Simply Piano by JoyTunes
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A fast and fun way to learn piano - works with any piano or keyboard.
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A fast and fun way to learn piano - works with any piano or keyboard.
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About Simply Piano by JoyTunes
Google Play
Simply Piano is a fast and fun way to learn piano, from beginner to pro. Works with any piano or keyboard. Chosen as one of Google Play's Best Apps of 2019.
- Tons of fun songs like Imagine, Chandelier, All Of Me, Counting Stars and La La Land, also J.S. Bach
- Includes courses for different musical tastes and playing levels
- Learn the basics step-by-step from reading sheet music to playing with both hands
- Suitable for all ages, no previous knowledge required to learn piano
No piano or keyboard? Try the Touch Courses with a beautiful touch screen piano to turn your device into a virtual piano.
How it works:
- Place your mobile or tablet device on your acoustic/MIDI piano or keyboard and play; the app will immediately recognize what you are playing
- Get instant feedback on your playing to quickly learn and improve your skills
- Discover the magic of music with fun songs and complete courses to start sounding like a pro
- The available courses match 2 years of piano learning, and new courses are added all the time
(the pace depends on your individual pace of course)
How the Membership works:
- All app users can play a free course. Upgrade to a premium membership package at any time
- Members will receive full access to ALL 23 courses, with new courses added regularly
- All recurring subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You may turn off auto-renewal at any time
Simply Piano is developed by JoyTunes, creators of award-winning apps Piano Maestro and Piano Dust Buster. The apps are used by tens of thousands of music teachers worldwide with over 1 million songs learned every week. JoyTunes are experts in creating educational and fun music apps for learning piano quickly and easily.
Awards & Recognition -
- "World Summit Award", by the United Nations
- "EMI’s Innovation Challenge”
- “Best Tools for Beginners”, NAMM
- "Best Tablet Game", GameIS
- “Parents' Choice Award”
- “Golden App”, Apps for Homeschooling
Happy Playing!
Have questions, feedback or suggestions? Reach out to us at support@joytunes.com
privacy policy: http://www.joytunes.com/privacy
terms of use: http://www.joytunes.com/terms
- Tons of fun songs like Imagine, Chandelier, All Of Me, Counting Stars and La La Land, also J.S. Bach
- Includes courses for different musical tastes and playing levels
- Learn the basics step-by-step from reading sheet music to playing with both hands
- Suitable for all ages, no previous knowledge required to learn piano
No piano or keyboard? Try the Touch Courses with a beautiful touch screen piano to turn your device into a virtual piano.
How it works:
- Place your mobile or tablet device on your acoustic/MIDI piano or keyboard and play; the app will immediately recognize what you are playing
- Get instant feedback on your playing to quickly learn and improve your skills
- Discover the magic of music with fun songs and complete courses to start sounding like a pro
- The available courses match 2 years of piano learning, and new courses are added all the time
(the pace depends on your individual pace of course)
How the Membership works:
- All app users can play a free course. Upgrade to a premium membership package at any time
- Members will receive full access to ALL 23 courses, with new courses added regularly
- All recurring subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You may turn off auto-renewal at any time
Simply Piano is developed by JoyTunes, creators of award-winning apps Piano Maestro and Piano Dust Buster. The apps are used by tens of thousands of music teachers worldwide with over 1 million songs learned every week. JoyTunes are experts in creating educational and fun music apps for learning piano quickly and easily.
Awards & Recognition -
- "World Summit Award", by the United Nations
- "EMI’s Innovation Challenge”
- “Best Tools for Beginners”, NAMM
- "Best Tablet Game", GameIS
- “Parents' Choice Award”
- “Golden App”, Apps for Homeschooling
Happy Playing!
Have questions, feedback or suggestions? Reach out to us at support@joytunes.com
privacy policy: http://www.joytunes.com/privacy
terms of use: http://www.joytunes.com/terms
App Store
Simply Piano is a fast and fun way to learn piano, from beginner to pro. Works with any piano or keyboard. Chosen as one of the best iPhone apps.
- Tons of fun songs like Imagine, Chandelier, All Of Me and Counting Stars, also J.S. Bach
- Includes courses for different musical tastes and playing levels
- Learn the basics step-by-step from reading sheet music to playing with both hands
- Slow down library songs to choose your own pace for easy learning
- Personalized 5-Min Workouts ensuring you progress fast and always succeed
- Suitable for all ages, no previous knowledge required to learn piano
No Piano? Try the Touch Courses with 3D Touch to turn your device into an on-screen keyboard!
How it works:
- Place your device (iPhone/iPad/iPod) on your acoustic/MIDI piano or keyboard and play; the app will immediately recognize what you are playing
- Get instant feedback on your playing to quickly learn and improve your piano skills
- Discover the magic of music with fun songs in the Library and complete courses to start sounding like a pro
How the Subscription Works:
- All app users can play two free courses. Upgrade to a premium subscription package at any time.
- Subscribers will receive full access to ALL courses. New courses and songs added every month!
- All recurring subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of the chosen package.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
- Your subscription is for your iTunes account and can be used on your iOS device.
- Payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscriptions cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period.
Simply Piano is developed by JoyTunes, creators of award-winning apps Piano Maestro and Piano Dust Buster. Created by music educators, the apps are used by tens of thousands of music teachers worldwide with over 1 million songs learned every week. JoyTunes are experts in creating educational and fun music apps for learning piano quickly and easily.
Awards & Recognition -
- "EMI’s Innovation Challenge”
- "World Summit Award", by the United Nations
- “Best Tools for Beginners”, NAMM
- "Best Tablet Game", GameIS
- “Parents' Choice Award”
- “Golden App”, Apps for Homeschooling
Have questions, feedback or suggestions? Reach out to us at support@joytunes.com
Enjoy Playing!
privacy policy: http://www.joytunes.com/privacy
terms of use: http://www.joytunes.com/terms
- Tons of fun songs like Imagine, Chandelier, All Of Me and Counting Stars, also J.S. Bach
- Includes courses for different musical tastes and playing levels
- Learn the basics step-by-step from reading sheet music to playing with both hands
- Slow down library songs to choose your own pace for easy learning
- Personalized 5-Min Workouts ensuring you progress fast and always succeed
- Suitable for all ages, no previous knowledge required to learn piano
No Piano? Try the Touch Courses with 3D Touch to turn your device into an on-screen keyboard!
How it works:
- Place your device (iPhone/iPad/iPod) on your acoustic/MIDI piano or keyboard and play; the app will immediately recognize what you are playing
- Get instant feedback on your playing to quickly learn and improve your piano skills
- Discover the magic of music with fun songs in the Library and complete courses to start sounding like a pro
How the Subscription Works:
- All app users can play two free courses. Upgrade to a premium subscription package at any time.
- Subscribers will receive full access to ALL courses. New courses and songs added every month!
- All recurring subscriptions will auto-renew unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period.
- Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, at the cost of the chosen package.
- Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable.
- Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase.
- Your subscription is for your iTunes account and can be used on your iOS device.
- Payments will be charged to your iTunes account at confirmation of purchase.
- Subscriptions cannot be cancelled during the active subscription period.
Simply Piano is developed by JoyTunes, creators of award-winning apps Piano Maestro and Piano Dust Buster. Created by music educators, the apps are used by tens of thousands of music teachers worldwide with over 1 million songs learned every week. JoyTunes are experts in creating educational and fun music apps for learning piano quickly and easily.
Awards & Recognition -
- "EMI’s Innovation Challenge”
- "World Summit Award", by the United Nations
- “Best Tools for Beginners”, NAMM
- "Best Tablet Game", GameIS
- “Parents' Choice Award”
- “Golden App”, Apps for Homeschooling
Have questions, feedback or suggestions? Reach out to us at support@joytunes.com
Enjoy Playing!
privacy policy: http://www.joytunes.com/privacy
terms of use: http://www.joytunes.com/terms
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Feb 24, 2021 I love Simply Piano!! The lessons are great and, they are fun. Most of the songs are popular tunes making it easier to master them. It would be nice if the tempo in practice lessons were able to be adjusted as the songs are but overall this is a great way to learn.more -
No Regret At All (Really Great App)
Sep 1, 2020 Technically, I would just rated 4 stars for this app since there is always room for improvement. However, I rated it 5 stars for a very personal reason. I learned to play piano on and off throughout my childhood but gave it up during my mid teen. Thinking I will never be able to play perfectly, I even began to hate the instrument since it kept reminding me that I have no musical talent. I even tried to avoid anyone who can play like my friends and cousins (when they play). However, I have come to realise that nothing is actually stopping me from finding musical talent but myself. So now almost 28, I decided to start again through this app. I initially hesitated due to the price and that often times, subscriptions are hard to cancel. But surprisingly, I have come to love it. Now playing it almost everyday whenever I can, the house is filled with simple melodies. I don’t mind not becoming professional as long as I can play for my parents, especially my father. He has always hoped that one day, his children will touch the keys again. I recommend this to anyone who are struggling to reconcile with piano and music. Keep the app running for old iOS please!! Some of us still use old iPads. ❤️🙏🏻more -
I like the app but doesn’t work sometimes..
Jul 5, 2018 The app is helpful and easy to understand. Which I do like, however, the app detects I’m playing a whole different key. It is hard to learn the piano on this app when it is saying you are playing a key wrong. I’ve learned a lot from this app but it is frustrating I have to play the key multiple times to move on. I’ve studied each key, to make sure it wasn’t me playing the wrong key, but it wasn’t. On the bottom of the screen it shows the keyboard, and when you play a key it shows which one you are playing, so when i play the key it wants me to play, it says I’m playing a different one. And to move on, I have to play a key that isn’t required. But on the bottom of the screen It says I’m playing the correct key. to play, I either, play the wrong key and it moves me on, or keep playing the right key over, and over, again and then it moves me on. Sometimes it doesn’t even move me on so I HAVE to play the incorrect key. So this will not help me become a better pianist by telling me the correct key is the wrong key, and the wrong key is the correct key. So I think they should fix that. But other than that it’s is a nice app. It is helpful other than the wrong key thing. It’s easy to understand which is great for young kids who want to learn by them self, like myself. But I really hope they fix that so I can give them a way better rating. If this wasn’t a problem I would give them a 5/5.more -
Feb 22, 2021 Updated review. So I gave it a 5 initially cause i really loved the early lessons. Then as I advanced and learned more notes, dropped my rating to a 3 because the app was not picking up the d note on the bass scale most the time. That's still an issue, but it hasn't caused as much of a problem after Essentials 3. And I'm back in the groove on chord stylings 3. And I feel like I've advanced so much in such a short time. So lets settle on 4 stars.more -
Feb 20, 2021 so the app itself is awesome but you can only play five lessons for free and I think it's wrong that this app is advertised as being a "free game". but in all fairness the price isn't bad it is much cheaper than piano lessons I was taking, plus it teaches you much quicker! love this app and only thing I can fault is the fact I downloaded this under the illusion that I could learn to play piano for free,more
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Lost $149 it's a scam, beware!
