Comparison

Sine vs Corvyn

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

Head to head
About

Sine

Master music theory and ear training with interactive lessons and games. Progress from basic concepts to advanced mastery, with personalized practice based on your performance. Features include rhythm, harmony, sight-reading, and perfect pitch training.

Highlights
  • Music theory courses
  • Ear training for notes and chords
  • Perfect and relative pitch training
  • Rhythm and sight-reading games
  • Personalized practice stats
  • Weekly ear tests
  • Social progress tracking
Features
Currently charting
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Sine is an ear training and music theory app with short lessons and games. The courses start from the basics and build toward mastery, and you can test out of what you already know. • Courses in music theory, rhythm, sight-reading, harmony, intervals, and scales and keys, with more on the way • Ear training for notes, intervals, chords, rhythm and tuning • Perfect pitch and relative pitch training • Training on the sound of your own instrument, including transposing instruments, in letter names or solfège • Games for tuning, pitch, theory and rhythm, including Out of Tune, Rivals and Bifrost Run • Stats for every note, with practice built around the ones you miss • The Sine score, a test of your ear you can retake once a week • Sine Circles, where you and your friends grow a tree together Every Intro course, the first units of Perfect pitch and most games are free, and there are no ads. The paid plan, Encore, unlocks every course and game with unlimited plays. It comes as a monthly, yearly or family subscription, or as a one-time purchase. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and can be managed in your App Store account settings. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy policy: https://learnsine.com/privacy

About

Corvyn

Features
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Corvyn is an offline trainer for abstract reasoning: the matrix puzzles built from progressions, rotations and logical rules. It needs no account, shows no ads and collects no analytics. Practice works fully in airplane mode and your history stays on your device. Only two things ever leave it: a puzzle you flag as wrong (the puzzle and your answer, nothing about you), and with Gold, your synced history and leaderboard runs, kept under your subscription rather than your name. FREE, FOREVER — NOT A TRIAL • Practice at any difficulty you choose: easy, medium or hard, unlimited • All six rule types and all six shape arrangements — the whole puzzle pool • Every answer is corrected on the spot, with the name of the rule that produces it • Unlimited timed Challenge runs, with a score and a full item-by-item review • An ability rank from Novice to Elite, per-rule mastery, badges and a daily streak BRONZE — ONE PAYMENT, YOURS PERMANENTLY • Adaptive practice: instead of you picking a difficulty, Corvyn chooses each item to target your weakest rule SILVER — SUBSCRIPTION • Worked explanations: which features are held constant, and so why each wrong option is wrong • Drill one rule type at a time • Deeper analysis: trajectory, per-rule heatmap, calibration and retention • Challenge band placement: where each run puts you on Corvyn's ability scale • Run-over-run comparison: each Challenge run set against the one before, your recent average and your best GOLD — SUBSCRIPTION • Cloud sync: your history on every phone you use, and back with your purchase on a new one • Weekly leaderboard: your best Challenge run of the week placed among every Gold player's, with your percentile and the points to the next bracket, if you choose to join Prices are shown in the app, in your local currency, before you buy. Corvyn is an independent practice tool. It is not an official intelligence test and does not give a clinical or certified score. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://corvyn.zoltanberki.com/privacy

Screenshots

Sine4 screens
Corvyn4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: Sine at #135 against Corvyn's unranked. On price, update cadence, 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. Sine sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Corvyn sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 days. Both last shipped on November 10, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 10 level
Sine versus Corvyn: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSineCorvyn
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (813 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews94.4% of reviews—
Number of ratings813 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysEvery 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
Best chart rank#135 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size200 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEthan LiaoZoltan Berki

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Sine

Subscriptions3
  • Encore Monthly$1.991 Month
  • Encore Yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
  • Encore Family$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Encore Lifetime$29.99
3 purchases

Corvyn

Subscriptions2
  • Silver$2.991 Month
  • Gold$4.991 Month
One-time1
  • Bronze$4.99

Questions

Is Sine free?
Sine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Corvyn free?
Corvyn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sine or Corvyn have ads?
Neither Sine nor Corvyn shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sine or Corvyn?
Sine ships an update every 2 days, and Corvyn every 2 days. Most recently, Sine was updated on November 10, 2026 and Corvyn on November 10, 2026.

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