Complete Ear Trainer

Name: Complete Ear Trainer
Rating: 4.7 (195 reviews)
Author: Binary Guilt

By: Binary Guilt App

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Overview

Version:

2.9.1

Last updated: 2026-08-27

Ranking

#104,584 ▲ 283

Overall

Features & Capabilities

Complete Ear Trainer is a gamified ear training app that builds your relative pitch and music theory through 150+ progressive drills across four levels and 28 chapters. It covers 11 drill types, 24 intervals, 36 chord types (with inversions), 28 scale types, melodic dictations, and more—with 5 octaves of grand piano sound and 7 additional sound banks. Each chapter includes a theory card, and the game-like progression requires mastering concepts before advancing. No staff-reading is needed, and you can create or rehearse your own custom drills anytime.

Features include cloud sync across devices, Apple Game Center achievements and world leaderboards, global progress statistics, and a clean material design UI with light/dark themes. Teachers can craft full training programs, invite students, and view scores on private leaderboards. Easy mode helps beginners, arcade mode offers quick drills, and the app was designed by a musician and teacher with a Royal Conservatory master's degree.

User Growth & Download Statistics

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By:

Binary Guilt

Rating:

4.70

(195) 2 new ratings

Version:

2.9.1 Last updated: 2026-08-27

Version code:

890351130

Creation date:

2015-12-04

Compatible devices:

Size:

58.65MB

URLs:

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-08-28

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Ranking

# 104,584 ▲ 283

Other platforms

Complete Ear Trainer (v2.7.4-186(121186))

1,024,200 4.56

(7,166)

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Developed by:

Binary Guilt

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/complete-ear-trainer/id1012455471

Website:

https://completeeartrainer.com

User Reviews

Complete Ear Trainer is praised for its effectiveness, depth, and value, with strong sound design and engaging, challenging drills. However, many reviews cite missing content (chords/degrees), insufficient feedback after errors, frequent bugs, and headphone-related timbre problems. Users also want more realistic chord progressions and clearer chord-reveal features. Overall, it’s a powerful tool for serious musicians, but it needs content updates and bug fixes to fulfill its potential.

Pros

Highly effective and transformative ear training; many users call it life-changing and worth the price.
Deep, varied, and customizable drills across chords, inversions, scales, and custom practice.
Engaging, challenging structure with two modes (easy and classic) that keeps users motivated.
Excellent sound quality and instrument tones that contribute to a realistic listening experience.
Good value for money; affordable price and strong overall value for serious musicians.

Cons

Content gaps: missing functional ear-training exercises (e.g., chords and degrees in context) despite the 'Complete' title.
Limited feedback after mistakes in some exercises; no easy way to replay or hear the correct root/chord after an error.
Stability and availability issues: crashes, launch failures, and problems with in-app purchases or store connections.
Sound quality on headphones can be poor or inconsistent; many users prefer using built-in speakers for listening.
Requests for more features such as realistic chord progressions/voice leading and the ability to see/relive the actual chord when revealed.

Recent reviews

Advertised as being for beginners, but the difficulty curve is bizarrely steep. Within the first few exercises of “easy” mode, I was being asked to distinguish randomized harmonic major and minor thirds across different registers. After trying the test 9-10 times over several days and scoring barely better than chance, I got discouraged and gave up. There’s nothing wrong with teaching difficult ear-training skills, but good instruction should build toward them gradually. If a beginner is repeatedly failing or guessing, the app should simplify the exercise and help develop the underlying skill before testing it again. Instead, it mostly just asks you to keep repeating the same difficult test. It’s also just poor game design. Games keep people engaged by creating a challenging but achievable difficulty curve—not by having players hit a wall almost immediately on “easy.” I like the concept and presentation, but the beginner progression badly needs better scaffolding and adaptive difficulty.