Feb 8, 2021 They give you a 7 day free trial. After that they charge you $149. I was aware of that so I tried to cancel on day 6. Guess what? There's no way to cancel because technically you're on a trial and not signed up. It doesn't show up anywhere that I'm signed up so I can't cancel. I went through the app, through Google play store and paypal and nothing showed. Even support said it probably means I'm not signed up. Now guess what? This morning my account miraculously appeared. Along w $150 charge.more
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Feb 22, 2021 Do not sign up for the free trial if you aren't thinking about signing up, signed up for the free trial for my daughter and had to include credit card information, tried to cancel before 7 days was up and the option wasn't anywhere to be seen so I wrote the company to no response and was charged $199.99 two days later on my credit card. Was issued a refund but still hard to navigate cancelling while on the free 7 day trial.more -
I’m Disappointed.
Oct 9, 2020 When I got this game I was excited, super excited, but not long after that I got really disappointed, let me explain why. So I downloaded thinking, this is awesome, I’m gonna learn how to play piano and be able to read the music. I was super pumped about it so I got on right away, when you go in they have you creat a account which was super easy and I had no trouble with it at all, though It did ask if I wanted to go premium and of course I put no because I don’t have the money to spend on an app, I mean if I had the money for the app I would just go to an actual piano lesson, not to mention the prices are pretty high, but anyway I was on the app for about 5 minutes because that’s how long the app says I should practice for, and then I was done, super easy super fun so I got off the app and went on with my day. Later that evening I wasn’t doing anything so I did it for another 5 minutes and after that I finished the first whole lesson and I was like wow I really like this app, I learned a lot and it doesn’t take forever, little did I know that after you finish the first lesson you have to go premium to do anything else and that makes me very frustrated because there are a lot of teenagers and kids and some adults who can’t afford lessons and this app might as well cost the same as an actual lesson. But I’m sure it’s great for the people that can afford it. I just think that they should say before you download that you only get one lesson.more -
Fun, but a bad teacher
May 22, 2020 I have several months experience playing piano as well as being taught piano, trumpet, drums, and 10 years singing in choirs. The techniques SimplyPiano uses are awesome when they work, however the Practice Mode reinforces bad playing and really really makes your work learning any specific piece of music impossibly harder than it should once you reach your learning curve. SimplyPiano will get you the techniques and skills to make you a passable player very quickly, but you will be extremely frustrated along the way if you aren’t careful. You won’t be able to use SimplyPiano to perfect any technique or phrase or song without external help or by restarting the entire song or level yet again like a game. It doesn’t even teach you how to practice outside the app so you are less frustrated inside it, and it does nothing to detect if you are advancing too quickly (because by default it does the tutorial only once!) It simply won’t let you repeat elements without mistakes enough times in a row for any brain to actually deeply learn it. If you learn something with mistakes it will advance you and cheer your success, but there’s no way to rehears that spot you always miss at the end except to waste another 5 minutes in the tutorial for phrases you already know. You will learn superficially extremely quickly, yet you will be quietly angry the whole time at your apparent lack of skill and consistent mistakes.more -
Pls read if you’re getting this for your kid
Dec 30, 2020 I’ve been struggling to play piano for a while and I was like oh I should use this app! And you know what, it was decent until I needed to pay premium to continue on with my lessons. That’s a big no from me, but my little brother was super interested and he hasn’t played piano once in his life. So I thought well, I’ll get as much out of this as possible. I set up a new profile and everything, and thought he would at least learn a few things, but man it was way to fast-paced for him. The ads are all like “OMG THIS SIX YEAR OLD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY PIANO IN A FEW WEEKS” and my six year old housemate rage quit as soon as he was thrust into the side scrolling play along with the music thing. He’d been getting by by looking at screen, looking at hand, squinting, pressing key, moving on, which was pretty slow. I tried to calm him down but little brothers are the worst. A few days later he tried again, and got further, I guess. Let’s just say that taking a mini child through this app results in much angry piano smashing and “I PRESSED THAT KEY!!!!!” and tears. Basically, no, your toddler is not going to learn piano with this app. I’m sure there are more kid-oriented versions somewhere, but don’t believe the ads with a little baby jamming out to baby shark like a Mozartmore
- Chosen as one of Google Play's Best Apps of 2017 and winner of a Parents' Choice Award
- Your virtual piano and music teacher! Developed by real music instructors for serious music students
- Learn the basics of piano playing and musical notation step-by-step, on a real piano or your mobile screen, with a modern approach and familiar songs
Reviewed by Kaylin on March 26, 2018
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Feb 24, 2021 I love Simply Piano!! The lessons are great and, they are fun. Most of the songs are popular tunes making it easier to master them. It would be nice if the tempo in practice lessons were able to be adjusted as the songs are but overall this is a great way to learn.more -
No Regret At All (Really Great App)
Sep 1, 2020 Technically, I would just rated 4 stars for this app since there is always room for improvement. However, I rated it 5 stars for a very personal reason. I learned to play piano on and off throughout my childhood but gave it up during my mid teen. Thinking I will never be able to play perfectly, I even began to hate the instrument since it kept reminding me that I have no musical talent. I even tried to avoid anyone who can play like my friends and cousins (when they play). However, I have come to realise that nothing is actually stopping me from finding musical talent but myself. So now almost 28, I decided to start again through this app. I initially hesitated due to the price and that often times, subscriptions are hard to cancel. But surprisingly, I have come to love it. Now playing it almost everyday whenever I can, the house is filled with simple melodies. I don’t mind not becoming professional as long as I can play for my parents, especially my father. He has always hoped that one day, his children will touch the keys again. I recommend this to anyone who are struggling to reconcile with piano and music. Keep the app running for old iOS please!! Some of us still use old iPads. ❤️🙏🏻more -
Amazing app
Aug 29, 2020 So I just started playing this it’s really fine but at the same time a little bit hard but you should definitely try this app it is amazing I have it’s like a little bit ago but it was hard for me but now I’m seven and I was six when we first got it and I really love it now it’s amazing I had another one but then it start to not work so then I wanted to try this again and I’ve been playing for about 15 minutes now and I already love it so this is a very cool app you should definitely get it at first it will be a little bit frustrating but then you would actually be able to do a lot of stuff like it’s difficult and then you get used to it and then you will be able to do it so I recommend you to buy this app like it is amazing like when I first started I didn’t know how to play it but now I do so it’s really amazing is it home to me only in 15 minutes so you should deathly get this app and if you were kid reading this you should show your mom and you should deathly get it like it is amazing when I first started it was just difficult but then you’ll get used to it so you should get it this app is amazing🤪🤩more -
Feb 20, 2021 God bless you, the creators of this awesome application! I cannot believe my eyes and ears! My 6-year-old son is progressing so fast! He is so confident playing with the both hands just after 1 months of everyday lessons. For my child this is an engaging, funny game, but I understand how many efforts, progressive methodology and psychological principles were applied. I wish I had had Simply Piano 25 years ago when I studied at a musical school! I would certainly have achieved much more success!more -
Feb 24, 2021 Enormous fun I have gone through and yet when we have a piano I'll know the middle c d e f etc, perfect app for learning piano,you don't need a fancy big piano to be good,even if you don't have a piano you can practice the keybord one and it has nothing it doesn't learn you(not realisticly),and I think it would be fun to play even if you don't like playing piano you can learn it from now if you catched your eye in a piano you will learn the basics of it and I give it a huge shout out and 5 starsmore
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Feb 22, 2021 Updated review. So I gave it a 5 initially cause i really loved the early lessons. Then as I advanced and learned more notes, dropped my rating to a 3 because the app was not picking up the d note on the bass scale most the time. That's still an issue, but it hasn't caused as much of a problem after Essentials 3. And I'm back in the groove on chord stylings 3. And I feel like I've advanced so much in such a short time. So lets settle on 4 stars.more -
Feb 20, 2021 so the app itself is awesome but you can only play five lessons for free and I think it's wrong that this app is advertised as being a "free game". but in all fairness the price isn't bad it is much cheaper than piano lessons I was taking, plus it teaches you much quicker! love this app and only thing I can fault is the fact I downloaded this under the illusion that I could learn to play piano for free,more -
Feb 23, 2021 This app is great for learning piano I don't even know where to start! It's easy to use and get started with I've only been using it for like a week or so and I've learned so much! It is amazing and I am a very fast learner so it is very easy for me and plus I love how it doesn't need to be connected to a piano which is AWESOME. 🤩 and plus although there is this really weird glitch where it basically makes the notes wrong before you start playing but it's not really a problem. This app is.😃😍more -
Fun but raging
Jan 6, 2021 So I chose the blue path, and when I was trying to play somewhere over the rainbow, it legit wouldn’t show the notes and when I tried again it somehow thought I needed to play the 16 steps again before playing the song. Developers, if you read this, please respond and PROMISE me you’ll make it so if you’ve already completed the steps and are on the song and you exit or it glitches, you don’t have to go through complicated and long steps. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE ON, ITS NOT THAT HARD, THANKS FOR NOTHING. Besides from that, I recommend you Simply Piano. It gives you a very confident boost and a very good start. Even if your just doing Simply Piano for fun, and you don’t want to learn anything, you are. I’m up to F position, I take piano lessons, but none as good as virtual lessons. Well, technically, I do have virtual lessons because of the big fad sickness, COVID-19, but I mean not talking to anyone or being corrected to harshly or having homework. Oh, the homework is a bonus. Well, in my opinion I have homework from an APP, but that’s just me. And if you want homework from Simply Piano, try everyday at 3:30 reading sheet music. Anyhow, very good confident start, and I hope you respond to my raging. This is getting pretty long so imma end it here. But listen to me.more -
Feb 6, 2021 When it works, it's great: short learning modules that are easy to follow and many well-known songs. It's motivating. It took me a while to find an acceptable tech setup: at first, notes weren't recognised correctly or sound and video were out of tune. Now I'm using a midi cable, but I still have occasions - when I play quietly or need to play the same note several times in a row - that a note is either not registered or it registers too many notes. In Jingle Bells, e.g., there are 7 Es in a row. Every time I play three of them, it counts four. Extreme staccato play sometimes helps, but that's not what I want to train myself to do. It sometimes makes me break off my practice session - it's just not fun. Also: please allow me to fast forward over sections of songs.more
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I like the app but doesn’t work sometimes..
