2 STAR
I give this two stars because it’s good at teaching you, but it usually hears wrong and also in some of the songs they move their hands and it doesn’t show that they do. Also, a lot of the songs are just popular music. I searched for a song and then it said it couldn’t find it. And a lot of the songs are membership, which is not cool. Please change this. Also they don’t just have to be KiD aPpRopRiAtE. There might be an adult playing, and just finding kid appropriate songs??? They would not be happy. EXTRA: (Probably not helpful for people reading this unless you are the creator) If you can may you please add accounts? I would also like to change the background. Something that would be FUN to add is a quiz on songs. Thank you for reading this, I hope it was helpful ฅ^ ༎ຶ ﻌ ༎ຶ ^ฅ
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Enjoying it but would like more…
I’m enjoying the app, being new to piano it’s been a fun way to learn and the interface is clean and easy to use. More adult friendly than piano simple in my view.
The things I would like to see added is an inbuilt metronome as timing is obviously important when practicing and I have to go out of the app and put this on a seperate app to practice. Also the ability to add seperate profiles so family members can use the app without paying for another Subscription would be nice. I would also like the option to buy a lifetime licence. Thanks
The things I would like to see added is an inbuilt metronome as timing is obviously important when practicing and I have to go out of the app and put this on a seperate app to practice. Also the ability to add seperate profiles so family members can use the app without paying for another Subscription would be nice. I would also like the option to buy a lifetime licence. Thanks
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Poorly supported
Flowkey claim that the app supports Bluetooth MIDI, but it doesn’t. Or at least, neither of the two BT LE MIDI keyboards I’ve tried work or work properly. Flowkey’s response? Take your pick from (a) it does work, (b) it sometimes works or (c) it’s only qualified to work with one specific Bluetooth adapter. Irrespective, they’ve showed no interest in either fixing the app or clarifying its description to make clear what does and doesn’t work.
Otherwise the app is useful, if ultimately rather inflexible. You can’t look at any of the scores except in the app’s screen scrolling format, nor can you annotate the pieces you’re working on. And the number of pieces arranged for all learning grades is often quite small - e.g. in the Jazz genre most are graded as suitable for advanced players.
So — an interesting novelty, but one that doesn’t in my view justify the high subscription prices (I say this as a subscriber) especially given the poor standard of product support.
Otherwise the app is useful, if ultimately rather inflexible. You can’t look at any of the scores except in the app’s screen scrolling format, nor can you annotate the pieces you’re working on. And the number of pieces arranged for all learning grades is often quite small - e.g. in the Jazz genre most are graded as suitable for advanced players.
So — an interesting novelty, but one that doesn’t in my view justify the high subscription prices (I say this as a subscriber) especially given the poor standard of product support.
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The frustrating moments outweigh the good stuff
I love a lot about this app. I like the courses, being able isolate the hands and sections of music, and being able to see someone’s hands also playing the music. However, as soon as the app has trouble hearing your notes, you will get very frustrated very fast. In some of the courses you will be forced to repeat your practice over and over again because the app thinks you’re not playing the right notes. It actually makes me play worse and unable to complete parts of a course. I miss the version before that just had you play through a few times and then carry on. It’s like a video game you can’t win. Horrible.
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Good but really annoying that the music score can’t be printed
It’s a really good app that I enjoyed using at the beginning. I learnt piano when I was a child so I was not a complete novice but I needed a serious refreshment. The way the app works is great even though the micro functionality doesn’t always work very well which can be a bit annoying. But what I find the most annoying is that I can’t print the music sheet. I’ve always been someone who likes to write on my sheets, and visualize the whole page when I’m playing and not being able to do it is really annoying. The annual price of the app is high enough that we should at least have access to the library and be able to print the sheets. I don’t think I’ll renew my subscription next year because of that.
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Great to play again
Very helpful scales to play evenly again
Really cool
I am using this app with full features for the moments. The support when needed has been really good and almost immediate. The functionality has also been great and we are very surprised how well has been working and really enjoying the app. The lessons are great but I am disappointed with the choices available for learning songs. I wanted to practice perfect day by Lou Reed and there was none, Chick Corea too and there was none. I hope they keep adding more songs from different artist as I don’t find it much choice in relation to what I would like to learn. It would help to have a wider repertoire of songs to learn.
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App is definitely helpful for learning piano
This app is amazing, after a couple of months of complaining to my parents to buy me simply piano they told me use flowkey I immediately refused and downloaded simply piano after a while with simply piano I hadn't learned much so I gave flowkey a try and now I can play so many great songs like entertainer, fur Elise, and let it go. I definitely recommend the game but I just have one request could you please add the gambler it is my favourite song and skoove isn't helping me.
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Response from developer
Thanks a lot for your kind feedback. Great to hear that our app helps you that much with learning to read notes and playing smoothly. Keep it up!
Immensely enjoyable - one area for improvement
I’m a complete novice and have enjoyed this app immensely. There’s a wide variety of pieces available to learn, many of which have been excellently arranged.
My only criticism is the app does not always pick up when the correct note has been played when using “wait mode”. I appreciate this will be a very difficult thing to get right every time, particularly if a piano is slightly out of tune. However, a simple mitigant to the problem would be to introduce a voice command (e.g. “next”) which would move the app to the next note. For novices like myself, this would improve the learning experience enormously, as I’m heavily reliant on the wait mode to learn the pieces. Having to manually move the notation along by scrolling left / right is frustrating. It also means I lose my hand position on the keys (probably not an issue for a good player but difficult for a beginner).
That said, I absolutely love this app.
My only criticism is the app does not always pick up when the correct note has been played when using “wait mode”. I appreciate this will be a very difficult thing to get right every time, particularly if a piano is slightly out of tune. However, a simple mitigant to the problem would be to introduce a voice command (e.g. “next”) which would move the app to the next note. For novices like myself, this would improve the learning experience enormously, as I’m heavily reliant on the wait mode to learn the pieces. Having to manually move the notation along by scrolling left / right is frustrating. It also means I lose my hand position on the keys (probably not an issue for a good player but difficult for a beginner).
That said, I absolutely love this app.
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Needs count in. No free trial ripoff
Great app but needs count in and option for a metronome on the courses. Also reduce the amount of pop-ups and let them disappear when you start playing notes. Also fix having to move orientations of screen between courses and menus.
Now am disappointed. I signed on for the free trial plus ONE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION thinking to cancel and actually go to 3 months. and there was no free trial it just went straight through
Now am disappointed. I signed on for the free trial plus ONE MONTH SUBSCRIPTION thinking to cancel and actually go to 3 months. and there was no free trial it just went straight through
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