Comparison

Piano Maestro vs Practice Space

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

Head to head
About

Piano Maestro

This app transforms piano practice into an engaging experience for learners of all ages. It offers interactive lessons, a vast song library, and instant feedback to help master sight-reading, rhythm, and technique. Compatible with any piano or keyboard, it makes learning fun and effective for families and students.

Highlights
  • Interactive piano lessons
  • Vast song library (2,800+ songs)
  • Instant feedback on playing
  • Progress tracking with skill points
  • Method books from publishers
  • Touch mode for devices without piano
  • Teacher management features
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Piano Maestro is a fun and engaging piano practice tool for families and teachers. Chosen by Apple as #1 Education App in over 20 countries. Works with any piano or keyboard. From playing a single note to complete pieces, Piano Maestro helps your student master sight-reading, rhythm, technique and playing with both hands to make sheet music come to life. Fun piano learning for the entire family with positive screen time! What is included: - Journey - progress by chapters, rising in difficulty level. Collect SKILL POINTS as you play - Library - over 2,800 songs & exercises according to level or genre for songs or by exercise type. From classical, pop, rock, TV & movie songs and themes all songs have fun background music - Method Books - tons of lesson books from leading publishers like Hal Leonard - Receive a 3-star score after mastering rhythm, timing and sight-reading - Practice options to learn songs step-by-step to personalize your learning experience How it works: - Download Piano Maestro to your iPad, place it on your piano/keyboard and the app will immediately recognize what you are playing! - Get instant feedback on your playing to quickly learn and improve your skills - No piano? No problem! TOUCH MODE also available Piano teachers: Created by music educators, Piano Maestro is used as a resource in lessons by tens of thousands of piano teachers worldwide. Includes many teacher management features, reports and a Home Challenge Center to easily assign and assess homework to increase practice time between lessons, helping students learn faster. Join our thriving Piano Maestro Teachers community on Facebook to get ideas on how to use Piano Maestro in your lessons and to connect with other like-minded teachers. “This is the kind of app that if I could get in the hands of every single student, I would!” How the subscription works: All app users can play several free skill levels. Upgrade to a subscription package at any time - Subscribers will receive FULL access to the entire app including all pop songs, method books and other licensed content. New content added every month! Choose from one of the following subscription options. Parents and students learning without a teacher: - Monthly recurring subscription for $9.99/month - Recurring yearly subscription for $59.99/year Teachers: - My Studio: full access to all content, for $12.99/month or $9.99/month (annual) - Studio+Home: Unlocks everything for you and ALL your students, for $19.99/month or $14.99/month (annual) - All recurring subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can turn off auto-renewal at any time from your iTunes account settings - Your subscription is for your iTunes account and can be used on your iOS device - Payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase - Subscriptions cannot be canceled during the active subscription period Piano Maestro is developed by Simply (formerly JoyTunes), creators of award-winning apps Simply Piano, Simply Guitar and Simply Sing. Created by music educators, the apps are used by tens of thousands of music teachers worldwide with over 1 million songs learned every week. Simply are experts in creating educational and fun music apps for learning piano quickly and easily. Awards & Recognition: - "EMI’s Innovation Challenge” - "World Summit Award", by the United Nations - “Best Tools for Beginners”, NAMM - "Best Tablet Game", GameIS - “Parents' Choice Award” - “Golden App”, Apps for Homeschooling Have questions, feedback or suggestions? Reach out to us at education@hellosimply.com Enjoy Playing! privacy policy: https://www.hellosimply.com/legal/privacy terms of use: https://www.hellosimply.com/legal/terms

About

Practice Space

This app helps students set and track practice goals with detailed notes and videos. Earn points and gems to unlock fun rewards like avatars and power-ups, fostering engagement through gamified progress and leaderboards.

Highlights
  • Create detailed practice goals
  • Track goal completion
  • Earn practice points and gems
  • Unlock avatars and backgrounds
  • In-app shop for rewards
  • Practice point leaderboard
Features
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Practice Space is the world's most engaging practice app, and it's free to use! Students can create detailed practice goals, track the completion of their goals and win fun awards along the way. Completing practice tasks and other goals, earns you practice points and gems, which can be used in the app's store to spice up your app with cool avatars, backgrounds, and in-app "power-ups". Some cool features: Create weekly practice goals with videos, and notes for each piece, technique or theory item you are working on. You can input these items as a "Lesson" on your own or with your teacher. Practicers can see their daily practice tasks, notes on each item and any videos of you or your teacher playing in the app. See how consistently you've reached your past practice goals, and join the practice point leaderboard. Earn gems, badges and other awards throughout your practice sessions. Our in-app shop allows you to use the gems you earn to reward yourself with a little fun after putting in the practice. Come join us in our Practice Space for FREE!

