Relative vs Ear Training App
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Relative
Develop your musical ear with this solfege-based ear training app. Learn to recognize musical intervals and play by ear, essential for improvisation and jam sessions. Offers graduated training and pitch name input for absolute pitch practice.
- Relative-Do solfege training
- Interval recognition
- Absolute pitch practice
- Customizable scale degrees and octaves
- Multi-note training
- Streak counter
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**** Check out our new Sight-Singing app, on 25% off launch sale through September! https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sight-singing-trainer/id1028696567 **** ** Combined remove adds and unlock advanced features including multi-note and UI customization in-app purchase now only $2.99! ** This is an ear training app made by a musician for musicians. Whether you play jazz, pop, classical, or any other style, the relative-Do solfege approach is basically the only effective relative pitch approach that allows you to play anything you hear by ear. Interval training, while helpful in a way, is way too slow to apply extensively in a practical manner. The method of recognizing the 12 solfege syllables: do, di/ra, re, ri/me, mi, fa, fi/se, so, si/le, la, li/te, ti based on their characteristic sound against a tonal/key center is widely taught in conservatories. Short of having perfect pitch, this is basically the only way to keep up in improvisations and jam sessions. This training won't be easy. As anyone teaching this method will tell you, it will usually take at least months or even years of hard work, but once you succeed, you'll just be able to play anything by ear. This app aims to provide a graduated training ramp up that will hopefully make the process easier. This app can also help practice absolute pitch by using the pitch name input mode instead of relative-do solfege syllables. Features: · Play reference cadence in any key to train in any key, major or minor · Ramp up starting with one note and work up to eight notes together or played in series · Customizable settings to train specific scale degrees or octaves · Streak counter to track progress · Practice using solfege syllables, scale degree numbers, or pitch names
Ear Training App
Develop your musical ear with this app that helps you identify pitches, intervals, chords, and rhythms by listening. It offers various modes for different instruments and skill levels, tracking your progress with accuracy percentages.
- Pitch recognition
- Interval identification
- Chord and rhythm training
- Piano, guitar, and bass modes
- Scale and interval modes
- Beginner-friendly mode
- Progress tracking
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Ear Training helps you recognise music by ear, a few minutes at a time. LISTEN AND CHOOSE - Intervals: 12 intervals from minor 2nd to octave - Scales: 8 scales, including major, minor, modes and pentatonic - Chords: 10 chord types, played as a block or as an arpeggio FIND THE NOTE - Guitar and bass: a note is shown on the fretboard, you name it - Piano: a note is played, you find it on the keyboard TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - Accuracy for today and for all time - Daily streak - A list of the items you miss most, so you know what to practice MAKE IT YOURS - Choose exactly which intervals, scales and chords to practice - Pick the instrument sound: piano, guitar or bass - Works in portrait and landscape The app is free with ads. A one-time purchase, Remove Ads, removes them for good.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Ear Training App at none against Relative's 1. Relative's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 4 months vs every 54 months). On price 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. Relative sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Ear Training App asks for nothing beyond the download.
Relative holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Relative has 66 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Relative ships an update every 4 months, Ear Training App every 54 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Relative | Ear Training App |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (66 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 66 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 54 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.1 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 127 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Richard Foo | Andrii Pirumov |
Customer experience
Relative
Ear Training App
In-app purchases
Relative
- Unlock Advanced Features + Remove Ads$2.99
Ear Training App
No in-app purchases







