EarMaster vs Earz
EarMaster
earmaster.comEarz
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| Figure | EarMaster | Earz |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.88/mo | €2.92/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 19 | 10 |
| Spec score · Music Learning Apps | 9.4 (#1) | 8.5 (#10) |
| Founded | 1994 | 2003 |
| Headquarters | Aarhus, Denmark | Groningen, The Netherlands |
| Purpose | EarMaster is an all-in-one app for ear training, sight-singing practice, and rhythm training. | Earz provides online ear training, note reading, music theory and music knowledge through games for different levels and ages. |
| Support | Support includes FAQs, a support forum, tutorials, support email, and Cloud guides for students, teachers, and administrators. | The maker says it responds to reported technical problems within 24 hours on working days. |
Plans
EarMaster
- Free versionFree
- Personal subscription yearly$3.65 a month
- Monthly Subscription$5.99 a month
- Personal subscription monthly$5.99 a month
- EarMaster Cloud 20–99 users$10.50 a year
- EarMaster Cloud 10–19 users$14.50 a year
- EarMaster Cloud 5–9 users$21.50 a year
- Yearly Subscription$43.80 a year
- One-Year All-Access Pass$49.95, paid once
- One-Year All-Access Pass$49.95 a year
Earz
- Earz School 20€35 a year
- Earz School 60€95 a year
- Earz School 150€155 a year
- Earz School 250€195 a year
- Earz School 500€295 a year
- Earz School 1000€395 a year
- Earz School 1500€495 a year
- Earz School 2000€595 a year
- Earz School 2500€695 a year
- Earz Solo€999 a year
In their own words
EarMaster
EarMaster is an app for ear training, sight-singing, and rhythm practice on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows. Its library contains 4,000 exercises and workshops, with voice and clap recognition, MIDI input, and sounds sampled from real instruments. The free version includes four Beginner's Course modules, customized interval and chord identification, Call of the Notes, Greensleeves, and Carmen - Habanera. For schools, choirs, and teachers, EarMaster Cloud provides student results, assignment management, workbook editing, and a music library; results can be exported to CSV. An all-access subscription syncs results and settings across devices. A yearly subscription is $3.65 a year (billed US$43.80 yearly); a monthly subscription is $5.99 a month. The One-Year All-Access Pass is $49.95 a year. Desktop licenses include EarMaster Pro 7 at $59.95, paid once and the Family Pack at $99.95, paid once. Personal subscriptions are for one person's devices and require internet access at least once every seven days.
Earz
Earz teaches ear training, note reading, music theory and music knowledge through online games for different levels and ages. It includes dozens of standard games that teachers can copy and edit, as well as tools to create new activities with their own text, links, images, sound and YouTube videos. A Quiz module supports custom questions in several formats, and an AI assistant can assess open-ended answers; the maker labels that feature beta. Teachers can view student results in an online tracking system. Earz is described as suitable for primary and secondary schools, private music schools, bands and choirs. School subscriptions are priced yearly by participant capacity: plans range from Earz School 20 at €35 a year to Earz School 2500 at €695 a year. Earz Solo is listed at €999 a year for unlimited Android and iOS use. A free plan and a 7-day trial are available. The service runs on web, Windows, macOS, Android and iOS, but requires an internet connection. The maker says personal data is processed under GDPR, sent over SSL and stored encrypted on a central server in Frankfurt, Germany.