Real Piano™ Lite vs Virtual Piano +
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Real Piano™ Lite
Experience a realistic grand piano with an 88-key keyboard on your device. Enjoy authentic sound quality, dynamic controls, and interactive features for musicians of all levels.
- Realistic grand piano sound
- Full 88-key keyboard
- Touch-to-slide and pinch-to-stretch
- Dynamic expression controls
- Game Center achievements
- External display touch points
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Take your grand piano with you anywhere. Glide across all 88 keys. Real Piano produces authentic grand piano sound quality that was sampled from a real grand piano. The full length of the 88-key keyboard is accessible during play with touch-to-slide and pinch-to-stretch functionality. The huge feature set offers something for everyone – amateurs, professionals, songwriters, teachers and students. FEATURES • Realistic grand piano sound. • Full 88-key keyboard that you can smoothly slide and pinch to move and zoom during play. • Dynamic expression controls, including position-based or tap-force detection. • Game Center achievement integration – earn usage and skills-based achievements. • Display touch points when connected to an external screen or projector. Full version only: • Realistic instruments, including grand piano, guitar, bass, harp, marimba and music box. • Different keyboard layouts and customizable key labels: C-D-E, 1-2-3 or do-re-mi. • Various professional tuning and transposition tools. • Audio effects support for unique sound production. • Recording and sharing via e-mail, Facebook, SoundCloud or iTunes. • Connect with the Real Piano Remote app for remote control on a secondary device. With Real Piano Remote, you can see the notation of what you are playing in real time, quickly and easily adjust a variety of settings from a separate screen, and even use your secondary device as a sustain pedal (touch with your hand or foot). Real Piano and Real Piano Remote must be running on separate iOS devices connected to the same Wi-Fi network or via Bluetooth. CONTACT If you have any questions or experience any problems with Real Piano, please e-mail realpiano@cookieapps.com or leave a message at our Facebook page. We will help resolve any issues as soon as possible.
Virtual Piano +
This application provides a free virtual piano experience directly on your mobile device. Users can create original music, save their compositions, mix them, and share their creations with others.
- Virtual piano keyboard
- Create original music
- Save compositions
- Mix tracks
- Share music with friends
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Free Virtual Piano in Your Hands, Create Your Own Music, Save It, Mix It and Share it With Friends and Family and It's 100% Free. Free Virtual Piano For Every One Enjoy!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Virtual Piano + at 4.4 against Real Piano™ Lite's 3.6. Virtual Piano + also leads on ratings volume (630 vs 56). Real Piano™ Lite's advantage is review sentiment (61% vs 36%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Virtual Piano + holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Virtual Piano + has 630 ratings behind it against 56, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 61% of Real Piano™ Lite's written reviews are positive against 36% of Virtual Piano +'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 5 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.
| Parameter | Real Piano™ Lite | Virtual Piano + |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (56 ratings) | 4.4 (630 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.7% of reviews — better | 36.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 56 | 630 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 197 MB | 142 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Cookie Commons | Appcano LLC |
Customer experience
Real Piano™ Lite
Virtual Piano +
User reviews
Real Piano™ Lite
From 56 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Realistic sound quality
- 👍 Good for practice and learning
- 👍 Easy to use interface
- 👍 Free version is functional
- 👍 Dual keyboard feature
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes
- 🐛 Lag and unresponsiveness
- 🐛 Keys get stuck
- 🐛 Sound issues (no sound, delayed sound)
- 🐛 Limited functionality without upgrades
Virtual Piano +
From 630 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎹 Great variety of instruments
- 👍 Easy to use and navigate
- 🎨 Helpful for practicing and composing music
- 💰 Good value for a free app
Room to improve
- 🔇 Sound quality issues
- 🕰️ Delayed key response
- 🎚️ Limited number of keys
- 🐛 Bugs and crashes
Bugs and requests
Real Piano™ Lite
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on startup
- Keys get stuck when pressing more than 3
- App crashes when changing settings
- App crashes when trying to strike a chord
- App lags and is slow to follow touches
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- Cannot close app without rebooting iPhone Xs
- No sound from the app
- Delayed sound when playing chords
- New sound is disliked
- Intonation issues
Requested features
7 requests- Bring back old sound
- Make all features free
- Allow playing music while using the app
- Label keys for beginners
- Independent scrolling for upper and lower registers
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- Ability to slide to second piano independently
- Add pedals/recording to pro version
Virtual Piano +
Reported bugs
4 issues- No sound output
- Keys not registering properly
- App crashes or freezes
- Compatibility issues with newer devices
Requested features
4 requests- Ability to record and save compositions
- Expanded keyboard range
- Improved sound quality and realism
- Customization options for instruments and layout
In-app purchases
Real Piano™ Lite
No in-app purchases
Virtual Piano +
No in-app purchases
Questions
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