# Toned Ear — Musical Ear Training

> Musical ear training exercises for identifying intervals, chords, scales, and melodies. (iPhone/iPad app by Tone Savvy LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toned-ear/id1353082892 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Tone Savvy LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1353082891)
- Category: Education, Music
- Price: $4.99
- Rating: 2.00/5 from 65 App Store ratings · 81 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 7.0 · 7 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2018-03-15
- Data updated: 2026-09-19
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toned-ear/id1353082892/reviews.md

## What is Toned Ear?

This app includes the following ear training exercises:

Intervals: In this exercise, you will hear two notes in sequence. Your goal is to identify the interval between the two notes.

Chords: In this exercise, you will hear a chord. Your goal is to identify the type of chord that you heard.

Scales: In this exercise, you will hear a scale. Your goal is to identify the name of the scale that you heard.

Chord Progressions: In this exercise, you will hear a chord progression. Your goal is to identify each chord that you heard.

Perfect Pitch: In this exercise, you will hear a single note. Your goal is to identify the name of the note.

Scale Degrees (functional): In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by a single note. You must identify the scale degree of that note relative to the key established by the chord progression. This is also known as "functional ear training".

Intervals in Context (functional): This exercise combines the "Intervals" and "Scale Degrees" exercises. In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by two notes. You must identify the major scale degrees of the two notes relative to the key established by the chord progression as well as the interval between the two notes.

Melodic Dictation: In this exercise, you will hear a short chord progression followed by a short melody. You must identify the major scale degree of each note in the melody.

## Key features

- Interval identification
- Chord recognition
- Scale naming
- Chord progression analysis
- Perfect pitch training
- Scale degree identification
- Melodic dictation

## Chart rankings

- #83 in Top Paid · Education (US App Store)

## What do users think of Toned Ear?

Overall sentiment: negative

**Pros**

- 👍 Good for ear training
- 👍 Website is good
- 👍 Great concept
- 👍 Useful for musicians
- 👍 Good for chord progressions
- 👍 Helps with pitch

**Cons**

- 🐛 No sound issues
- 🐛 App is buggy
- 🐛 Slow and laggy
- 🐛 Not polished
- 🐛 Waste of money
- 🐛 Unresponsive settings
- 🐛 Glitches during use
- 🐛 Audio cuts out
- 🐛 Bad app design
- 🐛 Interface glitches
- 🐛 Doesn't work half the time
- 🐛 Not worth the money
- 🐛 Crashes frequently
- 🐛 Buttons move during tests
- 🐛 Not being maintained
- 🐛 Useless without sound
- 🐛 Static with sound
- 🐛 Audio stops unexpectedly
- 🐛 Doesn't remember settings
- 🐛 Unreliable application

**Commonly reported bugs**

- No sound
- App broken
- Settings unresponsive
- Items glitch during use
- Audio doesn't work
- Interval quiz doesn't work
- Sounds don't play
- Sounds don't play half the time
- Scrolling drags things around
- App is slow and laggy
- Sound periodically cuts out
- App design is bad
- Forced to keep scrolling
- Interface will glitch up and down
- App crashes
- Sound doesn't come out
- App not taking up full screen
- Unable to hear sounds
- Extremely buggy
- Frequently hangs
- Fails to play interval tones
- Buttons frequently move during tests
- Sound problem getting worse
- Audio doesn't play
- Need ringer on for it to work
- Last update was 4 years ago
- Sound is almost unbearable
- No sound after going to another app
- Cannot reselect interval after deselecting
- No sound after finishing quiz
- No sound after someone calls
- Sometimes all conditions for sound are met and still no sound
- Sound doesn't work
- Audio stops
- Minor things like moving to notes app kills audio
- Completely silent
- Painfully slow
- Sometimes unresponsive
- Doesn't remember any settings
- Static when playing notes
- Won't play note when asked
- App consistently hangs
- App won't get through a single quiz without issue
- No sound played
- Audio will work for a few questions and then stop
- App cannot be used
- Headphone jack needed for sound
- Won't play aloud
- Can't get audio to work
- Sound will not play
- App never actually plays a sound
- Sound doesn't work
- Unable to produce sound
- Sound doesn't always work
- Selecting intervals doesn't work
- Cannot select what intervals or chords to be tested on
- No sound in any of the exercises
- Developers not giving response
- No audio
- App does not seem to play any sound
- Can't get it to make any noise
- Too many bugs
- Can't unselect notes
- Sound issues were fixed (older reviews)
- Interface could be improved for iPhone X

