Comparison

Piano vs PianoSprout

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

Head to head
About

Piano

This virtual piano app offers a full 88-key experience with recording capabilities for both piano play and voice. It features intuitive keyboard switching and a dual keyboard display, making it versatile for entertainment, training, and sharing musical creations.

Highlights
  • 88-key virtual piano
  • Record piano and voice
  • Intuitive keyboard switching
  • Dual keyboard display
  • Share soundtracks and sheet music
Features
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This is a full 88-key virtual piano designed for ease of use and versatility. **Discover a fun and easy way to play piano while building real skills.** This app is designed for users who want more than just a virtual keyboard. You can enjoy playing piano anytime, and also improve step by step through **87 training levels** created to help develop your music skills in a simple and engaging way. Whether you are a beginner starting your first notes or someone who wants to strengthen rhythm, accuracy, and finger control, this app gives you a smooth path to practice and progress. **Features:** * Play piano directly on your device * Train your skills with **80+ guided levels** * Improve note recognition, timing, rhythm, and coordination * Practice in a fun and interactive way * Suitable for beginners and growing learners * Learn at your own pace, anytime and anywhere Each training level is designed to help you build confidence little by little, so learning feels rewarding instead of overwhelming. You can enjoy the fun of playing songs while also sharpening the core skills needed for better piano performance. Turn practice into progress and make piano learning more enjoyable every day.

About

PianoSprout

Easily play your favorite songs on a virtual instrument with no prior experience. Enjoy a variety of sounds and a simple, intuitive interface for a relaxing musical experience.

Highlights
  • Magic Mode for auto-duration notes
  • Switch between piano, guitar, and violin sounds
  • Light Up Guide for song hints
  • Free-play mode with multi-touch keyboard
  • Colorful and clean interface
  • Dual Keyboard support on iPad
Features
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Play Beautiful Music in Seconds – No Experience Needed! PianoSprout turns your iPhone or iPad into a piano anyone can play. Tap the glowing key and the app plays each note for exactly the right length. Toddlers, kids learning to read music and grown-ups who just want to relax each get their own way to play. 【Follow the melody】 • Sheet music above the keys: see the melody as a staff, as numbers (1 2 3) or as letters (C D E), scrolling as you play. • 36 built-in songs, from Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star and Mary Had a Little Lamb to Ode to Joy, Für Elise and the Moonlight Sonata. Easiest first. Includes six new Christmas melodies, available year-round. • Rainbow notes: one color per note, so children who can't read yet find the key by its color. • A keyboard that follows the song: only the keys the piece needs, bigger and easier to hit. • "Who's playing?" presets: Little one, Child or Learner. Pick one and the app sets itself up. • Parent lock: when enabled, settings and imports open only after a grown-up solves a quick sum. 【Listen, then practice】 • Listen: the app plays the song while the score and the keys follow along. Listen slowly plays it at half speed. • Loop a tricky measure: touch and hold a note on the score, and its measure repeats as often as you like. • Every song remembers where you stopped, so you can carry on next time. 【Practice you can see】 Finish a full song to earn stars and keep your best result and completion count. Magic keys counts completions without stars. Parents can view a summary and clear records. Records stay on this device, with no account or cloud sync. 【You set the pace】 Turn on Auto note length to let each note sound for its written duration. Tap the glowing key when you are ready for the next note. You pick the pace, the app controls note length. A repeated note shows how many times to press, a wrong key gets a gentle nudge, and every finished song ends with a little celebration. 【Learn to read music, gently】 Every key can show its name, the next note glows purple, and the score above the keys switches between staff, numbers and letters whenever you like. Choose how a song moves on: Magic keys for the littlest players, where any key plays the right note; Any key moves on; or Only correct keys for a real challenge. 【Explore cool sounds】 Over 70 instrument sounds: grand piano, guitar, violin, flute, kalimba, steel drums, xylophone and more. Change instrument with one tap. 【Free play】 Switch to free play and the multi-touch keyboard is all yours. What you play is written on the staff above the keys, so you can see your own melody. 【Your own songs】 Import MusicXML or MIDI files, choose the melody, preview and listen, then save it as a song to follow. When a song keeps its chords, their keys light up together. You can keep up to 5 imported songs in total. Import simplifies the score for guided playing; it does not reproduce the original page layout or recognize photos and PDFs. 【Made for iPad too】 On larger iPad windows, a music stand shows several lines of the score and follows your playing. The layout adapts to portrait, landscape and smaller windows. 【Safe for kids】 No ads, no account, no data collected. Everything works offline. Available in English, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Japanese, Korean, German, French, Spanish and Portuguese.

Screenshots

Piano2 screens
PianoSprout4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PianoSprout at none against Piano's 1. PianoSprout also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 12 months) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Piano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. PianoSprout asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Piano against 5.0 for PianoSprout. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano ships an update every 12 months, PianoSprout every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano versus PianoSprout: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPianoPianoSprout
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews8.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings11
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB132 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlteru Inc.毅聪 纪

Customer experience

Piano

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews57 reviews
Positive8.8%
Neutral5.3%
Negative86.0%

PianoSprout

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Piano

Reported bugs

24 issues
  • Record feature overlaps with microphone
  • App crashes when trying to record
  • Recorder doesn't work
  • Screen stick/arrow doesn't work
  • Keys are too small
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  • Cannot amplify keys
  • No settings or options available
  • Keyboard is too small to use effectively
  • App stopped working, no longer makes noise
  • App is slow
  • Piano sound does not come out of headphones
  • Cannot hear what you are playing
  • Double keyboards are oriented incorrectly
  • Keys not working properly
  • Recording is impossible and crashes the application
  • Cannot confirm if recording was successful
  • Buttons freeze
  • Older version worked better than the current one
  • Music sheet file will not open on PC or iPhone
  • Recorded tune sounds like a succession of similar short notes
  • App causes phone to freeze
  • Generated sheet music is restricted to whole notes and does not account for rhythm
  • Playback does not work properly on iPhone
  • Playback not working on iPod Touch

Requested features

9 requests
  • Instructions needed
  • Sound stops when finger leaves screen
  • Option to choose number of keys displayed
  • Option to choose sound
  • Information symbols for how everything works
Show 4 more
  • Make keys bigger
  • Improve double keyboard orientation
  • Clearer boundary between upper and lower keyboards
  • Move left/right keyboard navigation buttons higher

PianoSprout

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piano

One-time1
  • Piano Ads Free$1.99
None

PianoSprout

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano free?
Piano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PianoSprout free?
PianoSprout is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piano or PianoSprout?
Piano and PianoSprout are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Piano or PianoSprout have ads?
Neither Piano nor PianoSprout shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano or PianoSprout?
Piano ships an update every 12 months, and PianoSprout every 2 months. Most recently, Piano was updated on November 6, 2026 and PianoSprout on November 3, 2026.

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