Daily Morse code practice
Morse code practice by ear, a few minutes a day: hear a character and press its key. The ones you know come back less often, the ones you miss come back sooner. Every listening drill feeds the same schedule.
- Due now
- –
- Answers today
- 0 / 30
- Streak
- 0 days
30 answers to today’s goal, from any listening drill.
Nothing to review yet.
The Koch method course and every drill add characters here as you practice.
Practice now, 20 by ear:
Memory map
- K
- M
- U
- R
- E
- S
- N
- A
- P
- T
- L
- W
- I
- .
- J
- Z
- =
- F
- O
- Y
- ,
- V
- G
- 5
- /
- Q
- 9
- 2
- H
- 3
- 8
- B
- ?
- 4
- 7
- C
- 1
- D
- 6
- 0
- X
just missed learning rememberedPercentages are the last 30 tries.
How to use
Press Review now when characters are due, or Learn 4 new on a first visit.
Or practice now: Your weakest, Letters A–Z, Numbers 0–9 or All 41, 20 characters by ear.
Listen, then press the character’s key, or tap it on the pad under the question.
Read the feedback: a tick and your time, or the right code beside the one you pressed.
New to the codes? Turn on Show codes to see each key’s dots and dashes.
Set a daily goal. Answers in every listening drill count toward it, and so do letters sent in Send this word on the Morse code simulator.
What it does
Morse code practice online, by ear, in your browser: a few minutes a day that go to the characters you are about to forget. It also works as a daily challenge: a goal of answers, a streak of days and a score at the end of each round.
Spaced repetition. Each character sits on a 7-step schedule. A quick right answer moves it up; a miss sends it back to the start.
Practice any time. Four sets of 20 by ear, due or not: your weakest characters, the letters, the numbers or all 41.
Show codes. A hint for beginners: the dots and dashes on every key. Answers given with codes shown count, but never move a character up a step.
Timed answers. The clock starts when the character ends, so a long 0 is timed as fairly as an E. Within 1.5 s counts as quick.
Goal and streak. Answers today against your goal, from 10 to 100, and a streak of days with any practice that counts toward it.
Memory map. Every character, shaded by its step, with its accuracy over the last 30 tries.
How it works
The schedule is a Leitner system, the method behind flashcard boxes: a right answer moves a card to a box reviewed less often, and a miss sends it back to the first box (Wikipedia: Leitner system). Here the boxes are 7 steps, and each step waits longer before the character comes back.
Each answer moves the character:
- A right answer within 1.5 s of the end of the character moves it up one step.
- A slower right answer, or one given with Show codes on, keeps its step, and so does a right answer pressed before the character has finished, which is not timed.
- A wrong answer sends it back to step 1, due again in 10 minutes.
Review now plays what is due, the most overdue first. A first visit teaches 4 new characters in Koch order, each shown with its code before it is asked by ear.
The practice sets ask 20 characters at random from the set, never the same one twice in a row. Your weakest takes the 8 characters with the lowest accuracy so far. Every listening drill on the site writes to the same schedule: a letter copied in the Koch method course or named in the Online Morse trainer moves here too.
Examples
How long each step waits before the character comes back:
| Step | Comes back after |
|---|---|
| 1 | 10 minutes |
| 2 | 8 hours |
| 3 | 1 day |
| 4 | 3 days |
| 5 | 7 days |
| 6 | 16 days |
| 7 | 35 days |
A worked week:
- You learn K on Monday at 9:00 and answer it in 0.6 s, so it reaches step 1 and is due at 9:10.
- At 9:10 you are quick again: step 2, due after 17:10.
- On Tuesday morning, quick: step 3, due on Wednesday.
- On Wednesday, quick: step 4, due on Saturday.
- Miss it on Saturday and it drops to step 1, back in 10 minutes.
Trust and limits
Private by design.
Honest about limits.
On your device
Runs in your browser
The practice runs in your browser; nothing you answer is uploaded.Private
Saved on this device
Your schedule, goal, streak and practice history are saved on this device; Back up and Restore on the Practice page move them to another device. Speed, tone and volume are shared with the other listening trainers.Know the limits
Know the limits
Accented letters and prosigns are not asked. Reaction times rely on your device starting the sound on time; a Bluetooth headset can add a delay, so a wired or built-in speaker times best. If there is no sound on an iPhone, check the silent switch.ITU-R M.1677-1
How results are checked
It plays the 41 characters of the Koch order in International Morse (ITU-R M.1677-1): the letters, the digits and . , = / ?. How results are checked: the schedule’s waits, the 1.5 s quick rule and the practice sets are covered by the site’s automated tests, and the page’s numbers were checked against the code on the date below. Maintained by Translate Morse Code (independent site); last updated October 2026.
Good questions
Frequently asked questions.
About daily Morse code practice
What is the best way to practice Morse code online?
Practice by ear, a little every day, at a speed where characters are sounds. Answer what is due here first, take the next lesson of the Koch method course, then copy words in the listening drills. A printed chart is fine for a first look, but copying by ear is the skill you are building.
How long should I practice each day?
A few minutes is enough on most days: a goal of 30 answers takes a couple of minutes, and 10 to 20 minutes covers a Koch lesson too. Daily matters more than long. The schedule brings each character back when it is due, so a missed day leaves more to answer the next.
How fast can I learn Morse code?
Hearing every letter by ear takes most learners a few weeks to a few months of short daily practice. Copying at 13 to 20 WPM, enough for a real conversation, takes months to a year or more.
Daily sessions beat long ones, because the schedule here brings back each character just before you forget it. For the full timeline, read How long does it take to learn Morse code?
What speed should I practice at?
Keep characters at 18 to 20 WPM or faster, so each one stays a sound you recognize rather than a pattern you count. Practice plays at 20 WPM by default; set Speed from 10 to 40 WPM under the memory map. To get more time between characters, use Farnsworth spacing in the Koch method course rather than slower characters.
What is spaced repetition?
A way of reviewing just before you would forget. Each character waits longer after each quick right answer, here from 10 minutes up to 35 days, so your practice goes to the characters you are about to lose, not the ones you know.
Is there a Morse code practice game?
This page works like a daily challenge: a goal of answers, a streak of days and a score after each round.
For games, try Morsle, a hidden word in one unbroken signal, or Signal rain, letters that fall as Morse until you name them. Every Morse code game on the site trains one of the same skills.
To type in dots and dashes instead, try the Morse code keyboard.
Do I need an app to practice Morse code?
No. This page runs in any browser on a phone, tablet or computer, free and with no account. Your schedule, goal and streak are saved in that browser, and Back up on the Practice page saves them to a file.
Turn the sound up, and on an iPhone check the silent switch.
I am a beginner. Where do I start?
Press Learn 4 new: K, M, U and R are shown with their codes, then asked by ear. Or choose Letters A–Z with Show codes on, and answer from the codes until the sounds stick.
For the whole alphabet one character at a time, take the Koch method course. For a plan from first character to first contact, read How to learn Morse code.
What counts toward the daily goal?
Every answer in a listening drill:
- This page
- The Koch method course
- The Online Morse trainer
- The Sound-alike drill
- CW listening practice
- The Callsign sprint
- The QSO simulator
- The Morse code quiz
Letters sent in Send this word on the Morse code simulator or the Telegraph simulator count too; free sending and Hear and find on the Morse code tree don’t. Any practice today also keeps your streak going.
Where is my progress kept?
On this device, in your browser. Nothing is uploaded and there is no account. Back up on the Practice page saves it to a file, to move it to another device or browser, or to keep a copy.