Web-Based Exercises
Tonesavvy.com
For theory practice on the web I like tonesavvy. You could check out their treble clef and bass clef exercises, making scales, and key sigs.
The one downside is that before you get started you often need to seriously tweak the settings to get something that will be useful. It often wants to ask you crazy things that we don't know about.
IOS (iPhone etc.)
Tenuto
If you are willing to spend a few bucks ($5) Tenuto is a good investment. It has clef quizzers and a bunch of other useful things.
Other iOS stuff
Music Tutor (Sight Reading) is a free, ad-supported app that just does clef reading.
Android
Chord IQ has some nice clef quizzes and other things. You have to upgrade to "pro" to get some of the more advanced exercises but the clefs are free.
Music Tutor (Sight Reading) is a simple, rapid-fire interface that can drill you on your treble and bass-clef notes. It shows a note & you press a button. Free (with ads).
Note Trainer is a free app with ads. It's a somewhat fun game where notes float across the screen and you eliminate them by tapping on a piano keyboard. Be sure to turn the difficulty up to "intermediate" to get a full clef workout.
Music Theory Helper by johgru apps has a few decent exercises that ask you to identify key signatures and intervals. To get the useful bits, go to the menu on the top left of the screen and select “exercises.”
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