Perfect Pitch — Synesthesia

Perfect Pitch — Synesthesia

Learn Pitch Through Color

67 ratings
16 reviews
Free

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  • Released
  • Updated
  • May 27, 2020
  • September 30, 2025

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Develop perfect pitch by associating musical notes with colors and haptic feedback. This app uses cognitive psychology principles to create a synesthetic learning experience, helping you identify and recreate musical notes without a reference tone.

Associate pitches with custom colors
Haptic feedback for natural notes and sharps/flats
Train with built-in melodies, songs, and scales
Circle of Fifths visualization
Organize practice songs in a library
Modify training settings for each song
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What's New in Perfect Pitch

2.2.0

September 30, 2025

• Updated to support iOS 26

User reviews

A good start

The app is pretty, but relatively simple. All you can do is assign colors to the notes and listen to preset simple scales or melodies that highlight each note and color together as each note plays. Over time, you would probably start to make color associations with the notes and start to "see" the pitches you are hearing like looking at a painting with your ears. But it would be kinda difficult to remember to do it regularly as the experience doesn't really leave you dying to come back to the app tomorrow. It doesn't have any sort of instruction or gamification with things like varying difficulty levels you can work your way through and track your progress and accuracy. These would be nice additions to see, maybe starting with a few notes and the middle of the keyboard, then progressing to more tones and the higher and lower registers. It could also add an option to change the instrument, starting with simple pure sine waves and showing a progression from the simpler timbres like flute to ones with lots of overtones like French horn or a human voice. It could also have an option for pitch recall at the most advanced level where the device can listen to you hum or sing a note and tell you how far off you were from center. If users submit their game play data,the developer could track whether or not people were actually getting better at pitch recognition, and deliver this data to new users so they know what to expect and how much time they would have to dedicate to learning the skill.
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excellent

great software

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App is good, could you possibly add a feature where the note stays playing once you stop holding it?

Can help with easier tuning or vocal matching or whatever others might want to use it for

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App is good, could you possibly add a feature where you can hover over the keys for sound, instead of having to hold down the key to play the sound..?

Great idea for learning

What a cool idea! I’m excited to start learning. I’d love to have more song choices, or to be able to punch in my own. Another fun feature would be a tuner that could use the mic and show the pitch and color being heard.

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FAQ

What is Perfect Pitch?

Perfect Pitch is an application designed to help users develop or enhance their perfect pitch, the ability to identify and recreate musical notes without a reference tone. It achieves this by leveraging synesthesia, associating musical pitches with colors and haptic feedback.

How does the app teach perfect pitch?

The app uses principles of cognitive psychology to create a cross-sensory learning experience. Users can associate custom colors and haptic vibrations with specific musical pitches and then train using songs, melodies, and scales.

What are the key features for learning?

Key features include playing pitches and songs with illuminated associated colors, training with fifteen built-in melodies, songs, and scales, and visualizing pitches in the Circle of Fifths. Users can also choose custom color associations and utilize soft haptics for natural notes and rigid haptics for sharps/flats.

Is this app free to use?

Yes, the application is available for free. It does not feature in-app purchases or advertisements.

Who developed this app?

This application was originally developed by students at the Georgia Institute of Technology. While not officially affiliated with the Institute, its development was informed by research in ubiquitous computing.