Comparison

Piano Notes Pro vs Piano Adventures® Player

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

Head to head
About

Piano Notes Pro

This app helps users learn and practice reading piano music notes. It offers various modes, including a teaching mode and engaging game modes, to improve sight-reading skills. It's suitable for both beginners and experienced players looking to enhance their musical understanding.

Highlights
  • Full 88-key keyboard range
  • Teaching and game modes
  • Adjustable note range
  • Multiple quiz types
  • Support for all key signatures
  • Tutor mode for beginners
  • Colored keys as hints
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The Best Music Note Trainer on iPad "Great tutor for piano beginners !!" -- Zara56Mount, United States "Just checked out the tutor function and with enough practice I will be learning how to read notes! Yay! This is awesome, thanks!" -- Luucylu, United States "Great app. I use it for teaching piano every day. The kids love it. The updates have been thorough and often." -- r.constanzo, United Kingdom "Really good app and great value! Bought it for my 10 year old daughter who is learning the piano, but I have found it really useful myself and I've been playing for years." -- Eagle-20, United Kingdom "Amazing. One of the best self learning apps I've used." -- Yasin Bashir, United Kindom "It actually makes it addictive to learn. Every time you finish a session you just know you can do better. Great app!" -- music_dude, United States "I've been a piano teacher for many years and wished such a tool would have been on the market 20 years ago - would have saved lots of frustrated hours of repetitions..... Wonderful app to learn and train the notes and their names and where to find them on the piano." -- Carla12345, Germany ------------------------------ Whether you are a piano student looking for apps to help you on learning music notes, or you are a piano teacher who need a trainer app to help you in teaching classes, Piano Notes Pro is definitely what you need. With a wide range of level control, Piano Notes Pro is not only an interesting game for experienced piano players, but is also a great music note tutor for piano students. It certainly can help you learn and practice music notes effectively on your iPad. Piano Notes Pro is widely used and recommended by many piano teachers. It is the only professional choice for iPad! ------------------------------ FEATURES: - Full Keyboard Range: Cover all 88 keys of a piano. - Teaching Mode: Tap a key to show its note and pitch name. - Game Mode: Practice your sight-reading skill with games. - Adjustable Range: Your practice can be focused on particular notes by setting note range. - Quiz Types: 4 quiz types including Random, Ascending, Descending and Chords let you practice in different ways. Additional quiz types are available via in-app purchase. - All Key Signatures: 15 key signatures for treble stave and bass stave. - Help Modes: 3 help modes, including a Tutor mode for beginners. - Colored Keys: In game mode, colors can be applied as hints. This is especially helpful for beginners and kids. - Pitch Name Labels: White keys can be marked with their pitch names, 4 naming conventions provided. - Multiple Notes: Unlike other similar apps showing only one note at a time, Piano Notes Pro shows multiple notes simultaneously in game mode. This is very important for improving sight-reading speed. - Game Length Control: Each game quizzes you with up to 10 pages of notes. Both number of notes and number of pages are adjustable. - Achievements: Improve your skill with fun by gaining achievements. - Progress Report: Scores of all key-signatures of both clefs are clearly listed in a table. - Keyboard Size Control: You can adjust the keyboard size to fit your need. 3 different sizes are available. - Multiple User Profiles: With up to 40 user profiles, you can share the app with your friends or family members. This feature is also very useful for piano teachers to keep track of students' progress. - Gorgeous Sound: High-quality, real and beautiful piano sound. - MIDI Input: Support MIDI input with CoreMIDI (via Apple Camera Connection Kit and USB [to host] port on keyboard). ------------------------------ IMPORTANT NOTICE !! - Please disable 3-finger gesture in iOS Settings while playing chords. ------------------------------ App preview music by http://instrumentalsfree.com

About

Piano Adventures® Player

This app provides interactive play-along accompaniments for piano method books, turning practice into a fun experience. It offers control over tempo, parts, and volume, with optional MIDI keyboard connectivity for advanced features like note-tracking and performance recording. Explore a vast library of songs across various genres and levels.

Highlights
  • Interactive play-along accompaniments
  • Tempo, parts, volume, and balance control
  • Looping for section rehearsal
  • Keyboard view with light-up keys
  • Score view with liquid layout
  • MIDI keyboard connectivity
  • Follow Mode for note tracking
Features
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Piano Adventures® Player puts serious fun in the palm of your hand! Nancy and Randall Faber, authors of one of the world’s leading piano teaching methods, are pleased to release a new mobile app that offers the convenience of a full MIDI player on your iPhone or iPad. The app provides easy access to interactive play-along accompaniments for the Piano Adventures method books — bringing an orchestra, jazz ensemble and rock band right to your mobile device. The user interface is elegantly designed, appropriate for all ages and instructional levels. Interactive features enhance and motivate piano practice: - Control tempo, parts, volume and balance - Set loops to rehearse difficult sections - Keyboard view with light-up keys reinforces the student part - Score view with liquid layout, reflows notation as you zoom or change orientation - High-quality instrument samples for premium sound - Built-in metronome keeps the beat Optionally connect to a MIDI keyboard for additional features: - Follow Mode intelligently adjusts to track your tempo and dynamics or waits for you to play the correct note - Listen to your recorded performances for personal assessment BENEFITS - Engage imagination with fun and creative arrangements - Reinforce model performances - Make at-home practice more productive - Easily explore a wide variety of musical styles, sounds and ensembles - Build ensemble playing skills - No disks to juggle or files to transfer - Designed for both iPad and iPhone CONTENT - Available as a free download - Thirteen levels available (My First Piano Adventure A, B, and C, Primer, 1, 2A, 2B, 3A, 3B, Accelerated 1 and 2, Adult 1 and 2) - 1000 songs from the Piano Adventures Lesson, Technique & Artistry, and Performance books - Includes three free songs per level - Full song libraries may be purchased for $4.99 per level - Digital sheet music with play-along tracks for 63 Popular songs at all levels, including: Star Wars, Thinking Out Loud, Hedwig's Theme, 100 Years, Pirates of the Caribbean, the Beatles, and more! - Digital sheet music with play-along tracks for 72 Classics at all levels, including great symphonic and operatic masterworks by Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Vivaldi, and more! - Digital sheet music with play-along tracks for 79 Christmas songs at all levels, including: Jingle Bells, Joy to the World, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, Carol of the Bells, O Holy Night, and more! - Easy access to video support for Adult Book 1 and 2 - International editions and multilingual support (Spanish, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese) CONTACT Visit PianoAdventures.com/player or send email to player@pianoadventures.com