Jul 5, 2018 The app is helpful and easy to understand. Which I do like, however, the app detects I’m playing a whole different key. It is hard to learn the piano on this app when it is saying you are playing a key wrong. I’ve learned a lot from this app but it is frustrating I have to play the key multiple times to move on. I’ve studied each key, to make sure it wasn’t me playing the wrong key, but it wasn’t. On the bottom of the screen it shows the keyboard, and when you play a key it shows which one you are playing, so when i play the key it wants me to play, it says I’m playing a different one. And to move on, I have to play a key that isn’t required. But on the bottom of the screen It says I’m playing the correct key. to play, I either, play the wrong key and it moves me on, or keep playing the right key over, and over, again and then it moves me on. Sometimes it doesn’t even move me on so I HAVE to play the incorrect key. So this will not help me become a better pianist by telling me the correct key is the wrong key, and the wrong key is the correct key. So I think they should fix that. But other than that it’s is a nice app. It is helpful other than the wrong key thing. It’s easy to understand which is great for young kids who want to learn by them self, like myself. But I really hope they fix that so I can give them a way better rating. If this wasn’t a problem I would give them a 5/5.more -
An unforgivable frustration
Apr 26, 2020 I really like this app. It has taught me a lot, and I think it is a great tool for learning. However, there is a major flaw that drives me insane every time i use it. No matter how quiet the room, how loud my keyboard is, or how on tempo I am, it constantly does not pick up some notes (mostly eighth notes—specifically if they are in a sequence of eighths). I’ve been playing music for a while, so I know my beats and tempos. I’ve tried everything from making sure the room is silent when I play to turning my keyboard up to the max (deafening) volume. It seems to help a little bit when my keyboard is very loud, but the problem still persists. It’s just so frustrating when I just need one more star, but I can’t get it because the app won’t pick up notes that I know I’ve played correctly. Also, I’ve noticed that some songs seem to be a little off. I understand them from a musical point of view, but it may trouble a new learner. They might not be able to hear the medley and play something different during the first few lessons. I was a little long winded, I apologize. The pros do outweigh the cons with this app—as long as you’re okay with listening to (honestly) bad singers. I’ve been able to learn a lot and it has helped me with playing with both hands. I’d give 3.75 stars. 4.5 if the note thing gets fixed.more -
Good but why do you have to pay?
May 7, 2020 The simply piano app is good, but why do you have to pay? I know that sounds like a dumb question but why? I don’t know why you have to pay to learn piano. For example you want to learn piano but you just can’t effort it every month or you just don’t know how to pay it. Like, if you just want to learn piano you can just make it free. It’s just that I think it’s better to make it free so more people can learn piano without paying. But, what I do like about simply piano is at the start, when you download the app you get this guide and then you start learning piano but, when your done doing the piano stuff or the touch screen piano you get this guide about you can pay or get a free trial but, I just don’t get why. Like, if you want to learn piano and you do all the piano stuff and you feel like your ready to move on but you don’t want to pay or have your credit car information on the app. If you don’t want to pay or have your credit card information on the app you can’t learn piano and your just stuck there repeating the same stuff that you learned on Simply piano. I don’t get why you have to pay. But, that’s why I don’t think you should pay just to learn piano. But, if you don’t agree with me I understand.more -
Feb 18, 2021 It's an okay app but I found it hard to learn because you have to learn the moves fast to understand how to play the song (the song is a few steps later) . Another thing is that some time while I'm playing it doesn't hear the letters I'm typing and it gives me a clue then it makes me fail😕.I would suggest the app if you are patient learning the move fast 🙂. Thanks.more -
Good for learning but frustrating and oh my god the ads
Apr 22, 2020 I like the idea of the app but it could really be executed better. First I want to talk about the ads as a side note. I feel like it might be possible to grow fast but come on, not a five year old in less than a year with complete knowledge. I know a lot of little kids and none of them can sit down for long enough when they have a choice to play more than ten minutes each day on the piano. Tying into that, the app is frustrating. I swear, practice mode is nightmare fuel. And for a beginner it’s so hard to see which notes are which. I think it would be worth a feature that lets you see the letters corresponding to the placement on the staff if you choose to display it. Maybe the notes are just me but as a beginner I have trouble every time. Also having songs locked behind courses is frustrating. If I want to realize that I’m not ready or am ready I’ll do it before I finish a course. I like how you can slow songs down but the menu you can pull up is not ideal, especially if you are just pausing it to go do something. You have approximately two seconds to put you hands back in position. Good luck. Overall I’d say the app is kinda average.more
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Pls read if you’re getting this for your kid
Dec 30, 2020 I’ve been struggling to play piano for a while and I was like oh I should use this app! And you know what, it was decent until I needed to pay premium to continue on with my lessons. That’s a big no from me, but my little brother was super interested and he hasn’t played piano once in his life. So I thought well, I’ll get as much out of this as possible. I set up a new profile and everything, and thought he would at least learn a few things, but man it was way to fast-paced for him. The ads are all like “OMG THIS SIX YEAR OLD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY PIANO IN A FEW WEEKS” and my six year old housemate rage quit as soon as he was thrust into the side scrolling play along with the music thing. He’d been getting by by looking at screen, looking at hand, squinting, pressing key, moving on, which was pretty slow. I tried to calm him down but little brothers are the worst. A few days later he tried again, and got further, I guess. Let’s just say that taking a mini child through this app results in much angry piano smashing and “I PRESSED THAT KEY!!!!!” and tears. Basically, no, your toddler is not going to learn piano with this app. I’m sure there are more kid-oriented versions somewhere, but don’t believe the ads with a little baby jamming out to baby shark like a Mozartmore -
Feb 15, 2021 The app is visually appealing and easy to navigate. The free version only has access to 5 stages in 1 section, some are videos. In order to get to the rest you have to pay for a 3/6/12 month membership, for which they want £60 for 3 months or £120 for 12 months. I uninstalled it because it wasn't apparent nor clear prior to download and registration that large fees were required in order to use the app beyond the 'get started' section.more -
Good app but w/ a MAJOR issue
Mar 6, 2019 Giving this 2 stars (generously) for how great of an app it COULD be; if my issue were fixed it’d be 5 stars. The app showed its potential and was great until about halfway into the first lesson. My audio all registered fine at first, passed all their audio sync tests, no issues. Out of the blue it was no longer detecting that I was hitting notes. In the app when you fail a part of the song 3 times it sends you into a practice mode with a metronome. Don’t get me wrong it’s a nice feature when needed. HOWEVER, I didn’t need it making it SO FRUSTRATING to keep having to repeat this painfully slow practice mode. I even had my mom who has been playing piano for decades sit and try to play the simple song and it did the same thing! There is nothing I could do at this point; if you can’t pass the song you can’t move forward in the app. The funny thing was on the practice mode it registered all the notes just fine, then it would go back into the regular song and would glitch again. I had to delete the app and start using Yousician which is good but limits you to only 10 minutes per day unless you pay. I don’t like it as much as I did this app which is a shame. Hopefully, this can get fixed as I saw a few other people mention similar issues.more -
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Jan 18, 2018 Overall I think the app is an amazing idea and has so much potential, I know despite some difficulties I have already learned so much, but at 120 dollars a year for a premium membership the app should be flawless when it comes to functionality and unfortunately this is not even close to the case. I have just recently gotten my standard everyday piano tuned and I have followed every suggestion the app has given toward improving note recognition; I have tried lowering the volume on my device for minimal interference, playing with no background noise again for no interference, flipped my device, moved it as close to the piano as possible while still being in view while playing, made sure the microphone was not blocked, and I have even tried removing my phone case, all have had no success in improving the app’s ability to recognize notes. I have noticed that the app has a particularly difficult time recognizing the first G note after middle C especially while being played simultaneously with a left hand chord. I am extremely motivated toward learning piano and the app has already helped me so much in this goal but this annoyance is really hindering my progress. Please fix this issue as soon as possible.more -
PLS READ Perfect at first, now Regret
Nov 4, 2018 I have seen thousands of ads about this app and I decided to try this for myself when I got it I immediately fell in love with it . it was everything I expected and a better . It was perfection . But then I started learning chords on the piano . It taught me well but when I played it on the piano it kept saying I was wrong, even when I was playing it correctly . All 3 or 4 keys at the same time with the same amount of force and at the right keys and position. It even shows me where on the piano I'm supposed to play the chords . But no it kept saying I was wrong and it wouldn't let me move on . And when I was actually wrong it said I was right . this mainly happens when I'm using both my left and right hand to play chords . If I'm playing the right cords with my right hand but the wrong key with my left hand then it says I'm right . Now I purposely played the wrong chords to see if it says I'm right and it did . We payed a YEAR trial for this app and I have already sent a message about a month ago and never got an reply . I haven't been playing for longer than a month now, and I'm PAYING for this . If you can't fix this then at least give me my money back . Thank you .more
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Lost $149 it's a scam, beware!
Feb 8, 2021 They give you a 7 day free trial. After that they charge you $149. I was aware of that so I tried to cancel on day 6. Guess what? There's no way to cancel because technically you're on a trial and not signed up. It doesn't show up anywhere that I'm signed up so I can't cancel. I went through the app, through Google play store and paypal and nothing showed. Even support said it probably means I'm not signed up. Now guess what? This morning my account miraculously appeared. Along w $150 charge.more
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Feb 22, 2021 Do not sign up for the free trial if you aren't thinking about signing up, signed up for the free trial for my daughter and had to include credit card information, tried to cancel before 7 days was up and the option wasn't anywhere to be seen so I wrote the company to no response and was charged $199.99 two days later on my credit card. Was issued a refund but still hard to navigate cancelling while on the free 7 day trial.more -
I’m Disappointed.
Oct 9, 2020 When I got this game I was excited, super excited, but not long after that I got really disappointed, let me explain why. So I downloaded thinking, this is awesome, I’m gonna learn how to play piano and be able to read the music. I was super pumped about it so I got on right away, when you go in they have you creat a account which was super easy and I had no trouble with it at all, though It did ask if I wanted to go premium and of course I put no because I don’t have the money to spend on an app, I mean if I had the money for the app I would just go to an actual piano lesson, not to mention the prices are pretty high, but anyway I was on the app for about 5 minutes because that’s how long the app says I should practice for, and then I was done, super easy super fun so I got off the app and went on with my day. Later that evening I wasn’t doing anything so I did it for another 5 minutes and after that I finished the first whole lesson and I was like wow I really like this app, I learned a lot and it doesn’t take forever, little did I know that after you finish the first lesson you have to go premium to do anything else and that makes me very frustrated because there are a lot of teenagers and kids and some adults who can’t afford lessons and this app might as well cost the same as an actual lesson. But I’m sure it’s great for the people that can afford it. I just think that they should say before you download that you only get one lesson.more -
Fun, but a bad teacher
May 22, 2020 I have several months experience playing piano as well as being taught piano, trumpet, drums, and 10 years singing in choirs. The techniques SimplyPiano uses are awesome when they work, however the Practice Mode reinforces bad playing and really really makes your work learning any specific piece of music impossibly harder than it should once you reach your learning curve. SimplyPiano will get you the techniques and skills to make you a passable player very quickly, but you will be extremely frustrated along the way if you aren’t careful. You won’t be able to use SimplyPiano to perfect any technique or phrase or song without external help or by restarting the entire song or level yet again like a game. It doesn’t even teach you how to practice outside the app so you are less frustrated inside it, and it does nothing to detect if you are advancing too quickly (because by default it does the tutorial only once!) It simply won’t let you repeat elements without mistakes enough times in a row for any brain to actually deeply learn it. If you learn something with mistakes it will advance you and cheer your success, but there’s no way to rehears that spot you always miss at the end except to waste another 5 minutes in the tutorial for phrases you already know. You will learn superficially extremely quickly, yet you will be quietly angry the whole time at your apparent lack of skill and consistent mistakes.more -
Feb 6, 2021 Too many things wrong with this app, its very expensive for what it is. The note recognition is hit and miss. When it doesnt pick up the notes you get stuck in practise mode with no way to escape, despite playing perfectly- there needs to be an option to skip this. Some of the stages are very very basic and there's no way to jump forward if youre a fast learner. The free version was great as youre not expecting much. Total waste of money once you've paid and its killing my motivation to learn.more
What’s Groovy
I took some piano lessons as a kid and played for a few years. But I was never excited nor did I practice much. And, honestly wasn’t very good to at playing the piano. Forward 35 years (in the midst of Covid 19), I had an intense desire to play the piano. And I had the time to learn and practice! I purchased an electric piano online and downloaded Simply Piano. I realized as I went though lessons that I was relearning everything. And they do such a nice job of keeping me engaged. I was enjoying it! So much that I started to look forward to learning new lessons, which opened up more music to practice and etc. As much as I love classical music, learning and practicing modern songs that I quite well has been really fun. I can’t wait to learn the next set. And I can’t wait to get further along in the lessons to play more complex versions. The app isn’t perfect, sometimes I get frustrated when the app dings me for playing the wrong chord or tempo- when I am sure I didn’t. And it takes forever to get through it. But at the same time I guess I am getting practice... With that said, I do miss having real time feedback from a piano teacher and hope to hire one when it’s safe to do so! But bottom line is that even though the app does have an expensive subscription fee, I think it’s absolutely worth every penny. Thanks for helping me find my passion in piano!
