Comparison

PractEar vs Keystitch

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

Keystitch

Develop a visual understanding of music theory with short, focused drills. Train your mental keyboard for intervals, keys, and melodies. Practice hands-free and track your progress with adaptive exercises.

Highlights
  • Visual keyboard drills
  • Interval and key recognition
  • Melody tracking
  • Solfège practice
  • Hands-free practice modes
  • Adaptive learning
  • Progress tracking charts
Features
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See the music. Keystitch trains the skill underneath every musical skill: a clear mental picture of the keyboard, so intervals, keys, and melodies stop being abstractions and start being shapes you can see. Most music education starts a few steps too advanced — past the hidden mental machinery that lets a lucky few learn so fast. Keystitch takes the other road: short, focused drills, served a couple of minutes at a time, that build durable skill with minimal wasted effort — in an app that adapts to what you can actually do, not what a lesson plan assumes. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Hear a sequence of notes and track them on your mental keyboard — then tap the note you landed on, or just say it. • Read intervals, keys, and clefs until notation feels like moves on a keyboard and not a strange language. • Hear a phrase and sing or speak it back in solfège, graded note by note. • Practice hands-free: eyes closed, prompts spoken, answers spoken back. HOW IT WORKS • A journey that serves the right drill at the right level, two minutes at a time. • Answer by voice, by touch, or by singing — fixed-do solfège throughout. • Progress you can see: every answer feeds charts of what you know cold and what needs work. • Practice goals and streaks if you want them — and never a punishment if you don't. FREE, AND WHAT MEMBERSHIP ADDS Every drill, every level, and every mode is open to everyone. Free practice starts with a full opening hour, then four minutes a day — counted only while a question is on screen. Membership removes the time limit, and today's price is the Early Adopter price: it will go up, but if you join at it, your price stays yours for as long as you stay subscribed. Nothing leaves your device: no account, no tracking, no ads. See the privacy policy for the whole story. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Our promises to members: https://keystitch.net/terms Privacy policy: https://keystitch.net/privacy

Screenshots

PractEar4 screens
Keystitch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Keystitch at every 3 days against PractEar's fortnightly. PractEar's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.6). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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 and Keystitch sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PractEar ships an update fortnightly, Keystitch every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
PractEar versus Keystitch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPractEarKeystitch
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (3 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—3 — better
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size61 MB109 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArda Eren KayaJoshua Lucan

In-app purchases

2 purchases

PractEar

Subscriptions2
  • PractEar Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • PractEar Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year
3 purchases

Keystitch

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly$5.991 Month
  • Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Original Member$199.99

Questions

Is PractEar free?
PractEar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Keystitch free?
Keystitch is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PractEar or Keystitch have ads?
Neither PractEar nor Keystitch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PractEar or Keystitch?
PractEar ships an update fortnightly, and Keystitch every 3 days. Most recently, PractEar was updated on November 5, 2026 and Keystitch on November 5, 2026.

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