Comparison

MiPiano vs Scale Ètude

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

Head to head
About

MiPiano

Features
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Cadenza transforms your iPad into an intelligent piano learning companion with professional sheet music and real-time practice tools. SMART PLAYBACK FEATURES • Note Highlighting – Watch notes light up as they play, keeping you perfectly in sync • Auto-Scroll – Sheet music follows along automatically as you practice • Tempo Control – Slow down difficult passages or speed up for performance practice • Step-Through Mode – Advance note-by-note at your own pace for precise learning PRACTICE TOOLS • Bar Explorer – Jump instantly to any measure in your score • Loop Sections – Repeat challenging passages until you master them • Piano Keyboard Highlighting – See exactly which keys to press with visual cues • Measure Numbers – Navigate your music with ease PROFESSIONAL MUSIC NOTATION • Import any MusicXML file from your library • Publication-quality rendering powered by Verovio • Works with music from MuseScore, Finale, Sibelius, and more • Grand staff notation for authentic piano scores DESIGNED FOR LEARNING Whether you're a beginner learning your first pieces or an advanced player tackling challenging repertoire, Cadenza's intelligent features help you practice more effectively and progress faster. Perfect for iPad. Built for pianists.

About

Scale Ètude

Master musical scales through interactive ear training and note identification exercises. Learn to recognize, spell, and build scales in any key, with detailed explanations and practice modes. This app works offline and requires no account or ads.

Highlights
  • Identify scales by ear
  • Build scales by tapping notes
  • Strict music theory spelling
  • Browsable library of 11 scales
  • Interactive interval wheel
  • Adaptive mastery tracking
  • Offline functionality
Features
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Scale Etude helps you truly learn your scales — not just memorize shapes, but hear them, spell them, and own them in every key. It's built for any instrument: everything is by ear and by note name, so it works whether you play guitar, piano, sax, or anything else. TWO FOCUSED DRILLS • Identify by ear — hear a scale played and name which one it is. Train your ear to recognize the sound and color of each mode. • Build the scale — given a scale and key, tap every note that belongs. Learn the correct spelling of any scale in any of the 12 keys. Everything uses strict music-theory spelling, so you learn scales the right way — A Phrygian is A, Bb, C, D, E, F, G (never A#), with each degree getting its proper letter name. EXPLORE AND UNDERSTAND • A browsable library of 11 scales — the 7 modes (Ionian through Locrian), major and minor pentatonic, and major and minor blues. • A detail view for every scale with an interactive interval wheel, a note-by-note breakdown, step formulas, and the character of each scale. • Hear any scale or single note played on a clean, sampled instrument. PRACTICE YOUR WAY • Focus on exactly what you want — a whole family, a handful of scales, or a single scale drilled across all 12 keys. • Turn on Race the Clock to answer against a timer and build fluency under pressure. • Adaptive mastery tracking surfaces your weakest scales first, so every session targets what you actually need. PRIVATE AND OFFLINE • No account, no sign-up, no ads. • Works fully offline and keeps all your progress on your device. Whether you're a student nailing your modes, a guitarist breaking out of the pentatonic box, or a jazz player internalizing every key, Scale Etude makes scale practice focused, fast, and genuinely effective.

Screenshots

MiPiano3 screens
Scale Ètude4 screens

Verdict

The call

MiPiano and Scale Ètude are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
MiPiano versus Scale Ètude: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMiPianoScale Ètude
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 6 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS18.517.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size52 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJank Media LLCCharles Parisi

In-app purchases

None

MiPiano

No in-app purchases

None

Scale Ètude

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MiPiano free?
MiPiano is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Scale Ètude free?
Scale Ètude is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MiPiano or Scale Ètude have ads?
Neither MiPiano nor Scale Ètude shows ads.

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