Best apps like Active Ear - Ear Trainer

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Updated September 2026

Active Ear - Ear Trainer

MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC

Whether you want more options like Active Ear or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 12+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Active Ear

#1

Piano Ear Training by Learn To Master Ltd

Interactive Aural Exercises

Editor's Choice

4.5(189 ratings)

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Develop your musical ear with interactive exercises for intervals, chords, scales, and melodies. Personalize your training to focus on specific areas and track your progress. Ideal for musicians of all levels, from beginners to advanced.

#2

Earpeggio by Balazs Kiss

Musical Ear Training Exercises

Strong Contender

4.9😊(9.7K ratings)

Free

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Enhance your musical abilities by training your ear to recognize intervals, chords, scales, and rhythms. This app offers various exercises and tests to help you improve your musical hearing and track your progress with detailed statistics.

What We Love

👍 Great for ear training
🚀 Efficient and easy to use
💡 Customizable exercises
🤑 Completely free with no ads
🤓 Helpful for music theory and exams
🎉 Noticeable improvement in users' musical abilities

Room to Improve

🐛 Occasional bugs and crashes
🔇 Poor sound quality of instruments
🤔 Unclear instructions for beginners
🤯 Difficulty progressing to more advanced levels

#3

Ear training: notes and chords by Alexey Ovod

Pitch training exercises

Worth Considering

4.5(244 ratings)

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Develop perfect pitch and recognize notes, chords, and melodies by ear. This app offers a series of exercises to train your aural skills, with explanations and hints to help you learn at your own pace. Improve your ability to play along with songs or guess melodies.

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EarForge: Learn Ear Training

EarForge: Learn Ear Training

EarForge: Learn Ear Training

Personal ear trainer

This app offers a structured ear training program designed to improve your sense of pitch and ability to recognize musical notes and chords. It features progressive lessons, personalized quizzes, and detailed progress tracking. Advanced users can create custom training sessions for specific musical elements.

30-level note recognition programChord identification lessonsCustomizable note and chord training

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ChordIQ: Learn Music Notes

ChordIQ: Learn Music Notes

ChordIQ: Learn Music Notes

Sight Reading & Ear Training

Learn to read music notes on the staff with interactive games. Practice clefs, key signatures, chords, scales, and ear training on various instruments. Compete on global leaderboards and track your progress.

Treble and bass clef note identificationKey signature recognitionChord and scale practice

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Chet - Ear Training

Music Theory, Piano & Guitar

Develop your musical ear and master music theory with interactive games and exercises. Learn at your own pace, identify music concepts, and practice with virtual instruments. Track your progress and compete globally to become a more confident and versatile musician.

Identify music theory conceptsCall and response exercisesVirtual piano, guitar, bass

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Interval Ear Training

Interval Ear Training

Interval Ear Training

Learn to play by ear!

Develop your musical ear with this interactive piano game. It helps improve interval recognition, pitch sense, and transcription skills through engaging exercises. Suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.

Interval recognition practiceSense of pitch developmentTranscription skill improvement

free with in-app purchases

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Sonofield Ear Trainer

Sonofield Ear Trainer

Sonofield Ear Trainer

Ear training app for musicians

This app helps musicians develop their ear by focusing on the feeling of individual notes within a key, rather than traditional interval training. It uses sustained drones and offers various modes like identifying scale degrees, melodies, and singing exercises. The app adapts to your skill level with an intuitive interface and progression path.

Feeling-based note recognitionScale degree identificationMelody recognition training

free with in-app purchases

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MIDIculous Learning Software

MIDIculous Learning Software

MIDIculous Learning Software

The #1 Music Learning App

This music learning software allows users to play MIDI files with high-quality virtual instruments. It offers features to manipulate pitch, key, and tempo for various media, and enables teachers to create synchronized learning files for students.

High-quality MIDI file playerLoad and manipulate MIDI, Audio, and Video filesCreate and share proprietary LMS/LMV learning files

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Complete Ear Trainer

Complete Ear Trainer

Complete Ear Trainer

Ear Training for Musicians

Develop your musical ear and music theory knowledge with this comprehensive training app. It offers progressive drills, various sound options, and a gamified learning experience to improve improvisation, composition, and performance skills.

150+ progressive drills11 drill types24 intervals, 36 chord types

free with in-app purchases

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