Comparison

EarRing vs Pitchear

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

Head to head
About

EarRing

Features
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Ear Ring is ear training built for real playing, not multiple-choice quizzes. Listen to a prompt, then sing or play it back on your own instrument โ€” the app listens through your microphone and tells you, note by note, whether you got it right. How it works: Pick Random Notes for open-ended pitch practice, or Diatonic Arpeggios to drill triads built from your chosen key and scale โ€” major, minor, or diminished quality follows the scale automatically. Choose your key, scale (Major, Natural Minor, Dorian, or Mixolydian), note range, and how many notes make up each test. Tap Start, and the app plays a chord to set the key, then the test sequence. Play it back. Correct notes turn green on the staff; wrong notes turn red and the app replays the same test so you can try again โ€” no fumbling with buttons mid-exercise. Built for real instruments: Works with piano, guitar, saxophones, trumpet, and clarinet, with correct transposition so you always see notes written the way your instrument reads them. A live tuner-style meter and note-detection tuning (sensitivity, stability, warm-up) let you dial in your microphone for reliable pitch detection. Track your progress: Every session and every test is saved โ€” see your streak, your average score, and drill into any past session's note-by-note results. Make it yours: Adjust tempo, retry limits, wrong-note pause, the intro sound before each test, key signature display, and more, all in Settings.

About

Pitchear

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Pitchear is an ear-training app made by a musician, for musicians

Screenshots

EarRing4 screens
Pitchear4 screens

Verdict

The call

EarRing and Pitchear are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
EarRing versus Pitchear: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarRingPitchear
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysโ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS16.015.0 โ€” better
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaul MooreAlexander Kozlov

In-app purchases

None

EarRing

No in-app purchases

None

Pitchear

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EarRing free?
EarRing is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pitchear free?
Pitchear is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EarRing or Pitchear have ads?
Neither EarRing nor Pitchear shows ads.

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