Screenshots

Piano Adventures® Player4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Piano Notes Pro at 86% against Piano Adventures® Player's 40%. Piano Notes Pro also leads on rating (3.8 vs 3.6) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 12.0). Piano Adventures® Player's advantage is price (Free vs $2.99) and ratings volume (240 vs 16). On update cadence, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Piano Adventures® Player is free to download; Piano Notes Pro costs $2.99 up front. Piano Notes Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Piano Adventures® Player sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano Notes Pro holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Adventures® Player has 240 ratings behind it against 16, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 86% of Piano Notes Pro's written reviews are positive against 40% of Piano Adventures® Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Piano Notes Pro versus Piano Adventures® Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano Notes ProPiano Adventures® Player
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.8 (16 ratings) — better3.6 (240 ratings)
Positive reviews85.5% of reviews — better39.6% of reviews
Number of ratings16240 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick ChanDovetree Productions, Inc.

Customer experience

Piano Notes Pro

All ratings16 ratings
Positive68.8%
Neutral6.3%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews242 reviews
Positive85.5%
Neutral5.8%
Negative8.7%

Piano Adventures® Player

All ratings241 ratings
Positive59.8%
Neutral13.3%
Negative27.0%
Written reviews139 reviews
Positive39.6%
Neutral15.1%
Negative45.3%

User reviews

Piano Notes Pro

From 16 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helps improve sight reading skills
  • 💡 Customizable settings
  • 👍 Engaging and motivating
  • 🚀 Effective for beginners and experienced players

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional sound issues
  • 🐛 Unreliable Bluetooth MIDI connection
  • 👎 Confusing interface for some users
  • 👎 Lack of actual music/songs to practice with

Piano Adventures® Player

From 240 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Helpful for learning and practicing
  • 👍 Beautifully designed app
  • 🎹 Great companion to Faber Piano Adventures books
  • 🎧 Ability to adjust tempo, mute hands, and use metronome

Room to improve

  • 💰 Expensive, especially with need to purchase songs/books separately
  • 🐛 Crashes and glitches, especially with recent updates
  • 🔇 Missing dynamics, fingerings, and other musical markings
  • 🕹️ Difficult to use and follow along at times

Bugs and requests

Piano Notes Pro

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • No sound output on some devices
  • Occasional freezing or crashing

Requested features

5 requests
  • Display notes per second metric
  • Ability to display both treble and bass clefs simultaneously
  • Option to record and play back user's performance
  • Inclusion of actual musical pieces to practice sight reading
  • Tracking of weak notes to focus practice on problem areas

Piano Adventures® Player

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Videos not playing, especially for Adult books
  • Purchases not restoring or carrying over between devices
  • Timing and note tracking issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add audible count-in before songs
  • Improve note tracking and feedback
  • Include more books and songs, especially for higher levels
  • Allow recordings and progress tracking

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piano Notes Pro

One-time1
  • 3 Quiz Types, Interval Finder & Scale Marks$0.99
10 purchases

Piano Adventures® Player

One-time10
  • Primer Level$4.99
  • Level 1$4.99
  • Level 2A$4.99
Show 7 more
  • Level 2B$4.99
  • Level 3A$4.99
  • Adult Book 1$4.99
  • Accelerated Book 1$4.99
  • Accelerated Book 2$4.99
  • Adult Book 2$4.99
  • Level 3B$4.99

Questions

Is Piano Notes Pro free?
Piano Notes Pro costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Piano Adventures® Player free?
Piano Adventures® Player is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Notes Pro or Piano Adventures® Player?
Piano Notes Pro is rated higher. Piano Notes Pro averages 3.8 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while Piano Adventures® Player averages 3.6 from 240 ratings.
Do Piano Notes Pro or Piano Adventures® Player have ads?
Neither Piano Notes Pro nor Piano Adventures® Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Notes Pro or Piano Adventures® Player?
Piano Notes Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Piano Adventures® Player every 2 months. Most recently, Piano Notes Pro was updated on November 1, 2026 and Piano Adventures® Player on November 1, 2026.

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