Comparison

PianoMate vs taptido!

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

Head to head
About

PianoMate

This app transforms your piano into an interactive learning tool. It recognizes your sheet music from photos or digital files, allowing you to play along with personalized feedback. Practice with features like one-hand play, tempo control, and progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Import your own sheet music (photos, PDFs, MusicXML)
  • Interactive score following and note recognition
  • Practice hands separately
  • Adjustable tempo and metronome
  • Progress tracking and accuracy reports
  • Built-in library of classical pieces and lessons
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

taptido!

Features
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Learn to read and play rhythms with taptido! Learn how to turn rhythms into words and then perform them in the tap level. Identify the correct rhythm in the listen level and then graduate up to constructing a rhythm based on what you hear in listen +. This educational app teaches young music students to perform and identify rhythms in a structured way. Focus your child's study by learning about simple rhythms all the way up to some of the most complicated that you'd find in a piece. This app is designed to compliment eartido!, our ear training app, and eyetido!, our sight reading app, to provide a comprehensive foundation to your child's musical studies. For our EULA, please refer to Apple's Standard Terms of Use, here: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

PianoMate4 screens
taptido!4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PianoMate at every 4 days against taptido!'s every 10 days. taptido!'s advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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 10 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month and taptido! sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PianoMate ships an update every 4 days, taptido! every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
PianoMate versus taptido!: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPianoMatetaptido!
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (26 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings26 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 10 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size220 MB93 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitry AvdeevFaug Productions Ltd

In-app purchases

10 purchases

PianoMate

Subscriptions1
  • Monthly Subscription$5.991 Month
One-time9
  • Für Elise (Easy)$1.99
  • Ode to Joy$1.99
  • Moonlight Sonata (Easy)$3.99
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  • 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
2 purchases

taptido!

Subscriptions2
  • taptido! monthly$1.991 Month
  • taptido! yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is PianoMate free?
PianoMate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is taptido! free?
taptido! is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do PianoMate or taptido! have ads?
Neither PianoMate nor taptido! shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PianoMate or taptido!?
PianoMate ships an update every 4 days, and taptido! every 10 days. Most recently, PianoMate was updated on November 9, 2026 and taptido! on October 30, 2026.

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