Auris vs Trill

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.

Trill offers ear-training practice for musicians who want to recognize musical sounds by listening. Exercises include chord recognition, interval identification, melodic dictation, pitch memory, and chord progressions, with practice covering pitch, melodies, scales, and theory. A structured path adapts to a learner’s goal and level; the maker recommends focused sessions of about 10 minutes a day. Daily challenges, streaks, levels, XP, and collectible badges encourage regular practice. Focus Lock can block TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube until the daily training is complete, with correct answers earning break time. The free plan includes a tuner, metronome, chord, interval, and scale visualizers, plus limited ear-training access. Trill Pro costs $59.99 per year after a 7-day free trial and adds unlimited training, advanced exercises, progress tracking, achievements, and Focus Lock. Trill is available on Android, iOS, and the web. The iOS listing requires iOS 14.0 or later; it also lists iPad, Apple Vision, and Apple silicon Mac compatibility, with macOS 11.0 or later for Mac.