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What’s Subpar
Constantly running into audio sync issues when trying to play any song (sheet music comes too fast on my phone and too slow on my tablet making the app basically unusable). Also constantly have songs ruined by automatic volume adjustment muting the backing track with no way to disable this "feature". In addition to this app frequently crashes and fails to register most two hand chords. Was really excited for this app but can't really recommend to anyone until these issues are fixed.
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I love Simply Piano!! The lessons are great and, they are fun. Most of the songs are popular tunes making it easier to master them. It would be nice if the tempo in practice lessons were able to be adjusted as the songs are but overall this is a great way to learn.
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No Regret At All (Really Great App)
Technically, I would just rated 4 stars for this app since there is always room for improvement. However, I rated it 5 stars for a very personal reason. I learned to play piano on and off throughout my childhood but gave it up during my mid teen. Thinking I will never be able to play perfectly, I even began to hate the instrument since it kept reminding me that I have no musical talent. I even tried to avoid anyone who can play like my friends and cousins (when they play). However, I have come to realise that nothing is actually stopping me from finding musical talent but myself. So now almost 28, I decided to start again through this app. I initially hesitated due to the price and that often times, subscriptions are hard to cancel. But surprisingly, I have come to love it. Now playing it almost everyday whenever I can, the house is filled with simple melodies. I don’t mind not becoming professional as long as I can play for my parents, especially my father. He has always hoped that one day, his children will touch the keys again. I recommend this to anyone who are struggling to reconcile with piano and music. Keep the app running for old iOS please!! Some of us still use old iPads. ❤️🙏🏻 -
I like the app but doesn’t work sometimes..
The app is helpful and easy to understand. Which I do like, however, the app detects I’m playing a whole different key. It is hard to learn the piano on this app when it is saying you are playing a key wrong. I’ve learned a lot from this app but it is frustrating I have to play the key multiple times to move on. I’ve studied each key, to make sure it wasn’t me playing the wrong key, but it wasn’t. On the bottom of the screen it shows the keyboard, and when you play a key it shows which one you are playing, so when i play the key it wants me to play, it says I’m playing a different one. And to move on, I have to play a key that isn’t required. But on the bottom of the screen It says I’m playing the correct key. to play, I either, play the wrong key and it moves me on, or keep playing the right key over, and over, again and then it moves me on. Sometimes it doesn’t even move me on so I HAVE to play the incorrect key. So this will not help me become a better pianist by telling me the correct key is the wrong key, and the wrong key is the correct key. So I think they should fix that. But other than that it’s is a nice app. It is helpful other than the wrong key thing. It’s easy to understand which is great for young kids who want to learn by them self, like myself. But I really hope they fix that so I can give them a way better rating. If this wasn’t a problem I would give them a 5/5. -
Updated review. So I gave it a 5 initially cause i really loved the early lessons. Then as I advanced and learned more notes, dropped my rating to a 3 because the app was not picking up the d note on the bass scale most the time. That's still an issue, but it hasn't caused as much of a problem after Essentials 3. And I'm back in the groove on chord stylings 3. And I feel like I've advanced so much in such a short time. So lets settle on 4 stars.
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so the app itself is awesome but you can only play five lessons for free and I think it's wrong that this app is advertised as being a "free game". but in all fairness the price isn't bad it is much cheaper than piano lessons I was taking, plus it teaches you much quicker! love this app and only thing I can fault is the fact I downloaded this under the illusion that I could learn to play piano for free,
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Amazing app
So I just started playing this it’s really fine but at the same time a little bit hard but you should definitely try this app it is amazing I have it’s like a little bit ago but it was hard for me but now I’m seven and I was six when we first got it and I really love it now it’s amazing I had another one but then it start to not work so then I wanted to try this again and I’ve been playing for about 15 minutes now and I already love it so this is a very cool app you should definitely get it at first it will be a little bit frustrating but then you would actually be able to do a lot of stuff like it’s difficult and then you get used to it and then you will be able to do it so I recommend you to buy this app like it is amazing like when I first started I didn’t know how to play it but now I do so it’s really amazing is it home to me only in 15 minutes so you should deathly get this app and if you were kid reading this you should show your mom and you should deathly get it like it is amazing when I first started it was just difficult but then you’ll get used to it so you should get it this app is amazing🤪🤩 -
God bless you, the creators of this awesome application! I cannot believe my eyes and ears! My 6-year-old son is progressing so fast! He is so confident playing with the both hands just after 1 months of everyday lessons. For my child this is an engaging, funny game, but I understand how many efforts, progressive methodology and psychological principles were applied. I wish I had had Simply Piano 25 years ago when I studied at a musical school! I would certainly have achieved much more success!
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An unforgivable frustration
I really like this app. It has taught me a lot, and I think it is a great tool for learning. However, there is a major flaw that drives me insane every time i use it. No matter how quiet the room, how loud my keyboard is, or how on tempo I am, it constantly does not pick up some notes (mostly eighth notes—specifically if they are in a sequence of eighths). I’ve been playing music for a while, so I know my beats and tempos. I’ve tried everything from making sure the room is silent when I play to turning my keyboard up to the max (deafening) volume. It seems to help a little bit when my keyboard is very loud, but the problem still persists. It’s just so frustrating when I just need one more star, but I can’t get it because the app won’t pick up notes that I know I’ve played correctly. Also, I’ve noticed that some songs seem to be a little off. I understand them from a musical point of view, but it may trouble a new learner. They might not be able to hear the medley and play something different during the first few lessons. I was a little long winded, I apologize. The pros do outweigh the cons with this app—as long as you’re okay with listening to (honestly) bad singers. I’ve been able to learn a lot and it has helped me with playing with both hands. I’d give 3.75 stars. 4.5 if the note thing gets fixed. -
Enormous fun I have gone through and yet when we have a piano I'll know the middle c d e f etc, perfect app for learning piano,you don't need a fancy big piano to be good,even if you don't have a piano you can practice the keybord one and it has nothing it doesn't learn you(not realisticly),and I think it would be fun to play even if you don't like playing piano you can learn it from now if you catched your eye in a piano you will learn the basics of it and I give it a huge shout out and 5 stars
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This app is great for learning piano I don't even know where to start! It's easy to use and get started with I've only been using it for like a week or so and I've learned so much! It is amazing and I am a very fast learner so it is very easy for me and plus I love how it doesn't need to be connected to a piano which is AWESOME. 🤩 and plus although there is this really weird glitch where it basically makes the notes wrong before you start playing but it's not really a problem. This app is.😃😍
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Amazing app! I LEARNED HOW TO PLAY PIANO IN TIME FOR MY PARTY! IT WAS AWSOME!
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Its very good!but modt of them are premium and my parents wont let me buy premium!please make them free the touch keyboard wont really work on mine just please!i love yor game tho!
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I love it so much it is the best
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It's great.
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Amazing app
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What a great experience with my kids an I . Today is my first day an I feel like I'm learning pretty quick. Awesome 😎 app 👍 so far so good..
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Great experience
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its really fun and really cool im really glad its FREE because if it was not then i would not get to play it you shald wreally get it if you dont got it you. i really like haw it ask you if you have a pieano/keboord or if you dont. PLEAS get it is SOOO cool
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A person who loves piano should download this app. It's also fun and learning at the same time! The best part is you can find your favorite song and learn to play it in the piano!
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Does this game have bonetroules and megalovania and last goodbye?
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I love Simply Piano!! The lessons are great and, they are fun. Most of the songs are popular tunes making it easier to master them. It would be nice if the tempo in practice lessons were able to be adjusted as the songs are but overall this is a great way to learn.
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No Regret At All (Really Great App)
Technically, I would just rated 4 stars for this app since there is always room for improvement. However, I rated it 5 stars for a very personal reason. I learned to play piano on and off throughout my childhood but gave it up during my mid teen. Thinking I will never be able to play perfectly, I even began to hate the instrument since it kept reminding me that I have no musical talent. I even tried to avoid anyone who can play like my friends and cousins (when they play). However, I have come to realise that nothing is actually stopping me from finding musical talent but myself. So now almost 28, I decided to start again through this app. I initially hesitated due to the price and that often times, subscriptions are hard to cancel. But surprisingly, I have come to love it. Now playing it almost everyday whenever I can, the house is filled with simple melodies. I don’t mind not becoming professional as long as I can play for my parents, especially my father. He has always hoped that one day, his children will touch the keys again. I recommend this to anyone who are struggling to reconcile with piano and music. Keep the app running for old iOS please!! Some of us still use old iPads. ❤️🙏🏻 -
Amazing app
So I just started playing this it’s really fine but at the same time a little bit hard but you should definitely try this app it is amazing I have it’s like a little bit ago but it was hard for me but now I’m seven and I was six when we first got it and I really love it now it’s amazing I had another one but then it start to not work so then I wanted to try this again and I’ve been playing for about 15 minutes now and I already love it so this is a very cool app you should definitely get it at first it will be a little bit frustrating but then you would actually be able to do a lot of stuff like it’s difficult and then you get used to it and then you will be able to do it so I recommend you to buy this app like it is amazing like when I first started I didn’t know how to play it but now I do so it’s really amazing is it home to me only in 15 minutes so you should deathly get this app and if you were kid reading this you should show your mom and you should deathly get it like it is amazing when I first started it was just difficult but then you’ll get used to it so you should get it this app is amazing🤪🤩 -
God bless you, the creators of this awesome application! I cannot believe my eyes and ears! My 6-year-old son is progressing so fast! He is so confident playing with the both hands just after 1 months of everyday lessons. For my child this is an engaging, funny game, but I understand how many efforts, progressive methodology and psychological principles were applied. I wish I had had Simply Piano 25 years ago when I studied at a musical school! I would certainly have achieved much more success!
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Enormous fun I have gone through and yet when we have a piano I'll know the middle c d e f etc, perfect app for learning piano,you don't need a fancy big piano to be good,even if you don't have a piano you can practice the keybord one and it has nothing it doesn't learn you(not realisticly),and I think it would be fun to play even if you don't like playing piano you can learn it from now if you catched your eye in a piano you will learn the basics of it and I give it a huge shout out and 5 stars
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Our tablet needs to be plugged in to external speakers else the sound stops working. But by the gods, it is extremely fun to play. After 4 months of 10-60 minutes a few times a week, I can play my sheet music way more easily, and songs that I thought were really hard at the time (all of Essentials 3), I can now go back and play nearly flawlessly first time. 95% of my piano playing is just this app, so it's really teaching me! The kids (4 and 7) love it, even if their hands don't always reach!
