Comparison

Ear Up vs Botsong

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

Head to head
About

Ear Up

Enhance your musical abilities with this engaging ear training game. Improve your understanding of intervals, chords, and progressions through daily practice and unlock new challenges as you advance. Designed for musicians of all levels to develop their listening skills.

Highlights
  • Interval training
  • Chord identification
  • Progression recognition
  • Perfect pitch development
  • Multiple instrument tones
  • Daily streaks and stats
  • Skill tree curriculum
Features
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Ear Up turns ear training into a game you'll actually want to play every day — intervals, chords, progressions, and perfect pitch, in quick rounds that build real recognition. Musicians, singers, and producers all hit the same wall: you can play the right notes, but can you hear them? Ear Up trains that skill directly — not memorized answers, but the ability to recognize what you hear. TRAIN FOUR CORE SKILLS • Intervals (relative pitch) — name the distance between two notes, from a minor 2nd to a full octave • Chords — recognize chord quality by ear: major, minor, diminished, augmented, sus2/sus4, 7ths, and add9 • Progressions — identify common progressions like I–V–vi–IV and ii–V–I, played in pop and rock arrangements • Perfect Pitch — name notes cold, starting with white keys and widening to a 7-octave range LEVEL UP AT YOUR OWN PACE Every skill has three or four difficulty levels, from a few easy-to-tell-apart choices up to Master — close look-alikes, extended chords, and wide pitch ranges included. Custom practice lets you drill exactly the intervals, chords, or progressions you choose. HEAR REAL INSTRUMENTS Switch between piano, guitar, synth, and cello so your ear learns real instrument timbres. STAY MOTIVATED • A daily challenge of 10 questions, with streaks and a practice calendar • Automatic tracking of the answers you miss most, so you can target weak spots • Medals, level progress, and accuracy stats that show how far you've come GREAT FOR • Music theory students and exam prep • Guitarists and pianists learning to play by ear • Singers, producers, and anyone working on perfect or relative pitch FREE TO START Intervals (Easy) is free and unlimited, and every other mode includes 5 free questions a day. Premium unlocks unlimited practice in every module and difficulty, plus custom practice. Open it, do one round, hear the difference. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Botsong

Features
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Turn a musical idea into a complete song with BotSong, a MIDI and karaoke studio for iPhone, iPad and Mac. PLEASE NOTE The interface is currently in French and is designed for music descriptions written in French. An English localization is coming soon. DESCRIBE YOUR SONG Choose a style, mood, instruments, tempo, key and duration. BotSong creates a fully editable multitrack arrangement. COMPOSE AND ARRANGE • Generate drums, bass, piano, guitars, strings, brass, synths and melodies. • Import one or more inspiration MIDI files. • Organize intros, verses, choruses, bridges and custom sections. • Edit chords, time signatures, tempos, keys and modulations bar by bar. • Edit pitch, timing, length and velocity in the piano roll. WRITE AND SING Add lyrics to each section, align the vocal melody and follow synchronized syllables in full-screen karaoke mode. MIX AND LISTEN Adjust every track, use solo and mute, and preview your song with the built-in General MIDI audio engine. SAVE AND EXPORT Keep complete projects in the BotSong library and exchange portable .botsong files. Export multitrack MIDI, synchronized .kar karaoke, WAV audio and JSON. LOCAL AND PRIVATE Composition, editing and projects remain on your device. No BotSong account, advertising or subscription is required. All creation and editing tools are free. Without a purchase, only MID and KAR exports are limited to 15 seconds. One lifetime in-app purchase unlocks their full duration. Privacy Policy: https://removesilencevideo.com/botsong/privacy.php?lang=en Terms of Use: https://removesilencevideo.com/botsong/terms.php?lang=en End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ear Up4 screens
Botsong4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Botsong at 4 against Ear Up's 2. Botsong also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). 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. Ear Up sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Botsong sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Ear Up versus Botsong: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEar UpBotsong
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size67 MB54 MB
Age rating4++4
DeveloperCHUAN WUDavid Paillot

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Ear Up

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Premium$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • Lifetime Premium$9.99
1 purchases

Botsong

One-time1
  • Export illimité à vie$24.99

Questions

Is Ear Up free?
Ear Up is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Botsong free?
Botsong is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ear Up or Botsong have ads?
Neither Ear Up nor Botsong shows ads.

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