# Ear Trainer — user reviews > 386 indexed App Store user reviews of Ear Trainer by thoor software AB, rated 4.80/5 from 1,200 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ear-trainer/id358733250/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/ear-trainer/id358733250.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 1,064 · 4★ 104 · 3★ 17 · 2★ 9 · 1★ 6 ## What do users think of Ear Trainer? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Simple and effective - 🚀 Accessible and easy to use - 🚀 Customizable exercises - 🚀 Comprehensive training - 🚀 Steady progress and improvement - 👍 Useful for beginners and advanced musicians - 🚀 Excellent value for money **Cons** - 🐛 Incorrect note/interval spellings - 🐛 Lack of melody dictation exercises - 🐛 Limited chord progression exercises - 🐛 Cumbersome note deletion in melody exercises **Commonly reported bugs** - Incorrect chord quality identification - Inconsistent note layout in some exercises **Most requested features** - Add more chord types (diminished, half-diminished, etc.) - Include more modes and scale types - Implement MIDI connectivity for external instruments - Add a random exercise mode - Provide more detailed progress tracking and statistics - Introduce a timed test mode - Offer a dark mode option ## Newest reviews (18 of 386) ### 5/5 — Nice *2023-11-11, version 4.3* Beautiful app On my iPad but not working properly on my iPhone 6 maybe my phone is to old Thank you anyway ### 5/5 — Best aural skill development app!! Practice at your fingertips, unbelievable! *2023-08-12, version 4.3* Finally... After so many years struggling to find way of developing aural skills!.. The best app yet. I wish I had it XX years ago!!! ### 5/5 — Útil *2023-06-08, version 4.3* Ayuda mucho si se estudia diario ### 5/5 — Good way to self-train *2022-06-18, version 4.3* It seems to test everything you need to do. I really like the custom training options. ### 5/5 — Great way to learn how to play by ear *2022-05-13, version 4.3* This is an amazing app. I would recommend it to any musician wanting to get a better ear for understanding what their hearing. 🔥🔥🔥🔥 ### 5/5 — Very helpfull *2022-05-10, version 4.3* I train often and my listening skills have developed much ### 5/5 — Used for years *2021-12-08, version 4.3* Used this app for years, useful in many ways, easy to chose/tailor exercises to your needs. ### 5/5 — 超好用 *2021-08-14* 磨耳朵用 ### 5/5 — Everything You Need *2021-05-02, version 4.2* It took a while for me to appreciate this app. It wasn't until I had a bit of ear training done that I could see the limitations in other apps and how this one would take me further and teach more of what I could actually use versus simpler apps. Once I could hear intervals up to an octave and major vs minor chords, this app had plenty more for me to study. Great app. ### 5/5 — Très bien *2021-04-27, version 4.2* Bonne application ### 4/5 — Awesome ear training app *2021-04-24, version 4.2* One of the most in depth apps out there for ear training and a easy to use interface. You can even make your own exercises. I wish you could undo a note entry in the melodic exercises, a lot of the times iv just pressed the wrong note because of my fat fingers but I guess it’s part of the challenge to not make a mistake(wish you could change it in the settings or something). Still a must buy for ear training. ### 5/5 — Guy *2021-03-06, version 4.1.3* You guys deserve 1000000 stars ⭐️ thank you 🙏 ### 4/5 — Muito bom! *2021-01-30, version 4.1.3* Muito bem feitinho, recomendo. ### 4/5 — Ear trainer *2021-01-13, version 4.1.3* Es muy cómodo y ayuda a “despertar” el oido, no por sencillo es menos efectivo ### 5/5 — Simple and effective *2020-09-07, version 4.1.3* Simple as in ‘not complicated’. Just what I need—thank you. ### 5/5 — Great tool ! *2020-05-25, version 4.1.3* Easy to use. Lot of exercises. Great tool for your musical improvement 😎👌🎼. ### 5/5 — Robust and easy to use *2020-05-14, version 4.1.3* A well put together and customizable app. Recommended! ### 5/5 — Easy to us *2020-03-30, version 4.1.3* Takes you through small incremental steps. Screen easy to use. Builds confidence in. Noticing nuances. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — WHY *2020-09-23, version 4.1.3* your app annoyed me ### 1/5 — Disappointed *2010-10-24, version 0* Many of the scales are written using incorrect notation and descending melodic minor scales are just plain wrong! As someone with a degree in music and over 20 years experience I'm very disappointed. I read good reviews and expected a useful tool for teaching. ### 2/5 — Your solfege syllables are wrong... *2016-12-11, version 4.0.2* Please research sharp and flat solfege...also "immovable do". Some example: Do Di re ri mi fa fi sol si la Li ti do And Do ti te la Le sol se fa fe me re Ra do 5 stars after you fix the solfege syllables... ### 2/5 — Good for kids *2014-08-21, version 2.5* Ok, first of all nice