Comparison

SeeMusic vs Piano2Notes

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

Head to head
About

SeeMusic

Transform piano performances into captivating videos with real-time visualization and advanced editing tools. Import MIDI, record audio and video, and design stunning visual effects for social media or live streams. Create professional-quality music visuals with customizable elements and high-resolution export.

Highlights
  • Real-time MIDI visualization
  • AI audio to MIDI conversion
  • Synchronized multi-track recording
  • Customizable 3D piano scenes
  • Advanced note and particle effects
  • Video editing and synchronization
  • High-resolution video export
Features
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The complete studio for piano visuals. Record performances, edit MIDI, and visualize your playing in real time. Create beautiful videos with falling notes, glowing lights, and stunning effects. Used by top YouTube creators, music educators, and pianists worldwide. CREATE • Import a MIDI file and turn it into a piano video • Record synchronized MIDI, audio, and camera video, in any combination • Use AI to convert piano audio recordings into MIDI for falling-note visuals • Add your own piano footage, customize the visualization, and export your video PERFORM • Connect a MIDI keyboard and visualize every note in real time • Perform with responsive colors, lights, particles, and effects • Create live piano visuals for livestreams and concerts EXPLORE • Open MIDI files and MusicXML scores • Follow synchronized sheet music as the music plays • Reveal pitches, patterns, and harmony through color DESIGN YOUR VISUAL WORLD • Create a realistic 3D grand piano scene with animated keys and hammers, reactive lighting, and customizable camera movement • Add particles from presets or refine their gravity, friction, turbulence, and blending • Simulate LED strip lighting and shadows, even when you record without an LED strip • Blend your piano footage with atmospheric Saber glow effects CREATE YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE • Choose single-color, 12-color, gradient, track, or random note colors • Explore 2D and 3D note styles, including gems, crystals, and reflective glass • Customize note shapes and materials, or apply your own textures • Import images or videos as custom backgrounds • Save and reuse visual presets for a consistent look across videos EDIT AND SYNCHRONIZE • Add, remove, split, join, move, and change note length • Adjust pitch, timing, velocity, tracks, tempo, and playback • Synchronize MIDI, audio, and video • Automatically detect and align the keyboard in your footage • Isolate your hands and keys, with keying, color, and lighting controls • Crop, rotate, and position your piano footage FINISH AND SHARE • Record on mobile, then transfer your recording to SeeMusic on desktop for editing and video creation • Create widescreen or vertical videos for YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, and more • Export in up to 4K at 60 FPS, with rendering optimized for desktop and mobile • Choose your format, resolution, frame rate, and quality • Save complete projects with their presets and media MAKE MUSIC VISIBLE Give each of the 12 musical pitches its own color. Add pitch names, solfège, guides, bar lines, and other musical references to see familiar music from an entirely new perspective. Use SeeMusic to create videos for social media, produce visuals for live performances, or discover more in the music you play. SUPPORT https://www.seemusicapp.com/support Instagram: @seemusicpiano YouTube: youtube.com/seemusicpiano Website: https://www.seemusicapp.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/visualMusicDesign Terms of Subscription: https://www.seemusicapp.com/subscription-terms-of-use Privacy Policy: https://www.seemusicapp.com/privacy

About

Piano2Notes

This app uses AI to convert piano recordings into sheet music. It provides playback of the transcribed score and allows export in various formats like PDF, MIDI, and MusicXML. Share your musical creations easily with others.

Highlights
  • Transcribe piano recordings to sheet music
  • View transcribed music as classical score
  • Playback sheet music
  • Download sheet as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML
  • Share compositions
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» Transcribe piano recordings to sheet music » Transcribe piano MP3 files to sheet music » View the transcribed music as classical score » Playback the sheet music and listen to the result » Download sheet as PDF, MIDI, or MusicXML » Share your compositions with your friends HOW DOES IT FUNCTION? Once your music piece is uploaded, our artificial intelligence powered transcriber processes it to generate a sheet music based on what it hears. When the processing is finished, you get three outputs - a Midi file, a PDF engraved sheet, and a MusicXML digital note sheet. It has never been easier to convert piano pieces to sheet music! WHAT THIS APP DOESN'T OFFER » Separation of multiple instruments: The note recognition can't separate multiple instruments. If you record multiple instruments playing simultaneously you will get bad transcription results! As the name says, Piano2Notes will work only with piano recordings. » Live note recognition: This app is not able to show you live note recognition results. Instead, it will take some time to perform the frequency analysis and shows you the final sheet music. » 100% match percentage: This app won't detect 100% of the played notes and there will also be wrong detections. But depending on the quality of the input signal, it will give you more than useful sheet! REQUIREMENTS » Internet: active internet connection for server connectivity » Microphone SUMMARY Transcribe music recordings from your microphone to sheet music. With Piano2Notes you can create on-the-go recordings of your instrument. Those are uploaded to your personal songbook and transcribed to score. Musical note recognition for piano has never been so easy! CONTACT US We're always happy to hear from you. No matter what comes to your mind, we want to hear it. Would you like another feature? Does something not work as expected? Send us an e-mail at: support@piano2notes.com This app is actively developed and there are updates on a regular base The Apple Terms of Use apply: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

