Comparison

PractEar vs Ear Training

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

Head to head
About

PractEar

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PractEar is an ear training app for musicians, who want to improve their listening skills through regular practice. It focuses on practical musical abilities such as recognizing notes and chords, identifying intervals, singing with accurate pitch, reading music, and improving rhythm. You can practice with exercises including: • Notes, intervals, triads, and seventh chords • Staff note reading and recognition • Pitch matching and singing exercises with feedback • Chord types and inversions • Scales, cadences, and key recognition • Rhythm and timing exercises • Melody dictation and repetition • Microphone-based pitch detection • Stereo/pan listening practice • BPM and basic timing exercises • MIDI sight reading • Flashcards PractEar tracks your progress so you can see improvement over time and focus on weaker areas. Whether you're preparing for exams, improving your pitch, or training your musical ear, PractEar gives you a simple place to practice every day. Start for free and upgrade anytime. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Ear Training

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Train your ears, not your memory. Ear Training - Modern is a free, ad-free app that helps musicians hear what they read and read what they hear. Every drill is randomized and playable in any key, so you build real listening skills instead of memorizing fixed examples. WHAT YOU'LL PRACTICE • Solfège & pitch — identify scale degrees and resolutions • Intervals — melodic and harmonic, 2nds through 7ths, ascending and descending • Triads — recognize major, minor, and the diatonic triads, including inversions • Chord progressions — hear common diatonic and major-triad movements • Melodic dictation — listen, then read the melody back on the staff HOW IT WORKS Set or hear the DO (tonic), play a drill, then tap what you heard. An animated score gauge tracks your accuracy, and a hands-free Automation mode runs round after round so you can drill with your eyes closed. WHAT'S INSIDE • Level 1 · Foundations — seven chapters covering solfège, every interval quality, triad recognition, progressions, and dictation • Level 2 · Progressions — major and diatonic triad movement • Plus bonus drills: interval & triad ID, find the DO, and all the solfège syllables BUILT FOR FOCUS • Completely free — no ads, no in-app purchases • Works fully offline — no account, no sign-in, no tracking • Real piano samples and clean music notation These exercises extend the approach of Mark Harrison's "Contemporary Eartraining" series (used with permission). Whether you're a student, singer, instrumentalist, or returning to theory, Ear Training - Modern gives you unlimited, randomized practice to sharpen your ear.

Screenshots

PractEar4 screens
Ear Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ear Training at none against PractEar's 2. PractEar's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PractEar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Ear Training asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PractEar ships an update fortnightly, Ear Training every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
PractEar versus Ear Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPractEarEar Training
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB76 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArda Eren KayaMike Hildner

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PractEar

Subscriptions2
  • PractEar Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • PractEar Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
None

Ear Training

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PractEar free?
PractEar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ear Training free?
Ear Training is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do PractEar or Ear Training have ads?
Neither PractEar nor Ear Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PractEar or Ear Training?
PractEar ships an update fortnightly, and Ear Training every 9 days. Most recently, PractEar was updated on October 14, 2026 and Ear Training on October 10, 2026.

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