Comparison

Real Piano™ Classic vs YouCompose

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

Head to head
About

Real Piano™ Classic

Experience a realistic grand piano with 88 keys on your device. Play various instruments, customize your keyboard, and utilize professional tuning tools. Ideal for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • Realistic instruments (piano, guitar, bass, harp, marimba, music box)
  • Full 88-key keyboard with slide and zoom
  • Customizable key labels
  • Professional tuning and transposition tools
  • Dynamic expression controls
  • Audio effects support
Features
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Note: If you are new to Real Piano, we suggest you get the full version Real Piano™ instead of this Classic version, which is primarily for updating existing customers to the latest Real Piano technology. Take your grand piano with you anywhere. Glide across all 88 keys. Customize your key labels. Tune and transpose your piano with ease. Real Piano produces authentic grand piano sound quality that was sampled from a real grand piano. It also plays guitar, bass, harp, marimba and music box. 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 instruments, including grand piano, guitar, bass, harp, marimba and music box. • 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. • 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. • Game Center achievement integration – earn usage and skills-based achievements. • Display touch points when connected to an external screen or projector. 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.

About

YouCompose

Create original music effortlessly with an AI assistant. This app generates unique compositions using music theory and genetic algorithms, ensuring no copyright issues. It offers a wide range of built-in instruments and flexible editing tools.

Highlights
  • AI-powered music composition
  • Original, copyright-free music generation
  • 80+ built-in instrument sounds
  • Over 85 predefined ensembles
  • Multiple creation methods (keyboard, MIDI, grid, score)
  • Classical and jazz harmonization
  • Advanced editing capabilities
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Meet Aimée, your AI assistant composer, ready to help you create amazing music effortlessly. Aimée: Originality You Can Trust. In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and creativity, concerns about originality and copyright are paramount. Aimée, the AI-powered assistant in YouCompose, stands out by ensuring that the music she helps you create is entirely original and free from copyright issues. Aimée Doesn't Steal! Aimée's AI isn't trained on existing musical data. Instead, she generates her own unique musical content. This innovation is achieved through the clever use of an expert system that combines music theory with advanced genetic algorithms. As a result, Aimée produces truly original compositions that are not based on or derived from existing works. At the heart of Aimée's originality is an expert system grounded in comprehensive musical theoretical data. This system provides Aimée with a deep understanding of music, enabling her to compose with creativity and precision. Whether you're crafting a symphony or a simple melody, Aimée applies her theoretical knowledge to ensure your music is harmonically rich and structurally sound. Aimée also leverages genetic algorithms, which allow her to evolve and refine musical ideas through a process akin to natural selection. By iteratively improving upon initial ideas, Aimée can explore a vast space of musical possibilities, generating compositions that are both innovative and musically coherent. This approach is crucial in addressing potential copyright infringements. By not relying on pre-existing musical data, Aimée ensures that the music you create with her assistance is genuinely yours. Why Originality Matters? In the realm of music composition, originality is not just a matter of artistic integrity but also a legal necessity. Copyright infringement can lead to significant legal challenges and financial liabilities. Aimée's ability to create original music provides peace of mind, allowing you to focus on your creative process without worrying about potential legal repercussions. Features of YouCompose and Aimée: Built-in Instruments: - 80 instrument definitions with their sounds, including all regular orchestral instruments, keyboards, organs, guitars, basses, chorus, and percussion. - Over 85 predefined ensembles for quick setup, ranging from trios to orchestras. Creating and Editing: - Create melodies using the built-in virtual keyboard, a MIDI keyboard, a grid or score editor, by importing MIDI files, or by asking Aimée to generate them. - Aimée harmonizes your melodies in classical or jazz style, considering your chosen instruments. - Edit compositions by copying, pasting, moving, and deleting movements, segments, and individual notes. - Let Aimée compose a complete symphony or add new movements based on her own or your melodies. - Control harmonization with instrumentation tools, ‘Composition instructions,’ ‘Harmonization Points,’ or leave it to Aimée. - Combine classical and jazz styles within a single piece. - Special tools for entering lyrics, applying melodic transformations, and creating dynamic effects. Sharing and Saving: - Compatible with Audiobus, AudioCopy, and Inter-App Audio for seamless audio recording and integration with other apps. - CoreMIDI compatible for use with MIDI keyboards, sound modules, or synth apps. - Export audio files in MIDI, AAC, M4A, AIFF, CAF, and WAV formats, with M4A files containing iTunes data like ‘artist,’ ‘song name,’ and ‘lyrics.’ - View, print, save or export full scores and individual parts (transposed when applicable) as PDF. - Save compositions to your device, with options to share via iCloud, email, or AirDrop. - Share compositions through email with YouCompose files, audio files, MIDI files, and PDFs of scores and parts. YouCompose also includes several sample compositions featuring well-known melodies, providing a rich starting point for your musical journey.

Screenshots

Real Piano™ Classic4 screens
YouCompose4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Real Piano™ Classic at $0.99 against YouCompose's $12.99. Real Piano™ Classic also leads on review sentiment (80% vs 70%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). YouCompose's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.0) and ratings volume (35 vs 4). 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

Real Piano™ Classic costs $0.99 and YouCompose $12.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

YouCompose holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: YouCompose has 35 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of Real Piano™ Classic's written reviews are positive against 70% of YouCompose's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Real Piano™ Classic ships an update every 7 months, YouCompose every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Real Piano™ Classic versus YouCompose: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterReal Piano™ ClassicYouCompose
Price$0.99 — better$12.99
Rating4.0 (4 ratings)4.4 (35 ratings) — better
Positive reviews79.9% of reviews — better70.0% of reviews
Number of ratings435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 4 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size198 MB399 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCookie CommonsElstar

Customer experience

Real Piano™ Classic

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews268 reviews
Positive79.9%
Neutral6.3%
Negative13.8%

YouCompose

All ratings35 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral11.4%
Negative8.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive70.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative18.0%

Bugs and requests

Real Piano™ Classic

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • App freezes and sound stops
  • App crashes on startup
  • Paid 'Pro' version reverted to 'Classic'
  • Intro music plays automatically
  • Sound lag/delay
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  • Keys change octave unexpectedly
  • App closes immediately on launch
  • Crackling sound and lags
  • Notes D, E, Eb are very false
  • App crashes on iPhone 4
  • No sound after purchase
  • App glitches and freezes

Requested features

11 requests
  • Add a recording function
  • Option to mute intro music on start
  • Add more instrument sounds (e.g., strings)
  • Improve optimization for iPhone 6/6+
  • Add a software feature to automatically play classic songs
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  • Allow importing MIDI files
  • Add reverb effect
  • Improve zoom functionality
  • Add sheet music display
  • Allow separate movement of upper and lower keyboards in dual mode
  • Add ability to transfer recordings to iTunes playlist

YouCompose

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Real Piano™ Classic

No in-app purchases

None

YouCompose

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Real Piano™ Classic free?
Real Piano™ Classic costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is YouCompose free?
YouCompose costs $12.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Real Piano™ Classic or YouCompose?
YouCompose is rated higher. Real Piano™ Classic averages 4.0 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while YouCompose averages 4.4 from 35 ratings.
Do Real Piano™ Classic or YouCompose have ads?
Neither Real Piano™ Classic nor YouCompose shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Real Piano™ Classic or YouCompose?
Real Piano™ Classic ships an update every 7 months, and YouCompose every 4 months. Most recently, Real Piano™ Classic was updated on November 6, 2026 and YouCompose on November 5, 2026.

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