Ear training is easy and fun with Functional Ear Trainer. Play music by ear.
4.82·21,401 reviews·1,000,000+ downloads
About Functional Ear Trainer
Functional Ear Trainer is an education app developed by Kaizen9 Apps.
Download Statistics
Functional Ear Trainer has been downloaded 1.4 million times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 7.9 thousand times.
User Ratings
Functional Ear Trainer is rated 4.82 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 21 thousand ratings.
App Information
Functional Ear Trainer is FREE to download. The APK download size is 30.97 MB. The latest version available is 3.31.1. The last update was on June 8, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Functional Ear Trainer requires Android 4.4+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play November 2014.
Description
Ear training can be easy and fun! With a right approach.
Have you (or one of your friends) ever wanted to learn to transcribe or play music by ear?
It is so important for a musician to know what you are hearing. A good musical ear helps when you are composing, improvising, transcribing melodies, or playing with others.
Most likely you have already tried different programs to learn to recognize intervals or even to acquire perfect pitch. However, although such programs develop your ear, but can you actually play any melody you hear as soon as you listen to it?
Imagine you could understand music… It is like when somebody is talking to you, you not only hear pleasant sounds, but you recognize words and their meaning.
One day I came across Alain Benbassat's program called “Functional Ear Trainer” and have been using it ever since. It is based on Alain's ear training method to learn to recognize tones.
The main difference between the Functional Ear Trainer and other methods is that it teaches you to distinguish between tones in the context of a particular musical key. You begin to recognize the role (or function) of each tone in this key, which is incredibly similar to its role in other keys of the same scale.
And it is *guaranteed* anyone can gradually develop this skill. It does not matter: – who you are – an absolute beginner in music or a virtuoso professional musician; – how old you are – a 3 yo kid or a 90+ adult; – what musical instrument you play (you don't even have to play one).
The only requirement is to practice for 10 minutes a day.
I was so excited about this ear trainer that I have developed an Android app based on the Alain Benbassat method. I hope you will find it useful.
Download this app right now, and have fun with your ear training!
Recent changes: *** If you like Functional Ear Trainer, please take the time to give it a nice review: it really helps. – Bug fixes and stability improvements.
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I really like this app. A lot of music ear training out there doesn't feel every beginner-friendly to me. This app is very helpful in this case. The beginning lessons start with only a handful of notes to test you on, so you can start to learn the scale degrees without getting overwhelmed with octaves and key changes. It does take time, but the training isn't overwhelmingly difficult.
★★★★★Colin Zeidenstein-Wilson· May 17, 2026
Great app! Simply plays you a cadence, then a note, then you identify the note. Lots of options for how the notes are identified, including piano key, Roman numeral, solfège, and some others I haven't tried. I bought the full version, so entirely add free, and I have already made special lessons to study my trouble notes. If you want to learn to identify your IVs from your Vs (or your VIs from you Vs 😬) at least try the free version!
★☆☆☆☆Alihan Tokenov· Jul 6, 2026
Useless app, not convenient to use. Tasks are too complex for a beginner because there is no introduction at all.
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