Best Rhythmic Dictation Apps & Games

Rhythm Training

Dictation, Reading, Notation

Free

This app helps music students and teachers improve their rhythm skills through dictation and sight-reading exercises. It offers customizable parameters and multiple practice modes for various learning needs.

Rhythm Trainer - Ear Training

Sight reading, drum beat game

Free

Develop your musical ear and rhythm skills with interactive exercises. Practice tapping along to diverse rhythmic patterns, track your progress, and set personalized goals. Suitable for musicians of all levels.

Play By Ear - Ear Training

by SuperNonstop.com, Inc.

Free

Develop your musical ear with this call-and-response ear training app. It uses pitch recognition, allowing you to play notes back on your instrument instead of pressing buttons. Practice melodies, chords, and intervals in a way that mirrors real musical performance.

Chet - Ear Training

Music Theory, Piano & Guitar

Free

Develop your musical ear and master music theory with interactive games and exercises. Learn at your own pace, identify music concepts, and practice with virtual instruments. Track your progress and compete globally to become a more confident and versatile musician.

Melody Dictation

Exercise and play songs by ear

Free

This app helps you improve your musical ear by playing melodies and having you replicate them on a keyboard. It offers over a hundred exercises across five difficulty levels, from beginner to master, providing feedback to aid learning.

MyEarTraining - Ear Trainer

Aural exercises and lessons

Free

Enhance your musical abilities with comprehensive ear training exercises. Practice intervals, chords, and scales to improve intonation, musical memory, and transcription skills. Suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced musicians.

Earpeggio

Musical Ear Training Exercises

Free

Enhance your musical abilities by training your ear to recognize intervals, chords, scales, and rhythms. This app offers various exercises and tests to help you improve your musical hearing and track your progress with detailed statistics.

Piper Ears

by Piper Woods

$1.99

This app offers ear training exercises and quizzes for musicians. It helps users identify musical elements like scales, intervals, melodies, and rhythms through practice and quiz modes. It focuses on challenging areas to improve musical comprehension.

Interval Ear Training

Learn to play by ear!

Free

Develop your musical ear with this interactive piano game. It helps improve interval recognition, pitch sense, and transcription skills through engaging exercises. Suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.

Sonofield Ear Trainer

Ear training app for musicians

Free

This app helps musicians develop their ear by focusing on the feeling of individual notes within a key, rather than traditional interval training. It uses sustained drones and offers various modes like identifying scale degrees, melodies, and singing exercises. The app adapts to your skill level with an intuitive interface and progression path.

Perfect Ear: Music & Rhythm

Ear training, notes & chords

Free

Develop your musical skills with a comprehensive ear training and music theory app. Learn chords, scales, intervals, melodies, and sight-reading. It offers customizable exercises for all levels, from beginners to professionals, to enhance musicianship.

Aural Wiz

Intervals, Scales, Chords etc.

Free

Enhance your musical ear by learning to identify intervals, scales, modes, chords, and cadences. This app offers two modes: Learn to hear and understand musical elements, and Practice to test your recognition skills. It's designed for music students and musicians aiming to improve their aural abilities.

Musoplay: Daily Music Game

Play music by ear, read notes

Free

Engage your ears and musicality with daily challenges. Learn to play new tunes by ear, memory, or reading sheet music on a virtual instrument. Create your own melodies and get help from an in-app music companion.