Music Theory Pro App Reviews

At the risk of sounding like an old man (39) the staff is now too small. Mostly the accidental within the staff are tough to make out clearly. This was never an issue before. I think you sacrificed function for style. Also, since the latest update, the sound during ear training comes out the speaker of my phone even while plugged in to my headphones. No other app on my phone has this issue. No more private ear training on my daily commute to work. Still a great app but may have slipped a bit backwards.

I've been using this mostly for ear training and it works wonders. Totally worth it for quizzing your ear and other musical knowledge.

One star because I have been waiting for an update for a year. I love this app. But I am not motivated to use it much. It could be so much more. How about levels and progress charts and achievement records? How about a visual map to show progress like on some of the addicting iPad games? What makes Candy crush so addicting? It's the levels and visual sense of progress. Also, this app has so much more potential... Chord inversions, chord progressions, relative pitch, perfect pitch, key/chord relationships, instrument (timbre) recognition, texture identification.... Add some of these ideas and make it fun / addicting to play and you'll be my favorite app.

Please get the leaderboards working again. It would be very fun and would give me higher goals of accuracy and speed to strive for. The prompt to buy MTPro is annoying. I downloaded the app and it is very boring and obvious to any basically trained musician. I just want to practice my ear training and I want it to go smoothly and uninterrupted. You don’t need to remind me to buy the other frankly lame app. I’m trying to speed test my ear and I’m gonna miss answers. That’s the way it is when you are first learning. I’m probably rambling to nothing though since this App hasn’t been updated in a while, and that’s just another reason to avoid spending money on an app no one wants to improve.

Though the format of the app has visually improved it has lost it's value by getting rid of the music theory review. Before, the app had review inside the app which was very useful for a quick review but now, one must go to the website and watch videos. PLEASE BRING BACK THE REVIEW IN THE APP. It's much more convenient and helpful.

This is a great app for learning key signatures, intervals, etc. It's attractive and functional. Unfortunately, once you've gone through a drill it essentially forces you to post your name and score to leaderboards. I'm motivated by learning. I have no desire to publish my scores, win piddly condescending badges, or be listed on leaderboards full of people who don't have the motivation to learn because they want skill. Give me an option to turn off gamification and I'll go for five stars.

I was looking for an app that would show me diminished and half diminished chords and all I got was an app that wanted me to name the chord. This does not help me to read the IReal book. When I tried to contact the company to ask how to find it or how to properly use app. The bars in front only allow me to give a review. So here it is. I want my money back.

The sound for the ear training is not working! I'm sure this is a fantastic app, but unfortunately the ear training sound isn't working, which is kind of a big deal when learning music theory. Fix this immediately and I'm sure the app is golden!

I've only taken 1 semester of music theory and this app is boring to me. The answers for the key signatures are in the order of the circle of fifths, so you don't really have to know the answer. I can read music so I obviously don't need the note name section, the only useful part is probably the ear training.

This app does not work well with the new iOS 9 update. It frequently crashes.

For one, it doesn't save my username and it persistently asks me to enter it. As a startup version it's okay but it's far from perfect (like the fifth and fourth intervals). Just one instrument to make the tones? A clarinet, for example, would be appreciated.

Music theory has been simplified so that anyone can learn it. This will be like Provigil - Modafinil - a Nootropic for your talent. Buy this now and you'll be amazed! LiveFearless!

This is an excellent learning tool. My theory improves every time I use this device. Something that is difficult for me is in the ear training section. When the answer is showing the new interval or chord is playing. It would be helpful to have a pause or a repeat with the answer showing before moving on, especially when I'm wrong.

This app will help you get caught up on things that might be a struggle in your Theory I studies. Has EVERYTHING you need and all levels of direction. Scales, intervals, note identification, chording--classical, jazz, orchestral--major and minor--even ear training exercises. It helped IMMENSELY with my grades. It's a MUST HAVE APP!!

Works all the time. Written by someone who has mastered music theory!!!

pleasant surprise to see app devs removing in app purchases in my opinion

Great app for reinforcing your skills. I've been using it to practice key signatures and it's been very helpful. One small issue is that occasionally the correct answer will be dimmed-out and unpressable...forcing you to choose an incorrect answer. Not really a big deal. I definitely recommend this app for any serious musician.

The ear training only works with chords, and not intervals, scales or tempo Otherwise an excellent app and a fun way to stay sharp musically!

I've been searching for the most music pro app and this one is on top of the rest. If you're interested in 13th and more this is the app.

As much as I miss the older version just a tad bit, the app is still nice for me to use to practice and enhance my knowledge of scales, chords, key signatures, and other necessities when it comes to music theory. The only thing that I would suggest to improve this app would be in the Ear Training section for the scales;I would really love that section more if it went up and down the scale instead of just going up and not even hitting the octave, like in previous versions. Going up and down the scale made it easier to identify it. It's a lot harder to identify if you just hear it going up and only up. Also the fact that the information button is gone in the sections now; there is no separate section anymore that explains anything, like in previous versions, they had a little question mark icon that explained how to read notes, or how to recognize a major from a minor, etc. I feel that by removing that, beginner musicians would have quite a bit of trouble understanding some of the music theory involved in this useful app. As a high school musician that has a lot of experience with music and is involved in many of the music programs at my school, I would definitely recommend downloading this app if you need help learning to read notes, recognize key signatures, and much, much more.

Boring, bad interface. Read a book or get a different app or go to school. Let this one go.

Use it every day

It's a wonderfull tool to learn music theory!

I don’t know if they “fixed” the sound, but whenever I try the chords and other ear training, the sound disappears after three or four rounds. I don’t hear anything when pressing the go button. Other than that it’s fun.

