Frequently asked questions

Yes. Questions start from the basics — note names, note values, simple rhythms — and the format is short multiple-choice and tapping games rather than lectures. The App Store listing rates the app 4+, and reviewers who describe themselves as starting from scratch are among the people using it.

No. Every exercise is played on the phone: you read notation, listen to audio, tap rhythms and choose answers. Tomus works alongside an instrument if you have one, but it never requires you to pick one up.

Sight-reading is one of the five areas the app trains. Exercises ask you to name notes on the staff, find notes in a sequence and read rhythms in a given time signature. If you want the written explanations first, start with treble clef notes and note values.

Yes. Ear training is one of the five areas. Exercises play a note or a short passage and ask you to identify what you heard — individual pitches, sequences, and recognition questions built on real recordings.

Yes. Nothing in the app needs a keyboard, a microphone or any external hardware. Headphones help for the listening exercises, that’s all.

A course moves in one line from lesson one to lesson forty. Tomus is built around short games you can finish in a few minutes, with a Daily Jam that mixes exercises from different areas each day and shows accuracy per game afterwards.

It is practice and reinforcement, not a syllabus. That is why the written explanations live here on the site, in Learn, rather than inside the app.

Tomus is free to download, and a premium subscription unlocks the full set of games. On the US App Store the plans are Weekly $0.99, Monthly $2.99, Annual $9.99, Lifetime $69.99. Prices differ by region, and subscriptions are managed and cancelled through your Apple account.

The App Store page always shows the prices that apply to you.

iPhone and iPad, running iOS 15.0 or later. The app is in English and is designed to work offline. There is no Android or web version today.

Yes. Each game ends with a summary — correct answers, mistakes, accuracy and time — and progress is tracked across the five skill areas so you can see which one is lagging.