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So fun - lots of Christmas music
I honestly can’t believe I can play piano with two hands now. I’m nearly done with essentials 3 and it’s amazing how much I’ve learned. I really love being able to read and play regular sheet music (it’s included within the app), which was always my goal. My only hesitation on recommending this app to everyone are some of the music choices. I’m not religious but there are a lot of Christian songs to work through, carols especially. I don’t mind them, as I know them well and that makes them easier for me to learn, but if you’re not Christian or don’t know carols at all it might be a barrier to you. One more note, the further I get in the course the more I’m wanting a keyboard to plug into (I’m using a real piano). I feel like sometimes it can’t “hear” the notes when I’m playing 4 at a time for example. This is something that Simply Piano acknowledges but I feel like I got quite far without one. As for the expense, my whole family is using it and we’re now playing lots of sheet music. Other sites have sheet music for about $5-6 a song. I think for all of us using it and getting sheet music it’s a great deal. -
Amazing! But some keys are not recognized all the time and I thought the subscription was only things like no ADS, the songs section, and other benefits, but it is required for most lessons. At least the subscriptions are under $50. 😥
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Thank You...
Played the Piano, and percussion from like 5-14 years old.. then nothing after that.. 42 now.. forgot all music reading and was always too intimidated to learn again.. didn’t have $25 to shell out a week for lessons nor the time with my career and two little kids.. stumbled across simply piano one weekend w my out of tune acoustic piano.. a week later I had the full digital set up w a Yamaha delivered so I could get the correct feedback from the app.. a week later.. life changing.. I’ve always had music in my head and wanted to be able to just play along with songs and read music... this app is amazing.. with patience and lots of repetition it’s all coming back to me.. I never would have got this with lessons because I don’t have the time.. going at my own speed at 5am before work 30 minutes... I couldn’t be happier now.. Piano is meditation.. if your not present when you are playing it can go south quick... lol... looking forward to the process... enjoying every moment of the journey back... thank you Simply Piano.. you’ve created pure magic into people’s lives...!! 💪🏽❤️🎹👍🏽 -
This app is an absolute steal
I bought this app because Covid lockdowns forced a suspension of lessons with my kids’ piano teacher. We paid her $60/week. With this app, the kids are learning faster, they’re more engaged with practicing at home, and my wife and I have even picked up practicing our own rusty piano skills. It’s brought joy to the whole house during quarantine frustrations. At 1/20th the cost of in-person lessons, I’m not sure we’ll ever go back. There is one thing I really don’t like about the app. it’s not enough to warrant stripping off a star, but it is worth mentioning. A lot of the songs have an accompanying drumbeat track with a tempo that is completely mismatched with the music. This causes unnecessary frustration because you have to mentally block out the drum track rhythm and follow your own, because if you follow the rhythm, you’ll fail the lesson. In a way, it forces you to focus and tune out distractions which adds to the challenge, but it should be an option to turn it off. All in all, if you have a piano and want to improve your skills, this app is a no brainer and more than worth every penny.
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Updated review. So I gave it a 5 initially cause i really loved the early lessons. Then as I advanced and learned more notes, dropped my rating to a 3 because the app was not picking up the d note on the bass scale most the time. That's still an issue, but it hasn't caused as much of a problem after Essentials 3. And I'm back in the groove on chord stylings 3. And I feel like I've advanced so much in such a short time. So lets settle on 4 stars.
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so the app itself is awesome but you can only play five lessons for free and I think it's wrong that this app is advertised as being a "free game". but in all fairness the price isn't bad it is much cheaper than piano lessons I was taking, plus it teaches you much quicker! love this app and only thing I can fault is the fact I downloaded this under the illusion that I could learn to play piano for free,
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This app is great for learning piano I don't even know where to start! It's easy to use and get started with I've only been using it for like a week or so and I've learned so much! It is amazing and I am a very fast learner so it is very easy for me and plus I love how it doesn't need to be connected to a piano which is AWESOME. 🤩 and plus although there is this really weird glitch where it basically makes the notes wrong before you start playing but it's not really a problem. This app is.😃😍
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Fun but raging
So I chose the blue path, and when I was trying to play somewhere over the rainbow, it legit wouldn’t show the notes and when I tried again it somehow thought I needed to play the 16 steps again before playing the song. Developers, if you read this, please respond and PROMISE me you’ll make it so if you’ve already completed the steps and are on the song and you exit or it glitches, you don’t have to go through complicated and long steps. I JUST WANTED TO MOVE ON, ITS NOT THAT HARD, THANKS FOR NOTHING. Besides from that, I recommend you Simply Piano. It gives you a very confident boost and a very good start. Even if your just doing Simply Piano for fun, and you don’t want to learn anything, you are. I’m up to F position, I take piano lessons, but none as good as virtual lessons. Well, technically, I do have virtual lessons because of the big fad sickness, COVID-19, but I mean not talking to anyone or being corrected to harshly or having homework. Oh, the homework is a bonus. Well, in my opinion I have homework from an APP, but that’s just me. And if you want homework from Simply Piano, try everyday at 3:30 reading sheet music. Anyhow, very good confident start, and I hope you respond to my raging. This is getting pretty long so imma end it here. But listen to me. -
When it works, it's great: short learning modules that are easy to follow and many well-known songs. It's motivating. It took me a while to find an acceptable tech setup: at first, notes weren't recognised correctly or sound and video were out of tune. Now I'm using a midi cable, but I still have occasions - when I play quietly or need to play the same note several times in a row - that a note is either not registered or it registers too many notes. In Jingle Bells, e.g., there are 7 Es in a row. Every time I play three of them, it counts four. Extreme staccato play sometimes helps, but that's not what I want to train myself to do. It sometimes makes me break off my practice session - it's just not fun. Also: please allow me to fast forward over sections of songs.
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It definitely helps with getting acquainted with the piano, and it's fun learning the chords to some popular songs! I also enjoy the music sheets they occasionally supply you with! Only thing is that once you start to play chords, the app had trouble identifying which keys were being hit. Without the adapter to my keyboard, it was impossible for me to progress.
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The app is very good. It helps me understand piano easier, and the app is very enjoyable. However, please work on the app to improve it. Sometimes the app thinks I press the wrong key when I don't. I started simply piano a few weeks back, and so far I really like it. I'm sure that soon I'll change the rating to 5 stars from 4, because I believe the problem will be fixed.
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The app teaches piano step by step, and it does that really well, and you progress through the lesson at your own pace, and it's really effective. You will need a MIDI cable. Node detection is faulty without it. Even with it, I have issues, and the support just told me to get another cable (that didn't solve anything, and I'm on my third cable). I do still learn, and it's really enjoyable. It isn't cheap, but it is good value for money. I just hope, they'd fix my issue :/
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Good self learning tool. I signed up for 3 months to begin, and liked it enough to sign up for another 6 months. It does a good job teaching and allowing me to pace. I wish it had an option to rewind to a certain part of a song to practice when I struggle with one area. Be nice to have a built in help feature, where it does the tick tock thing upon request in an area. It sometimes does not catch certain notes, but overall, I'm really enjoying it
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Pay to play?
When you first download the app, you get a free lesson/course, and you learn how to play the first 5 notes with your right hand, which was great... Until I finished it 20 minutes later. Once you finish the first course it shows you what you have unlocked and what more you can do to learn, and I started getting excited! I clicked "next" and it showed how much you have to pay in order to keep learning. I was excited to learn to play because I know how to play guitar, ukulele, and viola, and wanted to learn how to play piano! I had seen this add and thought that I should at least try it! Don't get me wrong, I really like the app, but I know many people can't continue with the app because of the monthly pay ($10), and others I'm sure are hesitant to get it because they're not sure if they will continue with it. I know that there is a reason the creators had the pay, but I was disappointed when they told me I had to pay to continue. Other than that, I enjoyed it and would have given it 5 stars if not for the monthly pay. I might consider it though... It is cheaper than normal lessons.
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I like the app but doesn’t work sometimes..
The app is helpful and easy to understand. Which I do like, however, the app detects I’m playing a whole different key. It is hard to learn the piano on this app when it is saying you are playing a key wrong. I’ve learned a lot from this app but it is frustrating I have to play the key multiple times to move on. I’ve studied each key, to make sure it wasn’t me playing the wrong key, but it wasn’t. On the bottom of the screen it shows the keyboard, and when you play a key it shows which one you are playing, so when i play the key it wants me to play, it says I’m playing a different one. And to move on, I have to play a key that isn’t required. But on the bottom of the screen It says I’m playing the correct key. to play, I either, play the wrong key and it moves me on, or keep playing the right key over, and over, again and then it moves me on. Sometimes it doesn’t even move me on so I HAVE to play the incorrect key. So this will not help me become a better pianist by telling me the correct key is the wrong key, and the wrong key is the correct key. So I think they should fix that. But other than that it’s is a nice app. It is helpful other than the wrong key thing. It’s easy to understand which is great for young kids who want to learn by them self, like myself. But I really hope they fix that so I can give them a way better rating. If this wasn’t a problem I would give them a 5/5. -
An unforgivable frustration
I really like this app. It has taught me a lot, and I think it is a great tool for learning. However, there is a major flaw that drives me insane every time i use it. No matter how quiet the room, how loud my keyboard is, or how on tempo I am, it constantly does not pick up some notes (mostly eighth notes—specifically if they are in a sequence of eighths). I’ve been playing music for a while, so I know my beats and tempos. I’ve tried everything from making sure the room is silent when I play to turning my keyboard up to the max (deafening) volume. It seems to help a little bit when my keyboard is very loud, but the problem still persists. It’s just so frustrating when I just need one more star, but I can’t get it because the app won’t pick up notes that I know I’ve played correctly. Also, I’ve noticed that some songs seem to be a little off. I understand them from a musical point of view, but it may trouble a new learner. They might not be able to hear the medley and play something different during the first few lessons. I was a little long winded, I apologize. The pros do outweigh the cons with this app—as long as you’re okay with listening to (honestly) bad singers. I’ve been able to learn a lot and it has helped me with playing with both hands. I’d give 3.75 stars. 4.5 if the note thing gets fixed. -
Good but why do you have to pay?
The simply piano app is good, but why do you have to pay? I know that sounds like a dumb question but why? I don’t know why you have to pay to learn piano. For example you want to learn piano but you just can’t effort it every month or you just don’t know how to pay it. Like, if you just want to learn piano you can just make it free. It’s just that I think it’s better to make it free so more people can learn piano without paying. But, what I do like about simply piano is at the start, when you download the app you get this guide and then you start learning piano but, when your done doing the piano stuff or the touch screen piano you get this guide about you can pay or get a free trial but, I just don’t get why. Like, if you want to learn piano and you do all the piano stuff and you feel like your ready to move on but you don’t want to pay or have your credit car information on the app. If you don’t want to pay or have your credit card information on the app you can’t learn piano and your just stuck there repeating the same stuff that you learned on Simply piano. I don’t get why you have to pay. But, that’s why I don’t think you should pay just to learn piano. But, if you don’t agree with me I understand. -
It's an okay app but I found it hard to learn because you have to learn the moves fast to understand how to play the song (the song is a few steps later) . Another thing is that some time while I'm playing it doesn't hear the letters I'm typing and it gives me a clue then it makes me fail😕.I would suggest the app if you are patient learning the move fast 🙂. Thanks.
