Solfagen vs HarmoniQ
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Solfagen
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Solfagen turns sight-singing practice into something you can pick up any time — no two exercises ever the same. Built on the Kodály method that music teachers use worldwide, Solfagen generates fresh, original melodies on demand and walks you from your very first two notes toward reading fuller tunes with confidence. Every exercise is singable, follows real melodic rules, and shows the movable-Do solfège syllable under each note: Do, Re, Mi, Sol, La. WHY SINGERS CHOOSE IT • A real skill, not a game. Sight-singing — reading music and hearing it in your head — is the foundation choirs, instrument lessons, and music classes all build on. • A clear path. Levels add one new idea at a time, in the order music teachers actually teach, so progress feels earned, never overwhelming. • Endless practice. The exercise generator never runs out, so repetition builds the ear without memorizing the same line. • Calm and focused. No ads. No accounts to create. No pop-ups pulling attention away from the music. WHAT'S INSIDE • Unlimited auto-generated sight-singing exercises in standard notation • A guided sequence of levels, from simple five-note (pentatonic) patterns toward longer, fuller phrases • Solfège syllables printed under every note • Tap to hear any exercise played back, at a tempo you choose • A built-in metronome to practice keeping time • Clean Paper, Slate, and Night themes • Designed for both iPhone and iPad PRIVACY YOU CAN TRUST No accounts, no logins, no tracking, no ads. Practice happens entirely on the device. Questions or feedback? Tap the message icon in the app, or reach us at the support link below. We read everything.
HarmoniQ
This app offers conservatory-grade ear training with personalized lessons based on your unique musical profile. It analyzes your performance in detail, focusing on areas needing improvement to enhance your relative pitch skills.
- Personalized ear training lessons
- Detailed musical analysis (intervals, chords, scales)
- Dynamic difficulty adjustment
- Melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic dictation
- Interval, chord, and scale identification
- Customizable practice sessions
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A conservatory-grade relative pitch trainer that measures your ear's unique profile and dynamically builds lessons to eliminate your weak spots. POWERED BY EAR-IQ Ear-iQ measures every answer in musical terms. Interval distances, chord-tone geometry, scale degree differences, notes shared in the key, and per-note pitch and rhythm differences tell you far more than a simple right or wrong. YOUR EAR, IN DIMENSIONS YOU ALREADY USE - Intervals: perfect consonant, major, minor, simple lower, simple upper, imperfect consonant, dissonant, and compound - Chords: triads, open, major, minor, diminished, augmented, dominant, 6ths & 7ths, 9ths, 11ths & 13ths, altered - Scales: major & minor, diatonic modes, pentatonic & blues, dominant, symmetric, jazz modes, exotic, bebop - Scale degrees and melodies: tonic chord, tendency tones, major key, minor key, and chromatic - Chord progressions: tonic, predominant, dominant, major, minor, diminished, triads, sevenths, secondary dominants, modal mixture - Rhythmic dictation: note values, placement, syncopation, rests, tuplets, and meters - Melodic dictation: pitch, scale degree, interval, contour, and rhythm - Harmonic dictation: soprano, alto, tenor, and bass See each skill with its strengths and weaknesses SMART RECOMMENDATIONS Ear-iQ tracks the pairs you confuse and draws them back onto the answer grid, weighted by how often you confuse them, letting them drift back out as you improve. Every lesson targets what you need most, and the difficulty rises when your performance says you're ready. No configuration required. MELODIC DICTATION Transcribe an infinite stream of melodies on an interactive staff. The engine uses real cadences, harmonic functions, and voice-leading rules to create natural, resolving melodies in real keys, meters, and clefs, and grades pitch, scale degree, interval, contour, and rhythm separately. HARMONIC DICTATION Transcribe harmonies in two, three, or four parts on an interactive staff, including treble, bass, alto and tenor clefs. RHYTHMIC DICTATION Transcribe rhythmic patterns on an interactive staff. The engine tests precise note placement, rests, ties, syncopation, and tuplets across simple, compound, and asymmetric meters. INTERVALS Every interval from a perfect unison to a major thirteenth, ascending, descending, and harmonic. CHORDS Triads, sixths and sevenths, extended and altered chords, with enharmonic spellings graded by chord-tone geometry. SCALES Major, minor, diatonic modes, pentatonic and blues, symmetric, jazz, and bebop scales. SCALE DEGREES AND SCALE DEGREE MELODIES Learn harmonic functions inside a key, diatonic and chromatic, in major and minor, one note at a time or as whole melodies. CHORD PROGRESSIONS Identify chord progressions by their Roman numerals, in major and minor, including secondary dominants and borrowed chords. PRACTICE YOUR WAY Build a custom lesson from exactly the material you want, or start from a preset for any skill. Save custom lessons and shape your own learning path. Once you choose the skills you're working on, or define your own, your recommendations will follow. REAL INSTRUMENTS Recordings of real instruments across seven octaves: piano, violin, viola, cello, flute, oboe, clarinet, English horn, trumpet, French horn, and trombone, plus a pure sine tone. Every one is free in custom practice. FOR MUSIC STUDENTS, CASUAL LEARNERS, AND PROFESSIONALS Start with the fundamentals and let the engine raise the challenge as your ear improves, up to the advanced material tested in college placement and conservatory exams. Free lessons every day, no account required. Privacy Policy: https://harmoniqmusic.com/privacy.html Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Solfagen at none against HarmoniQ's 6. Solfagen also leads on iOS requirement (15.1 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. HarmoniQ sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Solfagen asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Solfagen | HarmoniQ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 72 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ross Morey | Matthew James Clower |
In-app purchases
Solfagen
No in-app purchases
HarmoniQ
- HarmoniQ Pro7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- HarmoniQ Pro$29.991 Year
- Tiny Bundle of Diamonds$0.99
- Small Bundle of Diamonds$1.99
- Medium Bundle of Diamonds$4.99
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