Comparison

Keystrike vs Excel Art

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

Head to head
About

Keystrike

This app helps you build a consistent piano practice routine with graded lessons, sight-reading exercises, and real music. It offers personalized practice plans, tracks your progress, and supports various input methods including MIDI keyboards and on-screen pianos.

Highlights
  • Graded piano lessons
  • Sight-reading practice
  • Rhythm and ear training
  • Import MIDI files
  • On-screen and MIDI keyboard support
  • Practice recording and export
Features
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Build a piano practice habit you can hear. Keystrike brings graded lessons, sight-reading and real pieces together in an iPad-first workspace. KNOW WHAT TO PRACTICE NEXT Follow a daily plan that brings together your next lesson and focused work on difficult passages. Track completed lessons, retained skills and practice time. Progress means music learned, not points collected. PLAY, READ AND LISTEN • Follow graded lessons from your first notes through more advanced skills. • Practice sight-reading, rhythm, ear training, scales and chords. • Read engraved sheet music or follow falling notes. • Slow pieces down, practice hands separately and repeat sections. • Import your own MIDI files and turn them into playable sheet music. • Record practice and export MIDI. CHOOSE YOUR INSTRUMENT Use a compatible USB or Bluetooth MIDI keyboard for precise note input, or start with the on-screen piano. Acoustic mode records your piano performance for on-device analysis after you finish. Recognition varies with your piano and room; MIDI is recommended for precise chord and two-hand tracking. THREE DAYS TO EXPLORE New users get three days of full access. After the trial, Ode to Joy remains playable. A single in-app purchase unlocks the full app. No subscription and no automatic charge when the trial ends. Existing seven-day trials keep their original expiry. Restore an existing purchase from Settings. MADE FOR FOCUSED PRACTICE iPad first, also available on iPhone and Mac. No account, advertising or tracking. Your recordings and progress stay on your device, with backup and export options. Available in English, German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Simplified Chinese and Hindi. Keystrike's grades describe its own learning progression; they are not an external examination qualification.

About

Excel Art

Features
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Learn Excel by doing, not by reading. Excel Art combines 400+ lessons, a runnable formula lab and an AI assistant that knows Excel. Every lesson opens with a short explanation and moves straight into an exercise where you type the formula yourself. FORMULA LAB • 179 runnable scenarios: type the formula, watch a real grid respond • VLOOKUP, XLOOKUP, COUNTIF, SUMPRODUCT, LAMBDA, LET, dynamic arrays • English and Turkish function names, with the argument separator and decimal mark switching together exactly as Excel does LESSONS • From navigation and shortcuts to pivot tables, Power Query and the macro recorder • Conditional formatting, data validation, charts, slicers, timelines • Every lesson states which Excel version the function needs (2016 / 2019 / 2021 / 365) AI ASSISTANT • Describe a formula and get it back; paste a broken one and learn why it fails • Send a photo of your table and ask about its columns and data • Answers are generated server-side; the API key never reaches your device CERTIFICATION • Separate question banks for beginner, intermediate and advanced • The pass mark rises with the level; view your certificate in the app and share it SNAP TO SHEET • Point the camera at a printed table and turn it into data you can move to Excel DAILY RHYTHM • Personalised learning path, daily challenge, streaks and XP • A weekly progress summary and personal statistics PREMIUM A Premium subscription raises the daily AI limit and makes template downloads unlimited. It renews automatically for the period you choose; the store shows the current localized price and period before purchase. Manage or cancel renewal in your App Store account. Privacy: https://excelsanati-legal.pages.dev/privacy.html Terms: https://excelsanati-legal.pages.dev/terms.html Support: destek@dodeyazilim.com Microsoft and Microsoft Excel are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Excel Art is an independent learning app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Microsoft Corporation. The app does not include Microsoft Excel software, and a subscription does not grant a Microsoft Excel licence.

Screenshots

Keystrike4 screens
Excel Art4 screens

Verdict

The call

Keystrike and Excel Art 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 Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Keystrike sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Excel Art sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Keystrike versus Excel Art: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKeystrikeExcel Art
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB63 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Flame GamesErdal Agirgun

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Keystrike

One-time1
  • Keystrike Unlock$14.99
2 purchases

Excel Art

Subscriptions2
  • Excel Sanati Pro (Monthly)$5.991 Month
  • Excel Sanati Pro (Yearly)3 Days trial$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Keystrike free?
Keystrike is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Excel Art free?
Excel Art is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Keystrike or Excel Art have ads?
Neither Keystrike nor Excel Art shows ads.

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