SeeMusic4 screens
Piano2Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: SeeMusic at every 3 days against Piano2Notes's every 6 weeks. SeeMusic also leads on review sentiment (63% vs 37%). Piano2Notes's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9). 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. SeeMusic sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month and Piano2Notes sells 8 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano2Notes holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 233 and 294 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 63% of SeeMusic's written reviews are positive against 37% of Piano2Notes's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SeeMusic ships an update every 3 days, Piano2Notes every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
SeeMusic versus Piano2Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeMusicPiano2Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (233 ratings)4.3 (294 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.4% of reviews — better36.6% of reviews
Number of ratings233294 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size413 MB28 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter ShannonKlangio GmbH

Customer experience

SeeMusic

All ratings231 ratings
Positive69.7%
Neutral6.9%
Negative23.4%
Written reviews172 reviews
Positive63.4%
Neutral9.9%
Negative26.7%

Piano2Notes

All ratings294 ratings
Positive81.3%
Neutral7.1%
Negative11.6%
Written reviews71 reviews
Positive36.6%
Neutral9.9%
Negative53.5%

User reviews

SeeMusic

From 233 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Fantastic visuals
  • 👍 Simple and intuitive
  • 🎨 Beautiful particle effects
  • 💡 Versatile customization options
  • 🎹 Great for piano videos

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Subscription model too expensive
  • 🤔 Confusing interface for beginners
  • 🔍 Limited MIDI support
  • 📱 Compatibility issues on mobile devices

Piano2Notes

From 294 App Store ratings

What we love

  • ✨ Dream come true app
  • 🎶 Accurate music transcription
  • 🎹 Converts music to piano sheet
  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 💡 Great for composing

Room to improve

  • 🐛 App crashes frequently
  • ❌ PDF export issues
  • 📉 Inaccurate transcriptions
  • 💸 Subscription costs are high
  • 🚫 Cannot download anything

Bugs and requests

SeeMusic

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Recorded audio/MIDI not syncing properly
  • Crashes when changing certain settings
  • Playback issues with longer MIDI files
  • Unreliable MIDI input detection
  • Rendering problems on higher resolutions

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add ability to import custom MIDI files
  • Improve recording and export options
  • Implement a one-time purchase model
  • Enhance mobile device support
  • Provide more tutorial and guidance

Piano2Notes

Reported bugs

17 issues
  • App stops working
  • Desktop website doesn't work
  • App crashes when creating PDF
  • Subscription not recognized
  • App crashes when tapping download button
Show 12 more
  • Key not changing
  • Cannot download anything
  • PDF export issues
  • Subscription restore function doesn't work
  • Customer service not responding
  • App logs out and loses info
  • YouTube links not working
  • App crashes on PDF creation
  • Cannot fast forward
  • App doesn't open
  • Transcription speed mismatch
  • PDF export changes notes

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to edit notes
  • Improve general accuracy
  • Add enharmonic transposition option
  • Allow editing of transcribed music
  • Fix PDF export issues
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  • Add ability to use alternative sources (file, YouTube url)
  • Improve speed of transcription
  • Add dark mode
  • More flexible ticket system

In-app purchases

6 purchases

SeeMusic

Subscriptions2
  • SeeMusic Pro Monthly Subscription$8.991 Month
  • SeeMusic Pro Annual Subscription$79.991 Year
One-time4
  • SeeMusic PRO 1 Month$9.99
  • SeeMusic PRO 3 Months$24.99
  • SeeMusic PRO 6 Months$44.99
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  • SeeMusic PRO 1 Year$79.99
8 purchases

Piano2Notes

Subscriptions4
  • Piano2Notes Pro Monthly$9.991 Month
  • Klangio Universe Monthly$24.991 Month
  • Piano2Notes Pro Yearly$99.991 Year
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  • Klangio Universe Subscription$149.991 Year
One-time4
  • Single Token$2.99
  • 3 token package$5.99
  • 10 tokens package$9.99
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  • 50 Tokens Package$24.99

Questions

Is SeeMusic free?
SeeMusic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piano2Notes free?
Piano2Notes is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SeeMusic or Piano2Notes?
Piano2Notes is rated higher. SeeMusic averages 3.9 out of 5 from 233 ratings, while Piano2Notes averages 4.3 from 294 ratings.
Do SeeMusic or Piano2Notes have ads?
Neither SeeMusic nor Piano2Notes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SeeMusic or Piano2Notes?
SeeMusic ships an update every 3 days, and Piano2Notes every 6 weeks. Most recently, SeeMusic was updated on November 11, 2026 and Piano2Notes on November 9, 2026.

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