Comparison

PianoMate vs hool

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

PianoMate

Learn and play piano with interactive on-screen keyboards, fingering hints, and various instrument sounds. Practice hands separately, master difficult chords, and use the metronome and repeat fragment modes for focused learning. Connect a MIDI keyboard for enhanced lessons.

Highlights
  • On-screen keyboard with fingering hints
  • Piano and harpsichord sounds
  • Practice right and left hand separately
  • Built-in metronome
  • Repeat fragment practice mode
  • MIDI keyboard connectivity
Features
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PianoMate turns your piano into an interactive teacher — and now it plays YOUR sheet music. BRING YOUR OWN SHEET MUSIC Point the camera at a page on your music stand, pick a PDF from Files, import a photo, or open a MusicXML file. PianoMate recognises the notes and builds a fully playable score: it follows your hands, waits for you, counts the beat and marks every note you get right. • Photograph printed music — a book on the stand, a page, a printout • Import PDF scores, single- or multi-page • Open MusicXML from any notation editor • Recognition runs on your device — your music stays yours, and works offline • Imported pieces get everything the library pieces get: hands separately, tempo control, assistance, progress tracking IT LISTENS WHILE YOU PLAY Connect a digital piano or MIDI keyboard over cable or Bluetooth — or use the on-screen keyboard. PianoMate follows the score at your speed, waits when you hesitate, and never rushes you. PRACTISE THE WAY TEACHERS DO • One hand at a time — PianoMate plays the other hand for you • Slow the piece down and build speed up bar by bar • Fingering, note names, and a metronome when you need them • Help with hard chords and ornaments: play one note, PianoMate fills in the rest • Accuracy, tempo and progress for every session A LIBRARY TO GROW INTO Hundreds of pieces from beginner arrangements to the real classical repertoire — Bach, Chopin, Beethoven, Satie — grouped by composer and by difficulty level, plus step-by-step lessons that build technique from the first note. FREE AND SUBSCRIPTION Free pieces and lessons are included. A subscription unlocks the full sheet music library and unlimited imports of your own scores. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period; manage them in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://dodecaton.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://dodecaton.com/en/privacy

About

hool

A strategic four-player card game where partners compete to win tricks. Players bid on contracts and the declarer aims to fulfill their bid while opponents try to stop them.

Highlights
  • Four-player partnership gameplay
  • Bidding for contracts
  • Trick-taking mechanics
  • Trump and No Trump options
  • Three distinct game stages
Features
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HOOL is a card game played by 4 players sitting in North, East, South and West seats. North and South are partners playing against East and West. The game goes in three stages. In the first stage, all players share two pieces of information about their hand. In the second stage, there is an auction to determine which player has bid the highest (for the total number of tricks and whether in Trump or No Trump). The highest bidder is known as the declarer. The third stage is the play of the cards where the declarer tries to make his contract while the defenders try to deny him.

Screenshots

PianoMate4 screens
hool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PianoMate at 4.5 against hool's 3.3. PianoMate also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 4 months) and ratings volume (26 vs 3). hool's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (100% vs 65%). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. PianoMate sells 11 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. hool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PianoMate holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PianoMate has 26 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 65% of PianoMate's written reviews are positive against 100% of hool's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PianoMate ships an update weekly, hool every 4 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
PianoMate versus hool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPianoMatehool
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better3.3 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews65.4% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better3
Update frequencyWeekly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.012.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size214 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry Avdeevamaresh deshpande

Customer experience

PianoMate

All ratings26 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral3.8%
Negative11.5%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive65.4%
Neutral7.7%
Negative26.9%

hool

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

11 purchases

PianoMate

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
One-time10
  • Für Elise (Easy)$1.99
  • Ode to Joy$1.99
  • Symphony 5$1.99
Show 7 more
  • Moonlight Sonata (Easy)$3.99
  • Meet Piano$3.99
  • Left Hand$3.99
  • Black Keys$3.99
  • River Flows in You$3.99
  • Intervals and Chords$3.99
  • Moonlight Sonata$5.99
None

hool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PianoMate free?
PianoMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is hool free?
hool is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PianoMate or hool?
PianoMate is rated higher. PianoMate averages 4.5 out of 5 from 26 ratings, while hool averages 3.3 from 3 ratings.
Do PianoMate or hool have ads?
Neither PianoMate nor hool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PianoMate or hool?
PianoMate ships an update weekly, and hool every 4 months. Most recently, PianoMate was updated on October 24, 2026 and hool on October 24, 2026.

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