Do you love codes and secrets? Morse Toad is the fantastic educational app that teaches you morse code through a series of simple lessons and exercises. Based on the world renown Koch method, letters are learned one at a time -- at full speed -- and when the player demonstrates their mastery of the new letter, another is added until the full alphabet is learned.
This app is for you if you ever:
* Plan to learn morse code
* Plan to be held hostage in a spanish villa
* Plan to signal a search helicopter with a flashlight
* Plan to be trapped in a mine and communicate with rescuers through tugs on a rope
Here's what people have to say:
"My friend and I both used your app to learn Morse Code while on a plane to a hacker conference. It's really polished!" - A guy the author works with
Version history
1.5.2
2018-03-08
This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.
Updated success sound
1.5.1
2018-03-05
* Fixed often missing keyboard on later challenges! ... --- .-. .-. -.-- !
1.5
2018-03-01
* Optimized for iOS 11
* Improved layout on iPhone X and iPad
* Removed ads
1.1
2014-09-05
Download Morse Toad on Android and iPhone for free
I like so far. I would love to see some enhancements to this app. I would like to see a progress tracker and a way to work a bit more on the individual letters I am struggling with. Right now you have to back track and work on the ones you are solid on to get to the problem one. If something was added where you could listen and drill on individual letters I feel the ear training would pick up even more. Then you could jump back into the regular drills to march on.
Rocketman KIm,
Good for learning alphabet
This is a good app for learning the morse alphabet, but it’s not as good for instant character recognition.
A couple changes would make this app better. These are crutches that impede learning.
1. Ability to turn off the keyboard hints (dits and dahs). These are turned off in the challenges already.
2. Being able to turn off the replay of the sound. If you don’t immediately recognize the character, it would be better for learning to mark it wrong and move on to the next character.
Just a suggestion, it would be great to have free form leaning of the characters so that problem characters can be isolated and worked on.
I hope these suggestions help!
Reviewer 20130105,
Great, fun learning and practice tool
The minimalistic 1980's aesthetic is appealing in a retro way, but it's the rock solid design of the user interaction (gameplay and pedagogy) that really makes this a great app. Its focus is teaching you aural recognition of all the letters and numbers in Morse, combining Koch (add one letter to your leaned repertoire at a time) and Farnsworth (always listen to letters at full speed, but have them spaced out to give you time to think) techniques.
RyanS7,
Fun, But Needs More
This is a fun game, but lacks a few features that would make this a truly stellar app. For example, there is no way to turn off the annoying chime that plays when you select the correct letter. There is also no speed or tone adjustment. I really hope the developer considers making a second version with more features. An "endless" challenge setting would be a great addition.
christiankuhtz,
Super useful, needs a tweak
Love this app. The only nitpick I have is that you can’t tell how far you got and go back to where you left off last time. Sure, you can scroll down and pick the session, but there’s no indicator that says you were here last etc. This all is admittedly old but it would be super if this could be fixed.
Red Culver,
Hard to believe it’s free
This app is great! I went all the way in a couple hours. Weather you need a brush up or completely new, this app is for you! I wish I could permanently remove the cheat sheet. Also would like full words. Absolutely wonderful app though. Thanks for making it
ralphk11,
Needs work
I like the concept but if started learning with this app I would have quit. No customization with the tone and no ability to change the words per minute, not everyone is capable of learning at something like 25 or 30 wpm. Please let us turn off the annoying sound if you get it the letter correct. The absolute worst and maybe it's just me, but there is something the way g, r, k, and p are played that makes them really hard to tell apart. I know these letters and don't get them confused any other time.
jbroder3,
Needs a patch
Great program but does not go past about 10 lessons. Would give it 4 stars if all worked well. Giving it a 2 until fix is made and tried. Contacted author and he stated a patch has it will be given to Apple. Have not seen anything yet.
Would suggest getting rid of the chime doubt after each correct answer. Very annoying. Would also recommend some way to bookmark where you left off. Every time I started app it took me back to the beginning.
Dom_Uliano,
Gamification at it's best!
What a fun and educational app! I've been struggling with Morse until I discovered this app! The app is easy to use, has a minimalist interface, and is just plain fun to use. The graphics look a little stretched on an iPad but look much better on an iPhone.
nn6eumtr,
Outstanding!
Great little app helped me learn the symbols in about eight hours. I wish it would continue on to do small sets of letters or small words. I'm don't yet have a developed enough ear for long series of characters which is what other apps are throwing at me.