DDP vs PianoSprout
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
DDP
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Die „DDP Dance“ und „DDP Schlager“ sind Musikcharts, die von der Promotionagentur POOL POSITION in Zusammenarbeit mit deutschen Key DJs wöchentlich erhoben werden. Sie bieten für die Musikgenres Dance und Schlager einen Überblick über den Erfolg von aktuellen Hits in Deutschlands Clubs und Discotheken. Beide Charts werden immer freitags um 15 Uhr aktualisiert. Die Trendcharts der „DDP Dance“ und „DDP Schlager“ sind von Freitag 15 Uhr bis zum Freitag der folgenden Woche 9 Uhr in real time abrufbar. Die Reihenfolge der „DDP Video“ ergibt sich aus den Videozugriffen der letzten Woche auf der Homepage www.deutsche-dj-playlist.de und wir stündlich aktualisiert.
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
DDP and PianoSprout are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters — price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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.
DDP ships an update every 3 months, PianoSprout every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | DDP | PianoSprout |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 22 MB | 132 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pool Position GmbH | 毅聪 纪 |
In-app purchases
DDP
No in-app purchases
PianoSprout
No in-app purchases









