Comparison

Piano Diary vs MusicSoft Manager

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

Head to head
About

Piano Diary

Record, archive, and share your piano performances. Monitor practice time with detailed statistics and upload videos to YouTube. Listen to your music anywhere using the built-in synthesizer.

Highlights
  • Record piano performances
  • Monitor practice time statistics
  • Cloud backup for performances
  • Upload performances to YouTube
  • Listen to performances via software synthesizer
  • Supports all MIDI capable instruments
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Have you ever wished you could keep a record of your piano performance improvements? Have you ever wished you could share your best performances with your family and your friends? Piano Diary is a free iPhone/iPad application based on Core MIDI, designed to manage, archive and share your piano performances. Piano Diary features (1) Record your performance You can record your daily performances in Piano Diary, for later playback to your instrument; exactly as the you played - or to perform as a duet with yourself! You can easily search and find your performances stored in Piano Diary by date/time or name. Plus, don't worry if you lose your iPhone/iPad, as all performance data is automatically stored to the 'Cloud' in the *Piano Diary servers! Simply log onto Piano Diary with another iPhone/iPad to restore all of your performances! *A guest mode is available if you do not wish to store your performances to the Piano Diary servers. (2) Monitor your practice time Do you want to monitor your practice time precisely? Piano Diary will keep track of all important statistics, such as how long you have been playing and how many notes you have played. You can even compare your practice time to other users of Piano Diary. (3) Upload your performances to YouTube Do you wish to share your best performances with family and friends? Simply add a slideshow of your favourite photos and automatically upload as a movie to YouTube. Then share the YouTube movie to family and friends over the Internet for playback without Piano Diary. (4) Carry your performances everywhere No need to carry your instrument with you! You can listen to your performance from the iPhone/iPad using the Piano Diary software synthesizer. Enjoy your performances whenever and wherever you are - from the iPhone/iPad or over the Internet from shared YouTube movies. The more you use Piano Diary, the more valuable it becomes! Yamaha hopes Piano Diary will both motivate and enhance your daily piano practice/performance - today and in the future - Enjoy! Compatible instruments All MIDI capable instruments.

About

MusicSoft Manager

Connect your Yamaha digital instrument to your iOS device to transfer content via Wi-Fi. Easily back up and restore instrument data, manage files, and share data with your computer and cloud storage.

Highlights
  • Wi-Fi instrument connection
  • Content transfer to instrument
  • Instrument data backup
  • Instrument data restore
  • File name management
  • Cloud storage integration
Features
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You can use this app to connect your Yamaha digital instrument with an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad. Compatible instrument users can transfer the content to the instrument using a Wi-Fi connection. You can also back up your instrument data or restore data to your instrument. **Use the iOS/iPadOS "Files" app or iTunes file sharing feature to transfer data from your computer or various cloud storage services to your instrument.** [Functions] - Backup data on your instrument to the app, or restore data to your instrument from the app. Compatible Yamaha instruments with Wi-Fi capability can connect to an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad via Wi-Fi connection and transfer content. You can also connect your instrument to an iPhone, iPod touch, or iPad and backup your song data to the MusicSoft Manager. You can then transfer the song data stored in the app back to your instrument. - Data management Changing file names and other functions that are more time consuming to perform on the instrument can be done directly and easily from the app itself. - Seamlessly share data with your computer and cloud storage using the "Files" app and iTunes file sharing. The "Files" app integration allows you to transfer data from your preferred storage services (such as iCloud Drive, etc.) or your computer to MusicSoft Manager. Data stored in MusicSoft Manager can also be backed up to your preferred locations.

Screenshots

Piano Diary4 screens
MusicSoft Manager4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piano Diary at none against MusicSoft Manager's 20. Piano Diary also leads on review sentiment (23% vs 14%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 14.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. MusicSoft Manager sells 20 one-off in-app purchases. Piano Diary asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.5 for Piano Diary against 2.6 for MusicSoft Manager. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 24 and 18 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 23% of Piano Diary's written reviews are positive against 14% of MusicSoft Manager's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Diary ships an update every 12 months, MusicSoft Manager every 8 months. Both last shipped on November 1, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piano Diary versus MusicSoft Manager: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano DiaryMusicSoft Manager
PriceFreeFree
Rating2.5 (24 ratings)2.6 (18 ratings) — better
Positive reviews23.1% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better18
Update frequencyEvery 12 monthsEvery 8 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size133 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperYamaha Corporation of AmericaYamaha Corporation

Customer experience

Piano Diary

All ratings24 ratings
Positive37.5%
Neutral8.3%
Negative54.2%
Written reviews13 reviews
Positive23.1%
Neutral15.4%
Negative61.5%

MusicSoft Manager

All ratings18 ratings
Positive38.9%
Neutral5.6%
Negative55.6%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral10.7%
Negative75.0%

In-app purchases

None

Piano Diary

No in-app purchases

20 purchases

MusicSoft Manager

One-time20
  • The Entertainer$0.99
  • Piano Man$2.99
  • Star Wars$3.99
Show 17 more
  • Hallelujah$3.99
  • You Raise Me Up$3.99
  • Someone Like You$3.99
  • Desperado$3.99
  • Happy$3.99
  • Imagine$3.99
  • Let It Go (from Frozen)$3.99
  • Deck the Halls$3.99
  • Crush$3.99
  • Blue$3.99
  • Boom!Boom!Boom!Boom!$3.99
  • Better Off Alone$3.99
  • When the Going Gets Tough$3.99
  • You Gotta Be$3.99
  • Cloud No. 9$3.99
  • Be Yourself$3.99
  • Waiting For Tonight$3.99

Questions

Is Piano Diary free?
Piano Diary is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MusicSoft Manager free?
MusicSoft Manager is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Diary or MusicSoft Manager?
MusicSoft Manager is rated higher. Piano Diary averages 2.5 out of 5 from 24 ratings, while MusicSoft Manager averages 2.6 from 18 ratings.
Do Piano Diary or MusicSoft Manager have ads?
Neither Piano Diary nor MusicSoft Manager shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Diary or MusicSoft Manager?
Piano Diary ships an update every 12 months, and MusicSoft Manager every 8 months. Most recently, Piano Diary was updated on November 1, 2026 and MusicSoft Manager on November 1, 2026.

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