# Portato

> Portato (iPhone/iPad app by Samuel Gingher.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portato/id6783612219 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Samuel Gingher](https://appshunter.io/developer/1865690400)
- Category: Music
- Price: $0.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 13.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2026-07-24
- Data updated: 2026-07-28
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/portato/id6783612219/reviews.md

## What is Portato?

Portato trains your eye to read music notation...right on your wrist!

Identify notes on the staff, pick the correct answer, and build genuine sight-reading fluency in sessions as short as a minute. No internet, no account, no distractions.

WHAT YOU PRACTICE:

*Treble and bass clef: switch any time from Settings.

*All 15 key signatures, major and minor. From C major to C# and Cb major, and their relative minors. The key signature glyphs draw on the staff exactly as they appear on real sheet music.

*Two answer modes:
  Letters: buttons ordered by scale degree and spelled for the active key (E major shows E F# G# A B C# D#; Db major shows C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb).
  Keyboard: a 12-key chromatic piano pad, labelled with the key's diatonic spelling. With Accidentals off, in-scale keys highlight in warm gold; out-of-scale keys stay neutral and are  
  inactive.

*Diatonic or chromatic: with Accidentals on, out-of-key notes appear with an explicit #, b, or natural symbol. Good for drilling chromatic reading within a real key signature.

CHALLENGE MODE

Turn on the timer and each note gives you six seconds to answer. Miss the window and it counts wrong. A hairline progress bar races across the screen. Score, accuracy, and response time are all tracked.

ADAPTIVE TRAINER

Portato tracks every answer. Notes you tend to miss appear slightly more often in future questions - a soft, weighted nudge toward your weak spots. The effect is gentle (never repetitive), so the session still feels random while quietly building proficiency where you need it most.

STATS

*Streak: current and longest consecutive practice days.
*7-day chart:  bar height is questions answered; color tint is accuracy.
*By-note accuracy:  see exactly which notes give you trouble, sorted with the weakest first.
*Average response time per pitch class.

SOUND

Correct answers play the notated pitch on a warm synth tone; wrong answers buzz. Adjust volume with the Digital Crown during practice, or from the Settings screen. Cubic volume curve for precise control at low levels.

PRIVACY

Portato stores your practice stats only on your watch. No network calls, no analytics, no account, no tracking.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-07-24

No release notes.

## More apps by Samuel Gingher

- [Interval Climber](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/interval-climber/id6757264827)

All apps by Samuel Gingher: https://appshunter.io/developer/1865690400

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