Complete Music Trainer vs MusicTheory.net

Complete Music Trainer brings ear training, rhythm work, and music reading practice together in one interface for computer screens. Ear training offers more than 150 progressive drills in 11 types, covering intervals, chords, scales, melodic dictations, and chord progressions. Rhythm practice includes 252 progressive drills across five types and a dedicated polyrhythm section. Music reading provides 270 drills over seven clefs, including key-signature and mixed-clef practice. Users can make and save their own drills and training programs, then invite friends or students to participate. Recorded instrument sounds include grand piano, with additional sound banks for training sections. The service runs on the web, Windows, and macOS and includes progress tracking, harmony tools, rhythm practice, and basic notation tools. There is no free plan; a seven-day trial requires no credit card. The monthly subscription is €0.99 a month, the yearly subscription is €9.99 a year, and lifetime access is 19.99 EUR as a one-time payment. A free teacher account and Teacher Companion App support school-specific features, students, and licenses.

MusicTheory.net is a free, ad-free music theory learning site with animated lessons, practice exercises, and reference tools. Lessons address notation, rhythm, scales, intervals, chords, and chord progressions. Online exercises cover identifying and constructing material on the staff, keyboard, and fretboard, as well as ear training. Calculators handle accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis, and twelve-tone matrices; other tools include a tempo tapper and staff paper generator. Teachers can make permanent links to customized exercises and validate exercise verification codes. Students can create signed Progress Reports with codes teachers can verify. Lessons, exercises, and tools can be embedded in other sites using HTML frames or iframes; the FAQ recommends a minimum size of 600 by 600 pixels. The Tenuto app for iPhone and iPad adds 24 exercises, six calculators, customization, Challenge Mode, and offline use. Theory Lessons is an iPhone and iPad app with 39 animated lessons. The website plan includes all site content at free, with no ads.