Better Ears - Ear Trainer4.0

Better Ears is the complete ear training and sight‑reading workout for musicians, students and teachers. Train your musical ear and master music theory - from interval recognition all the way to chord progressions and rhythm training. 15 exercises take you from absolute beginner to pro, at your own pace, with no rules and no pressure.

NEW: RHYTHM TRAINING
Sharpen your sense of timing with two brand‑new exercises. Hear a rhythm and clap or tap it back, or read rhythmic notation and perform it in time - with count‑in, metronome, triplets and time signatures like 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4. Clap straight into your device's microphone and Better Ears listens.

YOU DECIDE HOW TO TRAIN
There are no rules to follow. You decide when to start, what to practice and how often.

15 EXERCISES INCLUDED
. Interval recognition
. Scale recognition
. Chord recognition
. Chord progressions
. Pitch recognition
. Melodic dictation
. Tempo recognition
. Key signature recognition
. Music reading
. Interval music reading
. Scale music reading
. Chord music reading
. Melody music reading
. Rhythm recognition (new)
. Rhythm reading (new)

ANSWER WITH YOUR VOICE OR A REAL INSTRUMENT
Built‑in pitch detection lets you answer by singing or by playing a real instrument (e.g. piano or guitar). Just sing or play the notes when the microphone button lights up red.

CUSTOM CHORDS, SCALES & CHORD PROGRESSIONS
The built‑in editor lets you add your own chords, scales and chord progressions.

FOUR PRESET LEVELS + UNLIMITED CUSTOM LEVELS
Start at Beginner, Easy, Normal or Professional - then build your own levels to focus exactly where you need to: church modes, those two pesky intervals, custom rhythms, whatever you like.

6 INSTRUMENTS & CUSTOM SOUNDFONTS
Train with Acoustic Grand, Bright Acoustic Piano, Electric Grand, Drawbar Organ, Nylon and Steel Acoustic Guitar - or extend Better Ears with your own sounds via SoundFonts (.sf2).

KEYBOARD & FRETBOARD
Answer on a virtual piano keyboard or a virtual guitar fretboard.

MIDI SUPPORT
Route sound through an external MIDI device and even control Better Ears with a connected master keyboard.

SYNC ALL OF YOUR DEVICES
Keep your Mac, iPhone and iPad in sync via Dropbox. You choose what to sync: your own levels, your statistics, your settings - or all of it.

STATISTICS
Better Ears tracks your progress for every exercise and every question - right and wrong answers at a glance.

WIKIPEDIA INTEGRATION
The matching Wikipedia article is shown for each exercise, so the theory is always one tap away.

REFRESHED DESIGN
A modern, fully redesigned interface on iPhone, iPad and Mac - with full Dark Mode and crystal‑clear music notation.

Version History NEW: Rhythm training is here! Two new exercises — Rhythm recognition and Rhythm reading — let you clap or tap rhythms back by ear, or read and perform rhythmic notation in time. Clap straight into the microphone, with count-in, metronome, triplets and time signatures like 3/4, 4/4 and 5/4.
Also in this update:
• Refreshed, modern design across iPhone, iPad and Mac
• Full Dark Mode support
• Clearer, better-spaced music notation
• Many fixes and performance improvements
Happy training! 4.0 Jun 20 - Updated for iOS 26
- Various bug fixes 3.8 Apr 10 - fixed problems with Dropbox Sync
- minor bugfixes 3.7 11/17/2022 - minor bugfixes
- adaptations to iOS 15 and new devices 3.6.1 03/27/2022 - Optimized for iOS 14
- Minor Bugfixes 3.6 12/15/2020 Fixed a crash that occurred when the microphone function was activated 3.5.1 07/29/2020 - Better Sounds
- Possibility to add sounds via SoundFonts
- Dark Mode Support and lighter look of normal Mode
- Bugfixes 3.5 07/06/2020 - minor bug fixes
- improved pitch detection algorithm 3.4 05/03/2019 Improvements and Bugfixes 3.3.1 03/17/2018 Improvements and Bugfixes 3.3 02/01/2018 Improvements and Bugfixes
A problem with bluetooth headphones has been corrected
Pitch detection via the microphone has been improved 3.2.3 01/17/2018 - Improvements for iPhone X and some Bugfixes 3.2.2 11/23/2017 - Bugfixes, fixed some Crashes 3.2.1 11/21/2017 - iOS 11 support
- Bugfixes 3.2 11/06/2017 • 2 new exercises:
- Melodic dictation
- Melody music reading
• Use the microphone to enter Notes with a real instrument or your vocals
• Some new settings and other small improvements
• Improved learning success: Exercises you are often failing to answer are now presented more often than the ones you are already good at
• iPad Pro 12.9 inch compatible
• Minor Bugfixes 3.1 03/22/2017 - Bugfix: Random play direction sometimes didn't work properly. 3.0.1 10/15/2015 - Universal App (iPhone and iPad)
- Custom scales
- Custom chords
- Custom chord progressions
- Single notes music reading
- Random play direction
- Optimized for Screenreader
- iPhone 6 and 6S Optimization
- Several bugfixes 3.0 10/01/2015 - iOS7 adjustments
- Chord inversions bug fixed
- Notation bug fixed
- Other minor bug fixes 2.0.1 12/10/2013 - New Name (formerly known as Karajan® - Music and Ear Trainer)
- New Design
- New Exercises: Chord Progressions and Music Reading
- Wikipedia Integration
- Guitar Fretboard
- Staff
- MIDI Support
- Drop Box Sync 2.0 09/30/2013 iOS6 and iPhone 5 (Retina 4 display) support 1.7 09/21/2012 Several Bugfixes 1.6 05/30/2012 - iOS4 compatibility fixes
- Multitasking Support
- Retina Display Support
- Better sounding Instruments (multisampled) 1.5 09/28/2010 - fixed a bug with random generator
- fixed non showing tempo slider in preferences
- Added major/minor 7 chord and greek scales
- Added button to directly switch to practice mode 1.3 10/10/2009 Added more intervals (up to 13th)
Ascending/Descending Switch added
Enhanced random generator 1.2.2 08/05/2009 - Fixed problems with german language file 1.2.1 02/13/2009