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Is the ear training app market saturated? What the App Store US data says

27 keywords measured on App Store US, last scanned 2026-10-31. Figures are read directly from store pages, not estimated.

NEW ENTRANTS · 12 MONTHS

How many ear training apps released in the last 12 months are ranking on App Store US today, and how many reached the ratings threshold?

No newcomer has survived here 16 apps holding top-10 were released 6–12 months ago and none reached 50 ratings; 24 more were released in the last 6 months and are too young to judge.
Released 6–12 months ago, past 50 ratings
0/16
top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago that reached 50 ratings
Too young to judge
24
released in the last 6 months, not counted either way
Over 24 months
2/25
same ratings threshold
Median release year, top-10
2025
of 88 dated apps
Store autocomplete confirms people search for this niche. Searched for: "auricula ear training" suggested after typing 38% (position 2).

WHAT WINNERS CHARGE

Are ear training apps profitable, and what do the top apps on App Store US charge?

5 of 5 sell in-app purchases; prices were read for 3 of them, top prices range from 14.99 USD to at least 129.99 USD. 1 not updated in a year.

Real prices, read from each app's own store page, not estimated

App holding top-5RatingsWhat it chargesLast update
Tone - Learn Perfect Pitch!10,384129.99 USD — 7 Day Free Trialno update in 21 months
Earpeggio9,768sells in-app purchases, price not readupdated 2026-10-04
Functional Ear Trainer3,84219.99 USD — Functional Ear Trainer Plusupdated 2026-09-02
Chet - Ear Training2,425sells in-app purchases, price not readupdated 2026-11-02
Perfect Ear: Music & Rhythm1,930at least 14.99 USD — Perfect Ear Premiumupdated 2026-11-02
How to read this

App Store pages list at most 10 in-app purchases and do not order them by price. 1 of these 3 apps filled that limit, so their price is the highest of the items shown, not necessarily the highest they sell. Google Play prints one price range instead, and its upper end is the real top.

REVENUE CHARTS

Do ear training apps make money on App Store US, judged by days on a top-grossing chart?

1 of 88 apps holding a top-10 position sat on their category's top-grossing chart on at least 3 of the last 30 days.

AppCategoryBest rankDays on chart
Trill: Ear Training DailyMusic7521/30
How to read this

Chart read on 30 of the last 30 days.

Only the top-grossing chart counts. Top-paid charts are left out: paid-app sales are thin enough that almost any paid app reaches one. Each category chart lists the 100 highest-earning apps in that category on this store, so the bar is far higher in Games than in Medical.

KEYWORDS

What do people search to find a ear training app, and which keywords does nobody target?

4 of 8 keywords have no top-10 app aiming at them: pitch hero ear training, musical ear training exercises, functional ear training and 1 more.

KeywordDifficulty (0–100)Apps targeting it
pitch hero ear training15nobody — 0/10
musical ear training exercises20nobody — 0/10
functional ear training21nobody — 0/10
ear training tools for musicians24nobody — 0/10
ear training app notehunter131/10
ear training for auditions131/10
auricula ear training171/10
ear training all in one171/10

19 more keywords in the full report.

How to read this

Difficulty is the cost of reaching the top, 0–100. "Apps targeting it" counts top-10 apps carrying every word of the keyword in their name or subtitle.

COMPLAINTS

What do users complain about in the top ear training apps?

Too few complaints collected to summarise (0).

How to read this

The store shows only a slice of reviews and skews positive — so the shares show which problems dominate, not how many users hit them.

OTHER STORE

Is the ear training app market different on Android (Google Play)?

See ear training on Google Play US → 0 of 4 top-10 apps released 6–12 months ago reached 50 ratings there