# Morse Mania — user reviews > 50 indexed App Store user reviews of Morse Mania by Black Cat Systems, rated 4.50/5 from 50 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/morse-mania/id369359680/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/morse-mania/id369359680.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 39 · 4★ 6 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 0 · 1★ 4 ## Newest reviews (12 of 50) ### 4/5 — A nice app. *2024-02-20, version 1.3* Very useful for learning from scratch. One minor criticism. The module title “Guess Characters” gives the impression that it is a game. If it was called “Practice characters” prospective users might be more likely to take it seriously. ### 4/5 — Needs more work. *2018-12-24, version 1.3* The telegraphers key is too slow to respond. Guess the letter. Guess? . No guessing that's not the way to learn anything. Why does it just send I e s and h. Once someone does that 100 percent why does it not add more or change the letters sent. Needs more options methinks. ### 5/5 — Best for me. *2018-10-24, version 1.3* MorseMania is the first app of many that is pleasant to use. One needs to be competent in receiving Morse code before sending. Best ever and no fuss to use. VK3JVW. ### 5/5 — the best *2018-10-16, version 1.3* not having a musical ear, I always had problem with cw. Despite being licensed and active since 1966. This is the best trainer I have tried. And believe me I tried many. I did exclusively cw the first 12 months but never again until a few years ago when I got interested in QRP and I am having a though time getting back to speed. Highly recommended. I wish it would also work in landscape mode. ### 4/5 — Helpful app *2018-06-30, version 1.3* I’ve liked use this app to learn Morse code. It would be helpful to have the Morse symbols appear with each letter in the “learn” and “guess” sections. It would also be great to be able to select the groups of letters a student wanted to learn or which needed more practice. Is there a difference between the speed that U is sent in the Learn section vs the Guess or Type sections? I can discern between S and U so much easier in the Guess and Type sections than in the Learn section. ### 5/5 — Nice *2017-08-20, version 1.3* Like it ! ### 4/5 — Updated! *2017-08-05, version 1.3* The app has been updated for iOS 10. I use it regularly and enjoy many of its features. It still is in need of bug fixes and general improvements. There are few morse trainers in the store. I have tried all of them. This comes the closest to "good" I could find, but falls just short. It needs a letters/numbers group training feature, as well as a way to drill you with callsigns and words. Right now, it just sends words and displays them. It needs to send the word and allow you to type in a guess (for example). ### 5/5 — Learn the Code! *2017-07-31, version 1.3* This app is great! Only thing better is coping a real QSO over the air. You WILL spend many, many hours with this app, it does not make learning CW easier, but it does give you a place to focus your efforts. ### 5/5 — Morse Mania *2017-07-30, version 1.3* Love this app. I keep finding new ways practice CW and increase my speed. ### 4/5 — Good morse trainer *2016-04-11, version 1.2* This is a good morse trainer - not too many options and not too few either. For the first time I really felt I was picking up new characters by the Koch method etc. My only gripe is that the spacing can only be set in whole seconds - 1s, 2s etc. 2s is achievable but 1s is very fast. I wish the app would let you speed up more incrementally (1.9s, 1.8s etc) ### 3/5 — Decent for learning, very primitive UI *2015-06-27, version 1.2* While the functionality is there for learning, the UI is very primitive. I have seen DOS programs which have a better UI. Some ideas for improvement would be: display accuracy as you type instead of at the end, display accuracy per letter, automatically add in letters when you reach a certain accuracy, allow toggling letters on and off in the learn mode, have settings in a drop down menu instead of having to go back to the main menu. ### 4/5 — Great *2015-06-12, version 1.2* Very useful in learning morse code. