Comparison

Harmonomics Ear Training vs Random Roots

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

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About

Harmonomics Ear Training

This tool helps musicians of all levels improve their auditory skills. It offers a wide range of customizable exercises for identifying intervals, melodies, chords, and progressions, with detailed statistics and motivational achievements.

Highlights
  • 50+ customizable exercises
  • Extensive chord library with inversions
  • Creative exercises beyond basic identification
  • Detailed statistics and progress reports
  • Motivational achievements
  • Supports interval, melody, chord, and scale training
Features
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Harmonomics is a deep, flexible ear-training studio for musicians at every level—from first intervals to advanced harmony. Build real listening skills through more than 50 customizable exercises covering intervals, melodies, chords, chord progressions, scales, music theory, perfect pitch, and relative pitch. Harmonomics goes beyond basic identification with exercises for chord inversions, altered dominant chords, simultaneous pitches, scale degrees, root movement, and much more. PRACTICE YOUR WAY • Customize each exercise with focused, exercise-specific settings. • Choose Standard, Guest, or Hands-Free sessions—with spoken answers and automatic progression in Hands-Free mode. • Create your own exercises for the exact skills you want to develop. • Work with a large library of more than 35 chord types in multiple inversions. • Choose from multiple in-app color themes, with light and dark appearance options. • Use keyboard shortcuts on supported devices for fast, hands-on practice. SEE YOUR PROGRESS • Review accuracy, question counts, response time, and detailed results. • Explore your history for each exercise and see how your performance changes over time. • Stay motivated with daily goals and streaks. • Celebrate progress with interactive 3D achievements and personal records. • Revisit completed sessions in your reports archive. FROM FUNDAMENTALS TO ADVANCED HARMONY Start with essential interval, melody, and chord recognition, then move into advanced exercises that challenge you to hear inversions, chord tones, altered harmonies, multiple simultaneous pitches, and complex sequences. Every exercise can be shaped around your level, your instrument, and the music you want to master. Whether you are beginning ear training, preparing for school, sharpening your improvisation, or maintaining professional-level listening skills, Harmonomics gives you room to keep growing. From the creator of Metronomics.

About

Random Roots

This music practice tool helps musicians internalize harmony and improve their ability to express musical ideas in different keys. It organizes practice sessions, tracks progress, and offers customizable exercises to build ear training and fingerboard fluency.

Highlights
  • Internalize harmony in different keys
  • Organize and optimize practice progress
  • Build ear training and musical expression
  • Customizable exercises with saved settings
  • Automatic key advancement or manual control
  • Focus on weak points for efficient learning
  • Practice over custom chord sequences
Features
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Random Roots is a music practice tool that teaches you to internalize harmony at a deep level. It organizes & optimizes your progress as you become more fluent at expressing ideas in different keys. It is the gateway to that skill that all creative musicians seek: the ability to play ideas you hear in your head. HOW IT WORKS You start with a musical idea: maybe a simple phrase you're working on… or one your teacher assigns you… or a single chord voicing on piano… or just a note or two. Random Roots walks you through performing it in different keys. It throws a key at you… and another… and each time you hear and execute your idea in that key. It can feed them to you automatically, accompanying you in time, and it keeps track of dozens of exercise that you’re working on, and which keys give you the most trouble for which exercise. It makes your practice time highly efficient and effective. FEATURES • SIMPLE TO GET STARTED Use it right away. For free. • ORGANIZE YOUR PRACTICE Efficient learning requires working on lots of separate skills and revisiting each one often. Random Roots organizes all your exercises in nested folders and gives you instant access to the ones you're currently working on. • PLAY ALONG The app plays the root of each key, using your choice of instrument sound. • BUILD YOUR EARS The app lets you imagine the sound of what you’re about to play. That not only trains your ability to hear, but builds connections in your mind between the sound of the music, the fingerings, and the music theory. • CHOOSE YOUR KEYS Practice each exercise in exactly the keys you're ready for. • CUSTOMIZE EACH EXERCISE The app remembers your custom settings (keys, meter, tempo, form…) separately for each exercise and recalls them automatically. • AUTOMATIC & MANUAL MODES Have keys advance automatically in tempo… or whenever you’re ready, upon a tap of the screen… or a tap of your foot. • FOCUS ON YOUR WEAK POINTS Tell the app which keys you have more & less trouble with for a given exercise. Whenever you play that exercise the app will tailor the keys it shows you to optimize your progress. • ALL KEYS EFFICIENTLY Musicians traditionally practice all keys in the circle of fifths or chromatically. But those ways have serious drawbacks that impede learning. Random Roots gives you a more diverse & efficient workout. • A SOURCE FOR IDEAS The app comes with a number of sample exercises built in. You can download more online for free or create your own. • USE YOUR FEET Control the app with a bluetooth foot pedal to free up your hands. Plug & play ready. • LEARN UNCOMMON KEY NAMES Musicians often have to deal with chords like D#m7 and CbMaj7. Random Roots helps you get familiar with uncommon root names if you like. • CUSTOM SEQUENCES Practice phrases over any chord sequence you like… ii-V-I's, tritone substitutions, backdoor turnarounds, Coltrane changes… or enter your own. SUBSCRIPTION PRICING & TERMS Use the app for free as long as you want. You’ll get the full experience, but limited to half the 12 keys. For all-key access, there are two subscription options: $0.99/month $5.99/year First-time subscribers begin with a free 3-day trial period. You may cancel at any time. These prices are for United States customers. Pricing in other countries may vary and may be converted to your country's local currency. Your iTunes Account will be charged when the purchase is confirmed, after any applicable free trial period. Your subscription will automatically renew unless you turn off auto-renewal at least 24 hours prior to the end of the subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal (at the duration and price you have selected) within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period. You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings any time after purchase. Terms and conditions: https://randomroots.app/terms-conditions Privacy policy: https://randomroots.app/privacy

