Comparison

Check1.2 vs AudioEngineer EAR Trainer

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

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Check1.2

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Check1.2 finds the frequencies most likely to feed back, in Hz. Before the show, you cannot tell which frequency to pull down. At the FOH desk, the analyzer's red line shows the bands most likely to feed back. The iPhone microphone is all you need. No measuring instrument, no external microphone. The Full version is a one-time purchase. It is not a subscription. FREE AND FULL - Stereo recording: free is 5 minutes a take, 2 saved. Full records a whole show in one take and keeps all. - Monitor check results: free keeps 3. Full keeps as many as you like, compares with your last visit to the same venue, and keeps what you changed. - Normalize: free works on takes up to 5 minutes. Full works on longer takes too. - Frequency quiz: free is Beginner, 6 bands, 2 sets a day. Full adds Advanced, 21 bands, unlimited sets. - Accuracy by band: free today, Full all time. - A/B comparison: free is Pop. Full has four genres. - Instrument views: free All. Full adds drums, bass, guitar, vocal, piano. - Spectrogram: free 3 times a day. Full unlimited. - Speaker check "Measure with the mic", export of results, Pan position quiz, Band Timing Check: Full. Use Restore Purchases on a new device. Analyzer, Monitor check, voice registration, Metronome, Tuner and Speaker check are free. Spectrogram 3 times a day. No account needed. Try Full free for 7 days; it returns to free with no charge. Works on iPad too. For people learning PA, people doing the PA on the day at a small venue with no dedicated engineer, and people training new PA staff at a live house. FEATURES - Stereo recording, no compressor and no limiter. - Metronome with a volume slider and a beat-1 accent you can turn on or off. - Tuner. Press a note name to hear it as a sine tone. - Speaker check. MONITOR CHECK (BEFORE THE SHOW) From 15 seconds of ambient sound and your voice, it lists the bands most likely to feed back, as a number and a word, like "about 250 Hz (muddy)". While recording, a green, yellow or red lamp warns you when feedback is close. Register your voice and it also reports muddy (200-500 Hz), boomy low end (63-125 Hz), harsh (2-5 kHz) and sibilance (5-8 kHz). A tone that stays after your voice stops is close to feedback. It listens 3 seconds to tell it from reverberation. Results stay on your iPhone with the venue name and a note, so you can compare next time. What you do next is the real work. Turn the level down. Move the speakers or the microphone. If it still feeds back, cut the band you found with EQ, a little at a time. ANALYZER (DURING THE SHOW) 50 Hz to 18,000 Hz, about 11.7 Hz steps, redrawn about 23 times a second. - Green line: the sound now. White: Peak Hold. Orange dashed: the strong band. - A tone that stands out from its neighbours and keeps doing so gets a solid red line. Musical notes are told apart by their harmonics and get no red line. - Drag the screen to read the frequency there. Pick an instrument (All, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Vocals, Piano) for notes written for it. - If the waveform goes flat on top, it tells you it is clipping. FREQUENCY QUIZ Name the frequency of a sine tone, or compare a band track with and without EQ and name the band that changed. With headphones and Advanced (full version), 63 Hz and 125 Hz join in. HOW TO USE Monitor Check measures the ambient sound for 15 seconds. Record your voice, press "See results" and wait 3 seconds. Read the bands most likely to feed back and what to do next. PRIVACY Recording, analysis, voice registration, results and venue notes stay on your iPhone. The app only connects for Apple's in-app purchase. If you email us, we get your address and message. No ads, no tracking. NOTES This app is not a measuring instrument. Start quiet and raise the level slowly. Stereo recording works on supported models only; others record in mono, and the app tells you first. Below 150 Hz the iPhone microphone cannot measure accurately, so feedback detection is off there. dB is not calibrated.

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AudioEngineer EAR Trainer

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AudioEngineer Ear Trainer is an ear-training app for audio engineers and musicians. Train your sense of frequency, your ear for noise, and your ear for effects — in two modes, Quiz (guess the answer) and Listen (free, unscored). No login, no ads, no tracking, and it works completely offline. ■ Frequency Ear Training Free · 10-band EQ boost/cut training with pink noise · Boost-only, cut-only, and mixed (guess the direction too) practice modes · Best-streak tracking Unlock Pro (one-time purchase) · 31-band 1/3-octave precision training (ISO 266 standard) · 12dB, 6dB, and 3dB boost/cut magnitude selection (mixed magnitude too) · Sine-wave-only listening mode · Left/right ear training — a different band is boosted or cut in each ear, and you identify both independently · Train with your own imported music ■ Noise Ear Training Free · Identify noise types (hiss, rumble, crackle, and more) Unlock Pro (one-time purchase) · More noise types added · Identify hum frequency (50Hz vs. 60Hz) · Noise floor detection — tell whether noise is present, and guess its level (-60/-50/-40dB) · All of the above support your own music as the background ■ Effects Ear Training Free · Identify 3 effect types — Reverb, Delay, Chorus Unlock Pro (one-time purchase) · 4 more effect types — Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Distortion (7 total) · A/B effect-intensity comparison (which is stronger?) · Import your own music to hear how each effect sounds on a real track ■ Mock Exam · A 10-question exam to check everything you've trained, all at once (Basic free / Pro version) · S–D grades and per-category accuracy to find your weak spots, with best-score tracking Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, German, Brazilian Portuguese, and French. Runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Vision Pro.

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Check1.24 screens
AudioEngineer EAR Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AudioEngineer EAR Trainer at none against Check1.2's 1. Check1.2's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.5). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Check1.2 sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AudioEngineer EAR Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Check1.2 ships an update daily, AudioEngineer EAR Trainer every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on October 15, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
Check1.2 versus AudioEngineer EAR Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCheck1.2AudioEngineer EAR Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyDaily — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDaisuke KawaueHYO SEOP LEE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Check1.2

One-time1
  • Full version$6.99
None

AudioEngineer EAR Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Check1.2 free?
Check1.2 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AudioEngineer EAR Trainer free?
AudioEngineer EAR Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Check1.2 or AudioEngineer EAR Trainer have ads?
Neither Check1.2 nor AudioEngineer EAR Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Check1.2 or AudioEngineer EAR Trainer?
Check1.2 ships an update daily, and AudioEngineer EAR Trainer every 3 weeks. Most recently, Check1.2 was updated on October 15, 2026 and AudioEngineer EAR Trainer on October 15, 2026.

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