# Piano Designer — user reviews > 34 indexed App Store user reviews of Piano Designer by Roland Corporation, rated 3.40/5 from 11 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piano-designer/id901766931/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piano-designer/id901766931.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 4 · 4★ 1 · 3★ 2 · 2★ 3 · 1★ 1 ## Newest reviews (12 of 34) ### 3/5 — Tunable backlights *2023-08-10, version 1.3.11* I agree to my previous speaker. Nevertheless, I have a further request. Roland does a great job making e-pianos not even sound like real, but look real. Therefore, I believe many users would like to be able to shut off the backlights of the buttons as well as the display . It doesn’t make sense that the backlight of the display turns on, even if a piano key is pressed. I think I would enhance the looks of the piano a lot, especially when placed in the evening. Looking forward to an response about the possibility of an update ### 2/5 — The app scrolling is now broken *2023-05-12, version 1.3.9* Super annoying that this app seems to be so poorly maintained ### 2/5 — App Scrolling not working *2023-04-28, version 1.3.9* Yes, I know it said not to update the app on this site but I already have it and my phone auto-updates. I wish they would fix the scrolling issue - I can’t even reset my piano to factory settings and ### 3/5 — Does'nt work correct *2023-04-15, version 1.3.9* on iOS 16.4.1 ### 3/5 — Rarely updated, lacks inspiration *2022-10-06, version 1.3.9* This was pretty cool to find when I first got my piano but there’s SO much opportunity with this technology that it’s really disappointing that it hasn’t been updated in over a year (as of writing). This could easily be a fun platform to share your own tuning styles with other Roland lovers, as well as Roland offering a few new ones themselves every few months or so. 3 stars for a nice idea, but would be 5 if they made this a little more active. ### 2/5 — Needs updating *2022-02-22, version 1.3.9* Nice idea but limited options for newer models . Update please . ### 3/5 — HP702 *2021-11-24, version 1.3.9* После обновления перестал подключаться!(( ### 2/5 — Pairing Fail *2021-08-11, version 1.3.9* This app cannot find my piano even though I reinstalled it & my iPad shows it’s connected to the piano via bluetooth. ### 1/5 — Crashes *2020-08-12, version 1.3.7* Crashes after pressing any button after launch on iPadOS 13.5.1 ### 1/5 — Fp30 *2019-10-05, version 1.3.5* Fp30 no work ### 3/5 — Very basic *2018-06-10, version 1.3.1* Would like to see the following improvements: - it’s really hard to tune the individual keys. The slider for coarse tuning and the stepper for fine tuning are not really usable (both are too extreme) - in the library it would be great to sort the presets by piano model. In my case I’d like to see all presets optimized for the HP-605, but not all the other models - would be great to have some easy way to organize (e.g delete) own songs in the internal memory of my keyboard. ### 1/5 — Bad interface *2016-11-24, version 1.1.1* Interface needs an upgrade. Bluetooth doesn't always connect to my hp605. Please fix and make improvements. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Unbrauchbar geworden *2025-03-10, version 1.3.13* Die App lässt sich nicht mehr koppeln. Das Piano wird von der App nicht mehr erkannt. ### 1/5 — Meh *2025-02-17, version 1.3.13* Tired, buggy, junky. Kawai’s designer app is far superior. Come on Roland! ### 1/5 — What the *2024-09-03, version 1.3.13* This app look like it is 1981 again. Who the fak design these apps in Roland? ### 1/5 — 急に接続できなくなった *2023-10-01, version 1.3.11* 別の端末からアプリを入れて接続できたがまた急に接続できなくなった しかも勝手に本体に設定されている気がする デフォルトの音が勝手に変わって、接続もできず治らない バグがないか確認して欲しい ### 1/5 — New update has scrolling issues *2023-05-13* The app was working great but I think with the new update I can’t scroll past the first page in any on the screens. Please fix it ### 1/5 — Not working ! *2023-03-22, version 1.3.9* Master tuning value not pushed to FP30 Please fix it ### 1/5 — Will not connect to GP607 *2022-06-05, version 1.3.9* Tried and tried with no joy 🙁 ### 1/5 — iPhone と接続できません *2021-06-18, version 1.3.9* ピアノ：FP-90 ファームウェア：1.07 iPhone：XS と 7 iOS：14.6 Bluetooth Audio は問題なく再生できますが、Piano Designer で接続できません。 iPhoneのBluetooth設定で登録を解除しても変わりません。 ### 1/5 — FP-30 *2020-11-15, version 1.3.7* Doesn’t support FP-30 ### 1/5 — App is crashing after upgrading to iOS 14.2 *2020-11-10* After upgrading to iOS 14.2 the app is crashing in both iPhone and iPad when you select a preset and any try to customize the sound will not work. Please fix it!!! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Doesn’t work on “FP” series piano *2023-11-01, version 1.3.12* I ask you to add support for the FP-30 model, the application responds to this piano, but its sound does not change, it is outrageous why it does not work ### 5/5 — Très bonne appli *2023-03-27, version 1.3.9* Fonctionne très bien avec la gamme de pianos Roland ### 5/5 — HP704 *2020-04-22, version 1.3.6* Please add support for HP704 ### 5/5 — fp-30 support *2017-05-31, version 1.2.0* please add support for fp-30 ### 5/5 — Awesome Feature That Deserves More Attention *2017-01-31, version 1.2.0* This Bluetooth synced app is a brilliant designed app that lets you customize your playing experience to extreme detail. There is also the choice to choose from already designed piano sounds that have many different timbres. I hope Roland never gives up on updating this app. ### 5/5 — 素晴らしい *2014-08-24, version 1.0.0* ピアノデザイナー機能を端末から操作出来るのは非常に扱いやすく快適。 アプリにプリセットされた設定は、元の音色が違うものと思うほどガラリと代わり完成度も非常に高く感じる。 まるでピアノがバージョンアップしたようになるのでピアノデザイナー機能搭載の対象機種をお持ちの方には是非お勧めしたい。 ※ピアノのアップデートが必要なのでそこだけ注意 ### 5/5 — All the versatility of an Acoustic Piano on a digital Piano! *2014-08-05, version 1.0.0* This is amazing! Finally, I can tune and voice my Roland digital piano exactly how I want. Now, I can personalise it to sound like the piano I practiced on when I was young or one of the finest concert grand pianos in the world. I love it! ### 4/5 — Unlocked creativity for me *2022-10-29, version 1.3.9* I love this app. I only give it four stars because it is not intuitive and the directions are not clear. But I took the time and effort to figure it out, and I have come to love what it can do to the tone of the keyboard. The presets are wonderful - I can take my “concert of one” to different stages and experience different tunings with different genres of music and composer stylings. Using it has helped my technique become stronger as I strive to play the same song on different styles of piano. Take the time and customize your keyboard with this app. It’s worth it. ### 4/5 — Lx700 *2021-05-15, version 1.3.9* Fine and resposive app :) Too bad there is no presets for LX700 series. ### 4/5 — Great app but where do saved sounds appear?! *2016-11-26, version 1.1.1* Love this app when it works! Am able of link LX-17 to piaScore, forScore, SheetRack but the roland apos are flaky and cause continual cannot find device problems. When working I link it to my LX-17 via Bluetooth. After setting it up you can instantly hear the different pianos through your digital piano. It has an option to store sounds to piano but no idea where they go! Emailed Roland and still non the wiser. If anyone figures this out let me know! --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-20.*