Better Ears Beginner Apple

Better Ears Beginner

Ear Training, Theory & Rhythm

Features & Capabilities

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.

User Growth & Download Statistics

App
By:
MAMP GmbH
Rating:
4.50
(34)
Version:
4.0 Last updated: 2026-06-20
Version code:
887113629
Creation date:
2019-02-11
Compatible devices:
Size:
86.33MB
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Data ingested on:
2026-06-27
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Developed by:
MAMP GmbH
Apple Apps Store
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/better-ears-beginner/id284445260
Website:
https://better-ears.mamp.info/en/

User Reviews

Purchased the full version through the beginner app. But it keeps crashing
by cm*****, 2023-04-05

Some features of full app are of course not available but you could spend quite a few hours here. Emphasis is on learning not on being flashy, which I appreciate. One minor complaint is that the beginner level dictation training uses intervals that are not included in interval training in this app but other free apps will give you that training. I would gladly pay a one time upgrade fee for the full app when I the only errors I make in the beginner app are typos. If the full app requires a monthly license fee then I would probably check out competing apps.
by cu*****, 2022-03-09

Instead of playing angry birds or Pokémon go why don’t you play a game that actually has benefits with any instrument you play. Maybe you’re even a Whistler, don’t annoy people by whistling off key. Use better ear, we’ll all thank you.
by Mr*****, 2021-02-18
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