Comparison

Use Your Ear vs Aux Control

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

Head to head
About

Use Your Ear

Features
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The 9 pivot points: · **50 Hz** — Depth & Weight · **100 Hz** — Warmth & Punch · **200 Hz** — Thickness & Mud · **500 Hz** — Boxy & Gargle · **1 kHz** — Nasal & Knock · **2 kHz** — Edge & Clarity · **5 kHz** — Presence & Bite · **10 kHz** — Sizzle & Snap · **20 kHz** — Air & Plastic Each pivot mapped to perceptual adjectives — so you don't just memorize numbers, you learn what they SOUND like. Four training modes: EQ Workbench — Interactive 9-band parametric. Drag nodes vertically for gain, scroll wheel for Q, double-click to reset. Frequencies are locked to the pivot points (that's the whole point). Quiz — Blind pivot trainer. The app boosts or cuts a random pivot on pink noise at Easy / Medium / Hard difficulty. A/B between processed and bypass, then pick the frequency + direction. Scoring tracks your accuracy over time. Listen — A/B reference mode. Set gain and Q on a single pivot, toggle A/B against bypass, and read the "Boost to..." / "Cut to..." cheat sheet. Train your ear by hearing the same EQ move at multiple frequencies. Sweep — Manual sine tone across the spectrum, plus an automatic logarithmic sweep from 20 Hz to 20 kHz with the nearest-pivot readout. Hear the spectrum, build the mental map. Sources: · Pink noise (Paul Kellet generator, 4-second loopable buffer) · Sine tone · Log sweep · Your own audio file · Live microphone (with feedback warning) Hearing safety built in: Three independent ways to instantly stop audio: 1. Mute button — instant silence, playback can resume 2. Stop button — tears down the audio source completely 3. Always: keep your master volume LOW, use headphones at safe levels Sine tones and sweeps are internally attenuated to 15% of full scale. Why is it free? Tomorrow's working sound engineers are today's audio students. We want you to learn properly — not paywalled, not gated, not crippled. No ads. No data harvesting. Just a real tool. Where next? · Surviving Audio — Plan and design PA systems before the show · Soundtools Pro — Real-time tools during the show Three apps, one story: train, plan, execute.

About

Aux Control

This app allows hosts to create a music voting system for parties and events, connecting to a music streaming service. Guests can join via a web browser to vote on songs, with the host managing playback and the queue. Sessions are temporary and designed for social gatherings.

Highlights
  • Create music voting rooms
  • Guest song voting
  • Host playback control
  • Temporary event sessions
  • QR code and room code entry
  • Guest list management
Features
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Aux Control is a party music jukebox for bars, cafes, and events. The host runs the iOS app on their iPhone, which connects to Apple Music and starts a room. Guests join by scanning a QR code or entering a room code at auxcontrol.live in any browser — no app download required. Guests set a screen name and vote on which song plays next. The host controls playback and manages the guest list. BUILT FOR REAL PARTIES • Works best with 5+ people — house parties, bars, weddings, DJs fielding requests, all of it • Sessions self-destruct after 24 hours — zero cleanup • Skip is host-first, always — you're never at the mercy of the crowd • Kick a guest, yeet a queued track, or seed the first song yourself before votes even start • Turn voting off for a simple first-come, first-served queue — great for smaller crews who'd rather skip the ballot PARTY PASS Free sessions cap at 8 people. Party Pass is an auto-renewing annual subscription that bumps the cap to 150 guests — built for the bigger stuff: weddings, blowouts, hosts running it all year. Renews automatically each year unless you cancel at least 24 hours before renewal; manage or cancel anytime in Settings > Apple ID > Subscriptions. Aux Control is built by Loophole, LLC - Garfield Heights, Ohio Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://auxcontrol.live/privacy.html

Screenshots

Use Your Ear4 screens
Aux Control4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Use Your Ear at none against Aux Control's 2. Use Your Ear also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. Aux Control sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $19.99 per year. Use Your Ear asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Use Your Ear versus Aux Control: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUse Your EarAux Control
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (6 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—6 — better
Update frequency—Every 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB1 MB
Age rating4+12+
DeveloperJuerg AndresLoophole, LLC

In-app purchases

None

Use Your Ear

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Aux Control

Subscriptions1
  • Party Pass$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Party Pass$2.99

Questions

Is Use Your Ear free?
Use Your Ear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Aux Control free?
Aux Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Use Your Ear or Aux Control have ads?
Neither Use Your Ear nor Aux Control shows ads.

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