🎹 Think Duolingo, but for learning to play by ear.
Learn to hear music.
Not guess it.
You don't need more talent — you need 10 focused minutes a day. Trill turns ear training into a daily habit: chords, intervals, perfect pitch and melodies on a structured path, with streaks that keep you consistent.
Try for $0.00 — 7-day free trial, then $59.99/year. Cancel anytime.
Serious ear training that feels like a game
Daily challenges, streaks, levels and collectible badges — built on real exercises: chord recognition, interval identification, melodic dictation, pitch memory and chord progressions.
How Trill works
Your musical ear is like a muscle. Train it a little every day and it becomes instinct.
Start where you are
Tell Trill your goal — play by ear, recognize chords, build perfect pitch — and your level. The journey adapts from single notes to full progressions.
Train 10 minutes a day
Short, focused sessions: hear it, answer, get instant feedback. Chords, intervals, pitch, melodies, scales and theory — the same way athletes build strength.
Stay consistent, see progress
Streaks, XP and badges keep you coming back; the progress dashboard shows your accuracy and speed climbing week over week.
Train first. Scroll later.
Focus Lock blocks distracting apps — TikTok, Instagram, YouTube — until you finish your daily ear training. Every correct answer earns you break time.
78% of musicians say focus, consistency, structure or time is what blocks their progress — not talent. Focus Lock removes the excuse.
Get Trill free
We asked 50,000 musicians why their ear isn't improving
Every musician answers a short survey when they join Trill. The results say it clearly: the problem is almost never talent.
Source: Trill onboarding survey, n≈50,000 musicians (2026). What they want to learn: chord recognition (16.5%), playing by ear (14.7%), perfect pitch (14.3%), interval recognition (13.8%), music theory (13.2%), relative pitch (13.1%). Guitarists (29%) outnumber any other single instrument. Trill is built around exactly this data: 10 focused minutes, a structured path, and streaks that keep you consistent.
Learn the skill, not just the app
Practical guides to every ear-training goal — what it is, how it works, and how to train it 10 minutes a day.
How to Get Perfect Pitch
What perfect pitch really is, whether adults can develop it, and the daily drills that build pitch memory.
Read the guide → 🎧Learn to Play Music by Ear
The step-by-step path from "I can't hear it" to picking out songs without sheet music.
Read the guide → 🎸Chord Ear Training
How to recognize major, minor and seventh chords instantly — and hear the progression behind any song.
Read the guide → ↕️Interval Ear Training
Intervals are the alphabet of melody. Learn to name any two notes by ear with daily identification drills.
Read the guide → 🧠Relative Pitch Training
The trainable superpower professionals actually use — and how it compares to perfect pitch.
Read the guide → 🎸Ear Training for Guitarists
Learn riffs and solos by ear, hear chord changes coming, and stop depending on tabs.
Read the guide → 🎤Ear Training for Singers
Sing in tune, hit intervals cleanly and hold your harmony line — your voice can only match what your ear hears.
Read the guide →Musicians on Trill
4.6★ average across 800+ App Store ratings.
★★★★★"Coming back to ear training after undergrad and graduate music degrees. This app is working out great for me."
★★★★★"Great app! Clean UI, motivating streaks, and all the tools in one place — highly recommend."
★★★★★"Really great app, my pitch got better after several training sessions."
Frequently asked questions
What is ear training and why does it matter?
Ear training is the practice of recognizing notes, intervals, chords, scales and progressions just by hearing them — the skill behind playing by ear, improvising, singing in tune and transcribing. Your ear works like a muscle: untrained it stays weak, trained daily it becomes instinct. Learn more →
Can I really learn to play music by ear?
Yes — playing by ear is trained relative pitch, and relative pitch is learnable at any age. Most people start recognizing common chords and intervals within weeks of short daily practice. Learn more →
Can adults develop perfect pitch?
True absolute pitch usually develops with early musical exposure, but adults can dramatically improve pitch naming through daily pitch-memory drills — and trained relative pitch covers almost everything perfect pitch is used for. Learn more →
How long does ear training take to work?
Consistency beats intensity: 10 focused minutes a day produces noticeable results within the first weeks. Trill's progress dashboard shows your accuracy and response speed improving session by session. Learn more →
Is Trill free? What does Pro cost?
Trill is free to download and includes a free musician toolkit — tuner, metronome, chord/interval/scale visualizers — plus limited ear-training access. Trill Pro unlocks unlimited training, advanced exercises, progress tracking, achievements and Focus Lock: 7-day free trial, then $59.99/year, cancel anytime during the trial and you pay nothing.
What is Focus Lock?
Trill's consistency feature: it blocks distracting apps (TikTok, Instagram, YouTube…) until you finish your daily training, and correct answers earn you break time. Train first, scroll later.
Perfect pitch vs relative pitch — what's the difference?
Perfect pitch names notes with no reference; relative pitch identifies everything by relationships between notes. Relative pitch is what most professionals rely on — and it's highly trainable. Learn more →
Train first. Scroll later.
Join 50,000+ musicians who started this spring. 10 minutes a day — your ear does the rest.
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