Comparison

Piano Designer vs PiaBookPlayer

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

Head to head
About

Piano Designer

This app allows Roland piano owners to deeply customize their instrument's sound. Adjust parameters like pitch, tone, and resonance to fine-tune the audio experience, or select pre-made settings from professional technicians. Connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi to easily transfer your personalized sound profiles to your piano.

Highlights
  • Personalize piano sound parameters
  • Adjust pitch, volume, and tonal characteristics
  • Control lid position, string, and hammer resonance
  • Utilize ready-to-play custom sound settings
  • Edit and transfer sound profiles to piano
  • Graphical touchscreen interface
Features
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Compatible Models: LX708, LX706, LX705, HP704, HP702, RP701, F701, FP-90X, FP-60X, FP-30X, HP701(Region Limited Model), RCP800(Region Limited Model), GP-9M, GP-9, GP-6, GP609, GP607, LX-17, LX-7, HP605, HP603, HP603A, HP601, KF-10, LX-15e, HP508, HP506, HP504, DP603, DP90Se, DP90e, FP-90, FP-80, FP-60 Introduction: The Piano Designer app helps you to personalize the sound of your Roland piano. Inside the instrument are many parameters that allow you to finely adjust the sound elements of the piano, much in the same way that an experienced piano technician fine-tunes an acoustic piano for a particular artist or musical style. These parameters include pitch, volume, tonal characteristics, the extent to which the virtual “lid” is open, states of resonance from the strings and cabinet, and so on. With the Piano Designer app, you can easily control these many elements from the graphical touchscreen on your mobile device. In addition, the app includes many ready-to-play settings, allowing you to enjoy custom sounds created by world-class piano technicians. - Parameters related to lid position, strings, and hammers are listed at a glance, and can be edited and transferred to the piano easily. - Enjoy playing your Roland piano with sounds fine-tuned by famous piano technicians. - Graphically adjust the pitch, level, and tonal character independently for each of the piano’s 88 notes. Notes: * Make sure your Roland piano model is updated with the most current system program. The latest system program and setup instructions can be found at the support pages at www.roland.com. * You can connect your iPad/iPhone to your piano via following connecting ways. : ・Connection via Bluetooth. (Compatible model : LX708, LX706, LX705, HP704, HP702, HP701(Region Limited Model), GP609, GP607, LX-17, LX-7, HP605, HP603, HP603A, HP601, KF-10, DP603, FP-90, FP-60) ・Connection via Wireless LAN, by inserting the WNA1100-RL Wireless USB Adapter (sold separately) or Onkyo UWF-1 into the USB Memory port. (Compatible model: LX-15e, HP508, HP506, HP504, DP90Se, DP90e, FP-80) ・Connection via USB Cable. Lightning-USB Camera Adaptor or Apple iPad Camera Connection Kit for your iPhone/iPad and USB cable are required. (Compatible model: LX708, LX706, LX705, HP704, HP702, HP701(Region Limited Model), GP609, GP607, LX-17, LX-7, HP605, HP603, HP603A, HP601, KF-10, LX-15e, HP508, HP506, HP504, DP603, DP90Se, DP90e, FP-90, FP-80, FP-60)

About

PiaBookPlayer

This app displays musical scores from built-in lesson songs and practice pieces on Kawai digital pianos. It allows users to view scores, listen to playback through the instrument, and utilize features like phrase repetition and hands-free page turning via pedals.

Highlights
  • View musical scores
  • Listen to built-in songs
  • Digital score viewer
  • Repeat phrase function
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Bluetooth MIDI connectivity
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"PiaBookPlayer" is a musical score display app for Kawai digital pianos. It allows you to view the notated scores of the many lesson songs and practise pieces built into the digital piano, and listen to them playing back through the instrument. [*] *^ Music playback requires the digital piano be connected to an iPhone/iPad. ・View various lesson song scores Access high quality music scores for the wide variety of lesson songs/practise pieces built into Kawai's digital pianos. ・Listen to built-in songs easily Select the lesson song/practise piece you wish to listen to using the familiar music player app interface. ・Digital musical score viewer Transform your iPad or iPhone into a digital musical score viewer, allowing immediate access to hundreds of professionally created scores. ・Repeat phrase function feature Tap a bar on the score to specify the play position or playing range.  Once the start and stop points are set, the passage will repeat continuously until stopped. ・Hands-free page turning using pedals Turn pages of the musical score using the sostenuto or soft pedals, allowing players to concentrate on their performance. ・Bluetooth MIDI connectivity PiaBookPlayer takes advantage of the wireless Bluetooth MIDI feature built into many Kawai digital pianos, allowing players to enjoy listening to classical pieces and viewing their musical scores from the comfort of an armchair. ■ Included lesson songs/practise pieces Beyer 106 (Vorschule im Klavierspiel, Opus 101) Burgmüller 25 (25 Etudes Faciles, Opus 100) Czerny 100 (Hundert Übungsstücke, Opus 139) Czerny 30 (Etudes de Mécanisme, Opus 849) Sonatinen Album 1 J.S. Bach: Inventionen Chopin Walzer (Chopin waltzes series) Chopin Etudes (Opus 10) ■ Compatible models Please check our website. www.kawai-global.com/piabookplayer

Screenshots

Piano Designer4 screens
PiaBookPlayer4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: PiaBookPlayer at 3.8 against Piano Designer's 3.2. Piano Designer's advantage is review sentiment (33% vs 23%) and iOS requirement (9.3 vs 12.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PiaBookPlayer holds the better App Store score, 3.8 against 3.2. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 5 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Piano Designer's written reviews are positive against 23% of PiaBookPlayer's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Designer ships an update every 4 months, PiaBookPlayer every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piano Designer versus PiaBookPlayer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano DesignerPiaBookPlayer
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (10 ratings)3.8 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews — better22.7% of reviews
Number of ratings10 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 4 months — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.3 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size14 MB197 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRoland CorporationKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Piano Designer

All ratings10 ratings
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral13.3%
Negative53.3%

PiaBookPlayer

All ratings5 ratings
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive22.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative72.7%

In-app purchases

None

Piano Designer

No in-app purchases

None

PiaBookPlayer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Piano Designer free?
Piano Designer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PiaBookPlayer free?
PiaBookPlayer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Piano Designer or PiaBookPlayer?
PiaBookPlayer is rated higher. Piano Designer averages 3.2 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while PiaBookPlayer averages 3.8 from 5 ratings.
Do Piano Designer or PiaBookPlayer have ads?
Neither Piano Designer nor PiaBookPlayer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piano Designer or PiaBookPlayer?
Piano Designer ships an update every 4 months, and PiaBookPlayer every 5 months. Most recently, Piano Designer was updated on October 24, 2026 and PiaBookPlayer on October 25, 2026.

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