HandPiano vs Airmony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HandPiano
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HandPiano is a musical instrument designed for touchscreens. You don't need a piano, sheet music, or years of practice. Simply touch the screen and start creating melodies with your fingers. Traditional piano keyboards can feel intimidating for beginners. HandPiano reimagines music-making for phones and tablets, transforming simple touch gestures into expressive musical notes. Whether you're exploring music for the first time or looking for a new way to play, HandPiano makes creating melodies feel natural and enjoyable. FEATURES • Touch to Play Turn simple screen touches into musical notes instantly. • Beginner Friendly No piano skills or music theory required. • Multi-Touch Performance Play with multiple fingers for richer expression. • Multiple Scale Modes Explore different musical moods and styles. • Create Anywhere Make music whenever inspiration strikes. WHO IT'S FOR • Music lovers • Beginners curious about music creation • Casual creators • Melody explorers • Anyone who wants to make music without a traditional instrument HandPiano isn't a piano on a screen. It's a new instrument for the touchscreen era.
Airmony
Transform the air into a musical instrument using your hands and the device's camera. Effortlessly create beautiful melodies and harmonies with intuitive gestures, no prior musical experience needed. Capture and share your creations with ease.
- Play music with hand gestures
- Real-time gesture tracking
- Automatic key snapping
- Built-in synth engine
- Record and share vertical clips
- No internet connection required
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Airmony turns the air in front of you into a musical instrument. Raise your hands and the front camera reads them in real time: count a chord on the fingers of your left hand, play it with your right, and every chord lands in key. There is nothing to hold and nothing to connect. No musical training required. Complete beginners play something beautiful in their first minute, and the experience quickly turns mesmerizing. Musicians get an inspiration engine: improvise with no instrument at hand, stumble onto progressions you would never have written, and capture them as clips. Everything runs on your device. Your camera frames are processed live, on the phone, for hand tracking, and are never uploaded or sent anywhere. There is no account and no sign-up. COUNT CHORDS ON YOUR FINGERS • Show 1 to 5 fingers on your left hand to pick a chord, and lean it outward for minor. • Raise your right hand to play: more fingers add inversions and sevenths, your thumb drops an octave, and leaning your hand opens a wah. • Each chord glows in its own color, and the camera draws your hands as you play. • Play in Major, or switch to any of the 16 moods, from pentatonic to Kurd and Hijaz. PLAY ALONG WITH SONGS • Tap the note button and play a song from the first bar to the last. • The guide drops each hand's next chord right onto the beat, so you always know what comes next. • The arpeggiator and The Beat follow the song's tempo. TWO MORE WAYS TO PLAY • Melody and 2-Hand, one tap away on the Mode tile: pinch the air to play, release to stop, and glide across the notes of a scale. • Chords on a wheel under one hand, a melody or harmonies under the other. MUSIC THAT STAYS IN KEY • Pick any key and one of 16 moods, from major and pentatonic to handpan scales like Kurd and Hijaz. • Every gesture lands on a note that fits. A REAL SYNTH ENGINE • Eleven sounds, from electric piano, strings and pizzicato to choir, bells, handpan and 8-bit, plus an arpeggiator, a drum machine (The Beat), reverb and delay. • Designed for low latency so your hands and the sound stay in sync. MADE FOR SHARING • Record a clip in one tap, framed vertically for Reels and TikTok (9:16), over a soft blur of your own take. • A clean Airmony watermark is baked in. • Share straight to your favorite app with a caption ready to go. • Sing along with wired or Bluetooth headphones: tap the mic button before recording (it stays off by default). Balance your voice and the music with two faders before sharing. • Face Blur follows the main face live, under the interface. Review your clip before sharing. AIRMONY+, 14 DAYS FREE • Start with a 14-day free trial of Airmony+: all 16 moods, Pro harmony, The Beat, clips up to 3 minutes and Face Blur. • After the trial, Airmony+ renews monthly. A yearly subscription and a one-time lifetime purchase are also available. • Airmony can remind you 2 days before the trial ends. Cancel anytime in your Apple account settings, at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or of the current period. • Already playing Airmony before version 1.1? Your free features stay. ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN • VoiceOver support, including the chord you count in Fingers mode, and Reduce Motion respect. • Visual cues never rely on color alone. Airmony works in landscape, either way round, with a bit of room in front of you, and stays readable in bright rooms and against white walls. Bring your hands into frame and start playing. Privacy Policy: https://airmony.app/privacy Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is chart position: Airmony at #209 against HandPiano's unranked. HandPiano's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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. HandPiano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Airmony sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
HandPiano ships an update weekly, Airmony every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HandPiano | Airmony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 2 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #209 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 169 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 迈 苏 | Baron Creation |
In-app purchases
HandPiano
- HandPiano Pro Lifetime$6.99
Airmony
- Airmony+ Monthly14 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Airmony+ Yearly$12.991 Year
- Airmony+ Lifetime$22.99









