Live Chords vs Ear training
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Chords
This app listens to music and automatically identifies the chords being played. It's a useful tool for musicians looking to learn songs by ear or understand musical structure.
- Real-time chord detection
- Listens to music and identifies chords
- Useful for learning songs
- Helps understand musical structure
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Magically guess the current playing chord as you hear it!
Ear training
Develop perfect pitch and recognize notes, chords, and melodies by ear. This app offers a series of exercises to train your aural skills, with explanations and hints to help you learn at your own pace. Improve your ability to play along with songs or guess melodies.
- Develop perfect pitch
- Recognize notes and chords
- Identify intervals and chord progressions
- Learn major and minor scales
- Instrument-specific practice
- Hint function
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Would you like to be able to guess melodies by hearing them or be able to play accompaniment to your favorite songs on the guitar or piano? Ear training is the perfect app for you! This app will help you develop perfect pitch, and train your ear to recognize notes and chords in any key. The app consists of a series of exercises, which will gradually introduce you to all the notes and chords in the major and minor scales. You can also practice identifying intervals and chord progressions. Each exercise is accompanied by a clear and concise explanation, so you can understand the theory behind it. And if you get stuck, the app includes a handy hint function. The exercises are tailored to help you improve your aural skills, so you can develop at your own pace. You can also choose to practice in a particular key, or with a particular instrument. So why wait? Start training your ear today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Ear training at 4.5 against Live Chords's 2.8. Ear training also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (247 vs 6). Live Chords's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 15.6). On price, review sentiment 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
Both are free to download. Live Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ear training asks for nothing beyond the download.
Ear training holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ear training has 247 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 33% and 33% positive.
| Parameter | Live Chords | Ear training |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.5 (247 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews — better | 32.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 247 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 8 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Major Seven Lab | Alexey Ovod |
Customer experience
Live Chords
Ear training
In-app purchases
Live Chords
- Remove ads$0.99
Ear training
No in-app purchases
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