Comparison

Auricula vs Ear Gym

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

Ear Gym

Features
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Ear training and music theory in one app. Train intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege and perfect pitch with guided lessons that adapt as you improve. The Ear Gym is built for musicians, singers, pianists, guitarists, bassists, producers, composers, songwriters, teachers and music students who want a stronger musical ear and real fluency reading the staff. Start as a complete beginner or jump straight to advanced harmony. EAR TRAINING • Interval recognition, comparison, construction, inversion, reading, singing and playing • Chord identification, comparison, construction and inversions across 29 chord types • Scale and mode identification, construction, reading, singing and playing — 40+ scales and modes • Rhythm recognition, rhythm imitation and rhythm tapping • Perfect pitch training, relative pitch practice and absolute pitch drills • Note recognition and single-note pitch identification MELODIC DICTATION • Hear a melody, then write it back on the staff note by note • Polyphonic dictation with two independent voices • Melody comparison and melody error detection • Transcribe music by ear and check yourself instantly MUSIC THEORY AND READING • Solfege and sight-singing practice • Sight reading, note reading and clef reading in treble, bass, alto and tenor • Key signatures, accidentals and transposing instrument reading • Roman numeral analysis, harmonic analysis, figured bass, chord progressions and cadences GUIDED MODE A structured path from your first interval to advanced harmony. Guided Mode works through notes and reading, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm and harmony, unlocking each step once you have mastered the one before it. If you do not know where to start, start here. BUILD YOUR OWN DRILLS Every exercise is configurable — choose the intervals, chords, scales, keys, clefs, octaves, instruments and tempo you want to work on. Create custom chord and scale sets to target exactly the sounds you are struggling with, or to match what your teacher assigned this week. BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE • High-quality piano and guitar samples, with staff notation on every screen • Answer feedback that shows you what you actually heard, not just right or wrong • Statistics and progress insights that show which intervals and chords need work • Streaks, badges, stars and XP to keep daily practice going • Challenges to test yourself against other players • Works offline — no connection needed to practise WHO IT IS FOR Whether you are preparing for an aural exam or a conservatory audition, learning to play by ear, transcribing songs, improvising, arranging, producing, singing in a choir, teaching a class, or simply making music theory finally click, The Ear Gym gives you the drills and the structure to get there. The Ear Gym helps you improve: • Relative pitch, perfect pitch and interval hearing • Chord, scale and mode recognition • Melodic dictation and transcription • Rhythm accuracy and timing • Sight reading, note reading and clef fluency • Harmonic hearing, chord progressions and cadences • Music theory knowledge you can actually hear • Aural skills for piano, guitar, bass, voice and classroom music PRACTISE A LITTLE EVERY DAY Short, focused sessions beat long ones. A few minutes of interval training, chord training or melodic dictation each day builds the kind of ear that recognises what it hears without stopping to think about it. ONE-TIME PURCHASE No subscription. No ads. Unlock the full app once and keep it. Download The Ear Gym and start training intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege, sight reading, relative pitch, perfect pitch and music theory today.

Screenshots

Auricula4 screens
Ear Gym4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Ear Gym at every 5 days against Auricula's every 3 months. Ear Gym also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Auricula's advantage is ratings volume (83 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Auricula sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ear Gym sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Ear Gym holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Auricula has 83 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Auricula ships an update every 3 months, Ear Gym every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Auricula versus Ear Gym: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAuriculaEar Gym
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (83 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings83 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimon BraunFrancisco Ferreira Pampulha

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Auricula

One-time1
  • Auricula Pro$8.99
3 purchases

Ear Gym

One-time3
  • Unlock guided mode$2.99
  • Unlock free mode$2.99
  • Complete package$4.79

Questions

Is Auricula free?
Auricula is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ear Gym free?
Ear Gym is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Auricula or Ear Gym?
Ear Gym is rated higher. Auricula averages 4.8 out of 5 from 83 ratings, while Ear Gym averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Auricula or Ear Gym have ads?
Neither Auricula nor Ear Gym shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Auricula or Ear Gym?
Auricula ships an update every 3 months, and Ear Gym every 5 days. Most recently, Auricula was updated on November 1, 2026 and Ear Gym on November 5, 2026.

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