Comparison

Piano 2 ! vs Falling Notes Piano Trainer

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

Head to head
About

Piano 2 !

This app offers a fun and clear way to teach music to friends or children. Its unique features simplify learning songs and music theory with intuitive controls and on-screen guidance.

Highlights
  • Dual keyboards with piano sound
  • Key-Marks and Keyboard-Sync for teaching
  • Smart Glissando effect
  • Independent volume control for each keyboard
  • Easy range selection
  • Adjustable keyboard size
  • Pitch name labels with multiple conventions
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Wanna teach your friends or kids to play songs? PIANO 2 will definately give you a lot of fun! With PIANO 2's innovative and unique features Key-Marks and Keyboard-Sync, teaching songs or music theory has never been so clear and easy to follow! Piano 2's user-friendly design lets you easily control keyboard rotation, keyboard size and range selection in one single interface. With its on-screen instructions, you can check out all features by just one tap. FEATURES: - Dual Keyboards: 2 full range keyboards with beautiful piano sound. - Key-Marks & Keyboard Sync: Innovative features for teaching tunes and music theory. - Smart Glissando: Starting a rolling on a black key plays only black keys. - Sub-Volume Control: Both keyboards have an independent sound volume control, a very helpful feature for teaching tunes. - Easy Range-Selection: A new design of user-friendly controls let you select keyboard range fast and easily. - Keyboard Size Control: You can adjust the keyboard size to fit your need. 3 different sizes are available. - Pitch Name Labels: White keys can be marked with their pitch names, 4 naming conventions provided.

About

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

Learn, practice, and edit piano music with interactive falling notes and MIDI keyboard support. Shape songs by adjusting individual notes, timing, and tempo. Export in compatible formats for player pianos.

Highlights
  • Load MIDI files or included songs
  • Interactive MIDI keyboard practice
  • Practice hands separately or full song
  • Adjust note pitch, timing, and velocity
  • Edit tempo changes
  • Export MIDI files for player pianos
Features
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Learn, practice, transcribe, and edit piano music in one place. FallingNotes lets you load MIDI files, practice them with a MIDI-compatible keyboard, and shape the music directly in a visual falling-notes editor. Watch notes fall toward the keyboard, pause until you play the right notes, follow staff notation for sight-reading, and edit performances with precise musical control. Version 3.0 is a major expansion. FallingNotes is now not only a practice app, but also a piano performance editor. You can edit notes, tempo, velocity, pedal, tracks, and timing; transcribe piano audio to MIDI; transfer expression from one performance to another; and export standard MIDI files for use in other tools or supported player-piano workflows. Features: • Load standard MIDI files or choose from included songs • Connect a MIDI-compatible keyboard for interactive practice • Practice left hand, right hand, selected tracks, or the full song • Pause on notes and continue only when you play • View active notes on the staff for sight-reading support • Edit individual notes or groups of notes visually • Change pitch, timing, length, velocity, and track assignment • Add or remove time in the score • Edit tempo changes with a visual speed profile • Transcribe piano audio into editable MIDI • Transfer timing, velocity, and pedal expression from another performance • Compare transferred expression with ghost-note overlays • Smooth tempo profiles while preserving overall timing • Capture synchronized MIDI and audio takes for paired practice or dataset creation • Choose from multiple animated falling-note visual styles • Export MIDI files with standard tempo events for compatibility with other MIDI software • Export MIDI files in Steinway Spirio-compatible format for supported player pianos FallingNotes is designed for pianists, learners, arrangers, and anyone who wants to understand and reshape piano performances visually.

Screenshots

Falling Notes Piano Trainer1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Falling Notes Piano Trainer at 33% against Piano 2 !'s 0%. Falling Notes Piano Trainer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (6 vs 1). Piano 2 !'s advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 18.6). On price, 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano 2 ! holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Falling Notes Piano Trainer has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Piano 2 !'s written reviews are positive against 33% of Falling Notes Piano Trainer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano 2 ! ships an update every 3 months, Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Piano 2 ! versus Falling Notes Piano Trainer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano 2 !Falling Notes Piano Trainer
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better4.7 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews33.3% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB384 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick ChanPooya Jannaty

Customer experience

Piano 2 !

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral16.7%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral66.7%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Piano 2 !

No in-app purchases

None

Falling Notes Piano Trainer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano 2 ! free?
Piano 2 ! is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Falling Notes Piano Trainer free?
Falling Notes Piano Trainer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piano 2 ! or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
Piano 2 ! is rated higher. Piano 2 ! averages 5.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Falling Notes Piano Trainer averages 4.7 from 6 ratings.
Do Piano 2 ! or Falling Notes Piano Trainer have ads?
Neither Piano 2 ! nor Falling Notes Piano Trainer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano 2 ! or Falling Notes Piano Trainer?
Piano 2 ! ships an update every 3 months, and Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. Most recently, Piano 2 ! was updated on October 22, 2026 and Falling Notes Piano Trainer on October 24, 2026.

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