Active Ear - Ear Trainer

Name: Active Ear - Ear Trainer
Rating: 4.7 (50 reviews)
Author: MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC

By: MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC

Ear Training For Musicians

Features & Capabilities

Active Ear is for musicians of all skill levels and instrument types. With dozens of exercises ranging from beginner to advanced, Active Ear focuses on teaching you to identify pitches, intervals, chords, and progressions using only your Ear.

The Practice Mode of the app allows you to customize the challenges to focus only on areas you're interested in improving.

Once you're confident with the Practice Mode, you test yourself in the Quiz Mode of the app to see how well you understand the concepts.

Active Ear Comes with six Ear Training Programs:

- Pitch Recognition - Interval Training - Chord Quality - Bassline Training  - Progression Training 

Chord Inversions

User Growth & Download Statistics

App

By:

MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC

Rating:

4.70

(50)

Version:

1.60.1 Last updated: 2026-02-11

Version code:

882349969

Creation date:

2020-12-01

Compatible devices:

Size:

22.62MB

URLs:

Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-04

Compare stats and ranking:

Ranking

# 193,484 ▼ 659

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Developed by:

MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/active-ear-ear-trainer/id1541508221

User Reviews

User reviews consistently praise Active Ear for its intuitive interface, broad and structured ear-training content, and customizable practice that helps players build confidence and improve relative pitch. The app’s guided progression and feedback are frequently highlighted as key benefits for both beginners and seasoned musicians. A minority report reliability problems (the app won’t open) that affect a subset of users. Overall, when functioning, it is seen as a highly effective, versatile tool for ear training and playing by ear.

Pros

Easy to use and well designed for beginners and advanced musicians.
Comprehensive coverage of ear-training areas (pitch, intervals, chord quality, bass lines, progressions).
Structured, linear progression that builds skills gradually.
High degree of customization and flexible practice/assessment, including practice before quizzes.

Cons

Reliability issues reported by some users, including the app not opening or crashing.

Recent reviews

App is garbage don’t waste your time

by ja*****, 2025-09-11

I really desired to play by ear, so I subscribed and I have seen small improvements after 3 weeks of using this app. If you will be consistent and patient, you’ll see yourself picking up the melody, chords and progressions with ease.