Falling Notes Piano Trainer vs C. Bechstein Record
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
C. Bechstein Record
Easily capture your piano performances using MIDI technology directly from your C. Bechstein piano. Save special moments, track progress, or share recordings with friends and family in various formats.
- Capture piano playing via Bluetooth MIDI
- Precise key capture during recording and playback
- Share recordings through messengers
- Export in MIDI and audio formats
- Track learning progress
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Music is meant to be shared. The Record app lets you easily capture your piano playing directly through the Connect feature of your C. Bechstein piano, using MIDI without requiring extra microphones. Whether you want to save special moments, track your learning progress, or share recordings with friends and family, Record makes it all possible. Easy Recording: Capture your performance directly using Bluetooth MIDI Precise Key Capture: While recording and playback Sharing: i.e., through a messenger of your choice Export Function: MIDI and audio formats for further processing in DAWs or notation software
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Falling Notes Piano Trainer at every 5 weeks against C. Bechstein Record's every 6 months. Falling Notes Piano Trainer also leads on ratings volume (6 vs 1). C. Bechstein Record's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and iOS requirement (13.0 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
C. Bechstein Record 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.
Falling Notes Piano Trainer ships an update every 5 weeks, C. Bechstein Record every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Falling Notes Piano Trainer | C. Bechstein Record |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (6 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 6 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 384 MB | 55 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Pooya Jannaty | C. Bechstein Digital GmbH |
Customer experience
Falling Notes Piano Trainer
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In-app purchases
Falling Notes Piano Trainer
No in-app purchases
C. Bechstein Record
No in-app purchases
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