Comparison

PianoMajors vs Falling Notes Piano Trainer

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

Head to head
About

PianoMajors

Master major scales with your MIDI keyboard. Practice hands separately, adjust octaves, and view finger numbers. Track your progress with tempo, accuracy, and dynamics graphs.

Highlights
  • MIDI keyboard integration
  • Independent hand practice
  • Adjustable scale lengths
  • Finger number display
  • Tempo, accuracy, dynamics graphs
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Learn the major scales using your MIDI keyboard. * Practice Left and Right Hand Independently * Pentascale / One Octave / Two Octaves * Show/Hide Finger Numbers * Tempo, Accuracy, and Dynamics Graphs Note: You will need a Lightning-To-USB adapter to connect your iPad/iPhone to your MIDI compatible keyboard.

About

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

Learn, practice, and edit piano music with interactive falling notes and MIDI keyboard support. Shape songs by adjusting individual notes, timing, and tempo. Export in compatible formats for player pianos.

Highlights
  • Load MIDI files or included songs
  • Interactive MIDI keyboard practice
  • Practice hands separately or full song
  • Adjust note pitch, timing, and velocity
  • Edit tempo changes
  • Export MIDI files for player pianos
Features
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Learn, practice, transcribe, and edit piano music in one place. FallingNotes lets you load MIDI files, practice them with a MIDI-compatible keyboard, and shape the music directly in a visual falling-notes editor. Watch notes fall toward the keyboard, pause until you play the right notes, follow staff notation for sight-reading, and edit performances with precise musical control. Version 3.0 is a major expansion. FallingNotes is now not only a practice app, but also a piano performance editor. You can edit notes, tempo, velocity, pedal, tracks, and timing; transcribe piano audio to MIDI; transfer expression from one performance to another; and export standard MIDI files for use in other tools or supported player-piano workflows. Features: • Load standard MIDI files or choose from included songs • Connect a MIDI-compatible keyboard for interactive practice • Practice left hand, right hand, selected tracks, or the full song • Pause on notes and continue only when you play • View active notes on the staff for sight-reading support • Edit individual notes or groups of notes visually • Change pitch, timing, length, velocity, and track assignment • Add or remove time in the score • Edit tempo changes with a visual speed profile • Transcribe piano audio into editable MIDI • Transfer timing, velocity, and pedal expression from another performance • Compare transferred expression with ghost-note overlays • Smooth tempo profiles while preserving overall timing • Capture synchronized MIDI and audio takes for paired practice or dataset creation • Choose from multiple animated falling-note visual styles • Export MIDI files with standard tempo events for compatibility with other MIDI software • Export MIDI files in Steinway Spirio-compatible format for supported player pianos FallingNotes is designed for pianists, learners, arrangers, and anyone who wants to understand and reshape piano performances visually.

Screenshots

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Falling Notes Piano Trainer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: PianoMajors at 100% against Falling Notes Piano Trainer's 33%. PianoMajors also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). Falling Notes Piano Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 7 months). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PianoMajors holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of PianoMajors's written reviews are positive against 33% of Falling Notes Piano Trainer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PianoMajors ships an update every 7 months, Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PianoMajors versus Falling Notes Piano Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPianoMajorsFalling Notes Piano Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better33.3% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB384 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan DiazPooya Jannaty

Customer experience

PianoMajors

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PianoMajors

No in-app purchases

None

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is PianoMajors free?
PianoMajors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falling Notes Piano Trainer free?
Falling Notes Piano Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, PianoMajors or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
PianoMajors is rated higher. PianoMajors averages 5.0 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Falling Notes Piano Trainer averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do PianoMajors or Falling Notes Piano Trainer have ads?
Neither PianoMajors nor Falling Notes Piano Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PianoMajors or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
PianoMajors ships an update every 7 months, and Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. Most recently, PianoMajors was updated on October 24, 2026 and Falling Notes Piano Trainer on October 24, 2026.

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