MIDITrail vs Falling Notes Piano Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MIDITrail
This application allows you to play MIDI files and experience their data through immersive 3D visualizations. Enjoy both auditory and visual playback of your music. It supports various MIDI formats and can even offer a virtual reality experience.
- 3D MIDI data visualization
- Standard MIDI File support (format 0/1)
- CoreMIDI and multiple MIDI port support
- Virtual Reality (VR) experience option
- Internal wavetable synthesizer
- Support for external sound modules
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MIDITrail is a MIDI player which provides 3D visualization of MIDI data sets. You can enjoy not only listening but also viewing. MIDITrail supports Standard MIDI File (format 0/1), CoreMIDI, and multiple MIDI ports. MIDITrail is available for Windows, macOS and iOS. Optional feature: You can enjoy the VR(virtual reality) experience using cheap VR glasses for smartphones and the game controller for iPhone. Requirements: iOS 12.0 or later (1) Preparing MIDI files You have to transfer MIDI files to your iOS device from Mac or PC. Connect your iOS device to Mac or PC, and launch iTunes. Then you can transfer MIDI files using 'File Sharing'. Or you can add MIDI files to MIDITrail using Files App of iOS. (2) Preparing Sound module You can use sound module which supports Core MIDI. And you can use internal wavetable synthesizer. There are three ways as shown below: The first way is to use the internal wavetable synthesizer. You have to transfer the wavetable file (DLS/SF2) to your iOS device in advance. The second way is to use Synth App which supports 'Virtual MIDI Port' and 'Background Mode'. (e.g., KQ Sampei, bs-16i, Sound Canvas for iOS) The third way is to connect MIDI interface device and external sound module. (e.g., CME U2MIDI Pro)
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.
- 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
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Falling Notes Piano Trainer at 4.7 against MIDITrail's 3.2. Falling Notes Piano Trainer also leads on update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 4 months). MIDITrail's advantage is review sentiment (57% vs 33%) and ratings volume (81 vs 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Falling Notes Piano Trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: MIDITrail has 81 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 57% of MIDITrail'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.
MIDITrail ships an update every 4 months, Falling Notes Piano Trainer every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | MIDITrail | Falling Notes Piano Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.2 (81 ratings) | 4.7 (6 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 57.2% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 81 — better | 6 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 5 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 384 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | WADA Masashi | Pooya Jannaty |
Customer experience
MIDITrail
Falling Notes Piano Trainer
In-app purchases
MIDITrail
No in-app purchases
Falling Notes Piano Trainer
No in-app purchases
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