Piano Play Now vs Folder Time
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piano Play Now
Learn to play the piano with an interactive keyboard. Record your performances as MIDI files, load custom soundfonts, and save your multi-track compositions. Customize the keyboard layout and view note labels.
- Interactive piano keyboard
- MIDI file recording
- SF2 soundfont loading
- Multitrack recording
- Customizable key size
- Note display
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Play piano and record as a MIDI file. Load SF2 files. Multitrack recording. Save your tracks. Multiple piano configurations: - Scrollable - Customizable key size - Show piano notes
Folder Time
This app plays audio files in MP3, MP4, and WAV formats. It offers a straightforward way to access and listen to your music library directly from your device.
- Plays MP3 files
- Plays MP4 audio
- Plays WAV files
- Simple interface
- Device audio access
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A simple audio file player for the following file formats: mp3 mp4 wav Folder Time Carl M. Cartagena https://carlcartagena.com/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Folder Time at none against Piano Play Now's shown. Folder Time also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 7 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Piano Play Now's advantage is ratings volume (7 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.2). On price, rating, in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.9 for Piano Play Now against 5.0 for Folder Time. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Play Now has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Piano Play Now ships an update every 7 months, Folder Time weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piano Play Now | Folder Time |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.9 (7 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | 7 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 227 MB | 12 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Daniel Nowendsztern | Carl Cartagena |
Customer experience
Piano Play Now
Folder Time
In-app purchases
Piano Play Now
No in-app purchases
Folder Time
No in-app purchases
