The ear-training app trusted by musicians and students at every level — recognize intervals, chords, scales and more, on Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android.
Pick your platform — your levels, sounds and stats sync across all of them.
Better Ears is the complete ear training and sight-reading workout for musicians, students and teachers. Train your musical ear and master music theory — from interval recognition all the way to chord progressions and rhythm training. 15 exercises take you from absolute beginner to pro, at your own pace, with no rules and no pressure.
Sharpen your sense of timing with two brand-new exercises. Hear a rhythm and clap or tap it back, or read rhythmic notation and perform it in time — with count-in, metronome, triplets and time signatures like 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4. Clap straight into your device's microphone and Better Ears listens.
Cover every corner of ear training and sight-reading — including two new rhythm exercises — and build your own levels with the editor.
Better Ears tracks your progress for every exercise and every question — right and wrong answers at a glance. So you always see which skills need work and watch your progress grow.
Built-in pitch detection lets you answer by singing or by playing a real instrument (e.g. piano or guitar). Just sing or play the notes when the microphone button lights up red. You can also route sound through an external MIDI device and even control Better Ears with a connected master keyboard.
Answer on a virtual piano keyboard or a virtual guitar fretboard — pianists and guitarists feel right at home. In Training Mode every answer is shown directly on the keyboard or fretboard.
Train with six built-in instruments, each carefully sampled for clear, focused practice — or extend Better Ears with your own sounds via SoundFonts.
Start at Beginner, Easy, Normal or Professional — then build your own levels to focus exactly where you need to: church modes, those two pesky intervals, custom rhythms, whatever you like. The built-in editor lets you add your own chords, scales and chord progressions.
Mac, iPhone, iPad and Android — your levels, sounds and statistics stay in sync across all of them.
Keep your Mac, iPhone and iPad in sync via Dropbox. You choose what to sync: your own levels, your statistics, your settings — or all of it.
The matching Wikipedia article is shown for each exercise, so the theory is always one tap away.
A modern, fully redesigned interface on iPhone, iPad and Mac — with full Dark Mode and crystal-clear music notation.
There are no rules to follow. You decide when to start, what to practice and how often.
Free trial on macOS. Available on the App Store and Google Play.
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