EarMaster vs Playground Sessions
EarMaster
earmaster.com
Playground Sessions
playgroundsessions.comSide by side
| Figure | EarMaster | Playground Sessions |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | $0.88/mo | $8.33/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 19 | 3 |
| Spec score · Music Learning Apps | 9.4 (#1) | 8.0 (#20) |
| Headquarters | Aarhus, Denmark | New York, NY, USA |
| Purpose | EarMaster is an all-in-one app for ear training, sight-singing practice, and rhythm training. | Playground Sessions is piano-learning software with interactive video and sheet-music lessons and song lessons from its online library. |
| Support | Support includes FAQs, a support forum, tutorials, support email, and Cloud guides for students, teachers, and administrators. | Customer support is available by email at [email protected]; the contact page also lists phone support Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. EST. |
| System requirements | Current published requirements include Windows 7 or newer, macOS 10.12 or newer, iOS 10 or newer and Android 7 or newer, plus internet access. | Minimum requirements listed are Windows 10, macOS 11, iOS 15.1, and Android 11. |
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
Playground Sessions
- Monthly$19.99 a month
- Annual$99.99 a year
- Lifetime$219.99, paid once
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.
Playground Sessions
Playground Sessions has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.