MyEarTraining vs Clefs
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MyEarTraining
Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Practice intervals, chords, and scales to improve intonation, musical memory, and transcription skills. Suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced musicians.
- Interval training (melodic/harmonic)
- Chord recognition (including inversions)
- Scale and mode identification
- Melody training
- Progress tracking and statistics
- Virtual piano keyboard input
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Ear training is highly essential for any musician - be it a composer, singer, songwriter or instrumentalist. It practices the ability to connect music theory elements (intervals, chords, scales) with real sounds you hear. The benefits of mastering ear training include improved intonation and musical memory, confidence in improvisation or the ability to transcribe music more easily. MyEarTraining makes ear training practice possible almost anywhere and anytime on the go, thus saving you from the hassle of assembling musical instruments. You can practically train your ears while waiting at the bus stand, traveling, or even at your coffee desk. >> APP FOR ALL EXPERIENCE LEVELS Whether you are new to music theory, need to prepare for an intensive school exam, or are an experienced musician, there are over 100 aural exercises to help you push your music skills. Users with no ear training experience begin with simple perfect intervals, major vs. minor chords and simple rhythms. Advanced users can progress through seventh chord inversions, complex chord progressions and exotic scale modes. You can use tonal exercises with solfeggio or singing exercises to improve your inner ear. Input answers using buttons or virtual piano keyboard. For major music topics, MyEarTraining offers different courses and lessons including basic music theory. Interval songs and practice piano are also included. >> COMPLETE EAR TRAINING MyEarTraining app works by combining different ear training approaches like isolated sounds, singing exercises, and functional exercises (sounds in tonal context) to train your ears, thus maximizing results. It’s designed for musicians who want to improve their relative pitch recognition abilities and get one step further towards perfect pitch. >> RECOMMENDED BY PROFESSIONALS ** Concept supported by Dr. Andreas Kissenbeck (University of performing Arts Munich) ** “The skill, knowledge and depth of the app is absolutely outstanding.” - Educational App Store ** “I truly recommend MyEarTraining to improve the ability to fully recognize intervals, rhythms, chords and harmonic progressions.” - Giuseppe Buscemi (classical guitarist) ** “#1 Ear Training App. MyEarTraining is an absolute necessity for anyone in the field of music.” - Fossbytes magazine” >> TRACK YOUR PROGRESS The app provides updated statistics to track your progress and can be easily synced to other devices. Use the statistics reports to see your strengths or weaknesses. >> ALL ESSENTIAL EXERCISE TYPES - Intervals training - melodic or harmonic, ascending or descending, compound intervals (up to double octave) - Chords training - including 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, inversions, open and close harmony - Scales training - major, harmonic major, natural minor, melodic minor, harmonic minor, neapolitan scales, pentatonics... all scales including their modes (e.g. Lydian #5 or Locrian bb7) - Melodies training - tonal or random melodies up to 10 notes - Chord inversions training - identify inversion of a known chord - Chord progressions training - random chord cadences or sequences - Solfege/functional training - do, re, mi... as single notes or melodies in given tonal center - Rhythm training - including dotted notes and rests in various time signatures You can create and parametrize your own custom exercises or challenge yourself with exercises of the day. >> SCHOOLS Teachers can use the MyEarTraining app platform to assign exercises to students and control their progress. They can also design their own customized courses and implement student-specific syllabus to help them learn better. For more information visit https://www.myeartraining.net/
Clefs
Master sheet music reading with daily exercises and a guided course. This app helps you instantly recognize notes across all clefs, from beginner to advanced levels. Practice reading and writing notes, track your progress, and even connect a MIDI keyboard.
- Step-by-step guided course
- Smart spaced review practice
- Reading and writing drills
- Support for all ten clefs
- MIDI keyboard connectivity
- Built-in music theory guide
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Learn to read sheet music fluently. Quick daily exercises, a guided course, and smart review take you from your first notes on the staff to instant recognition in every clef. Clefs is a focused note-reading trainer: no filler, just the skill that unlocks everything else in your musical life. Whether you're starting piano, joining a choir, switching to viola, or finally fixing the bass-clef gap you've had for years — a few minutes a day builds real reading fluency. WHAT YOU GET • A step-by-step course: from the treble staff to key signatures, ledger lines and beyond, with exams to prove your progress • Smart practice that remembers you: spaced review brings back exactly the notes you're about to forget • Reading AND writing drills — recognize notes on the staff, then place them yourself • All ten clefs: treble, bass, alto, tenor, soprano, mezzo-soprano, both baritones, French violin and sub-bass • A daily goal, streaks with freezes, and reminders that adapt to your routine • Detailed statistics for every clef and every note MADE FOR MUSICIANS • Connect a MIDI keyboard and answer on real keys • Warm sampled piano sound, precise notation, custom exercises with your own clefs, key signatures and timers • Built-in theory guide when you want the "why" behind the notes START WHERE YOU ARE A short placement test finds your level, so day one is neither boring nor overwhelming. New notes are introduced gradually, consolidated with review, and tested when you're ready. ONE PURCHASE, EVERYTHING FOREVER No subscription. A single one-time upgrade unlocks the full course, all clefs and the exercise editor — free content lets you build the habit first. Reading music is not a talent — it's a practice. Start today.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Clefs at none against MyEarTraining's shown. Clefs also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks) and rating (5.0 vs 4.8). MyEarTraining's advantage is ratings volume (252 vs 2) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. MyEarTraining sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Clefs sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Clefs holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MyEarTraining has 252 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
MyEarTraining ships an update every 6 weeks, Clefs weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MyEarTraining | Clefs |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (252 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 93.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 252 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 29 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | myrApps | Crazy Ootka Software AB |
Customer experience
MyEarTraining
Clefs
Bugs and requests
MyEarTraining
Reported bugs
7 issues- Some notes within a chord don't play
- App only registers up to E5 in unison singing
- Missing note on the keyboard for chord training
- Lag causes incorrect answers
- Interval singing section stopped working after update
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- App locks up when adjusting input method in settings
- Singing portion is two notes out of tune
Requested features
10 requests- Add absolute pitch test
- Add relative pitch test (interval recognition)
- Add more sounds
- Increase font size
- Sell premium features separately
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- Alternative assessment approach to 'all or nothing' scoring
- Add notifications for daily practice
- Allow specifying random melody from a fixed set of notes
- Update exercises for absolute pitch
- More lessons/content
Clefs
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
MyEarTraining
- Premium Upgrade$12.99
Clefs
- Clefs Premium$6.99









