PianoRemote vs Chordalyst Piano
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PianoRemote
Control your Kawai digital piano with ease from your smartphone or tablet. Adjust settings, change sounds, and access built-in music with intuitive controls. Features include lesson modes and virtual technician adjustments.
- Control piano functions via smartphone/tablet
- Intuitive UI consistent with piano touch panel
- Music player with built-in songs
- Lesson and Concert Magic modes
- Adjust Metronome, Virtual Technician, Dual/Split
- Bluetooth MIDI connection
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PianoRemote is a control app developed for Kawai digital pianos, allowing players to change sounds, adjust settings, and enjoy the wide variety of built-in music.[*1] ■ Please note that PianoRemote requires Bluetooth permission in order to scan for Bluetooth MIDI devices. Please approve the Bluetooth permission request to ensure that PianoRemote functions correctly. ・ Easy operation of your Kawai digital piano using a smartphone or tablet PianoRemote allows various functions of the digital piano to be easily selected. ・ Consistent UI design with Kawai digital piano touch panel PianoRemote is designed to allow easy, intuitive operation via a smartphone or tablet. The user interface is standardised, meaning there is no need to learn new operations. ・ Music player feature that can be used like a music app PianoRemote includes a wide variety of songs and classical pieces that are built-in to Kawai digital pianos.[*2] This music can be controlled in the same way as regular music app. However, it’s also possible to change the sound used for playback, allowing songs and classical to be enjoyed with a different tonal character and atmosphere. ・ Interact with music using “Lesson” and “Concert Magic” modes In addition to listening to the built-in songs and classical pieces, the additional “Lesson” and “Concert Magic” modes allow musicians to practice the music, and non-musicians to enjoy playing pieces and learning rhythm with a single finger.[*3] ・ Control various built-in functions PianoRemote can be used to control various functions of the Kawai digital piano. For example, the Metronome is an essential aid for practise, the Virtual Technician allows the sound and other aspects of the piano to be adjusted to suit one’s person preference, while the Dual and Split functions allow different sounds to be combined for more engaging performances.[*4] ・ Straightforward connection using Bluetooth MIDI PianoRemote supports Bluetooth MIDI wireless communication, allowing immediate connection to the Kawai digital piano without the need for additional cables.[*5] *1 A compatible Kawai Digital Piano must be connected to a smartphone or tablet. *2 Copyrighted songs are not included among the piano’s built-in songs. *3 Some songs do not support “Lesson” and “Concert Magic” modes due to the composition of the data. *4 “Recorder” and “USB Memory Player” function control is not supported. *5 Connection via USB cable or a Bluetooth MIDI adapter such as the QuiccoSound mi.1 also supported.
Chordalyst Piano
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Chordalyst Piano helps you learn piano chords, scales, and accompaniment from chord symbols and beautifully engraved scores. Practice on the on-screen keyboard or with a Bluetooth/USB MIDI keyboard. Course Practice contains 61 sections—12 Beginner, 14 Intermediate, and 35 Advanced—covering keyboard and chord names, inversions, scales, progressions, two-hand playing, quarter- and eighth-note patterns, broken chords, arpeggios, and accompaniment patterns. Waltz, Octave, and Ballad patterns are included. Questions you do not pass return automatically for review. Basic Practice lets you focus on chords, inversions, ten named scale types in all 12 tonics, progressions, two-hand playing, rhythm patterns, broken chords, arpeggios, and accompaniment. Broken-chord choices include Bass then Upper Chord, Alberti, Waltz, Octave, and Ballad patterns. Genre Practice offers representative progressions and scales for J-pop, Rock/J-rock, Anime/Game/Vocaloid, K-pop, Western Pop, Classical, Hip-hop/Rap, Jazz, Enka/Kayōkyoku, and R&B/Soul. Song Practice includes nine pieces grouped by difficulty: Ode to Joy, Pachelbel's Canon, WTC Book I Prelude No. 1, Für Elise, Gymnopédie No. 1, The Entertainer, Turkish March, Clair de Lune, and Maple Leaf Rag. Auto Advance plays the melody from each correctly performed chord up to the next chord point. Import your own Standard MIDI Format 0 or 1 file, including directly from Files or another compatible app. Chordalyst Piano converts notes, durations, rests, chords, independent voices, beams, ties, and mid-song key, meter, and tempo changes into a MusicXML piano grand staff. If the MIDI contains no chord markers, chord names are inferred from its notes. Use piano playback, a gold position cursor, automatic scrolling, and separate melody, chord, and metronome volumes. Automatic conversion and chord inference may not reproduce every choice in a source score. Import only MIDI files you created or are authorized or otherwise legally permitted to use. Saving, engraving, playing, or exporting does not transfer copyright or other rights; confirm any additional permissions required before publishing, distributing, or sharing the material. Features • On-screen keyboard and external MIDI keyboard input • Automatically progressing courses from beginner through advanced • Ten Basic Practice areas for chords, scales, accompaniment, and genres • A wide range of chords, including major, minor, seventh, diminished, suspended, augmented, extended, and slash chords • Practice material in all 12 chromatic roots, including sharps and flats • Nine included pieces grouped by difficulty • Import, save, engrave, infer chords from, and play your own MIDI files • High-quality MusicXML grand staff with automatic position following • Separate display controls for chord tones, keyboard guides, note names, piano notation, and recommended fingering • 1 BPM tempo control and a song-synchronized metronome with an animated pendulum • Progress tracking through mastery levels • Learning records and practice settings saved on your device All features are available for the first seven days. After the trial, Beginner Course, 01 Chord Practice, and Song Practice remain available. Purchase Full Access to unlock Intermediate and Advanced Courses and Basic Practice 02–10. No user registration, ads, or third-party behavioral analytics are used. Learning records and settings are processed on your device and are not collected by the developer.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PianoRemote at none against Chordalyst Piano's 1. PianoRemote also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). Chordalyst Piano's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Chordalyst Piano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PianoRemote asks for nothing beyond the download.
PianoRemote ships an update every 4 months, Chordalyst Piano every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 11, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PianoRemote | Chordalyst Piano |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.5 (43 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 16.4% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 80 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. | Koji Hasegawa |
In-app purchases
PianoRemote
No in-app purchases
Chordalyst Piano
- Full Access$19.99
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