About Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory
Ear training and music theory in one app. Train intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege and perfect pitch with guided lessons that adapt as you improve. The Ear Gym is built for musicians, singers,...
Ear training and music theory in one app. Train intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege and perfect pitch with guided lessons that adapt as you improve.
The Ear Gym is built for musicians, singers, pianists, guitarists, bassists, producers, composers, songwriters, teachers and music students who want a stronger musical ear and real fluency reading the staff. Start as a complete beginner or jump straight to advanced harmony.
EAR TRAINING
• Interval recognition, comparison, construction, inversion, reading, singing and playing
• Chord identification, comparison, construction and inversions across 29 chord types
• Scale and mode identification, construction, reading, singing and playing — 40+ scales and modes
• Rhythm recognition, rhythm imitation and rhythm tapping
• Perfect pitch training, relative pitch practice and absolute pitch drills
• Note recognition and single-note pitch identification
MELODIC DICTATION
• Hear a melody, then write it back on the staff note by note
• Polyphonic dictation with two independent voices
• Melody comparison and melody error detection
• Transcribe music by ear and check yourself instantly
MUSIC THEORY AND READING
• Solfege and sight-singing practice
• Sight reading, note reading and clef reading in treble, bass, alto and tenor
• Key signatures, accidentals and transposing instrument reading
• Roman numeral analysis, harmonic analysis, figured bass, chord progressions and cadences
GUIDED MODE
A structured path from your first interval to advanced harmony. Guided Mode works through notes and reading, intervals, chords, scales, rhythm and harmony, unlocking each step once you have mastered the one before it. If you do not know where to start, start here.
BUILD YOUR OWN DRILLS
Every exercise is configurable — choose the intervals, chords, scales, keys, clefs, octaves, instruments and tempo you want to work on. Create custom chord and scale sets to target exactly the sounds you are struggling with, or to match what your teacher assigned this week.
BUILT FOR REAL PRACTICE
• High-quality piano and guitar samples, with staff notation on every screen
• Answer feedback that shows you what you actually heard, not just right or wrong
• Statistics and progress insights that show which intervals and chords need work
• Streaks, badges, stars and XP to keep daily practice going
• Challenges to test yourself against other players
• Works offline — no connection needed to practise
WHO IT IS FOR
Whether you are preparing for an aural exam or a conservatory audition, learning to play by ear, transcribing songs, improvising, arranging, producing, singing in a choir, teaching a class, or simply making music theory finally click, The Ear Gym gives you the drills and the structure to get there.
The Ear Gym helps you improve:
• Relative pitch, perfect pitch and interval hearing
• Chord, scale and mode recognition
• Melodic dictation and transcription
• Rhythm accuracy and timing
• Sight reading, note reading and clef fluency
• Harmonic hearing, chord progressions and cadences
• Music theory knowledge you can actually hear
• Aural skills for piano, guitar, bass, voice and classroom music
PRACTISE A LITTLE EVERY DAY
Short, focused sessions beat long ones. A few minutes of interval training, chord training or melodic dictation each day builds the kind of ear that recognises what it hears without stopping to think about it.
ONE-TIME PURCHASE
No subscription. No ads. Unlock the full app once and keep it.
Download The Ear Gym and start training intervals, chords, scales, rhythm, melodic dictation, solfege, sight reading, relative pitch, perfect pitch and music theory today.
Previous Versions
Here you can find the changelog of Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory since it was posted on our website on 2020-08-08 19:34:51.
The latest version is 8.9.18 and it was updated on 2026-10-18 02:28:53. See below the changes in each version.
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 8.9.18
Updated At: 2026-08-30
Changes: • Scale degrees: hear a note in a key and name its degree
• Rhythm competition: write down what you hear before time runs out
• Competitions rebuilt: all leaderboards in one place, with a podium and Play on each
• Singing: live pitch, cents off, and lock when you hold a note
• Ear rating on the home screen — share it or join the global ranking
• Weekly report: accuracy, what improved, and what to work on next
• Now on iPhone and iPad
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 8.4.22
Updated At: 2026-08-23
Changes: Introducing Practice Center:
• Mistake review for the answers you confuse most often
• Progress insights with accuracy, consistency, and next steps
• Contextual ear training in real musical context
• Teacher–student assignments with a private code
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 8.2.2
Updated At: 2026-07-13
Changes: Added chord and scale editors.
Added rests to rhythm and melody exercises.
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 8.0.0
Updated At: 2026-06-18
Changes: Added new melodic activities: melodic dictation, polyphonic dictation, and melody calculator.
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 7.3.8
Updated At: 2026-06-08
Changes: Added new rhythm activities: Rhythm tapping, Rhythm imitation and Rhythm calculator.
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 6.3.0
Updated At: 2026-05-04
Changes: Guided Mode now offers a smoother learning path with improved lesson progression.
Harmony practice has been refined, including better chord progression exercises and updated common progression training.
This release also brings rhythm and music reading improvements, plus stability and bug fixes throughout the app.
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 5.0.0
Updated At: 2025-12-28
Changes: - Performance improvements and stability fixes.
- Added in-depth music theory explanations for better learning.
- Achievement unlocked: Track your daily practice streaks and earn unique badges!
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 4.3.0
Updated At: 2025-10-20
Changes: - Stabilization and improvements
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 4.2.1
Updated At: 2023-11-29
Changes: - Added new statistics for all activities
Ear Gym: Ear Training & Theory version 4.1.1.2
Updated At: 2023-11-19
Changes: Added new language: Slovenian