Ella vs SightSing

Ella is a free sight-singing app that trains the ear and voice through exercises, microphone feedback, and progress tracking. It listens through the device microphone, evaluates pitch, intonation, and intervals, and displays singing pitch in a detailed graph. An on-screen tuner and varied exercises support practice, while a guided learning path moves through musical concepts from beginner to advanced. Practice Mode lets users listen before singing; Play Mode tests skills and records personal-best scores. The App Store listing also describes global leaderboards and competition with friends. Ella runs on iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with iOS and macOS listed as platforms. Its privacy policy says exercise data and other in-app activity may be sent to the company’s cloud and saved on the device. Users may choose to share usernames, scores, or exercise data in some exercises. The app does not access contacts, phone numbers, or messages. It is not intended for children under 13, and absolute security cannot be guaranteed.

SightSing provides sight-singing practice with real-time microphone feedback and an 18-level curriculum. As you sing, each note is marked hit, miss, or off by a half step. Separate sight-singing, rhythm, and interval trainers track progress independently, with adaptive difficulty available. Each level introduces one concept and uses rolling-window mastery, so a missed day does not reset progress. The Free plan costs nothing, covers Levels 1–3, and requires no credit card. Monthly costs $4.99 a month; Annual costs $49 a year. Both paid plans include all 18 sight-singing levels, the rhythm and interval trainers, real-time feedback, practice streak and history, and cancellation anytime. Visitors can try a sample melody without signing up. Microphone audio is processed on the device and not recorded or transmitted; only the score is saved. Pitch accuracy depends on the device, microphone, ambient noise, and singing volume. SightSing is for ages 13 and up and is not a classroom product.