**Most requested features**

- Improve app polish
- Finish app development
- Patch and improve app
- Make chord progressions harder
- Update app for latest iOS
- Add iPhone X support
- Improve interface for iPhone X
- Add personalization

## Recent user reviews (10 of 81)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/toned-ear/id1353082892/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Iphone 15 - no sound

*2026-06-03*

Iphone 15 - no sound

### 1/5 — Just use the website

*2026-06-01, version 1.0.2*

App is broken on base iPhone 17. Settings are unresponsive and items glitch during use

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2026-05-21, version 1.0.2*

Audio doesn’t work

### 4/5 — Rudimentary Chord Progressions

*2026-04-01*

I don't mind the glitches, can you make it so that it isn't so easy to guess in the "Chord Progressions" section  by just listening to the relative pitch of the chords?

### 1/5 — Does not work

*2025-06-12, version 1.0.2*

I am using IpadOS 18.5. There is no sound coming from the app. I have emailed the developer but got bi answers. Requested for a refund.

### 1/5 — Not working

*2025-05-29, version 1.0.2*

No sound is being produced, which is kind of important for this app

### 1/5 — Doesn’t work

*2025-05-03, version 1.0.2*

The interval quiz doesn’t work. The sounds don’t play.

### 1/5 — Do not waste your money

*2025-01-03*

This app should not cost money. I’ve been on the website, which was reasonably well maintained and quite helpful! I was hopeful about the app but as soon as i launched it i could see it wasnt nearly as polished as their website. The sounds dont play half the time, scrolling drags things around and messes up the whole format, it’s slow and laggy, and it generally just feels like someone made half of it and never bothered finishing it.

I hope they patch it and improve on the app in the future, but it’s six years old already so i doubt that’s going to happen. This app really shouldn’t cost any money, don’t bother with it. 

Their website is good though, I’d recommend checking it out, see how the app is supposed to run.

### 1/5 — extremely buggy

*2024-10-26*

paid $5 for an app that i am barely able
to use due to how buggy it is the sound periodically cuts out, the app design is bad and you are forced to keep scrolling up and down to hit the 'hear again' button, and many parts of the interface will glitch up and down the screen. waste of money don't buy.

### 5/5 — no sound

*2024-09-10, version 1.0.2*

fix the sound please

## Frequently asked questions about Toned Ear

### What does Toned Ear do?

Toned Ear is a musical ear training application designed to help users develop their aural skills. It offers a comprehensive set of exercises to improve the recognition of various musical elements by ear.

### What are the main ear training exercises available?

The app includes exercises for identifying intervals, chords, scales, and chord progressions. It also features perfect pitch training, scale degree identification (functional ear training), and melodic dictation.

### Is Toned Ear free to use?

Yes, Toned Ear is a free application. There are no in-app purchases or advertisements mentioned, indicating it is completely free to download and use.

### Who would benefit from using Toned Ear?

This app is ideal for musicians of all levels, music students, and anyone interested in improving their ability to recognize and understand musical sounds. It's particularly useful for developing a strong foundation in music theory and performance.

### What specific musical concepts can I train with this app?

You can train your ability to identify specific intervals between notes, recognize different types of chords, name various scales, analyze chord progressions, develop perfect pitch, and transcribe melodies through melodic dictation.

## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.2 — 2018-04-26

This update from Apple will improve the functionality of this app. No new features are included.

Fixed bug where "automatically proceed" option did not work.

### 1.0 — 2018-03-15

No release notes.

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