Auris vs ToneGym

Auris is an ear-training app for students and musicians to practice listening skills through intervals, scales, melodic dictation, chords, inversions, and chord progressions. Its exercises are presented as suitable for beginners and advanced musicians, with no prior knowledge required. It runs on Android, iOS, and the web. Practice features include streaks, high scores, leaderboards, and detailed progress statistics. Free access is limited: an account saves progress, while the no-account option does not. Full access costs €4.99 per month on the yearly plan, billed yearly, or €9.99 per month on the monthly plan; both paid plans save progress and remove ads. A Schools plan lists full access, student targets, exams, and student information, and educator tools include tracking student progress and setting targets. Auris collects account, usage, and device information, and automatically adds new accounts to its mailing list with an opt-out option. It says data is primarily processed in the EEA, with some transfers elsewhere, including the United States. Practice time cannot be tracked in a private or incognito browser session.

ToneGym is a gamified ear-training platform and social network for musicians. Its daily workouts and games cover intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melody, sight-reading and sight-singing. The homepage describes five short training games in a daily workout, with games adapting to the user's level. Members can follow progress through the ToneGym Performance Index and detailed statistics, and take part in competitions, weekly contests and community spaces. ToneGym Pro includes all ear-training games, full daily workouts, advanced statistics, interactive tools and a personalized practice plan. The teacher version supports online classes, custom quizzes and tests, class results, student progress monitoring and assignments within the platform. A free membership provides limited access to training and learning tools. The pricing note lists paid access from $6.25/mo (annual); separately listed Apple App Store subscriptions cost $13.95 per month or $74.99 per year and renew automatically. Website yearly and lifetime plans have a 30-day money-back guarantee, while website monthly subscriptions are not refundable. ToneGym is available on Android, iOS and web.