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Piano Maestro at 4.6 against Practice Space's 3.9. Piano Maestro also leads on review sentiment (79% vs 50%) and ratings volume (27K vs 177). Practice Space's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 15) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 9 months). On price and ads 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. Piano Maestro sells 15 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Practice Space asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano Maestro holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Maestro has 27K ratings behind it against 177, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 79% of Piano Maestro's written reviews are positive against 50% of Practice Space's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Maestro ships an update every 9 months, Practice Space every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 24, 2026 and September 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Piano Maestro versus Practice Space: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano MaestroPractice Space
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (27K ratings) — better3.9 (177 ratings)
Positive reviews79.1% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings27K — better177
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemiumFree — better
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size160 MB58 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSimply LtdPractice Space, LLC

Customer experience

Piano Maestro

All ratings26,692 ratings
Positive89.9%
Neutral5.1%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews913 reviews
Positive79.1%
Neutral7.6%
Negative13.4%

Practice Space

All ratings177 ratings
Positive72.3%
Neutral4.5%
Negative23.2%
Written reviews46 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral4.3%
Negative45.7%

User reviews

Piano Maestro

From 27K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great for learning piano
  • 👍 Fun and engaging
  • 👍 Helps improve piano skills
  • 👍 Motivates practice
  • 👍 Suitable for all ages

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Note recognition issues
  • 🐛 Bugs and crashes
  • 💰 Expensive subscription
  • 🔒 Difficult to cancel subscription
  • 🔒 Locked content behind paywall

Practice Space

From 177 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Motivates practice
  • 👍 Useful for teachers and students
  • 👍 Makes practice dynamic and entertaining
  • 👍 Good for vocal and piano lessons
  • 👍 Helps establish practice routine

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Streak freeze not working
  • 🐛 Account/password issues
  • 🐛 App crashes on older iPads
  • 🐛 Glitchy and slow loading
  • 🐛 Practice timer issues (pauses, stops early)

Bugs and requests

Piano Maestro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Levels not unlocking properly
  • Inconsistent note recognition
  • App crashing and freezing

Requested features

5 requests
  • More popular song options
  • Better tutorial videos
  • Ability to adjust piano tuning
  • Ability to download sheet music
  • More advanced content for experienced players

Practice Space

Reported bugs

18 issues
  • Streak freeze does not activate
  • Forgot password email not sending
  • App crashes immediately upon opening on iPad
  • App takes forever to load and is glitchy
  • Practice timer stops at goal when outside app
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  • App crashes and loses practice sessions
  • Practice times/dates cannot be edited
  • App doesn't save practice if not manually stopped
  • App doesn't recognize streak by practice date
  • Practice days don't match streak days
  • App cuts off practice at 5 mins with 'error'
  • Practice session restarted
  • App does not track practice days correctly
  • Points reset after app version update
  • App crashes after login on older iOS devices
  • Cannot go back to press complete after finishing practice
  • Practice timer stops when switching apps
  • App crashes when saving practice session

Requested features

11 requests
  • Long-term practice graphs (bar/line)
  • More instrument options (violin, flute)
  • Download digital sheet music
  • Spanish language option
  • Ability for teachers to fix practice times
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  • Ability for teachers to add missed practices
  • Message system for teacher feedback
  • Tap tempo feature for metronome
  • Ability to type in specific BPM for metronome
  • Option to disable practice timer pausing when leaving app
  • Ability to group chat with a few people

In-app purchases

15 purchases

Piano Maestro

Subscriptions14
  • Unlimited Access$9.991 Month
  • Full Access$9.991 Month
  • Teacher Subscription My Studio1 Month trial$12.991 Month
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  • My Studio1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Studio + Home1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Full Access$29.993 Months
  • Unlimited Access$39.996 Months
  • Full Access$47.996 Months
  • Unlimited Access$49.991 Year
  • Full Access$59.991 Year
  • JoyTunes Premium Membership$89.996 Months
  • My Studio1 Month trial$119.991 Year
  • JoyTunes Premium Membership$119.991 Year
  • Studio + Home1 Month trial$179.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Member - Lifetime Access$14.99
None

Practice Space

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano Maestro free?
Piano Maestro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Practice Space free?
Practice Space is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piano Maestro or Practice Space?
Piano Maestro is rated higher. Piano Maestro averages 4.6 out of 5 from 27K ratings, while Practice Space averages 3.9 from 177 ratings.
Do Piano Maestro or Practice Space have ads?
Neither Piano Maestro nor Practice Space shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Maestro or Practice Space?
Piano Maestro ships an update every 9 months, and Practice Space every 3 weeks. Most recently, Piano Maestro was updated on September 24, 2026 and Practice Space on September 20, 2026.

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