Speck vs Open Piano
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Speck
Guide a ball through challenging obstacle courses by tapping to control its movement. Compete for high scores, unlock new levels, and challenge friends on global leaderboards. Enjoy a free-to-play experience with optional in-game purchases.
- Tap-based obstacle avoidance
- Unlockable challenge levels
- Beat friends' high scores
- Global leaderboards
- Challenge Mode
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Join Speck and embark on an addictive adventure to complete the levels of Speck. Tap to carefully guide the ball between the obstacles, but be careful, touch the floor or roof and you'll have to start over again. Take on the challenges of Speck alone or play to beat your friends and see who can get the top score on the leaderboards! Speck is completely free to play but contains some optional in-game purchases which can be purchased with real money. You can disable the in-game purchases features by disabling in-app purchases in your device settings. Speck features: ◉ Many ways to play Speck: Beat high score, Challenge Mode. ◉ Pass the challenge levels to unlock even more! ◉ Beat your friends score. ◉ Leaderboards to test your skill against your friends! ◉ Your high score is saved to the leaderboards so you'll never lose it. Follow us to get the news and updates: Twitter @EncodedApps Instagram: Encoded__Apps Have fun playing Speck! We recommend iOS version 8.0+ for optimised gameplay.
Open Piano
Explore musical creativity with a simplified interface featuring large, colorful buttons and high-quality piano sounds. This app allows users of all abilities to easily play melodies using the five notes of the pentatonic scale.
- Pentatonic scale melodies
- Large, colorful buttons
- High-quality piano sounds
- Responsive interface
- Accessible for all abilities
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Open Piano turns your screen into a set of inviting musical pads. Choose a scale and every pad plays a note that belongs, so you can explore, improvise and make music without worrying about wrong notes. Keep things simple with six large pads, or expand the instrument to 8, 12 or 24. Choose your root note, scale, sound and colour theme, then start playing. Open Piano includes: • Major, minor, pentatonic and chromatic scales • Piano, guitar, marimba, vibes and choir sounds • 6, 8, 12 or 24-pad layouts • Sharps or flats • Switch Play mode, where each press moves to the next note in the scale Made for accessible music-making, music therapy, classrooms, creative play and anyone who would rather start making music than spend time finding the right notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Open Piano at 4.0 against Speck's 3.0. Open Piano also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 6) and review sentiment (75% vs 60%). Speck's advantage is update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 weeks) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Speck sells 6 one-off in-app purchases. Open Piano asks for nothing beyond the download.
Open Piano holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Speck's written reviews are positive against 75% of Open Piano's.
Speck ships an update every 5 days, Open Piano every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Speck | Open Piano |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (2 ratings) | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 104 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | OnlyApps Limited | Music Therapy Australia Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Speck
Open Piano
In-app purchases
Speck
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Unlock Level$0.99
- 80 Stars$0.99
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- 200 Stars$1.99
- 400 Stars$2.99
- 1000 Stars$6.99
Open Piano
No in-app purchases









