Comparison

SeeMusic vs Smart Soloist

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

Head to head
About

SeeMusic

Transform your piano playing into stunning, cinematic falling-note videos. This app generates synchronized 3D visuals with customizable colors and effects, allowing you to create professional-quality piano content for social media or live performances.

Highlights
  • 3D falling notes visualization
  • 4K video rendering
  • Add particles and saber effects
  • Integrate real video footage
  • Customizable note colors
  • MIDI editing capabilities
  • Live MIDI instrument connection
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

Smart Soloist

This app provides an on-screen score that advances automatically with highlighted bars, featuring a bouncing ball cue for anticipating entrances. It offers high-quality orchestral audio and allows users to record and create CD-quality solo performances.

Highlights
  • Automatic score advancement
  • Visual cue bouncing ball
  • High-quality orchestral audio
  • Tempo and volume customization
  • CD-quality recording
  • Cross-platform support
Features
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On screen score advances automatically with the current bar highlighted. Design and save your tempo and volume setting to suit your playing style. Visit smartsoloist.com to view our tutorial video. Visual cue provided by a bouncing ball, like a conductor’s baton that lets you anticipate the orchestra's entrances. The high quality orchestral audios are either from recordings of live orchestra or MIDI rendered by our composers using orchestral samples. Change the tempo with minimal effect on the sound quality. Record your playing. Create CD quality recordings of yourself as soloist! Try our fully functional free demos (no sign-in required). Many pieces are available for in-App purchase. Cross-platform app can be used in up to 5 devices simultaneously. Please make sure the "silence mode" is off in your i-phone, otherwise the audio will be silent.

Screenshots

SeeMusic4 screens
Smart Soloist2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Smart Soloist at 5.0 against SeeMusic's 3.9. Smart Soloist also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%). SeeMusic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and ratings volume (227 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 Smart Soloist sells 19 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Smart Soloist holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SeeMusic has 227 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of SeeMusic's written reviews are positive against 100% of Smart Soloist's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SeeMusic ships an update every 3 days, Smart Soloist fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
SeeMusic versus Smart Soloist: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeMusicSmart Soloist
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (227 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings227 — better3
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size696 MB130 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter ShannonSmart Soloist

Customer experience

SeeMusic

All ratings227 ratings
Positive69.6%
Neutral7.0%
Negative23.3%
Written reviews170 reviews
Positive62.9%
Neutral10.0%
Negative27.1%

Smart Soloist

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

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

Smart Soloist

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
19 purchases

Smart Soloist

One-time19
  • Chopin Piano Concerto 1 Mov. 3$9.99
  • Chopin G. Polonaise Brillante$9.99
  • Beethoven Piano Conc 2, Mov. 3$9.99
Show 16 more
  • Beethoven Violin Concerto Mov3$9.99
  • Beethoven Violin Concerto Mov2$9.99
  • Grieg Piano Concerto Mov. 1$13.99
  • Beethoven Violin Concerto Mov1$13.99
  • Beethoven Piano Conc 4 Mov 1-3$19.99
  • Grieg Piano Concerto$19.99
  • Rachmaninoff Paganini Var 1-24$19.99
  • Chopin Piano Conc 1 ,Mov. 1-3$19.99
  • Tchaikovsky Piano concerto # 1$19.99
  • Prokofiev Piano Concerto No. 2$19.99
  • Prokofiev Piano Concerto No.1$19.99
  • Beethoven Violin Concerto 1-3$19.99
  • Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #1$19.99
  • Beethoven Piano Conc #1, 1-3$19.99
  • Rachmaninoff Piano Conc 2, 1-3$24.99
  • Rachmaninoff Piano Conc #3 All$29.99

Questions

Is SeeMusic free?
SeeMusic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Smart Soloist free?
Smart Soloist is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SeeMusic or Smart Soloist?
Smart Soloist is rated higher. SeeMusic averages 3.9 out of 5 from 227 ratings, while Smart Soloist averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do SeeMusic or Smart Soloist have ads?
Neither SeeMusic nor Smart Soloist shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SeeMusic or Smart Soloist?
SeeMusic ships an update every 3 days, and Smart Soloist fortnightly. Most recently, SeeMusic was updated on October 25, 2026 and Smart Soloist on October 24, 2026.

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