SingTrue Alternative: Ear Training Isn't the Same as Vocal Technique

Short answer: SingTrue and Time to Sing aren't really solving the same problem. SingTrue is a narrow ear-training app: it teaches you to recognize and match pitch through solfège drills (do, re, mi...) and stops there. Time to Sing starts with the same real-time pitch check, the Voice Tuner tells you whether you're on pitch, but it's built for any singer, complete beginners included: it finds your comfortable range first, tailors every exercise to your level, and then teaches the physical technique behind the sound, breath support, chest and head voice, style-specific coordination, with a vocal coach explaining each one on video. If you want pitch feedback that grows into full vocal technique instead of stopping at solfège drills, that's the gap Time to Sing fills.

What SingTrue is built for

SingTrue comes from Easy Ear Training (the team also behind the RelativePitch and Tone Deaf Test apps), and it's built specifically for people who worry they're "tone deaf." Over 30 interactive exercises use the microphone to check whether you're matching a target note, and the app frames its teaching around solfège syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti, do) to build relative pitch recognition. It's a genuinely useful, narrow tool for the specific problem of pitch-matching, and its developer's other apps report solid adoption: RelativePitch says it's been used by over 200,000 musicians, and the Tone Deaf Test by more than 80,000 people.

Where it shows its age

Before comparing features, it's worth being upfront about something the App Store listing itself flags: SingTrue is old, and it hasn't been meaningfully maintained in a long time.

• Last real update was 2016. The app launched in October 2014, and the most recent version visible on the App Store is 1.2.2 from November 2016, roughly a decade with no functional updates.
• iOS only, and Android never happened. SingTrue has been iPhone/iPad-only since launch. An Android version was discussed for years on the developer's own forum; it never shipped.
• Modest adoption for the app itself. SingTrue sits at around 1.3K ratings and a 4.2-star average on the App Store, small next to the tens or hundreds of millions of installs apps like Smule, StarMaker, or Yousician report. The larger user counts (200K+, 80K+) belong to its sibling apps, not SingTrue.
• No vocal technique curriculum. The exercises train pitch-matching and note recognition. There's no breathing work, no chest/head voice or mix training, and nothing style-specific for pop, musical theatre, or classical singing.
• Gamified with a "lives" system. Extra lives and exercise packs are separate in-app purchases, roughly $0.99–$2.99 for lives, $0.99–$1.99 per exercise pack, and $7.99 for an All Access Pass, closer to a mobile puzzle game's monetization than a practice app's.

What Time to Sing does instead

Time to Sing is built for any singer, complete beginners through working professionals, and it's built around real vocal technique rather than pitch-recognition drills on their own:

• Find Your Range, first. A Voice Range Check has you sing two comfortable notes, low and high, and recommends a starting range. This is the step that makes the app work for total beginners, not just people who can already carry a tune: every exercise is then matched to your actual level, not a fixed difficulty curve.
• The Voice Tuner, built for singing. Target notes scroll across a piano-roll style display and turn green the instant you're on pitch, matched to your specific vocal range and skill level, with a dedicated breath-support mode.
• Actual vocal technique, not just pitch drills. Every exercise starts with a vocal coach demonstrating and explaining the sound on video, chest voice, mix, head voice, belt, before you practice it with guided audio. The guided audio practice in particular gives more experienced singers full routines to run, not just isolated drills.
• Style-specific training. Separate tracks for Pop, Musical Theatre, and Classical, since those styles use the voice differently.
• Offline downloads, playlists, and reminders to support a daily habit, plus simple progress tracking.
• Actively maintained, on iOS and Android, with a free tier (2 exercises per style) so you can try the approach before paying €9.99/month for full access.

Feature Comparison: Time to Sing vs. SingTrue

Aspect	Time to Sing	SingTrue
Core purpose	Vocal technique training	Ear training / pitch-matching drills
Real-time pitch feedback	✅ Voice Tuner — piano-roll display, matched to your range	✅ Microphone-based pitch matching
Vocal technique curriculum	✅ Breath support, chest/mix/head voice, belt	❌ None
Style-specific training	✅ Pop, Musical Theatre, Classical	❌ None
Platforms	iOS and Android	iOS only (no Android, despite years of stated plans)
Last meaningfully updated	Actively maintained	Version 1.2.2, November 2016
Price	Free tier; €9.99/month for full access	Free; IAP roughly $0.99–$7.99 (exercise packs, lives, All Access Pass)

Who should pick which

Choose SingTrue if you genuinely struggle to tell whether you're on pitch and want narrow, repeatable ear-training drills before anything else, and don't mind an app that hasn't changed much since 2016.

Choose Time to Sing at any level, from never having sung a note in tune to refining technique professionally, if you want pitch feedback that's tied to real vocal technique: breath support, registers, and style, with a coach explaining the how and why. The complete guide to teaching yourself to sing is a good place to start, or see the full 2026 comparison of how Time to Sing stacks up against Smule, StarMaker, Simply Sing, Yousician, and Vanido too.