Auralia vs Minuet

Auralia is ear-training software covering pitch, rhythm, intervals, chords, scales and tuning. It has 59 topics in seven groups, with real audio and notation linked to curriculum. Exercises include rhythm and melodic dictation, interval and chord recognition, sight singing, tuning and musical-element identification. Teachers can track student progress, assign tests and worksheets, review reports, and create custom syllabuses and questions. Tests can draw questions from any syllabus or topic, with optional random selection, time limits, due dates and weighted scoring. Auralia integrates with Moodle, Canvas, Blackboard, D2L, Schoology and MusicFirst Classroom, sending scores to the LMS gradebook. Auralia Cloud works in a browser, and the maker lists access on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android, iPad and Chromebook. A six-month Cloud licence costs $25 as a one-time purchase and a 12-month Cloud licence costs $39 a year; both require a school code and PIN. Other listed licences are $99, paid once for Auralia Student and $169, paid once for Auralia. The free trial registration is for teachers and educational institutions; no duration is stated.

Minuet is a free music education application for ear training, with exercises for intervals, chords, scales, and rhythm patterns, including rests. It helps users identify notes through keyboard and staff feedback. Sing intervals and scales to receive live pitch and timing feedback, or clap written rhythms and see where beats land. Exercise controls let users adjust tempo, instruments, test length, and microphone feedback. Minuet is available for Linux, Windows, and macOS, and is licensed under GPL-2.0+. Linux installation options include AppStream stores, distribution package managers, and Flathub. KDE also provides nightly builds for testing on Flatpak, Windows, and macOS. The Minuet page links to a handbook, KDE forum, kde-edu mailing list, and #kde-edu on Libera.chat. KDE's software privacy policy says data is generally not transferred from a device except after an explicit user action; any telemetry, where present, is opt-in and disabled by default.