effort, (graphics, design, exarcises, many things to choose from) BUT the sound is so bad, I mean very very bad, no quality at all. Seriously you need to use very high sound quality, I have a perfect hearing but with this app I really stragle to identify the notes, I thought something wrong was going with my ears, then I try a real piano and Voila!! everything was perfect again… Please change the quality of the sound. This is not a studio sound quality... Thank you... ### 2/5 — It's ok *2014-03-21, version 2.5* This app needs improvement. You can't customize the exercises so if you want to listen to triad inversions PLUS dominant inversions, well you can't. You take what they give you and it's one or the other. During interval listening, they give you only 6 choices out of however many possible answers there are. Why not just give us all the options? Also I wanted to listen to 9th and 11th chords, but I guess we can only hear basic triads and six/seventh chords. Hundreds of exercises and they're pretty much all the same. Oh and the statistics feature is underwhelming too as it only keeps track of your last result, so unfortunately you can't see a history of improvement over time. The sound clips are great though and with a bit of work this app could be amazing, but for 7$ I expected more. ### 2/5 — Sadists? *2014-03-11, version 2.5* I was really excited to download this program and was enjoying the process till it came to trying to hear the difference between a minor, or major 3rd on iPhone speakers. I get the impression that the app designers are enjoying the frustration they are inflicting. Not only do you have to try and hear a half step difference between the intervals 3-4 octaves apart, they seem to make most of the exercises "colored" by making the major chords end on black keys sounding dark, and minor ones sound more major by the notes they chose, and there's no way to get better at it. I breezed thru most of the other exercises, but this one I'm actually getting worse results with every run thru. It's all I can do to not smash my phone. Also, nothing very fun about the app. I thought there would be some game play. Not. Very cut and dry. ### 3/5 — progressioni *2022-03-23, version 4.3* mi piacerebbe trovare un esercizio che gradualmente suoni le progressioni degli standard. cominciando con 4 accordi per arrivare fino a 12. in questo modo servirebbe anche ad imparare a memoria molti pezzi. o almeno le progressioni più famose e ricorrenti. es: anatole, blues maggiore, blues minore, quella di “sunny” ed altre ### 3/5 — Error *2019-06-14, version 4.1.3* En la opción “note after triad” del “note after chord” hay un error en las armaduras menores. En las armaduras mayores no se presenta el error. (Por ejemplo: 3 # forman la tonalidad de A mayor y F# menor. el programa escribe ambas Armaduras (de A mayor y A menor) con 3 sostenidos) ### 3/5 — Fantastic Ear trainer *2019-01-28, version 4.1.3* Coming from a music student this app is extremely functional and awesome for quick and easy practicing with completely customizable quizzing and testing. I use it all the time while I commute to and from school. It has strengthened my listening! Great for music theory practice testing, I’ve been acing all my listening tests. ### 3/5 — It’s just OK *2018-08-31, version 4.1.1* Their samples for guitar sound just like the piano sounds it’s kind of ridiculous. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — normally love this app... *2026-04-16, version 4.3* ever since I submitted my first review for this app it now pings me to review it like every 30 seconds - it's really annoying. Pls fix! Otherwise it's a fantastic app for makin' your own ear training exercises! ### 5/5 — simple and fantastic *2026-02-19, version 4.3* really love how you can customize your own exercises - a great way to get a daily ear training schedule going. ### 5/5 — Utile Efficace Completa *2025-11-17, version 4.3* Un’app che aiuta a sviluppare ed affinare il proprio orecchio musicale ottimizzando i tempi di apprendimento. Grandiosa! ### 5/5 — Guy *2025-09-04, version 4.3* Please update your app please ### 5/5 — So solid! *2025-08-28, version 4.3* Watch you abilities grow! Spend 10m on this a day! ### 5/5 — meravigliosa!👏👏👏 *2024-09-13, version 4.3* È stimolante, graduale, efficace, senza fronzoli. Il miglior tool per l’ear trainig che puoi trovare ad un prezzo davvero abbordabile. Sviluppatori supe bravi, grazie davvero. ### 5/5 — Accessible with Voice Over *2024-08-13, version 4.3* Excellent and accessible. Well done. ### 5/5 — Eccellente *2024-04-01, version 4.3* Ottima app ### 5/5 — User for almost 10 years *2024-01-22, version 4.3* Simple product. Effective. Low cost. Great for a ten minute break at work or just keeping up on my ear training and honing in on problem areas. ### 5/5 — Just a good app *2023-11-13, version 4.3* Simple and works --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. 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