EarMaster vs Nootka

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.

Nootka is a free application for learning classical music notation, reading scores, and practicing melodies. It listens for sung or played sounds and checks in real time whether the notes in a displayed melody are correct. Users can build custom exercise sets and review analyzed results. The notation system includes treble, bass, and other clefs, plus the grand staff. Nootka supports different kinds of guitars and their tunings. Packages or installers are listed for Windows, Mac, Android, and Linux, and mobile apps are available. The project is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3). Its project page lists Czech, English, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Russian, Slovene, and Spanish. Support resources include getting-started documentation, bug tracking, and feature-request trackers. Nootka has a Free plan costing free and no free trial.