Earpeggio vs UltimateScale
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- Interval identification
- Chord identification
- Melody dictation
- Rhythm dictation
- Progress statistics
- Customizable exercises
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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.
UltimateScale
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UtimateScale is a music scale learning assistant. Are you confused and tired of difficult terms and complex scale structures such as Mixolydian and Locrian? With UltimateScale, you can learn by looking at a composition in staff score, directly touching a synth keyboard key on the app, listening by ear, and moving freely in key. In addition, you can learn the scale efficiently through a quiz using the Leitner System, which is famous for learning by memorization. In addition, you can upload and share comments of various scales and your own learning know-how through the Internet Archive. - Learn the scale by looking at the sheet music and listening to the sound. - The built-in touch synth keyboard allows you to learn while directly pressing the keys. - This app does not support only C key. You can transpose from C to B and see how it performs in different situations. - You can adjust the speed and octave during playback, and you can set the playback instrument as you like. - In the quiz menu, learn various scales by solving problems and using flashcards. - For quiz questions, effective learning is possible using the famous Leitner system as a memorization method. - You can share and download new scales that have not yet been discovered through the Internet Archive, scales with comments containing your own learning know-how, etc. This app is also - Support dark mode. - Compatible with both iPad and iPhone devices. - Press scales using a hardware MIDI keyboard connected via Bluetooth or USB. - MIDI keyboard is also supported in quiz mode.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Earpeggio at none against UltimateScale's 1. Earpeggio also leads on ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 5 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. UltimateScale sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Earpeggio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earpeggio ships an update every 2 months, UltimateScale every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earpeggio | UltimateScale |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.8K ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 14.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 60 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Balazs Kiss | Bum Tae Yoon |
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
UltimateScale
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Earpeggio
No in-app purchases
UltimateScale
- 1: Remove all ads$4.99








