounts on the upcoming Temper Microtonal Keyboard app, a full-featured microtonal learning and music production app. Temper Interval Trainer is made for instrumentalists, singers, composers, and anyone curious. Recognize and reproduce anything you hear, from short melodies to entire songs!

Screenshots

RhythmForge4 screens
Microtonal Interval Eartrainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Microtonal Interval Eartrainer at 5.0 against RhythmForge's 1.0. Microtonal Interval Eartrainer also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, ratings volume and ads 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. RhythmForge sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Microtonal Interval Eartrainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Microtonal Interval Eartrainer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 4 level
RhythmForge versus Microtonal Interval Eartrainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRhythmForgeMicrotonal Interval Eartrainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyFortnightly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFlorian PreknyaPeter Keay

In-app purchases

3 purchases

RhythmForge

Subscriptions2
  • RhythmForge PRO Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
  • RhythmForge PRO Annual7 Days trial$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • RhythmForge PRO Lifetime$74.99
None

Microtonal Interval Eartrainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RhythmForge free?
RhythmForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Microtonal Interval Eartrainer free?
Microtonal Interval Eartrainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, RhythmForge or Microtonal Interval Eartrainer?
Microtonal Interval Eartrainer is rated higher. RhythmForge averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Microtonal Interval Eartrainer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do RhythmForge or Microtonal Interval Eartrainer have ads?
Neither RhythmForge nor Microtonal Interval Eartrainer shows ads.

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