I have been an active member for almost 11 months, and with even a free membership and regularly playing the contests I am consistently hearing things I never dreamed of, especially in the areas that the three free games cover. I am certain that anyone who invests a little time each day with a paid plan could see even greater progress. If I had the money I would join the free plan without delay.

Oh, man, @Benjamin Jack just 11 months - you're killing me...I have also learned a lot. So important though to play with other musicians - whoa - that ups the ante!

It very clearly does that, since the games progress in difficulty and you can very clearly observe yourself more easily identifying intervals over time. If it didn't improve anyone's ear, no-one would be progressing!

It helps build some foundational skills, but as I keep saying, doesn’t guide in applying that to real music. Sight singing and transcribing songs/solos (while using the instrument the least amount possible) is the path to that. Without this integration, these skills will remain just that — tonegym specific skills to crush levels here and nothing else. Just my harsh truth :’)

Don't focus too much on non-melodic exercises here like solfegiator, melody jay and melody hunter, it's a waste of your time, which is better spent on doing similar exercises but with real singable melodies. You will then use these melodies to pattern match more complex stuff. You can come back to these exercises when you want to test your skills acquired elsewhere. These ones are like trying to learn odd combinations of letters that form non-sensical words instead of just learning the words and phrases that are part of the language, haha!

Interval recognition, rhythm games and interval barks are really great though. Especially interval barks.

The main benefit of tonegym is that it creates a daily routine. I spend 15 minutes on it daily to begin my practice and then move on to “proper” ear training right after.

100% truth @Dima G

It's a great supplement to a practice routine. But it's no replacement for working with your instrument/voice/whatever.

My ear has improved greatly since using it and it has definitely helped improve my playing at improvisational jams and increased the speed I can pick up tunes.

@Dima G Yes! Tonegym creates a daily routine. I consider myself deligent of following my routine of training my ears right now because of the website. I do use other platforms that people have suggested here in comment section, however I get back here as well.

I would quibble a bit with what Dima says about the melody games. In my experience, Melody Hunter DOES give you practical, singable melodies to work with (heck, some of the levels even use well-known melodies like When the Saints Go Marching In). It's Melody Jay and Melodix that do not. Neither of those are in my rotation. I did make some progress on Melodix before Melody Hunter came out, but took it out of my rotation soon thereafter.

But I absolutely agree that a consistent workout on this site only works if done in concert with a full, consistent musical practice of playing and/or composing music.

Ah you are right! I’m probably confusing it with Melodix, but Melody hunter is better.

thanks everyone for your answers, what a beautiful community!