Comparison

Musical Ear Training & Test vs Complete Ear Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Musical Ear Training & Test

This application tests your musical ear by having you replicate generated sounds using your voice or an instrument. It then scores your accuracy, making it useful for music exam preparation, vocal training, and entertainment with friends.

Highlights
  • Tests musical ear capabilities
  • Replicate sounds with vocals or instrument
  • Measures sound correctness
  • Provides scoring and points
  • Useful for music exams
  • Trains ear and vocal abilities
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This app tests your musical ear capabilities. It generates some sounds and waits you to repeat the correct sounds, by your vocals or any instrument. Then, it measures the correctness of your sounds and gives you points. You can use it * to study musical exams, * to train/test your ear and vocal capabilities at the same time * to have fun with friends

About

Complete Ear Trainer

Develop your musical ear and music theory knowledge with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, various sound options, and a gamified learning experience to improve improvisation, composition, and performance skills.

Highlights
  • 150+ progressive drills
  • 11 drill types
  • 24 intervals, 36 chord types
  • Melodic dictations and chord progressions
  • Gamified learning with star system
  • Custom drill and program creation
  • Cloud sync across devices
Features
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The ultimate ear training app for musicians. Develop your relative pitch to the full by improving your aural skills and your music theory knowledge. This will better many aspects of your life as a musician, be it regarding improvisation, composition, arrangement, interpretation, singing, or playing in a band. Designed like a video game and with strong pedagogical concepts in mind, this app will make you truly master each interval, chord, scale, etc. before taking you to the next one. Features • 150+ progressive drills arranged over 4 levels / 28 chapters • 11 drill types, 24 intervals, 36 chord types, chord inversions, 28 scale types, melodic dictations, chord progressions • Easy mode: 50+ progressive drills arranged over 12 chapters especially designed for beginners • Play a selection of 21 drills in arcade mode • 5 octaves of actual recorded grand piano sounds • 7 additional sound banks are available, all with actual recorded sounds: vintage piano, Rhodes piano, electric guitar, harpsichord, concert harp, strings and pizzicato strings • In each chapter, a theory card will introduce you to the concepts you will need to know • No need to know how to read music on a staff • Designed like a video game: earn 3 stars in each drill of a chapter to unlock the next one. Or will you be able to obtain perfect 5-star scores? • Don't want to follow the preestablished path of progression? Create and save your own custom drills and rehearse them at your own convenience • Create full custom training programs and invite friends or students to join them. If for example you're a teacher you can create custom programs for your students, add drills every week and view their scores on private leaderboards • Never lose any progress: cloud sync across your various devices • 25 achievements to unlock • Worldwide leaderboards (global, per level, per chapter, easy mode, arcade mode) • Nice and clean user interface with 2 display themes: light and dark • Designed by a musician and music teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree Full Version • Download the app and try out the first chapter of each mode for free • One-time in-app purchase to unlock the full version on all your devices Having a problem? Got a suggestion? You can reach us at hello@completeeartrainer.com Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Musical Ear Training & Test4 screens
Complete Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Musical Ear Training & Test at none against Complete Ear Trainer's 3. Musical Ear Training & Test also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 17.5). Complete Ear Trainer's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 13 months) and ratings volume (201 vs 3). 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. Complete Ear Trainer sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Musical Ear Training & Test asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Musical Ear Training & Test holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Complete Ear Trainer has 201 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Musical Ear Training & Test ships an update every 13 months, Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Musical Ear Training & Test versus Complete Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMusical Ear Training & TestComplete Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better4.7 (201 ratings)
Positive reviews—85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings3201 — better
Update frequencyEvery 13 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS8.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB78 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYasar BozdagBinary Guilt

Customer experience

Musical Ear Training & Test

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings201 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

In-app purchases

None

Musical Ear Training & Test

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Complete Ear Trainer

Subscriptions2
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$0.991 Month
  • Cloud Sync and Web access$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Full Version$6.99

Questions

Is Musical Ear Training & Test free?
Musical Ear Training & Test is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Complete Ear Trainer free?
Complete Ear Trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Musical Ear Training & Test or Complete Ear Trainer?
Musical Ear Training & Test is rated higher. Musical Ear Training & Test averages 5.0 out of 5 from 3 ratings, while Complete Ear Trainer averages 4.7 from 201 ratings.
Do Musical Ear Training & Test or Complete Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Musical Ear Training & Test nor Complete Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Musical Ear Training & Test or Complete Ear Trainer?
Musical Ear Training & Test ships an update every 13 months, and Complete Ear Trainer fortnightly. Most recently, Musical Ear Training & Test was updated on October 24, 2026 and Complete Ear Trainer on October 29, 2026.

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