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Good for learning but frustrating and oh my god the ads
I like the idea of the app but it could really be executed better. First I want to talk about the ads as a side note. I feel like it might be possible to grow fast but come on, not a five year old in less than a year with complete knowledge. I know a lot of little kids and none of them can sit down for long enough when they have a choice to play more than ten minutes each day on the piano. Tying into that, the app is frustrating. I swear, practice mode is nightmare fuel. And for a beginner it’s so hard to see which notes are which. I think it would be worth a feature that lets you see the letters corresponding to the placement on the staff if you choose to display it. Maybe the notes are just me but as a beginner I have trouble every time. Also having songs locked behind courses is frustrating. If I want to realize that I’m not ready or am ready I’ll do it before I finish a course. I like how you can slow songs down but the menu you can pull up is not ideal, especially if you are just pausing it to go do something. You have approximately two seconds to put you hands back in position. Good luck. Overall I’d say the app is kinda average. -
Terrible way to waste money. (Updated)
The app has a great concept, I can see, but why does it require a certain amount of hertz for A4 for it to work properly?! This is a terrible method, and I wasted money with a subscription thinking that it would work on all hertz. Such a bummer. I wrote this review (above) some time ago. Since the ads were coming at me at all sides, I decided to try the app again. But again, I lost hope. Now please note that I take actual piano lessons, and I want to teach my father, so I wanted to see how well the app is. So I warmed up my fingers and got to work. But as soon as I was about to learn the song of my choice (Perfect by Ed Sheeran), the app told me that I had to buy Premium for EVERY OTHER LESSON. And I also had to get Premium to play Perfect. That is not acceptable. I am not spending money on this app, so I can’t do much of anything on it. So please, remove premium. This app could teach others well. As for tuning problems, they fixed that since I wrote this review, so that’s the end of that. Overall, a big disappointment for what could be a great app, but I am keeping it if Joy Tunes decides to remove premium. Who knows? Maybe it’s this review that will convince them. We will just have to wait and see. -
Horrible note recognition problems
I’m currently on intermediate 2 and things have been pretty good so far. I feel like I’m learning lots and making progress. However, in some pieces, the app and note recognition is dragging me down to a screeching halt. I have a pretty old upright piano that was tuned pretty recently, but when I play songs with fast rhythms, even if I play it 99% perfectly, the app counts it more like 50% and puts me into practice mode EVERY SINGLE TIME! It is infuriating having to spend upwards of an hour on a piece that should only take 25 minutes because you have to sit there and try the same few measures over and over and over again until the app lets you through to next next part, with simpler rhythms until the song goes back to the melody of 8th note rhythms AND YOU HAVE TO DO THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. I think there should be some sort of feature to ignore practice mode or skip a part if you feel that you are playing it right to avoid this issue. I also think in songs where you are switching positions a lot, there should be some sort of indicators like the position letter name above the notes instead of a meaningless and generally unhelpful bolded number. -
Pretty Good
Simply piano is a pretty good app. It works in a simple way, and is great at teaching piano. The subscription is understandable, and the app is a lot cheaper than a piano teacher. Although I do wish you could play the song you picked at the end of the lesson and then have to pay the subscription to go farther, that is a minor detail and not worthy of a star deduction. However, there are some major issues that need to be fixed. One issue is that even when I’m playing the correct chords, the app doesn’t hear anything. This caused me to be stuck at “jingle bells” for a very long time, even though I was playing it correctly. The biggest issue is that, after I play for a few days, when I enter, I can’t do the lessons. I click, and nothing happens. I can’t do songs or practices either. The only thing I can do is sheet music. It stays like this for days at a time, and then goes back to normal (for a few days until the cycle repeats). Speaking of sheet music, this isn’t a glitch but I find it quite annoying. You have to scroll through them. They could just size it down and make it so it all fits on your screen at once, but no, you have to pause every few lines to scroll. -
Great app, just doesn’t work all the time.
Hello! This is a great app, and I’m sure it’ll help me become a better pianist. But there’s problems; One, extra keys are playing and I’m not playing them. This may just be the music that it’s playing, but I thought I’d mention it anyway. Two; Sometimes, it plays the notes for me. I really want to be able to become a better pianist and it doesn’t help when something is playing the piano for me. Three; it is really hard for me and my family members to line up the blue line with the notes. I think, in my opinion, that the blue line is fast. And, I don’t know if you could disable this, but the practice mode comes in ALL THE TIME! And I just wanna play without all the stopping for practice mode. And, I think the practice mode is just the right speed for beginner pianists (me). Four; if my family members and me play the wrong key, for example, E. It’ll mark it as the right key. For example, C. And it doesn’t help me when I’m wrong but Simply Piano says I played the right note. Thank you so much for reading this and please consider fixing some of these or give me suggestions on how to fix it! Have a good day! ~Love your beginner pianist, Bombshel3 -
Fun way to learn but not helpful with rhythm
I like using the program and it’s great at detecting whether you’re getting the notes right. However, I think they could do a lot more with making it useful for learning rhythm. I don’t have a good natural sense of rhythm and when the exercises aren’t on any timing (when it’s just detecting notes) it doesn’t hold you to any rhythm. Then in the exercises where the staff is moving, it doesn’t provide any rhythm feedback other than telling you that you maybe got it wrong by sending you to practice mode. On some exercises it does chime out the rhythm for you in advance and that’s really helpful, but I think it should be more widespread, especially in practice mode. If I’m not understanding the rhythm and it just makes me do it over and over again with the metronome, it’s not really helping me understand how to break down the eighth notes and rests and etc. It would also be helpful if there was different color coding for timing being wrong versus the note being wrong. Sometimes I think I’m getting the wrong note when my timing is off instead, so more specific feedback would be helpful.
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Lost $149 it's a scam, beware!
They give you a 7 day free trial. After that they charge you $149. I was aware of that so I tried to cancel on day 6. Guess what? There's no way to cancel because technically you're on a trial and not signed up. It doesn't show up anywhere that I'm signed up so I can't cancel. I went through the app, through Google play store and paypal and nothing showed. Even support said it probably means I'm not signed up. Now guess what? This morning my account miraculously appeared. Along w $150 charge.
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Do not sign up for the free trial if you aren't thinking about signing up, signed up for the free trial for my daughter and had to include credit card information, tried to cancel before 7 days was up and the option wasn't anywhere to be seen so I wrote the company to no response and was charged $199.99 two days later on my credit card. Was issued a refund but still hard to navigate cancelling while on the free 7 day trial.
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I’m Disappointed.
When I got this game I was excited, super excited, but not long after that I got really disappointed, let me explain why. So I downloaded thinking, this is awesome, I’m gonna learn how to play piano and be able to read the music. I was super pumped about it so I got on right away, when you go in they have you creat a account which was super easy and I had no trouble with it at all, though It did ask if I wanted to go premium and of course I put no because I don’t have the money to spend on an app, I mean if I had the money for the app I would just go to an actual piano lesson, not to mention the prices are pretty high, but anyway I was on the app for about 5 minutes because that’s how long the app says I should practice for, and then I was done, super easy super fun so I got off the app and went on with my day. Later that evening I wasn’t doing anything so I did it for another 5 minutes and after that I finished the first whole lesson and I was like wow I really like this app, I learned a lot and it doesn’t take forever, little did I know that after you finish the first lesson you have to go premium to do anything else and that makes me very frustrated because there are a lot of teenagers and kids and some adults who can’t afford lessons and this app might as well cost the same as an actual lesson. But I’m sure it’s great for the people that can afford it. I just think that they should say before you download that you only get one lesson. -
Fun, but a bad teacher
I have several months experience playing piano as well as being taught piano, trumpet, drums, and 10 years singing in choirs. The techniques SimplyPiano uses are awesome when they work, however the Practice Mode reinforces bad playing and really really makes your work learning any specific piece of music impossibly harder than it should once you reach your learning curve. SimplyPiano will get you the techniques and skills to make you a passable player very quickly, but you will be extremely frustrated along the way if you aren’t careful. You won’t be able to use SimplyPiano to perfect any technique or phrase or song without external help or by restarting the entire song or level yet again like a game. It doesn’t even teach you how to practice outside the app so you are less frustrated inside it, and it does nothing to detect if you are advancing too quickly (because by default it does the tutorial only once!) It simply won’t let you repeat elements without mistakes enough times in a row for any brain to actually deeply learn it. If you learn something with mistakes it will advance you and cheer your success, but there’s no way to rehears that spot you always miss at the end except to waste another 5 minutes in the tutorial for phrases you already know. You will learn superficially extremely quickly, yet you will be quietly angry the whole time at your apparent lack of skill and consistent mistakes. -
Pls read if you’re getting this for your kid
I’ve been struggling to play piano for a while and I was like oh I should use this app! And you know what, it was decent until I needed to pay premium to continue on with my lessons. That’s a big no from me, but my little brother was super interested and he hasn’t played piano once in his life. So I thought well, I’ll get as much out of this as possible. I set up a new profile and everything, and thought he would at least learn a few things, but man it was way to fast-paced for him. The ads are all like “OMG THIS SIX YEAR OLD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY PIANO IN A FEW WEEKS” and my six year old housemate rage quit as soon as he was thrust into the side scrolling play along with the music thing. He’d been getting by by looking at screen, looking at hand, squinting, pressing key, moving on, which was pretty slow. I tried to calm him down but little brothers are the worst. A few days later he tried again, and got further, I guess. Let’s just say that taking a mini child through this app results in much angry piano smashing and “I PRESSED THAT KEY!!!!!” and tears. Basically, no, your toddler is not going to learn piano with this app. I’m sure there are more kid-oriented versions somewhere, but don’t believe the ads with a little baby jamming out to baby shark like a Mozart -
The app is visually appealing and easy to navigate. The free version only has access to 5 stages in 1 section, some are videos. In order to get to the rest you have to pay for a 3/6/12 month membership, for which they want £60 for 3 months or £120 for 12 months. I uninstalled it because it wasn't apparent nor clear prior to download and registration that large fees were required in order to use the app beyond the 'get started' section.
