Comparison

Auricula vs Rhythm Training

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

Head to head
About

Auricula

Enhance your musical abilities by practicing interval recognition. This app offers various difficulty levels, progress analytics, and daily reminders to help you improve your sense of hearing and musical development.

Highlights
  • Interval ear training exercises
  • Progress analytics and skill overview
  • Daily exercise reminders
  • Customizable interval selection
  • Highscore mode
  • Light and dark mode support
Features
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Looking for the best interval ear training app? Do you want to improve your sense of hearing, develop your ability to identify intervals, or take your musical development to the next level? Then Auricula is the app for you - updated and evolving since 2014! Features you don't want to miss: - Exercises with different levels of difficulty - Analytics for your learning progress: overview of your skills, showing averages from your last and all exercises - Enjoy clear entry of all intervals and display of the correct interval after three incorrect entries with automatic replay. - Receive daily exercise reminders to ensure a steep learning curve - Supports light and dark mode Unlock Auricula Pro - full access to all features and support for independent app development: - All exercise variations in addition to ascending: descending, random and simultaneous intervals - Choose your preferred intervals for training: all, weakest, or custom selections - Dive into endless highscore mode, where you identify the interval of the previously played note - Change custom application icons - Email Support Got any feedback? Send an email to: feedback@simonbraun.eu

About

Rhythm Training

This app helps music students and teachers improve their rhythm skills through dictation and sight-reading exercises. It offers customizable parameters and multiple practice modes for various learning needs.

Highlights
  • Rhythm dictation practice
  • Rhythmic sight-reading
  • Customizable difficulty parameters
  • Rhythm pattern library
  • Multiple practice modes
  • Ad-free experience
Features
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Contact the developer: zxzdev0.feedback@gmail.com * “Rhythm Training” is a professional rhythm practice app designed for music teachers, students, and enthusiasts. It supports multiple practice modes, including rhythm dictation, rhythm sight-reading, notation, and playback. * Randomly generate rhythm scores and audio for dictation, sight-reading, or sight-singing practice. The built-in rhythm pattern library ensures musically reasonable results. * When you encounter a complex rhythm while learning a new score, enter and play it in Notation Mode to quickly confirm and understand the rhythm. * Freely generate anything from basic rhythms to complex rhythmic combinations, meeting the needs of beginners, advanced learners, and professionals alike. * Focused functionality, a clean interface, and no subscription. * Generation settings can be adjusted for different practice needs: 1. Time signature: 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 3/8, 6/8, … 2. Tempo: set the tempo and beat unit 3. Voices: choose one or two voices 4. Pattern Library: choose which rhythm patterns are used for random generation. All common rhythm patterns are included in the app. 5. Tuplet Library: provides common tuplet types, including triplets, 3 against 4, 4 against 3, 5 against 4, and more 6. Advanced Tuplet Library: provides tuplets containing internal rests and ties 7. Rest switch: when enabled, the first note of a rhythm pattern may be replaced with a rest 8. Tie switch: when enabled, the last note of one rhythm pattern may be tied to the first note of the next rhythm pattern 9. Swing: eighth-note swing and sixteenth-note swing 10. Other settings: pick-up bar, number of measures, and more * Includes 5 modes for different practice needs: 1. Reading Mode: practice sight-reading or sight-singing with randomly generated rhythm scores 2. Notation Mode: enter a rhythm score and play it, with Save & Load support 3. Dictation Mode: enter notes according to the rhythm you hear, and check the answer at any time 4. Stage Mode: progress step by step through different rhythm themes and difficulty levels 5. Exam Mode: complete rhythm dictation at a specified difficulty, then view your percentage correct after finishing

Screenshots

Auricula4 screens
Rhythm Training4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Rhythm Training at fortnightly against Auricula's every 3 months. Rhythm Training also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Auricula's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.5) and iOS requirement (16.6 vs 18.0). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume 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. Auricula sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Rhythm Training sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Auricula holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 71 and 50 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 79% and 80% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auricula ships an update every 3 months, Rhythm Training fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Auricula versus Rhythm Training: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuriculaRhythm Training
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (71 ratings) — better4.5 (50 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews80.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings71 — better50
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsFortnightly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.6 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB147 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon Braun金阳 游

Customer experience

Auricula

All ratings71 ratings
Positive97.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative2.8%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral4.7%
Negative16.3%

Rhythm Training

All ratings50 ratings
Positive88.0%
Neutral2.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Auricula

One-time1
  • Auricula Pro$8.99
2 purchases

Rhythm Training

One-time2
  • Sponsor$0.29
  • Full Version$2.99

Questions

Is Auricula free?
Auricula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Rhythm Training free?
Rhythm Training is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auricula or Rhythm Training?
Auricula is rated higher. Auricula averages 4.8 out of 5 from 71 ratings, while Rhythm Training averages 4.5 from 50 ratings.
Do Auricula or Rhythm Training have ads?
Neither Auricula nor Rhythm Training shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auricula or Rhythm Training?
Auricula ships an update every 3 months, and Rhythm Training fortnightly. Most recently, Auricula was updated on October 13, 2026 and Rhythm Training on October 7, 2026.

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