Piano app comparisons

Choosing a piano app is mostly about three things: whether it shows real notation, how it hears you play, and whether the music is new to you or something you learn by heart. These pages compare the apps people use most, on those points and on devices and price, using only what each app says on its own website, help pages and App Store listing. Every page lists its sources and the date we checked them.

We make Pianomi, a sight-reading app in early access. We include it where it fits, with its limits, and we don’t compare it head to head with apps that are open to everyone while it isn’t. No app paid to appear, and no links earn us anything.

The round-up

Alternatives

Side by side

How we compare

• From the source. Features, devices and prices come from each app’s own pages and store listings, linked at the end of every page.
• Dated. Prices are given “as of” the month we checked, in US dollars unless marked. They change, and they vary by country.
• No scores. We don’t give star ratings or invent user numbers. Where an app’s pages disagree with each other or say nothing, we say so or leave it out.