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On instruments such as guitar and piano I find it is easier to measure progress. You have objective devices such as the metronome and generally when you get things wrong the sound is very dissonant. With voice, I'm finding it much more difficult to measure progress. I practice breathing, scales and songs every day but I'm not sure how I can measure improvement if any. Are there any tools or techniques to determine if I'm getting better with practice?

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You could record yourself and analyze your pitch, but I'm not sure there's much else "objective" other than what should be more obvious to you -- how often you need to breathe and so on. – Matthew Read♦ Oct 29 '12 at 5:43
Music can't be looked at objective, some people like things other people don't, so apart from pure technical questions, which can be measured objectively, ask a teacher for instance, things don't need to be objective. But when you like your tone more then the previous day (while technically you do everything right and don't damage your voice) you have made progress, although one could call that subjective. – 11684 Oct 29 '12 at 16:30

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There are a range of programs which can help you perfect the pitch of your singing - one that is surprisingly good (i.e. it actually works) is the Rock Band game on Playstation/XBox etc.

When set on Expert, the tolerance for getting the correct note is quite tight, and of course - it is fun. Over time you should expect to see your score increase.

Tuning apps on your phone can be useful - I have the DATuner on my Android, which I use for tuning my guitar if I am out camping, but it also helps me zero in on pitch when trying to sing in tune. It doesn't have any functionality for measuring improvement over time, though.

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