Singing Carrots alternatives (2026)
The short answer: Singing Carrots is the best free browser toolkit in this list — the range test and pitch tools are genuinely free and genuinely useful. Since 17 June 2026 it also has a free iOS app whose AI Vocal Coach does build you a plan, so the older criticism that it’s only a box of tools no longer holds. Where it still differs from what we’re making: it’s built for singers in general, and the plan it builds is a practice plan rather than a route back to a voice you used to have.
Singing Carrots runs in the browser and, since 17 June 2026, on iPhone as a free app. The free range test is the reason most people find it, and it runs with no download and no account. The pitch accuracy test and the pitch training game are free too, but both ask you to make an account first. Sitting on top of all of it is the AI Vocal Coach, which runs a vocal assessment, builds a personalised session plan around your range and goals, adapts as you improve, and remembers where you left off.
Who is writing this: the team behind Vocal Refresh, an iOS app in development for women returning to singing after years away. Every fact about another product on this page carries a source and the date we checked it, and where a competitor fits you better, we say so.
What Singing Carrots does well
The free layer is useful on its own rather than a teaser. The range test runs in the browser with any microphone and asks nothing of you first, the pitch tools are free once you make an account, and the song database solves a real problem — finding songs that sit inside your range instead of above it. The AI Vocal Coach assesses your voice, sets a daily session and adapts as you improve, which is a genuine coaching layer rather than another tool in the menu.
Where it stops, for a returning singer
Nothing here is aimed at a voice that used to be able to do more. A returning singer’s problem isn’t knowing which exercise to do today — it’s not knowing how much of what she lost is still there. Singing Carrots will measure where you are and build you a practice plan from it. It won’t tell you that a range which came back three semitones short of what you remember is usually mostly recoverable, because it isn’t built around that question.
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How these apps compare
Seven criteria, chosen against what people actually search for here: what’s free, what it costs, where it runs, and whether anything is listening. Four of these five don’t publish a price at all — we say so rather than guessing.
| App | What you get freeSPEC | PriceSPEC | Where it runsSPEC | Does it listen backSPEC | Does it give you a planOUR VIEW | Who it's built forOUR VIEW | Biggest limitationOUR VIEW |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singing Carrots | Vocal range test — free in the browser, no account. Pitch accuracy test and pitch training need a free account. | From $119.99/year, entry tier1 | Browser, plus a free iOS app | Real-time pitch feedback, with syllable-level hit/miss scoring in the app | Yes, since the AI Vocal Coach shipped — it assesses your voice and builds a daily session that adapts as you improve | Singers generally, and anyone who wants to measure their voice for free | The plan it builds is a practice plan for singers in general, not a route back to a voice you used to have |
| Yousician | Free to download; lessons and songs need a subscription | Not published publicly — Yousician shows the price at checkout | iOS, iPad and Android; also Mac and PC | Real-time feedback that listens while you play or sing | Yes — the fullest structured curriculum in this list, 10,000+ lessons on a guided path | People who want lessons and songs in one place, and often more than one instrument | Singing is one track on a general music platform, and the points-and-streaks style suits some people more than others |
| Simply Sing | Free to download and start; most songs and content need a subscription | Not published publicly — Simply Sing shows the price at checkout | iOS, iPad and Android | Finds your voice type, transposes songs to fit it, and scores your singing as you go | Partly — levels unlock as you progress, but it is song-led rather than plan-led | People who mostly want to sing real songs, in their own key | You cannot find out what it costs before you start — the price appears only after the app has taken you through the voice test, and feedback stops at pitch and timing, so it cannot catch strain or technique habits |
| Sing Sharp | Free to download; the vocal range test and tone-deaf test are free | Not published publicly — Sing Sharp shows the price in-app | iOS, iPad and Android | Real-time pitch detection, plus breath detection and a visualisation of where your voice resonates | Partly — six named training plans that adapt to your range, but they are technique tracks rather than a coached progression | Singers working specifically on pitch, breath, mix and range | It does not publish a price anywhere on its site, so you cannot find out what it costs before installing |
| 30 Day Singer | Free Basic Access at $0/month — introduction and sample lessons, plus a weekly tips newsletter | $10.75/month billed annually ($129/year); free Basic tier at $0 | Any browser — no mobile app | None automated — video lessons, with instructor help and advice included in the membership | Yes, as a course syllabus — but it does not adapt to you | People who learn well from structured video lessons | Nothing listens back — no software hears you sing, so mistakes go uncorrected between instructor exchanges |
| Vocal Refresh | Vocal range test — free in the browser today, nothing recorded. Results come by email, so it takes an address. A free tier and a 14-day trial at launch. | $69.99/year for founding members, held for 3 years. Annual only. | iOS at launch; the range test runs in any browser today | Real-time pitch detection in the range test | Yes — a voice check places you at one of four levels and the app builds a five-to-twenty-minute session for the voice you have now | Women returning to singing after years away — not beginners | Unreleased. The waitlist is the only way in, and everything above is a plan rather than a product you can use today |
1 Given to us in writing by the vendor; not yet published on a page we can link to.
SPEC — a checkable fact, with a source and a date. If a vendor tells us one is wrong, we correct it. · OUR VIEW — our judgement, not a fact claim.
Specs verified 2026-08-28 against each vendor’s published pages and the App Store. Where a price reads “not published”, we checked the vendor’s site, the App Store and Google Play and found none. We don’t publish star ratings — they move weekly, and a six-rating average isn’t comparable to a hundred-thousand-rating one.
Which one should you pick
If you want free measurement and a practice plan built from it, Singing Carrots does that and costs nothing to try. If what you actually want is your old voice back, with a short private session waiting for you each day, that is the app we are building; the waitlist carries founding-member pricing. The long-form version of this comparison lives in our guide to vocal training apps, and all our singing-app reviews sit in one place when you want to compare everything.
And if it was specifically the free range test that brought you here, my PitchTest review and my VocalCheck review cover the other browser range checkers.
Frequently asked questions
Is Singing Carrots free?
The vocal range test is, with no download and no account. The pitch accuracy test and the pitch training game are also free but need an account. Courses and the AI Vocal Coach need a paid subscription.
Does Singing Carrots have an app?
Yes. Singing Carrots AI Vocal Coach is a free iOS app, released 17 June 2026. It also still runs in the browser on phones and tablets. (Checked 26 August 2026.)
Which alternative is best for getting back into singing?
Any of these can work, but they treat a returning singer as a general beginner. Vocal Refresh is the only one on this page built specifically around rebuilding a voice after years away, which is why we’re making it. The free range test is a good first step whichever you choose.
Singing Carrots gives you a box of free tools. Vocal Refresh gives you the plan the number leads to.
Vocal Refresh is built for women returning to singing after years away: a short voice check finds your range today, then a five-to-twenty-minute session for that voice, private, no scores. Founding members pay $69.99 a year, held for three years. iOS at launch, free tier plus a 14-day trial.
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