So this app is very well designed and has been helping me a lot with learning my music theory faster, but since I switched to iPhone 6 I'm not able to switch the settings in the app, for example, somehow I was able to switch to bass clef and then wanted to switch back to trouble clef but now it does not let me switch. Please update and fix this bug I do really like this app and would have given 5 stars!

im using this every day and its very helpful thank you.

All I get is this cancel or okay option. ????? Doesn't make sense please fix. I like this app wish it worked properly.

Makes for excellent review of your music theory knowledge. It can become a fun game to pass time, too.

But recently some of the ear training features aren't working properly on my iPhone 6s. The rhythm, intervals, and scales sounds aren't playing. I mean you can hit the play button and it recognizes the 3 times you can hit it. But there is no sound. The chords section works just fine. It's only the tempos, intervals, and scales that don't work. HALP!!

Whew! After rolling the dice on several similar apps, and finding that the developers wanted piccolo players to learn bass clef, (why not Chinese and Sanskrit too?), I found this app. Covers every aspect of music, and allows control of preferences. X bass clef, in my case. Try this one first. Only annoyance ... Posting score is of no use or help to me. Wastes my priceless time. I'd like to loop back in instantly for another go. Not get social. I compete against myself...healthier.

The app is great, I just don't understand how the global scores work. There are people in the millions plus range and I can only get in the 100 thousands point range on the 100 question test. But i remember on the old version, you used to be able to go up to 500 questions. Is it because those people are still using the old version where you can go up to 500 questions?

I have been a music student and Music Theory student for many years. This app is absolutely wonderful for sharpening a persons musical skills and knowledge. It is enjoyable to use therefore I use it to stay sharp. I am very glad to have this!

As a musician who was formally a music major (before switching), this app works very well as a refresher and trainer. I've had a couple of theory courses, so this is perfect for me. If you are new to theory, this will do only ok for you, but you'll probably want a book or website or another app to explain what all the symbols mean. If they incorporate that idea into this app - then it would be really great! Either way, download it!

On many of the jazz chords, the piano sample does not match the chord shown. This would be for 9th intervals and higher from what I've noticed, potentially more. Sometimes it sounds like more than one audio sample being played at the same time... But it's definitely and obviously not what's notated.

The one star is for immediate attention. I think you guys should make the interactive keyboard 2 octaves long. Especially for the note names section. That is all. When that is fixed I will repost with 5 stars! 😁

This app is by far the best iPad/iPhone app I've worked with. There are others like Music Tutor but it's only limited to just note naming. Music Theory Pro is just like the name says, it's a pro at aiming towards teaching theory without a headache. Provides a fun challenging way to learn all the aspects of theory. You've got everything from note naming, to chord naming and ear training. And it's all broken down step by step so that once you master note naming, you can move on to key signature naming. Just the best app in my opinion and I highly recommend downloading it. Can't wait for the midi compatibility for the Mac version! Thank you!!

Just reopened this app after a while. Very nice after this last update. Neat interface and nice layout. Thought went into it. Well done.

I am working on my ear training every day while commuting to work. This app has become the main tool I am using. It's definitely worth the money it costs

Overly artsy and stylized UI. Awkward to use at times, but one of the best "learn music" apps available.

Good app. Stable, aesthetic, lots of options, easy to customize, definitely great for ear training.

I am an alum of USC's Jazz Studies program, and am proud a fellow Trojan made this app! I use it with my sax students all the time. I especially love the ear training tempo section... I'm trying to become less dependent on drummers when counting off tunes! As a suggestion... Maybe you could do a random rhythm and/or melodic sight reading section... Like where an audio clip plays a short (1 or 2 bar?) passage, and you have to pick the correct multiple choice notation and/or rhythm that was played over audio. That could be cool. It could even extend to 3 or 4 bars! Also, you could do a "Simon Says" sort of section, where the app plays 3 notes, then you play it back plus 3, then it plays back your 6 notes and adds three, then you have to play back it's 9 notes plus three, etc. That always really helped my ears. You could even get a microphone algorithm so that people could sing into the mic instead of using the piano, or a sax player like myself could play into it. Also, I would totally pay for extra content if it were reasonably priced, an truly worth the money! So many possibilities, keep up the good work!

This app used to be great for practicing theory skills and note recognition, but now it frequently it prompts you to buy another app, which disturbs the user. Why do you have to push your other app DESPITE THE FACT THAT I ALREADY PAID FOR THIS ONE!?

Great app but it crashes every-time you finish a test. Needs bug fix

Note naming - Settings - Clef - Screen Freezes. Uninstalled, reinstalled, same problem.

Ear training does not work on iPad Pro at all. There is no ringer switch on this device so that does not fix it. Only the chord section works. Considering I just spent a decent amount to purchase the app, I would really like for this to work. I’ve tried everything in the settings already.

I have used this app on and off for years, and it really is a lot of fun and very useful. However, on my iPhone X, the volume in the intervals and tempo ear training isn’t working properly. The volume doesn’t respond to the controls on the phone, and it is nearly imperceptibly quite... note: if you have this problem on your phone... remember to turn the volume down before you switch to the chord ear training... volume works just great there!!!! Please fix! I really like this app, and i would love to be able to use it again.

This is a great app! I have experienced no problems with it and it is fun and easy to use! I have learned so much! Great app!

You have your training but without training on specific tones? I bought this to try out for my students but my students are all kids and this is not a kid friendly app and I would really appreciate my money back because even as an adult player this application is not intuitive. I’m pretty unhappy with the money I spent.

So I really like this app. But it appears this is a problem that needs fixing for many as I did not type anything in quotations and it appeared as I went to write a review... "Please fix.. I lost sound to intervals and tempos in the ear training section... and after every question I answer there is an ask to go to MT Prof. Which isn't even available in the iTunes Store. Please fix!"