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Best Ear Training Apps for iPhone (2026)
Quick answer
Earpeggio is the top-ranked of the 10 tiered ear training apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.9/5 from 15,657 ratings.
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Top 5
- 1
- 2
Functional Ear TrainerS tier★ 4.9 · 6.1K ratings · Free + IAP - 3
- 4
Chet - Ear TrainingS tier★ 4.8 · 3.6K ratings · Free download - 5
★ 4.5 · 2.2K ratings · Free + IAP
Key takeaways
- Earpeggio ranks #1 of the 10 tiered ear training apps, S tier with a score of 95 out of 100.
- Earpeggio is free, with no in-app purchases.
- Earpeggio has the most App Store ratings here: 15,657, averaging 4.9/5.
- 5 of the 10 tiered apps reach S or A tier.
What belongs in this list
Train my ear to recognize musical intervals, chords and notes by listening.
Not here: general music theory lessons alone; brain training games alone; a tuner alone; accent training for speech alone; a metronome alone
How we pick
For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Apps whose maker has verified ownership get a small score component, because an active maker is a sign the app is kept up to date. It never decides a tier on its own. Updated daily. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. Read the full method →
Compare every app
| # | App | Tier | Score | Rating | Ratings | Price | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | EarpeggioBest overall | S | 94.8 | 4.9 | 15,657 | Free download | |
| 2 | S | 93.8 | 4.9 | 6,115 | Free + IAP | ||
| 3 | Perfect Ear: Music & RhythmMost recently updated | S | 91.5 | 4.6 | 3,691 | Free + IAP | |
| 4 | S | 91.4 | 4.8 | 3,620 | Free download | ||
| 5 | A | 88.9 | 4.5 | 2,239 | Free + IAP | ||
| 6 | C | 67.3 | 4.5 | 13,221 | Free + IAP | ||
| 7 |  Pitch Master - Ear Trainingprovisional | C | 65.1 | 4.6 | 610 | Free + IAP | |
| 8 |  Perfect Pitch Challengeprovisional | D | 51.2 | 4.0 | 851 | Free + IAP | |
| 9 |  ScoreSkills- Learn Music Notesprovisional | D | 50.0 | 4.5 | 2,572 | Free + IAP | |
| 10 |  Interval Ear Trainingprovisional | F | 40.2 | 4.6 | 685 | Free + IAP |
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Questions people ask
What is the best ear training app for iPhone?
Earpeggio, S tier, ranked #1 of 10, rated 4.9 by 15,657 people.
Which ear training apps are free?
10 of 10 are free to download: Earpeggio (S), Functional Ear Trainer (S), Perfect Ear: Music & Rhythm (S), Chet - Ear Training (S) and more. 8 of them sell in-app purchases. 2 report no in-app purchases.
Which ear training app has the best App Store rating?
Functional Ear Trainer at 4.9 from 6,115 ratings.
How many ear training apps reach S or A tier?
5 of 10.