Tenuto review

Tenuto is the offline, expanded version of the musictheory.net exercises for iPhone and iPad. It bundles 24 highly customizable exercises, including keyboard ear training, note ear training and interval, scale and chord ear training, where you hear the notes and tap the matching answer. The rest of the app covers written skills: identifying and constructing notes, key signatures, intervals, scales and chords on the staff, and identification drills on a piano keyboard and guitar fretboard. Six calculators handle accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols and twelve-tone matrices, which theory students use often. Tenuto costs $4.99 once on the App Store and holds a 4.7 rating from 668 ratings. The limits match the website: ear training stops at single notes, intervals, scales and chords, with no dictation, rhythm or course path, and there is no Android version.

Who it is for

iPhone and iPad users who want musictheory.net drills offline with more options.

Price

$4.99 one-time on the App Store.

Tenuto Theory exercises and tools $4.99
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 8, 2026.

Key features

• 24 customizable exercises
• Keyboard, note, interval, scale and chord ear training
• Staff, keyboard and fretboard identification and construction drills
• Six calculators for accidentals, intervals, scales, chords, analysis symbols and twelve-tone matrices
• Works offline on iPhone and iPad

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: One-time $4.99 price with no subscription
• Strength: Rated 4.7 from 668 ratings on the US App Store
• Strength: Combines ear training with written theory practice
• Weakness: iPhone and iPad only
• Weakness: No free tier in the app
• Weakness: Ear training is limited to single notes, intervals, scales and chords

Key facts

• Price: $4.99 one-time
• Exercises: 24 customizable
• Calculators: 6
• Platforms: iPhone and iPad
• App Store rating: 4.7 from 668 ratings

Where it ranks

Tenuto is No. 8 in our Best Ear Training Apps verdict.