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No sound *2024-05-23* The app is useless for me because there is no sound. Complete nothing. So it is not possible to learn the code. ### 1/5 — No sound *2021-01-18, version 1.3* Also not getting any sound. The app looks good - of course, morse code app without audio though is worthless. ### 1/5 — Not ready for prime time *2019-12-05, version 1.3* No sound. Messaged developer, no response. ### 1/5 — Trash and not updated. *2017-06-22, version 1.2* This app has not been updated to iOS 10 and displays a pop up every time I launch the app. Developer needs to update this app such a waste of money. ### 1/5 — Waste of money *2017-04-19, version 1.2* Not worth any price, including free. Should pay you to down it. Program would wedge constantly. ### 1/5 — Promising but crashes *2014-11-27, version 1.0.1* This looks like it would do exactly what I want - use the Koch method to learn to copy CW, however, every time I try exit the “Guess Characters” function, the app crashes and forgets the settings. The “Key Sending” function seemed to work fine though. ### 1/5 — Gross errors and One Usability Issue *2010-06-04, version 0* Potentially a good app - BUT, there are errors! Some of the prosigns are wrong! The usability issue is that when using the "guess characters" function, if you make a mistake, it also displays and errors out the subsequent character. I would give 3 stars if it were not for the errors, but those are deal killers. ### 3/5 — A good morse code teaching aid *2018-06-26* I enjoy using this app and would give it 5 stars but there is no KN button although it comes up in the sessions, 73 Colin DD5CF/ G1ZOS ### 3/5 — Needs Work!! *2018-04-12, version 1.3* This is the best training app out there. I have been using it for 3 months and trying to reach 20 wpm by using the Koch method and slowly decreasing the spacing between characters. At 3 seconds spacing the program is slow to recognize a typed response character and if you are even a little slow in responding you get scored wrong on the character transmitted and the next character as well. Also the program crashes when sending a QSO on an IPhone 6. Given the speeds of today’s processors this program is ancient. It badly needs an upgrade and it could be great. That said it is the best thing out there for learning the code at speed! ### 3/5 — Just okay *2015-07-20, version 1.2* The use is somewhat cumbersome. It does an okay job of practice, there are other Apps that edge this one out. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Lovin' it so far *2025-06-20, version 1.3* Don't remember how I found it, but very useful. So far I have just used it for character recognition. ### 5/5 — Great CW Training Tool *2023-01-23, version 1.3* This app is helping me to learn CW easier than other apps I have tried. ### 5/5 — Great Training Aid *2022-05-29, version 1.3* 40 years ago, I passed my 20 wpm code requirement for my Extra class. Because of my jobs and travel to nearly 100 countries between then and now, I’ve gotten more than a little rusty and at 71, this program has helped me get my “ears” back. Thank you for such a useful program. ### 5/5 — Excellent *2021-05-06, version 1.3* I really like this app for learning Morse code. I hope the developers at least keep the app up to date so that it continues to function. ### 5/5 — Fun way to learn about morse *2020-05-08* Fun way to learn about morse ### 5/5 — Flexible / Great Features and Options *2020-03-28, version 1.3* Love it! Pick and choose what letters/numbers you want to practice. The various settings are easy to use. This app has certainly helped me both learn and improve over time. ### 5/5 — Best Morse learning app *2019-12-05* Half of an hour in the morning and half of an hour in the evening took me 2 weeks to learn alphabet and numbers at 20wpm with Farnsforth method. Very good app, highly recommend. Has a couple of small bugs, and a bit of space for improvement, but still the best. Hope it’ll not be abandoned and will keep improving. Thanks:) ### 5/5 — The app is great *2019-11-14, version 1.3* I ### 5/5 — Excellent Morse code learning tool *2019-09-01, version 1.3* Started using it to learn Morse code and have found it to be very useful. ### 5/5 — Effective! *2019-07-04, version 1.3* This is a worthwhile investment if you desire to learn something well with your mind. Ditch the computer folks and do it the way they originally did it! This app, used with other minimal resources, will give you success. It will require an investment of your time and mental processes, but once you have this, there will be no stopping the dedicated learner! Thanks guys, what a great help! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-06.*