Earpeggio vs Ajar Mic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Earpeggio
Enhance your musical abilities by training your ear to recognize intervals, chords, scales, and rhythms. This app offers various exercises and tests to help you improve your musical hearing and track your progress with detailed statistics.
- Interval identification exercises
- Chord identification exercises
- Chord progression exercises
- Melody dictation
- Rhythm dictation
- Progress tracking and statistics
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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.
Ajar Mic
This app connects musicians with open mic nights and helps hosts manage their events. Artists can find and sign up for slots, receive notifications, and manage their public profiles. Hosts can set up events, manage signups, and communicate with performers.
- Find open mic events
- Sign up for performance slots
- Receive event notifications
- Public artist profile
- Venue display screen support
- Host event management tools
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Ajar Mic Open mics run on good vibes and bad WiFi. Ajar Mic is here to handle the logistics so you can focus on the music. Whether you're a songwriter hunting for a stage on a Tuesday night or a host keeping the local scene alive, Ajar Mic connects performers and venues in one place built for the way open mics actually work. For Artists Browse open mic nights near you and grab a slot before they fill up. You'll get a heads-up when your set time is coming, when something changes, or when the host has news for the lineup. Your profile travels with you: your name, photo, and logo can show up on the venue screen when it's your turn to step up. For Hosts Set your slots, open your signup window, and let your performers claim their spots. When something changes, blast a message to everyone on the bill in one tap. Less chasing people down, more focus on making the night a good one. What You Get Find open mic events happening near you Sign up for slots with live availability Push notifications for reminders and last-minute updates, with controls to choose exactly what you hear about A public artist profile with your photo, background, logo, and a link to your corner of the internet Venue display screen support so your name is up in lights (or at least on the TV) when you perform Premium artists can customize their display slide layout and pick what shows on screen Host tools for managing your event, your slots, and your performers Download a copy of your personal data whenever you want it Free to join. Premium Artist and Host subscription plans available for artists and venues who want more. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://ajarmic.com/privacy-policy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Earpeggio at 4.9 against Ajar Mic's 3.7. Earpeggio also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ratings volume (9.8K vs 3). Ajar Mic's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, ads, 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. Ajar Mic sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.00 per month. Earpeggio asks for nothing beyond the download.
Earpeggio holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Earpeggio has 9.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Earpeggio's written reviews are positive against 67% of Ajar Mic's.
Earpeggio ships an update every 2 months, Ajar Mic every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Earpeggio | Ajar Mic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (9.8K ratings) — better | 3.7 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.0% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 9.8K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Balazs Kiss | Bearded Squid LLC |
Customer experience
Earpeggio
Ajar Mic
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
Ajar Mic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Earpeggio
No in-app purchases
Ajar Mic
- Premium Artist Monthly$5.001 Month
- Host Monthly$20.001 Month
- Premium Artist Yearly$50.001 Year
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- Host Yearly$200.001 Year
