Name That Key: Ear Training
Music theory & perfect pitch
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Name the key of a real record — 1000 songs — then find out why it's that key. The detection apps guess. This one teaches.
Every song is in a key. Most people can hear it long before they can name it.
Name That Key teaches you to name it — and unlike the detection apps, it tells you why.
THE PATH — FREE, AND IT NEEDS NOTHING
Five stages, in order, each adding one thing to your ear. All of it generated on the device: no account, no connection, no Apple Music.
FIND HOME. Four chapters that start with Do, Mi and Sol and end with you picking the tonic out of a phrase with no help at all. From chapter two a real I-IV-V-I cadence sets the key first, the way a band would.
IN TUNE. Two notes, one slightly off — which way? Four settings, down to six cents, which is roughly where a section stops sounding like several people. You learn to hear the beating rather than guess.
TWO NOTES APART. Every interval from the unison to the octave, each with what it actually sounds like. The minor 2nd is menace. The tritone is unfinished business.
ONE NOTE MOVED. Major, natural minor, the five modes, harmonic minor, both pentatonics and the blues scale — eleven in all, each with the records you already know it from.
REAL MUSIC. Then you take it to the game.
THE KIT
SONG KEYS. A thousand recordings, searchable by title, artist or genre. Each gives the key and a written reason — the tuning the band used, the chord that gives it away, the phrase the tonic sits under. Where two answers are defensible, it says so. Works with no connection.
TUNE BY EAR. A held reference pitch on any note, across three octaves. Match it by ear, then tap Check me and the microphone tells you how many cents off you were — after you've committed, not before.
METRONOME. Seven meters including 5/4 and the compound ones, counted properly: 6/8 is two dotted beats, not six clicks. Three swing feels, downbeat-only mode, tap tempo.
CIRCLE OF FIFTHS. Not a poster. Tap a key and hear it, hear its neighbours, hear I-IV-V-I, or walk all twelve fifths the whole way around.
CHORD PLAYER. I-IV-V-I, I-V-vi-IV and ii-V-I, in any key.
TRANSPOSE. Concert key to written key for the common transposing instruments, and where the capo goes.
SING IT BACK. Home plays, you're asked for a degree, and you sing it. The microphone hears whether you found the note — any octave counts.
THE GAME
A few seconds of a real record. The room names the key. Then you turn it over and find out why. Choose your genres, set the length, and add your own songs when you know a key the app doesn't have.
WHAT'S FREE
The entire Learn path — every chapter, every stage — free and permanent. The song game is free. The Kit is a membership, and it starts with a free week.
MEMBERSHIP
Name That Key Membership is an annual subscription, $12.99 per year, free for the first week. Pricing may vary by region and is shown in the app before you buy.
The membership unlocks the Kit — exactly the seven tools above: Song keys, Tune by ear, Metronome, Circle of fifths, Chord player, Transpose and Sing it back. Nothing else is behind it. The Learn path, the song game, Scales and Any interval are free and stay free.
The free week is available once per Apple Account. Payment is charged at the end of it and renews automatically unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings.
Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Privacy Policy: https://namethatkey.com/privacy
APPLE MUSIC
The song game streams excerpts from Apple Music and needs an active subscription. Songs are matched to the catalogue when a set is built, so availability can vary by region.
The Learn path and every tool in the Kit are synthesized on the device. They work with no Apple Music, no account and no connection.
- Improved stability at launch
- The Play tab now loads all 1,000 songs across every genre
- Clearer messaging when Apple Music isn't available
The developer, Barry Bernau, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Barry Bernau
- Size
- 18.3 MB
- Category
- Education
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.6 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.6 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 18.6 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.6 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.6 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Name That Key: Kit Membership $12.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Barry Bernau