Comparison

Earpeggio 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

Earpeggio

Enhance your musical skills by training your ear to identify intervals, chords, scales, and rhythms. This app offers various exercises and tests to track your progress and improve your musical hearing.

Highlights
  • Interval identification
  • Chord identification
  • Melody dictation
  • Rhythm dictation
  • Progress statistics
  • Customizable exercises
Features
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Become a better musician! Master the identification of intervals, chords, scales and rhythms solely by hearing them. Earpeggio is an ear training app which lets you improve your musical hearing. Earpeggio provides ten different exercises, including: - Interval identification - Chord identification - Chord progressions - Melody dictation - Rhythm dictation Once you are bored with exercising, try taking the tests and see what your limits are. The broad statistics give you meaningful insights on your progress and help you achieve your goals.

About

Complete Ear Trainer

Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Master intervals, chords, and scales through gamified lessons and custom programs. Ideal for musicians seeking to improve improvisation, composition, and performance.

Highlights
  • 150+ progressive drills
  • 11 drill types
  • Customizable drills and programs
  • Gamified learning with star system
  • Multiple sound banks
  • Theory cards for concept introduction
  • 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) • Global statistics to track your progress • 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

Earpeggio4 screens
Complete Ear Trainer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earpeggio at none against Complete Ear Trainer's 3. Earpeggio also leads on ratings volume (9.8K vs 203) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.5). Complete Ear Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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. Earpeggio asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Earpeggio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earpeggio has 9.8K ratings behind it against 203, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 86% and 85% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Earpeggio ships an update every 2 months, Complete Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Earpeggio versus Complete Ear Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEarpeggioComplete Ear Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.9 (9.8K ratings) — better4.7 (203 ratings)
Positive reviews86.0% of reviews — better85.1% of reviews
Number of ratings9.8K — better203
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.5
Further details — not scored
Size36 MB68 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBalazs KissBinary Guilt

Customer experience

Earpeggio

All ratings9,770 ratings
Positive97.9%
Neutral1.2%
Negative0.8%
Written reviews271 reviews
Positive86.0%
Neutral7.0%
Negative7.0%

Complete Ear Trainer

All ratings203 ratings
Positive93.1%
Neutral2.0%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews174 reviews
Positive85.1%
Neutral7.5%
Negative7.5%

Bugs and requests

Earpeggio

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Notes getting stuck or not turning off
  • Login and password reset functionality not working
  • Melodic dictation exercises not displaying properly
  • Inconsistent scoring and progress tracking

Requested features

5 requests
  • Option to change instrument sounds
  • Ability to repeat completed goals
  • More detailed feedback on mistakes
  • Adaptive difficulty based on user performance
  • Integration with other music learning platforms

Complete Ear Trainer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Earpeggio

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 Earpeggio free?
Earpeggio 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, Earpeggio or Complete Ear Trainer?
Earpeggio is rated higher. Earpeggio averages 4.9 out of 5 from 9.8K ratings, while Complete Ear Trainer averages 4.7 from 203 ratings.
Do Earpeggio or Complete Ear Trainer have ads?
Neither Earpeggio nor Complete Ear Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Earpeggio or Complete Ear Trainer?
Earpeggio ships an update every 2 months, and Complete Ear Trainer every 2 weeks. Most recently, Earpeggio was updated on November 8, 2026 and Complete Ear Trainer on November 6, 2026.

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