Comparison

SeeMusic vs Étude

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. Create beautiful videos with falling notes, glowing lights, and stunning effects. Used by top YouTube creators, music educators, and pianists worldwide. CREATE • Record synchronized MIDI, audio, and camera video • Pitch Detection converts audio-only recordings into MIDI for falling-note visuals • Add your own piano footage and align it automatically • Edit, customize, and export your finished video PERFORM • Connect a MIDI keyboard and visualize every note in real time • Perform with responsive colors, lights, particles, and effects • Create reactive visuals for live streams 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 • Build immersive 2D and 3D scenes with piano models and camera movement • Combine your piano footage with the visualization • Customize falling notes, colors, lighting, particles, and Saber effects CREATE YOUR SIGNATURE STYLE • Import images or videos as custom backgrounds • Apply your own textures and materials to falling notes • Save and reuse your work with style presets EDIT AND SYNCHRONIZE • Add, remove, split, join, move, and change note length • Adjust pitch, velocity, tracks, tempo, and playback • Synchronize MIDI, audio, and video • Crop, rotate, position, and adjust your piano footage FINISH AND SHARE • Create portrait or landscape videos for any screen • Choose your format, resolution, frame rate, and quality • Export your finished video in HD or 4K • 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

Étude

Features
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Most pianists stop playing. Not because they can't play — because nothing tells them they are getting better, and after a while they decide they never will. Progress is too slow to hear. Day to day, nothing changes. You are inside your own playing, and you have nothing to compare it to except the memory of yesterday, which is a bad witness. Étude fixes that one thing. WHAT IT DOES Every take, kept Put your phone on the piano and play. Each take is recorded, dated, and drawn as a trace — a shape made from the sound you actually produced. Nothing to fill in, nothing to rate. Day 1 against today Your first recording of a piece and your latest one, laid over each other and played back to back. Not a chart telling you what to think. Your own playing, months apart, one after the other. Three months on one screen Every trace of a piece in a single grid, oldest to newest. Pick any two and compare them. Share the difference Export a still card with both traces and both dates, ready to send to whoever has been asking how it is going. WHO IT'S FOR Adults coming back to the piano after years away. Students between lessons. Anyone who practises alone and has no idea whether it is working. HOW IT WORKS Put your phone on the piano. Press record. Play. Name the piece afterwards. That's it. PRIVACY Your recordings stay on your device. No account, no sign-up, no upload. You can delete everything at once from Settings. ÉTUDE FULL Recording, traces and playback are free and unlimited, forever. Étude Full adds two things: comparing takes of a piece beyond the first ten, and the export card without the Étude mark. $14.99 a month, or $119.99 a year with a one-week free trial. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel in your Apple Account settings. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://maestria-inc.github.io/etude/privacy.html

Screenshots

SeeMusic4 screens
Étude4 screens

Verdict

The call

SeeMusic and Étude are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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 Étude sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
SeeMusic versus Étude: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSeeMusicÉtude
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.9 (226 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews62.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings226 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size681 MB43 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter ShannonGael Homere

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

Étude

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
2 purchases

Étude

Subscriptions2
  • Étude Full, Monthly$14.991 Month
  • Étude Full, Yearly7 Days trial$119.991 Year

Questions

Is SeeMusic free?
SeeMusic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Étude free?
Étude is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SeeMusic or Étude have ads?
Neither SeeMusic nor Étude shows ads.

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