Koch Trainer App Reviews

Nice, simple app. What is missing to make me fully happy would be a feature which compares scratch pad and played code and directly displays reached accuracy level.

The App. Does Not allow you to Set the breaks length which is a pitty... Audio Output is only Mono.

Simple to use. Plain and clean interface.

Has possibilities but in its present configuration a poor trainer. Fails to follow Farnsworth principles for timing so useless for actual training. Several app are much better, consider DahDit or HamMorse.

Poorly written app, and not so practical to use (even long time to stop/restart lesson).

The current version does everything I need it to do. Uses Koch method and Farnsworth timing as recommended by most CW mentors. Works as advertised. Scratch pad feature is helpful as well. Im a novice with CW and this app is Definitely helpful in building skill. Could it be improved by adding more features? Sure. But it does the job well and its priced right. Great job by the Pignology team.

While the Koch Trainer v1.0 is based on the Koch Method for learning Morse Code, it also adheres to the KISS principle. Nick has kept the interface very simple yet useful & functional. I look forward to ways he can improve such a solid v1.0! - Jim KB5AWM

Nice and simple - could be good, but too unstable - crashes regularly on my iPhone 3G - typically after 2 or 3 short play sessions. 1 star till the reliability improves

This is a good start. You might want to consider writing the next version to work on the iPad. You would have a ton of real estate to have the user type in the lower box/scratch pad and check against the upper one. You would also have almost zero competition on the iPad since there are no cw tutor apps for it.

Crashes after 8 or 9 play sessions - which is OK, since I need a break by then anyway. (on an ipad...) Only plays through one side of the headphones. This makes for some interesting experiments -- can I read code better with my left or right ear? Probably this is NOT the intended design. The lesson selection wheel works rather poorly on the iPad for some reason. It would be nice if the settings would remain from one session in the software to the next. In spite of all these issues the software has already helped improve my code copying skills.

Bug prevents the app from working on older (2G) devices, but developer knows what the problem is, and is working on a solution. Very good customer service - quick response to question.

Great trainer. Works as it should on IPhone 3GS running 5.0. I have been looking for a Koch code trainer at a great price. Thank you! Jay K7GFH

Koch Trainer covers the basics, but its a poorly designed app. The audio pops, its much stronger in one ear, and it doesnt remember my settings when I re-launch it.

This would be a nice app if the sound worked. Unfortunately it does not. Kind of hard to learn code without hearing it.

I wish it had farnsworth spacing like G4FONs does. Much more helpful to me to listen to 30wpm characters but at 15wpm spacing. I am going to try Morse Elmer that I just read about in FISTS newsletter.

Come on guy fix this.... Now!

Rip off. The app is incomplete. It generates no code.

I really like this app. Do make sure you allow the code generator to finish loading before trying to listen. I think I made this mistake initially and heard nothing. I also tried it with phones, and after that it worked perfectly with or without phones, so not sure which was the problem. As a 13wpm General many years ago, I thought two characters would be nothing. Boy was I wrong. Expect (hope, no, expect) this app will get me to 20wpm by next Field Day. Great to be able to take it anywhere on iPhone4.

I have to admit, I was disappointed that the app required the use of headphones. Fortunately, I had a set from my old iPhone that worked well. If someone knows how to enable the speaker on my iPad for this app, I would appreciate it.

The app is good, and one of the only ones I have seen that uses the Koch method. There are definitely no frills and it is not very intuitive or smooth. There should be pause/play functionality on the built in scratchpad. It takes too long to go back and forth to the main page and hit pause or play. It would also be nice if the scratchpad counted up your mistakes and gave you a percentage - the idea is to move on to the next letter if you get 90% right. It should tell you where you are at.