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Life & fun · August 25, 2026

ChordFrog

Hear a chord and name it — free, in your browser and on iOS

What it does

Try it before installing anything: chordfrog.app/chord-identifier plays a real piano chord and asks you to name it, and names what you play if a MIDI keyboard is connected. The iOS app goes deeper. Free Pond names chords live off any USB or Bluetooth keyboard, inversions and slash chords included. Four of the six modes need no hardware. Five levels, 24 chord types, sampled from a real Yamaha C5 rather than synth tones. Free, ad-supported. No subscription, no accounts, nothing locked.

Free iOS ear training app with real-time MIDI chord recognition, five progressive levels, quiz modes that need no keyboard, and shareable chord challenges.

ChordFrog is the free iOS ear training app that grows with you — connect a MIDI keyboard for real-time chord recognition, or use quiz modes anywhere. Five progressive levels take you from simple triads to the full chord vocabulary, and any chord you like can become a video challenge you post. Connect any MIDI keyboard over USB or Bluetooth. ChordFrog recognises chords in real time — including inversions and slash chords. Hear target chords played with a premium piano sample library and train yourself to identify them by sound alone. Leap Quiz and Travel Chords modes work anywhere — on the bus, in a waiting room, whenever you have a few minutes. Five levels grow from campfire essentials to…from chordfrog.app

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