# Active Ear - Ear Trainer

> Ear Training For Musicians

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541508221](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541508221)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1541508221`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** MCPHERSON'S MUSIC LLC
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (50 ratings)
- **Version:** 1.60.1
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-11
- **First published:** 2020-12-01
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-21
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/active-ear-ear-trainer/id1541508221)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://pianolessonwithwarren.com/privacy-policy/](https://pianolessonwithwarren.com/privacy-policy/)

## Description

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

## Rankings

- #174,033 — Overall

## Review summary

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.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1541508221)