Comparison

PianoMajors vs SightSage

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

SightSage

This music flashcard trainer helps musicians improve their sight-reading skills. It offers customizable quizzes for notes, chords, and their positions on a piano staff. Suitable for all levels, from beginners to advanced players.

Highlights
  • Note and chord recognition
  • Staff notation to piano key mapping
  • Customizable quiz combinations
  • Beginner to advanced levels
  • Full library access with Pro
  • One-time purchase for Pro
Features
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Have you ever wanted to be one of those people who could take a piece, sit down at a piano, and begin playing right away? But when you tried to do that you'd find yourself forgetting - was that a G or an A, is that Ab Minor or Ab Diminished, what is the second inversion of a C chord again? SightSage is for you. SightSage is a music flashcard trainer built for musicians who want to read faster, recognize chords instantly, and know their notes cold. The app is easy and intuitive to use and offers flash cards for the full set of connections between notes, chords and their names, music as it appears on a staff, and the positions on the piano to be played. Users can choose to go between any of these combinations, improving the areas that are important to them. Choose any two formats — staff notation, chord names, note letters, or piano keys — and the app quizzes you from one to the other. Want to name chords from the staff? Identify a chord by the keys it lights up on the piano? Learn chord names based on the notes that make them up? Set it up in a few taps and go. The app is great for both beginners and more advanced pianists, starting as early as simply identifying notes on the piano, all the way to recognizing complicated two-handed jazz chords, with many stops in between. The free version covers music essentials for beginners. SightSage Pro unlocks the full library catalogue — advanced voicings, extended harmonies, and multi-octave reading across both clefs. Pro is a single one-time purchase, and with its wide-ranging library you can use the app from when you start reading Mary Had a Little Lamb, all the way to mastering Chopin, and still find exercises that are challenging and useful. No subscription required, pro is a one-time payment.

Screenshots

PianoMajors1 screens
SightSage4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PianoMajors at none against SightSage's 1. PianoMajors also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 2). SightSage's advantage is update cadence (every 10 days vs every 7 months). On price, rating, 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. SightSage sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PianoMajors asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PianoMajors against 5.0 for SightSage. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

PianoMajors ships an update every 7 months, SightSage every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
PianoMajors versus SightSage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPianoMajorsSightSage
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (7 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings7 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size47 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJordan DiazMartin Kemeny

Customer experience

PianoMajors

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

SightSage

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

PianoMajors

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

SightSage

One-time1
  • SageSight Pro$3.99

Questions

Is PianoMajors free?
PianoMajors is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is SightSage free?
SightSage is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, PianoMajors or SightSage?
PianoMajors and SightSage are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 7 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do PianoMajors or SightSage have ads?
Neither PianoMajors nor SightSage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, PianoMajors or SightSage?
PianoMajors ships an update every 7 months, and SightSage every 10 days. Most recently, PianoMajors was updated on November 2, 2026 and SightSage on October 24, 2026.

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