Screenshots

Harmonomics Ear Training4 screens
Random Roots4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Random Roots at Free against Harmonomics Ear Training's $9.99. Random Roots also leads on ratings volume (131 vs 30) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 18.0). Harmonomics Ear Training's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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

Random Roots is free to download; Harmonomics Ear Training costs $9.99 up front. Random Roots sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Harmonomics Ear Training asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Harmonomics Ear Training against 4.8 for Random Roots. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 30 and 131 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 85% and 86% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Harmonomics Ear Training ships an update every 10 days, Random Roots every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Harmonomics Ear Training versus Random Roots: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHarmonomics Ear TrainingRandom Roots
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (30 ratings)4.8 (131 ratings) — better
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews86.1% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30131 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
Best chart rank#104 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB59 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJohn NastosAnton Schwartz

Customer experience

Harmonomics Ear Training

All ratings26 ratings
Positive96.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews27 reviews
Positive85.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.8%

Random Roots

All ratings131 ratings
Positive93.9%
Neutral2.3%
Negative3.8%
Written reviews36 reviews
Positive86.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative5.6%

Bugs and requests

Harmonomics Ear Training

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Random Roots

Reported bugs

1 issue
  • Crashes on launch until reinstalled

Requested features

6 requests
  • Manually select highest and lowest notes in a range
  • Display notes in major staff instead of just key
  • Randomize scale degrees
  • Show chord diagrams/graphics for beginners
  • Option to randomize octave for root notes
Show 1 more
  • Develop an app to improve the 'mind's ear'

In-app purchases

None

Harmonomics Ear Training

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Random Roots

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly3 Days trial$0.991 Month
  • Annual3 Days trial$5.991 Year

Questions

Is Harmonomics Ear Training free?
Harmonomics Ear Training costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Random Roots free?
Random Roots is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Harmonomics Ear Training or Random Roots?
Random Roots is rated higher. Harmonomics Ear Training averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while Random Roots averages 4.8 from 131 ratings.
Do Harmonomics Ear Training or Random Roots have ads?
Neither Harmonomics Ear Training nor Random Roots shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Harmonomics Ear Training or Random Roots?
Harmonomics Ear Training ships an update every 10 days, and Random Roots every 3 weeks. Most recently, Harmonomics Ear Training was updated on November 6, 2026 and Random Roots on November 2, 2026.

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