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Good app but w/ a MAJOR issue
Giving this 2 stars (generously) for how great of an app it COULD be; if my issue were fixed it’d be 5 stars. The app showed its potential and was great until about halfway into the first lesson. My audio all registered fine at first, passed all their audio sync tests, no issues. Out of the blue it was no longer detecting that I was hitting notes. In the app when you fail a part of the song 3 times it sends you into a practice mode with a metronome. Don’t get me wrong it’s a nice feature when needed. HOWEVER, I didn’t need it making it SO FRUSTRATING to keep having to repeat this painfully slow practice mode. I even had my mom who has been playing piano for decades sit and try to play the simple song and it did the same thing! There is nothing I could do at this point; if you can’t pass the song you can’t move forward in the app. The funny thing was on the practice mode it registered all the notes just fine, then it would go back into the regular song and would glitch again. I had to delete the app and start using Yousician which is good but limits you to only 10 minutes per day unless you pay. I don’t like it as much as I did this app which is a shame. Hopefully, this can get fixed as I saw a few other people mention similar issues. -
Too many things wrong with this app, its very expensive for what it is. The note recognition is hit and miss. When it doesnt pick up the notes you get stuck in practise mode with no way to escape, despite playing perfectly- there needs to be an option to skip this. Some of the stages are very very basic and there's no way to jump forward if youre a fast learner. The free version was great as youre not expecting much. Total waste of money once you've paid and its killing my motivation to learn.
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Sound good without actually being proficient
So this app is advertised as a platform to get beginners into learning piano and sound amazing. DO NOT USE THIS APP IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BE PROFICIENT!!!! I can not stress this enough. This app throws you into playing and barely glosses over music theory which is the most essential part of being able to grow as a musician and grow on your own in the future. This app is aimed at keeping you reliant on it and keeping you paying the subscription fee. I personally lost almost a year of self learning time on this app, and I kept going because I thought I sounded good. But when I went to start learning on my own I was completely lost without this app holding my hand. If anyone reads this review I would highly recommend the book Alfred’s All in One Piano course which is a three book series starting from the basics of music theory and slowly working up to advanced pieces. This series doesn’t make you reliant on it but instead gives you the necessary tools to grow and learn yourself. In conclusion, if all you’re looking for is to be able to play a few popular tunes for some clout around your friends than this is your app. If you’re actually serious about learning the piano there are a plethora of sources out there that I recommend you search out. -
Stress problems
It might be me, but this app is not good. It stresses me out, and puts me into major uncomfortable positions, even just using that right hand in the first place, plus, I started playing it just today and I did not do anything good. All it did was give me stress. The ads are just hooks that reel you in to getting this app! I like the idea, but at first, it would only let me play none of the songs I really liked, and in order to unlock both hand playing, MEMBERSHIP?! That’s just one thing wrong. Another thing about this “learning” app is that it stresses people, like me, and that ONE wrong note in practice basically means FAILURE. Another thing is that it made me feel like I did not matter, cause all I wanted to do was LEARN PIANO! I have one in my game room, dusting up! And I think that is pretty bad, so I wanted it to use. There is more things too! When you tap a key on the piano once, it plays it twice, and that makes you sometimes get a note wrong, which leads the app to say that you try again. Practice mode ticked me off a TOOOOOON, and I also thought about the ads that I saw, about in TWO WEEKS some kids learned to play piano, and in my opinion, two weeks of this would cause my household to be flooded with stress. Please believe me, before you are in CONSTANT stress. Thank you!
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Terrible it records you note wrong and its too tricky. I hate it.
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Keeps unrecognising certain notes and makes me fail a test which is frustrating
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I ALWAYS GET ADS ABOUT THIS GAME! I DON'T EVEN HAVE A PIANO!!!! just so annoying when I have a 30 second add for a game that's USELESS TO ME! 😠
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Good app but the worst at the same time
Because it’s good BUT WHY DOES IT COST MONEY I CAN’T LEARN CAUSE MY MOM OR DAD DON’T WANT TO BUY IT -
Wrong
It kept saying that C was D? When they clearly stated which one was which, so then I played C but it kept saying I was playing Bb. -
IT IS TERRIBLE
I KNOW I SAID IT WAS GOOD BIT EVERYTHING COSTS MONEY I MEAN LEARNING FRECH AND GERMAN IS BETTER THAN PAYING $200-300 FOR A EDUCATION GAME PEOPLE NEVER GET THIS IT IS A WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY AND ONE OTHER THING EVRY AD SAYS “IT IS A FREE APP” NOT TRUE I MEAN WHO DOES THAT????????? -
Crap
Rip off made me pay 100 dollars I wish the creator could respond to this and make it better -
Total rip-off!!🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
It’s good at first. But then. It. Tells. You. That. You. Need. To. PAY FOR IT!!! SAY A KID SEES THIS AS AN AD. SHE ASKS HER PARENT TO GET IT BECAUSE THEY JUST GOT A PAINO. It’s good at first and I learned (a tiny weeny itty bitty wittle) part of a song. Then when I’m about to learn a whole song it says I have to PAY FOR IT. I MEAN WHAT IS THIS?!?!?!🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 -
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MONEY
I can't afford to pay like 100 dollars a year! On Switch, it's like 20 dollars a year just to play online. I know that there is a free trial but for a WEEK. I know it's like a sample but it's 100 dollars a year... and still a lot for the others, so I think the trial should be a month. You might as-well just hire a piano teacher. I know that this plays at your own pace but STILL. The prices are too high, but the game does have potential. I also think that they shouldn't be mocking us and basically forcing us to pay just to learn our favorite songs. For example, i was scrolling through the lessons and saw that you could use it AS A LESSON. That is one of my favorite songs and their rubbing in my face that I have no money in my phone. I feel like they should update and be a little more loose, like letting us play and learn songs. Sure they give us one sheet music and show us the basics. But they don't teach us anything that a sheet music book might use, unless we pay. If anything it would be better for the app because it would give better reviews. At least teach us all parts of sheet music and giving us a medium selection of songs, please.
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Pls read if you’re getting this for your kid
I’ve been struggling to play piano for a while and I was like oh I should use this app! And you know what, it was decent until I needed to pay premium to continue on with my lessons. That’s a big no from me, but my little brother was super interested and he hasn’t played piano once in his life. So I thought well, I’ll get as much out of this as possible. I set up a new profile and everything, and thought he would at least learn a few things, but man it was way to fast-paced for him. The ads are all like “OMG THIS SIX YEAR OLD LEARNED HOW TO PLAY PIANO IN A FEW WEEKS” and my six year old housemate rage quit as soon as he was thrust into the side scrolling play along with the music thing. He’d been getting by by looking at screen, looking at hand, squinting, pressing key, moving on, which was pretty slow. I tried to calm him down but little brothers are the worst. A few days later he tried again, and got further, I guess. Let’s just say that taking a mini child through this app results in much angry piano smashing and “I PRESSED THAT KEY!!!!!” and tears. Basically, no, your toddler is not going to learn piano with this app. I’m sure there are more kid-oriented versions somewhere, but don’t believe the ads with a little baby jamming out to baby shark like a Mozart -
The app is visually appealing and easy to navigate. The free version only has access to 5 stages in 1 section, some are videos. In order to get to the rest you have to pay for a 3/6/12 month membership, for which they want £60 for 3 months or £120 for 12 months. I uninstalled it because it wasn't apparent nor clear prior to download and registration that large fees were required in order to use the app beyond the 'get started' section.
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Good app but w/ a MAJOR issue
Giving this 2 stars (generously) for how great of an app it COULD be; if my issue were fixed it’d be 5 stars. The app showed its potential and was great until about halfway into the first lesson. My audio all registered fine at first, passed all their audio sync tests, no issues. Out of the blue it was no longer detecting that I was hitting notes. In the app when you fail a part of the song 3 times it sends you into a practice mode with a metronome. Don’t get me wrong it’s a nice feature when needed. HOWEVER, I didn’t need it making it SO FRUSTRATING to keep having to repeat this painfully slow practice mode. I even had my mom who has been playing piano for decades sit and try to play the simple song and it did the same thing! There is nothing I could do at this point; if you can’t pass the song you can’t move forward in the app. The funny thing was on the practice mode it registered all the notes just fine, then it would go back into the regular song and would glitch again. I had to delete the app and start using Yousician which is good but limits you to only 10 minutes per day unless you pay. I don’t like it as much as I did this app which is a shame. Hopefully, this can get fixed as I saw a few other people mention similar issues. -
Please Read
Overall I think the app is an amazing idea and has so much potential, I know despite some difficulties I have already learned so much, but at 120 dollars a year for a premium membership the app should be flawless when it comes to functionality and unfortunately this is not even close to the case. I have just recently gotten my standard everyday piano tuned and I have followed every suggestion the app has given toward improving note recognition; I have tried lowering the volume on my device for minimal interference, playing with no background noise again for no interference, flipped my device, moved it as close to the piano as possible while still being in view while playing, made sure the microphone was not blocked, and I have even tried removing my phone case, all have had no success in improving the app’s ability to recognize notes. I have noticed that the app has a particularly difficult time recognizing the first G note after middle C especially while being played simultaneously with a left hand chord. I am extremely motivated toward learning piano and the app has already helped me so much in this goal but this annoyance is really hindering my progress. Please fix this issue as soon as possible. -
PLS READ Perfect at first, now Regret
I have seen thousands of ads about this app and I decided to try this for myself when I got it I immediately fell in love with it . it was everything I expected and a better . It was perfection . But then I started learning chords on the piano . It taught me well but when I played it on the piano it kept saying I was wrong, even when I was playing it correctly . All 3 or 4 keys at the same time with the same amount of force and at the right keys and position. It even shows me where on the piano I'm supposed to play the chords . But no it kept saying I was wrong and it wouldn't let me move on . And when I was actually wrong it said I was right . this mainly happens when I'm using both my left and right hand to play chords . If I'm playing the right cords with my right hand but the wrong key with my left hand then it says I'm right . Now I purposely played the wrong chords to see if it says I'm right and it did . We payed a YEAR trial for this app and I have already sent a message about a month ago and never got an reply . I haven't been playing for longer than a month now, and I'm PAYING for this . If you can't fix this then at least give me my money back . Thank you . -
Good and BAD
I enjoy this app but the cost. At first I saw it was free. But NO. IT Taught me stuff that I would need to know if I was starting fresh. I already am taking piano lessons so I know the basic things that the app teaches. Basically I got the app because in the add/commercial it mentioned nothing about paying but the main reason is because it said learn how to play MILLIONS of songs! Yeah no you need to pay. It would be better if they mentioned that you need to pay in the add. Most families like mine don’t have the money to pay TEN DOLLARS A MONTH. I understand that for some families this would not be a problem. For mine we don’t have the money to pay that much a month. Think about the food, clothes and taxes etc that we already pay for. I’m sure many people agree with me on this. If it was $5 a month that’s great!! I mean if they think RICH people are only buying this the makers of the cost are DUMB! Or for only 3 or the 6 month ones if you add the cost up that is A LOT OF MONEY! I hope that the makers will read this to understand that the cost is very high for lots of families like mine. I hope that this helps people who think about getting this piano app. Thank you so much for reading! -
MONEY
I can't afford to pay like 100 dollars a year! On Switch, it's like 20 dollars a year just to play online. I know that there is a free trial but for a WEEK. I know it's like a sample but it's 100 dollars a year... and still a lot for the others, so I think the trial should be a month. You might as-well just hire a piano teacher. I know that this plays at your own pace but STILL. The prices are too high, but the game does have potential. I also think that they shouldn't be mocking us and basically forcing us to pay just to learn our favorite songs. For example, i was scrolling through the lessons and saw that you could use it AS A LESSON. That is one of my favorite songs and their rubbing in my face that I have no money in my phone. I feel like they should update and be a little more loose, like letting us play and learn songs. Sure they give us one sheet music and show us the basics. But they don't teach us anything that a sheet music book might use, unless we pay. If anything it would be better for the app because it would give better reviews. At least teach us all parts of sheet music and giving us a medium selection of songs, please. -
It’s expensive for me and there are problems
So I downloaded the app since I saw a couple adds about it and thought to get it. I did have a piano but I started playing a bit already but not a lot. The start helped me remember how the notes looked since I already knew them (How to play them and what fingers to use) But when I finished all the courses and it was the final one and I was so excited to finish it until it told me to get subscribed to continue. After that my dreams were broken since my parents can’t pay for it. I really thought that it was free since the adds didn't add it. So I would say its a good learning app but too expensive for me to continue (or maybe other people who cant pay it) and there is also an issue, while I was playing it took some background noise as notes and when I tried to do them they would either do it by them selves or it would say I'm wrong. It also sometimes can’t hear the notes (but most of the time it can). I really hope these issues will be resolved and that maybe just maybe the price will go down or maybe even free. (Like 3 months is HALF of 12 months) -
Frustrating and an iffy teacher, only fun sometimes
Don’t get me wrong, the app has certain features that make it a little bit more fun to use, like the Play Beta, but there are some bits and bobs that just aren’t worth your money. Speaking of, 150+ dollars for a full year of this. There’s no option to skip over the songs or music that are slapped right in the middle of the lesson. Even so, these songs are just filler, and they waste space that could have been used for a better, more educational lesson. After just your first couple minutes on the app, you can’t do anything else with it. You either get to use your trial of a week of free premium, or you have to pay to play anything else. Even just 3 or 4 more free lessons could help you learn more. But, they made it a bit more of a cash grab than a teacher and just let you learn C to G and 1 or 2 songs that aren’t even that popular anymore. Play Beta is lacking in a lot of the songs that are really that popular, and doesn’t have very many video game themes to appeal to younger people. Even just adding 1 or 2 Minecraft themes could fix this. -
Crap 💩
The first couple minutes of using the app I thought it was amazing and I was going to learn to play in no time, but that isnt true. The problem is you don’t even get to finish the first course without paying. You can only play 2 songs and after you play the songs for a while they start to get boring. All the songs except those two are required to be played when premium is used. My parents don’t let me buy anything app-related to I’m practically doomed. Honestly you could so much better if you’d have at least 5 free songs, but not 2. When I got premium, I was really excited! However, when I started playing songs, the cords we TOTALLY OFF. I was pressing the note D, but it went up an octave and recorded the note F. Later on the issue was worse, to the point where I couldn’t handle it. I then tried putting my piano to A4=440hz but that didn’t help. This app is so expensive, but bad. Really I would say don’t waste your time and money, but some people’s phones and gadgets can actually record the right note, so really the idea is fine but the way it works is just crap.
