# Longpath CW — Morse code training by ear

> Morse code training by ear (iPhone/iPad app by Tobias Wissmueller.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longpath-cw/id6802228316 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tobias Wissmueller](https://appshunter.io/developer/785655742)
- Category: Education, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 18.2 · 45 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-08-21
- Data updated: 2026-09-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/longpath-cw/id6802228316/reviews.md

## What is Longpath CW?

Longpath teaches you to hear Morse code, not to decode it letter by letter. And it lets you practise on the Morse key you already own.

YOUR OWN MORSE KEY
Every telegraphist has a favourite key. With the BLE key interface you plug it straight into Longpath: a straight key, a single paddle or an iambic paddle, connected over Bluetooth to your phone, tablet or Mac. The app produces the sidetone, decodes what you send and shows exactly where your timing drifts, so you train on the very key you will use on the air. The interface is open hardware. Build it yourself from the public ble-key project, or order a parts kit or an assembled key straight from the app. Bluetooth key support is a one-time unlock: buy it once and it stays yours. A key with the optional battery mod runs without a cable, shows its charge level in the app and reconnects on its own after it wakes from sleep.

COPY TRAINING BY EAR
Copy training follows the Koch method. You start with two characters at full speed and add the next one only when you are ready. Because every character is sent at full speed from the first minute, you learn its rhythm as a sound, never as a row of dots and dashes you have to count. That is the difference between reading Morse and hearing it, and it is why counting habits are so hard to unlearn later.

Farnsworth spacing keeps the gaps between characters wide while each character stays fast. You get thinking time without ever practising the wrong rhythm.

CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTERS
Learn characters shows every character with its rhythm and a toggle. You decide exactly which ones are in play, and copy and send training draw from that one set.

SENDING
No key at hand? Practise on the on-screen key, straight or iambic, with the same sidetone and the same decoder.

YOUR PRACTICE, IN VIEW
A practice stopwatch, a daily goal and a statistics view show what you actually practised rather than what you meant to practise.

LOCAL AND PRIVATE
Everything runs on your device. No account, no sign-up, no network connection. Your progress belongs to you, and on Apple devices it follows you to your other devices through your own iCloud.

Longpath is named after the long way round: the path a Morse signal takes around the globe, and the path you take to learn it.


## Version history (last 3 releases)

### 1.2.0 — 2026-09-05

• Ads on iPhone and iPad: a small banner at the top and now and then a full-screen ad in training. Remove ads (one-time purchase in Settings) switches them off for good; Restore purchases brings that to every device. Mac stays ad-free
• Bluetooth Morse key: ready for the charge-sense mod of the key, the chip then reads "charging" and "charged" next to the battery level
• Learn characters: pick exactly which characters you practise, one toggle each. Copy and send training share the set
• Settings is now its own screen. The Morse key chip with connection state and battery level sits in the top bar everywhere
• Bluetooth Morse key: battery level and charge reminder (keys with the battery mod), automatic reconnect after the key sleeps or the link drops, and steadier keying with no double dits from Bluetooth jitter and no stuck key after a disconnect
• Copy training on phones: the keyboard no longer flickers or stops after a few characters
• Mac: goal calendar shows a full year, and key input works after switching from Learn or the free keyer

### 1.1.0 — 2026-08-28

• New BLE-key screen: build the open-hardware key interface yourself, or order a parts kit or an assembled key straight from the app
• BLE-key support is now a one-time unlock — buy it once and it stays yours
• The daily practice reminder banner is gone
• The feedback mail now carries the app version

### 1.0 — 2026-08-21

No release notes.

## More apps by Tobias Wissmueller

- [MIDI Aid](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/midi-aid/id811495668)
- [AFuP Karten](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/afup-karten/id6476484572)

All apps by Tobias Wissmueller: https://appshunter.io/developer/785655742

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