Pianolytics vs PickKey
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pianolytics
Master the piano with interactive games covering notes, chords, scales, and music theory. Practice on your real instrument using mic detection, track your progress with detailed stats, and even compose your own music. Offers a comprehensive learning experience for all skill levels.
- Note, chord, and scale learning games
- Real piano mic detection
- Music composition tools
- Progress tracking and heat maps
- Built-in tuner and metronome
- Video lessons in multiple languages
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Built on 9+ years of development, Pianolytics is the ultimate piano trainer. Learn every note, chord, scale and interval through fast, addictive games, then use it all to write your own music. For every level: beginners learn the basics, intermediate players finally see the whole keyboard, and advanced players can dig into extended chords and 950+ scales in every key. Made by a single developer who is also a musician. PLAY ON YOUR REAL PIANO Turn on mic detection and answer with your piano or keyboard instead of tapping the screen. Pianolytics hears the note you play and tells you if it's right, so practice carries straight over to the keys under your fingers. 35+ GAMES AND TOOLS - Find any note on the piano, on any range of keys you choose: the first keys, a section in the middle, or the whole keyboard - Name Chord game: choose which chords to practice and identify their shapes anywhere on the keyboard, from simple triads to diminished sevenths and major thirteenths - Chord Chart Explorer: find any chord on the keyboard, worked out by a custom algorithm, and save your favorite shapes - Name Interval and Find Interval games, with your choice of intervals and starting notes - Scale Explorer: 950+ scales from any root note, customized however you want, with intervals color-coded - Games to practice building chords and scales note by note, and chord progressions chord by chord - Staff game: learn to read music on any section of the staff, with your choice of staff type - Staff and Piano game: find the key that matches a note on the staff - Ear training for notes, intervals and chords - Circle of fifths practice - Built-in tuner and metronome - Video lessons in 20+ languages WRITE YOUR OWN SONGS - Write down your song ideas, attach audio recordings and lyrics, and save them - Pianolytics detects the scale of your melody and generates chord progressions that fit it - Generate any popular chord progression in any key, then play along with playback TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - A heat map shows how well you know every key - Stats showing how fast you answer every single key, interval and chord shape, and how far you've come - Milestones guide you through what to learn next MADE FOR HOW YOU PLAY - Automatic Mode: the games answer themselves on a loop, so you can learn just by watching - Timer Mode: set your own timer in any game to test yourself - Customizable interval colors and app theme color - Chord names as standard letters, chord symbols, or Nashville numbers (with or without flats) - Note names in letters, two solfege styles, numbers, German, Japanese, Indian, Cyrillic or Korean notation - Available in 20 languages HAND-BUILT BY ONE DEVELOPER Pianolytics is designed and built by one independent developer, the creator of Fretonomy, and new games are added regularly. PLAY EVERY GAME FREE Every game and tool is open in the free version, so you can try all of it. Terms of Use: https://www.pianolytics.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.pianolytics.com/privacy/
PickKey
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PickKey is a music game in which tiles carrying a note name fall from the top of the screen. Catch them and drop them on the RIGHT piano key, before they pile up. Every tile placed correctly earns points; after 3 minutes, a mark out of 10 sums up your game. A real piano keyboard (two octaves), which adapts to phone, tablet and computer, in portrait as well as landscape. Play ALONE or WITH OTHERS over the network: create a room, share the code (or the link), and the host starts the game once everyone has joined — perfect for a whole class. Note names as you like, in French (do re mi) or in English (a b c), with accidentals (C / D). ⏱ Timed game, live mark out of 10, a celebration with every success. Real piano sounds, animated tutorial, sound and vibration settings. Ideal for revising note reading and position on the keyboard, in music lessons, at a conservatoire, at music school or just for fun with the family. Suited to learning music theory and aural training. Completely free, with no advertising and no in-app purchases. Part of the Lusique collection of music games.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PickKey at none against Pianolytics's 3. PickKey also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.6). On price, update cadence, 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. Pianolytics sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. PickKey asks for nothing beyond the download.
Pianolytics ships an update every 10 days, PickKey every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pianolytics | PickKey |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (31 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 31 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 5 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 85 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Strong Apps LLC | Francois Fouqueau |
In-app purchases
Pianolytics
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Premium$23.991 Year
- Lifetime$49.99
PickKey
No in-app purchases