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Lost $149 it's a scam, beware!
They give you a 7 day free trial. After that they charge you $149. I was aware of that so I tried to cancel on day 6. Guess what? There's no way to cancel because technically you're on a trial and not signed up. It doesn't show up anywhere that I'm signed up so I can't cancel. I went through the app, through Google play store and paypal and nothing showed. Even support said it probably means I'm not signed up. Now guess what? This morning my account miraculously appeared. Along w $150 charge.
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Do not sign up for the free trial if you aren't thinking about signing up, signed up for the free trial for my daughter and had to include credit card information, tried to cancel before 7 days was up and the option wasn't anywhere to be seen so I wrote the company to no response and was charged $199.99 two days later on my credit card. Was issued a refund but still hard to navigate cancelling while on the free 7 day trial.
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I’m Disappointed.
When I got this game I was excited, super excited, but not long after that I got really disappointed, let me explain why. So I downloaded thinking, this is awesome, I’m gonna learn how to play piano and be able to read the music. I was super pumped about it so I got on right away, when you go in they have you creat a account which was super easy and I had no trouble with it at all, though It did ask if I wanted to go premium and of course I put no because I don’t have the money to spend on an app, I mean if I had the money for the app I would just go to an actual piano lesson, not to mention the prices are pretty high, but anyway I was on the app for about 5 minutes because that’s how long the app says I should practice for, and then I was done, super easy super fun so I got off the app and went on with my day. Later that evening I wasn’t doing anything so I did it for another 5 minutes and after that I finished the first whole lesson and I was like wow I really like this app, I learned a lot and it doesn’t take forever, little did I know that after you finish the first lesson you have to go premium to do anything else and that makes me very frustrated because there are a lot of teenagers and kids and some adults who can’t afford lessons and this app might as well cost the same as an actual lesson. But I’m sure it’s great for the people that can afford it. I just think that they should say before you download that you only get one lesson. -
Fun, but a bad teacher
I have several months experience playing piano as well as being taught piano, trumpet, drums, and 10 years singing in choirs. The techniques SimplyPiano uses are awesome when they work, however the Practice Mode reinforces bad playing and really really makes your work learning any specific piece of music impossibly harder than it should once you reach your learning curve. SimplyPiano will get you the techniques and skills to make you a passable player very quickly, but you will be extremely frustrated along the way if you aren’t careful. You won’t be able to use SimplyPiano to perfect any technique or phrase or song without external help or by restarting the entire song or level yet again like a game. It doesn’t even teach you how to practice outside the app so you are less frustrated inside it, and it does nothing to detect if you are advancing too quickly (because by default it does the tutorial only once!) It simply won’t let you repeat elements without mistakes enough times in a row for any brain to actually deeply learn it. If you learn something with mistakes it will advance you and cheer your success, but there’s no way to rehears that spot you always miss at the end except to waste another 5 minutes in the tutorial for phrases you already know. You will learn superficially extremely quickly, yet you will be quietly angry the whole time at your apparent lack of skill and consistent mistakes. -
Too many things wrong with this app, its very expensive for what it is. The note recognition is hit and miss. When it doesnt pick up the notes you get stuck in practise mode with no way to escape, despite playing perfectly- there needs to be an option to skip this. Some of the stages are very very basic and there's no way to jump forward if youre a fast learner. The free version was great as youre not expecting much. Total waste of money once you've paid and its killing my motivation to learn.
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Sound good without actually being proficient
So this app is advertised as a platform to get beginners into learning piano and sound amazing. DO NOT USE THIS APP IF YOU ACTUALLY WANT TO BE PROFICIENT!!!! I can not stress this enough. This app throws you into playing and barely glosses over music theory which is the most essential part of being able to grow as a musician and grow on your own in the future. This app is aimed at keeping you reliant on it and keeping you paying the subscription fee. I personally lost almost a year of self learning time on this app, and I kept going because I thought I sounded good. But when I went to start learning on my own I was completely lost without this app holding my hand. If anyone reads this review I would highly recommend the book Alfred’s All in One Piano course which is a three book series starting from the basics of music theory and slowly working up to advanced pieces. This series doesn’t make you reliant on it but instead gives you the necessary tools to grow and learn yourself. In conclusion, if all you’re looking for is to be able to play a few popular tunes for some clout around your friends than this is your app. If you’re actually serious about learning the piano there are a plethora of sources out there that I recommend you search out. -
Stress problems
It might be me, but this app is not good. It stresses me out, and puts me into major uncomfortable positions, even just using that right hand in the first place, plus, I started playing it just today and I did not do anything good. All it did was give me stress. The ads are just hooks that reel you in to getting this app! I like the idea, but at first, it would only let me play none of the songs I really liked, and in order to unlock both hand playing, MEMBERSHIP?! That’s just one thing wrong. Another thing about this “learning” app is that it stresses people, like me, and that ONE wrong note in practice basically means FAILURE. Another thing is that it made me feel like I did not matter, cause all I wanted to do was LEARN PIANO! I have one in my game room, dusting up! And I think that is pretty bad, so I wanted it to use. There is more things too! When you tap a key on the piano once, it plays it twice, and that makes you sometimes get a note wrong, which leads the app to say that you try again. Practice mode ticked me off a TOOOOOON, and I also thought about the ads that I saw, about in TWO WEEKS some kids learned to play piano, and in my opinion, two weeks of this would cause my household to be flooded with stress. Please believe me, before you are in CONSTANT stress. Thank you! -
High cost, poor performance
Developers of this app should read this: I have recently subscribed to this app for 2 three month periods of about $45, but I am shocked to know that there are so many issues! I paid $90 in total for this app, and I was surprised to learn that it STILL can't recognize the keys I'm playing! The keys I am playing are the correct keys. However, for some reason the app can't recognize or sense them and then marks them wrong, and I am constantly made to do the practice mode even though it was the app's fault for not recognizing my notes! It's really hard to make any progress in this app, because it can't even recognize the correct notes being played! How am I supposed to improve my piano skills if the app won't let me progress? I'm just wasting my money and NOT even learning how to play! Another thing is that once you have completed the course, you should be able to go back to them and replay them EVEN if your subscription has expired! I shouldn't have to be charged just to replay the courses I already completed before the subscription period ended! That's ridiculous! The developer of this app shouldn't be charging so much to subscribe if there are all of these issues! These are very big cons! It honestly should be way cheaper, if not free! -
Not allowing me to connect to new devices
The app has been working just right for the first few months. I payed full subscription on April 2020 just after Covid hit. Unfortunately with everything else going on we stopped using it (not developers responsibility at all) so long story short we had to get new devices to install it again now the things have “normalized” in our household. I can’t set up the premium account on anyone else’s devices but mine where I originally bought it. Also, it says on their website I have to have the same Apple ID on all devices in order to accomplish this. That is not what we did before since every family member has their own Apple ID. When I try to find the account (some weird email that gave to my account) and set that one on my kids devices it says that account already exists and doesn’t let me do nothing else. The support team is not reaching out so I am wondering if leaving a review will make them help me faster. I am bummed already that I will basically have less than two months of use and I can’t connect. The review is mostly for the connection and service issues. The app works beautifully and I would give it more stars if it wasn’t this complicated to connect like it was at first. -
Dear makers..
I allready know how to play piano pretty well and I was curious when I saw your app to see if it really did teach piano CORRECTLY sadly it doesn't.. I turned the microphone on slipped the totorial and it started with the first basic piano keys, so as I pressed middle C the app seemed promising but.. then came middle D.. so I was pressing the key right next to middle C which IS middle D, and the app kept saying I was pressing middle D sharp, I tried to ignore that and went on to the song part, and let me just tell you.. the song part is completely timed wrong, when you press the key it either tells you your delayed or went too fast, this confused me since I was playing it on the right beat but yet it said I was wrong.., over all the app needs ALOT of work, the app doesn't correctly identify when keys are played plus the beat timing is off by alot , it was such a bummer when I found out it really isn't the best way to learn or continue learning piano. If other piano players tested it out and had the same problem than you know what I mean, however if this problem just happened to me then it my have something to do with my phone, thank you for reading this if you did.
- Chosen as one of Google Play's Best Apps of 2017 and winner of a Parents' Choice Award
- Your virtual piano and music teacher! Developed by real music instructors for serious music students
- Learn the basics of piano playing and musical notation step-by-step, on a real piano or your mobile screen, with a modern approach and familiar songs
Reviewed by Kaylin on March 26, 2018
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