Overview

Rating:
3.90
(14)
Version:
6.2.0
Last updated: 2023-10-17
Ranking
#361,778 ▼ 4,070
Overall

Features & Capabilities

Excellent Multi-Pitch Ear Training. Develop Relative and Perfect Pitch. Learn how to listen to simultaneous notes from a functional harmonic perspective.

This app is designed after a very popular exercise taught by a world famous music education guru in the Boston area. Many generations of musicians from all over the world traveled to Boston and waited in a two-year waiting list to access this information and now it is available to everyone at a low price.

It will help anybody significantly improve their aural skills. From beginners to professionals, this is a great workout for your ears.

Hear from 1 to 11 notes at the time relative to any major key, diatonically or chromatically. Select whether you want to see notes by name, degrees or movable do. It's fun, it includes flexible options, it's very easy to use and extremely effective. Now you can train and open up your ears anytime, anywhere! If you stick to it it will build up your perceptions all the way to near perfect pitch.

Politonus keeps track of your progress and tells you when you've reached a master level in the current settings so you can confidently move on to a more complex ear training workout (Both note streak and accuracy circles will turn green).

Politonus includes a coach with a powerful algorithm for relative and/or perfect pitch that acts as an ear training tutor. It presents progressive exercises and allows you to step up to a harder level when you are ready. With Politonus you'll have a great ear training teacher anywhere!

You will not regret this purchase.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
MDECKS MUSIC, LLC
Rating:
3.90
(14)
Version:
6.2.0 Last updated: 2023-10-17
Version code:
860701685
Creation date:
2017-08-22
Compatible devices:
Size:
135.67MB
Price:
5.99
URLs:
Website ,Privacy policy
Full description:
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Source:
Apple Apps Store
Data ingested on:
2026-07-18
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Developed by:
MDECKS MUSIC, LLC
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/politonus-i-ear-training/id1273898936
Website:
https://mdecks.com/politonus.phtml

User Reviews

Users praise Politonus I as a powerful, flexible ear-training tool that spans from 1 to 11 notes with chromatic/diatonic options and aligns with Charlie Banacos exercises. It’s reported to improve relative pitch and is easy to customize. However, multiple reviews flag bugs related to random-key behavior and replay playback in different keys, which can disrupt drills. Some stability/support concerns surface, but overall the app is viewed as a valuable resource for serious musicians.
Pros
  • Broad, flexible ear-training content from 1 note up to 11 notes, including chromatic and diatonic intervals.
  • Strong pedagogical value tied to Charlie Banacos exercises; praised as authentic, effective, and worthy of use in music education.
  • Notable improvement in relative pitch and practical hearing abilities reported by users.
  • Simple, intuitive layout with customizable progression to suit different skill levels (including Solfeggio naming).
Cons
  • Random-key mode can cause correct answers to be marked wrong and create inconsistent training results.
  • Replay/cadence playback sometimes shifts to a different key, undermining the usefulness of drills and test reliability.
Recent reviews
Seems like a great way to learn as long as you don’t have it set to random key. I thought I was losing my mind. For single notes I have intervals down cold so I was like “oh let’s try to make this more difficult and do two notes and uhh what the heck let’s make it change the key every time to really test myself.” Tried it out and was like “man this is way harder than I thought!” Turns out I just had “random key” on in settings and so even if I was right I’d get it marked wrong by the app. Noticed this when I went back to single notes and did the replay function was like “uhh that is not correct” and checked it against my instrument. That said I have a friend who’s unreal and said he used this app. Hopefully this issue is fixed. Until then I’ll keep manually specifying the key because it feels like a great tool.
by Ni*****, 2026-03-20

The app is a great tool once you learn how to use it. Only issue is updating to latest version removes the tempo slider - the default tempo is so slow on playback it takes forever to get 20 in a row even when you answer instantly. PLEASE BRING BACK TEMPO SLIDER. By “learn to use” I mean how you progress through the app when you’re a beginner like I was to make quick progress. I’m 3 years into using it. Starting with no trainer mode, single key, single octave, diatonic, and then move through keys one by one until you master them. Then set it to auto move through keys randomly on each play. Then do chromatic in a single key and repeat process. While doing chromatic, occasionally go back to diatonic but increase number of notes to 2 then 3 to increase difficulty.
by mo*****, 2025-01-22
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