Train your ears
to hear every
note.
Absolute Ear builds reliable pitch recognition through progressive, focused practice — starting from three notes and expanding to all twelve chromatic tones.
Designed around how
ears actually learn.
Most ear training apps teach relative pitch — intervals between notes. Absolute Ear trains something harder and more valuable: naming notes from sound alone, with no reference pitch.
Start small. Build mastery.
Begin with just C, E, and G — three tonally distinct anchors. Each new note unlocks only after you hit 80% accuracy across your last 20 attempts. No shortcuts.
Weak notes come back more often.
The algorithm tracks your accuracy per note and weights your practice toward the ones you struggle with most — so no note gets left behind.
Three ways to practice.
Single note recognition builds the foundation. Melodic dictation scales from 2-note sequences up to 5, and interval training progresses from a fixed tonic through multiple root notes to fully random roots — so your ear learns to work without any anchor.
See exactly where you stand.
Per-note accuracy curves, confusion matrices, streaks, and mastery tracking. Know which notes you mix up — and watch them improve over time.
How it works.
Listen
A note plays from a real piano sample. Replay it as many times as you need. There is no time pressure.
Identify
Tap the note name you heard. Instant visual and haptic feedback confirms your answer.
Unlock
Hit 80% accuracy across 20 attempts to unlock the next module. Genuine mastery — not just repetition.
From three notes
to twelve.
The unlock order is deliberate — start with the most tonally distinct notes, then introduce each new pitch as your ear becomes more refined.
Start training
your ears today.
Absolute Ear is free to download on iOS. Android is on the way.
Absolute Ear is a passion project — solo-designed and built because I wanted an app that actually taught me to hear notes, not just guess them. It's made for musicians, students, and curious ears who want to develop something real: the ability to name any pitch from sound alone, without a reference, without shortcuts.