A FRESH NEW LOOK: Guitar Buddy has been redesigned from the ground up. Every screen — from the Tuner and Metronome to Explore, the Journey, and Settings — now shares a clean, consistent visual style with unified typography, refined spacing, and a modern set of controls. The result is an app that feels calmer, clearer, and more polished to practice with, whatever you're working on. MEET THE HOME TAB: A brand-new Home tab greets you with your practice, at a glance. It's your personal starting point every time you open the app — see your streak, jump straight back into where you left off, and get a clear picture of how your ear training is coming along, all in one place. PRACTICE STREAKS: Guitar Buddy now tracks the days you practice and celebrates your streak. A little momentum goes a long way in ear training, and watching your streak grow is a satisfying nudge to keep showing up. AI PRACTICE INSIGHTS: A warm, personalized summary of how your practice is going, generated on-device with Apple Intelligence. It highlights what you're doing well, gently points out where you could focus next, and encourages you to pick things back up after a break — never a scold, always a coach. SMART RECOMMENDATIONS: Not sure what to work on today? The Home tab suggests your next exercise based on where you've been struggling, topics you haven't touched in a while, and training modes you haven't tried yet — so there's always a clear, worthwhile next step. PRACTICE REMINDERS: Set a friendly reminder to keep your practice consistent. Choose the time of day and exactly which days of the week you want a nudge, and Guitar Buddy will help you build the habit. PROGRESS AT A GLANCE: A new stats breakdown shows how you're doing across each type of ear training — notes, intervals, chords, and more — making it easy to see your strengths and spot the areas worth a little extra attention. IPAD & MAC POLISH: Ear-training sessions now keep a comfortable portrait layout on iPad, the Explore tab auto-selects a scale, chord, or interval so there's less tapping to get started, and macOS handling of window management and audio-device switching is more reliable than ever.

JOURNEY GROWS TO 165 LEVELS: The Melody Journey has been expanded from 100 to 165 levels across 33 topic groups. The revised curriculum introduces major/minor contrast and pentatonic scales earlier, giving you a more musical progression from the very first levels. MELODIC DIRECTION: A new challenge type in the Journey: listen to a short phrase and identify whether the melody is ascending, descending, or repeating. Builds the foundational listening skill behind all melodic ear training. HARMONIC INTERVALS: Train your ear on intervals played simultaneously — both notes at once — in addition to the sequential (melodic) intervals you already know. Choose between melodic and harmonic playback when starting an interval session. CHORD PROGRESSIONS TRAINING: A brand-new standalone training mode. Listen to a chord progression and identify the chords in sequence. Three difficulty levels help you go from common two-chord patterns to complex four-chord sequences. CHORD INVERSIONS: Both the Journey and standalone chord training now include inversion challenges. Toggle "Include Inversions" in chord settings to hear chords in root position or any inversion, with the answer revealing exactly which inversion was played. SCALE DEGREES: New Journey levels teach you to identify scale degree numbers (1, 2, 3 … 7) by ear — a key skill for understanding melody and harmony in any key. INTERVAL DIRECTION CONTROL: Choose ascending, descending, or mixed intervals when practising interval recognition or interval singing.

Chord Note Display Fix: Fixed an issue where chord notes in the Explore section could show incorrect sharps or flats. Minor-family chords now correctly use the minor scale convention for accidentals, so you'll always see the right note names for the chord you're looking at.

Auto-Submit Option: Speed up your practice sessions with the new auto-submit setting. When enabled, your answer is automatically confirmed as soon as you've identified the last note — no need to tap Submit. Perfect for when you're in the zone and want to keep the momentum going. A tip in the UI will guide you to the setting. Interval Highlights in the Info Section: The Interval section now visually highlights intervals in the reference melodies, making it easier to see relationships between notes at a glance. Bug Fixes: • Fixed an issue where certain late Journey levels involving chord-then-melody challenges could not be completed. • Fixed interval generation in the Journey so the right intervals are played at every level. • Various UI consistency improvements across the app. Big thanks to all the feedback I got from the different forums, especially the Reddit community.

Interval Recognition Mode: A brand new way to train your ear — listen to two notes and identify the interval. Choose from multiple difficulty levels as you sharpen your ability to recognize intervals instantly. Reference Melodies with Playback: Each interval in the Explore section now comes with famous reference melodies you can play back directly. Hear the opening notes of songs like "Twinkle Twinkle" for a Perfect 5th or "Pink Panther" for a Minor 2nd. Landscape Support for Interval Training: Both Interval Singing and Interval Recognition sessions now feature optimized landscape layouts, giving you a comfortable training experience in any orientation. Other things: We also fixed those annoying bugs and added a new introduction to our melody journey. Enjoy!

The Journey Update: Embark on a progressive 100-level adventure designed to take you from beginner to expert. Each level introduces carefully crafted melodic challenges across scales, modes, and patterns. Track your progress, unlock new topics, and follow a clear roadmap to ear training excellence. Train Your Inner Ear with Intervals: Develop the crucial skill of hearing intervals before you play them. Listen to a root note, sing the target interval, then verify your pitch against a chord. Three difficulty levels help you progressively master all musical intervals. Apple Intelligence Powered Melodies: Training melodies are now generated using Apple Intelligence, creating more attractive and musical sequences that sound natural and engaging. Enhanced Training Experience: • Four distinct training modes: Notes, Melodies, Chords, and the new Interval Singing • Comprehensive progress tracking across all 100 Journey levels • Topic-based organization makes it easy to focus on specific skills Whether you're just starting out or refining advanced skills, version 1.2 gives you the tools to truly master the fretboard by ear.

Optimized content layout of many screens to show more of the fretboard. Added more information and an option to play the displayed chord to the Chord screen. Added (hopefully) helpful information about how to approach ear training to the different training sections.

Small UI tweaks and a better note overview in the melody section. Enjoy!