Comparison

Piano Modoki vs Gradation Piano

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

Head to head
About

Piano Modoki

This app offers a simple, ad-free musical keyboard experience with piano-like sounds generated through FM synthesis. It provides customizable keyboard layouts, a metronome, and various tuning options for musicians.

Highlights
  • Ad-free musical keyboard
  • Customizable key size and layout
  • Metronome included
  • Adjustable reference pitch
  • Key transposition
  • Multiple temperament options
  • MIDI device support
Features
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A Simple Ad-Free Piano-like Musical Keyboard. Easy to Play, Good Response and Small Application Size. Just Enjoy the Instrument. "Modoki" is a Japanese word that refers to something similar, an imitation, or a mock version of the original. - You can scale key size. - The keyboard can be double rows. - You can flip the second keyboard. - It has a metronome. - You can adjust the frequency of the reference pitch. - You can transpose keys. - It can sound in a just intonation. The app doesn't use sampled real sounds but use FM synthesis. It sounds like piano though it's artificial. Supported temperament: Equal temperament, Just Intonation, Werckmeister III, Kirnberger III. You can connect External and Virtual MIDI devices. Some DAW can import this app's sound via Inter-App Audio. Two sounds, FM Piano-like and FM E.Piano are included by default. "Piano Modoki" can load KQ Dixie's current patch. This app and its description contain machine-translated text.

About

Gradation Piano

Features
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Play the piano and watch your music come alive. Gradation Piano turns every note into a burst of color. Press a key and vibrant fluid — unique to that pitch — erupts from the keyboard and swirls across the display in real time, powered by a Metal-based fluid simulation. Features Full 88-key range — scroll freely from A0 to C8 Color-coded keys — each of the 12 pitches has its own hue, making it easy to recognize notes by sight Live fluid visuals — Metal GPU simulation reacts instantly to every touch, blending colors as you play chords Adjustable keyboard width — zoom in for larger keys or zoom out to see more of the keyboard at once Multi-touch — play full chords and let the colors mix

Screenshots

Piano Modoki3 screens
Gradation Piano1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Piano Modoki at 3 against Gradation Piano's 1. Piano Modoki also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Piano Modoki versus Gradation Piano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano ModokiGradation Piano
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (56 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews84.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings56 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size2 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRyouta KiraMASATO MISAWA

In-app purchases

None

Piano Modoki

No in-app purchases

None

Gradation Piano

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano Modoki free?
Piano Modoki is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Gradation Piano free?
Gradation Piano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Piano Modoki or Gradation Piano have ads?
Neither Piano Modoki nor Gradation Piano shows ads.

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