# SightPiano — Learn Piano from Real Scores > Learn Piano from Real Scores (iPhone/iPad app by Original Device LLC.) - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sightpiano/id6797168851 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`) - Developer: [Original Device LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1508858790) - Category: Education, Music - Price: Free with in-app purchases - Age rating: 4+ - Requires: iOS 15.0 · 536 MB - Languages: American English - Released: 2026-08-11 - Data updated: 2026-09-20 - User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/sightpiano/id6797168851/reviews.md ## What is SightPiano? SightPiano is a notation-first piano-learning app for beginners. Learn from real sheet music on a digital piano or MIDI keyboard, with instant feedback on every note and its timing. Build core piano skills as you learn from music — not by following falling-note games. Choose structured method courses, train one hand at a time, and see exactly where your playing needs work. Start free with about a month of real method repertoire — often more — across three classical method paths. No account, no trial clock; every feature is permanently unlocked at no cost during the free foundation. WHY IT’S DIFFERENT Real notation, not diagrams. Every piece is full sheet music, read the way a musician reads it. The beat never stops. Metronome on by default; every note is judged for timing as well as pitch. You track your own position on the page. No bouncing ball, no auto-scroll — the skill a real sight-reader needs. No upsell modals, no locked-until-you-pay progression on the free foundation. Payment expands content, not the practice system. THE SIGHT- PRACTICE PIPELINE Sight-reading is five skills in sequence, and SightPiano trains all five, in order: Hear it first — SightPlay highlights each note as reference audio plays, with a visible beat and human (non-mechanical) timing. Play it through, off the clock — SightTrace colors every note green or red the instant you strike it, looping until you clear the passage. Read ahead, off the clock — SightPeek lets you preview the next measure at your own pace. Read ahead, at tempo — SightAhead runs the same drill under real tempo pressure. Get the truth immediately — SightMark and SightError show exactly what landed and where the misses went. A PROGRESSIVE CURRICULUM Choose from three historical method paths to intermediate playing — the balanced German Path (Beyer, Burgmüller, Czerny), the lyrical French Path (Le Couppey), or the technical Viennese Path (Czerny) — plus Hanon, SightJazz, and SightPops. The beginner foundation of every path is free, permanently, with every feature enabled — about a month of practice for most learners, often more. BUILT-IN PRACTICE TOOLS SightMastery and SightTrend track real progress across months, not minutes. SightRight/SightLeft isolate a hand. SightDyna shows touch evenness. SightJuke turns a songbook into a jukebox — pick a first and last piece and SightPiano performs the whole range hands-free, with optional repeat. SightCade turns nine retro arcade games into focused drills on rhythm, pitch, hand independence, dynamics, memory, and chord leaps — including ChordRally, which steers with block chords. SightMaestro is an optional AI practice coach — bring your own API key and pay your provider directly, at wholesale, instead of a subscription markup. A NOTE ON HARDWARE For the full real-keyboard feedback experience, connect a digital piano or MIDI keyboard by wired USB. Bluetooth MIDI and acoustic-piano input are not currently supported. The app also includes a virtual piano for a quick try without MIDI hardware. Built and maintained by one person. Feedback goes straight to the developer, not a support queue. ## Pricing and in-app purchases Base price: Free. **Subscriptions** | Subscription | Price | Period | | --- | --- | --- | | Continued Study | $0.99 | per month | ## Version history (last 5 releases) ### 1.6.1 — 2026-09-14 What's New in 1.6.1 SightMastery • Every piece tile now shows your cumulative practice volume as a colored border: yellow after your first notes, green after one playthrough's worth, blue after three • New Legend guide explains every grid color, with threshold hints • Tile numbers now fit neatly on small tiles Phone layout • Practice dialogs now use nearly the full screen width, so every button fits • The "Don't show again" button gets its own row • The Pieces header no longer overlaps the mastery controls Other • Practice advice dialogs no longer mislabel their start buttons Thank you for practicing with SightPiano! ### 1.6.0 — 2026-09-08 What's New in 1.6.0 SightJuke • New jukebox mode in the library: pick a first and last piece in a songbook, and SightPiano plays the whole range by itself, hands-free • Optional repeat keeps the music going; stop anytime and your range is remembered Playback correctness • AI-rendered endings now ring out: final notes keep their written length and the pedal lifts naturally at the end • No more dead air before the first note of a performance • D.S. / D.C. al Fine repeat marks are now honored in playback, across roughly 80 pieces SightCade • SamuraiSlash: new Depth Path track — 33 mastery levels on Bach's Prelude in C major (BWV 846) • Free levels are now selectable in any order, so you can jump straight to the skill you're training • The phone hub gets the arcade-cabinet redesign, with all nine games visible • Arcade audio now silences when you background the app and resumes mid-track • Title music loudness now matches across games • Sharper FingerRoll and Ninjump tutorials on tablets and desktop, and fixed doubled glyphs on Android Thank you for practicing with SightPiano! ### 1.5.1 — 2026-09-06 Store content update ### 1.5.0 — 2026-09-05 What's New in 1.5.0 AI Pianist grows up • Two new neural performance models join AI Pianist: SyMuPe and VirtuosoNet • Every catalog piece now plays back instantly from a pre-generated render, across all three models • The AI Pianist model now downloads on demand instead of shipping in every install • Sustain pedal is now captured end-to-end, including in MIDI export • Fixed a note-highlight desync during AI Pianist playback Import, opened up • MusicXML, PDMX, and PDSA import are now available to every user, with a free-tier preview SightCade • New ninth game: ChordRally, a hand-position and chord-steering challenge with 392 levels • SamuraiSlash's scoring engine rebuilt for more reliable, consistent judgment Score library • Added the Le Couppey Op. 24 and Op. 7 songbooks Thank you for practicing with SightPiano! ### 1.4.0 — 2026-08-30 What's New in 1.4.0 Fingering you can trust • SightKeys' fingering engine is rebuilt: printed fingerings from fingered editions are followed exactly • Repeated figures are fingered consistently within a passage • More natural choices for held notes, broken chords, and stretches between successive notes • Mousetron now prefers a piece's fingered edition when one exists A deeper Depth Path • Every stage now offers right-hand-only, left-hand-only, and both-hands sub-levels • New Mousetron track: practice reading with white/black-key shortcuts instead of auto-advance SightCade • SumoBeat's new interactive tutorial demonstrates each rhythm concept with real playing, keeps the staff visible, and auto-loops — localized in every language • Fixed arcade audio going silent on iPhone: audio now plays with the silent switch on, and SumoBeat voices load reliably on device Score quality • Scanned songbooks gain multi-page support with continuous measure numbering • Fewer false barlines and measure-label errors in dense passages, and better handling of narrow measures Sharper onboarding • Updated onboarding copy in all supported languages Thank you for practicing with SightPiano! ## More apps by Original Device LLC - [TL2DO](https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tl2do/id6757261549) All apps by Original Device LLC: https://appshunter.io/developer/1508858790 --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). 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