10 Apps to Play Piano Free: Best Picks for Beginners and Pros

Learning to play the piano is a fascinating hobby for music lovers. And being able to do it from your smartphone at home is a genuinely enjoyable way to get started.

There is already a wealth of apps for Android and iOS smartphones and tablets that let anyone — at any level of piano experience — pick up the instrument and start learning.

Here is a list of 10 of the best free piano apps for learning at home on your phone or tablet:

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1 - Simply Piano

Simply Piano is one of the most popular apps for learning piano and keyboard at different levels. Every learning path includes practical technique exercises, a wide selection of songs, and feedback on how you are doing.

You can use your device's microphone to listen to your real instrument, or use the app's virtual keyboard to learn notes, scales, and the basics of touch and dynamics, among other things. The library is full of well-known songs like Imagine, Chandelier, All Of Me, Counting Stars, and pieces from La La Land, along with works by J. S. Bach.

2 - Pianist HD: Piano +

Pianist HD: Piano + offers a range of playback speeds, so it is easy to match the level to your own skill. The app also comes with several practice styles to choose from, depending on what you want to get out of learning the instrument.

You can play at your own pace without touching the settings — fast or slow, forward or backward. It all comes down to your playing style.

Among piano apps, this is one of the most popular. The song library is also impressive: more than 50 million songs can be downloaded and played, and there are curated playlists you can dive into.

3 - Perfect Piano

Perfect Piano is a smart piano simulator built for Android smartphones and tablets. With an authentic piano sound, the app teaches you to play while keeping things entertaining along the way.

It comes with an 88-key piano keyboard and a variety of sound effects that mimic other keyboard instruments, such as grand pianos and organs, among others. Perfect Piano also has a two-player mode, which is a rare feature in this category.

4 - Piano

This app gives you tutorials for learning to play in different musical genres, including jazz, classical, and pop. It also includes sheet music and shows you how to read it so you can reproduce a song from the page. There are eight different keyboard types to pick from, including accordion, grand piano, and harp.

5 - Piano Melody Free

Piano Melody Free supports multitouch and lets you adjust the key size, real-time tempo, and note labels, among other things. You can also change the speed of the music you are listening to, and the app's library holds more than 600 songs, with 100 of them free to play.

You can raise or lower the volume of the backing track, which is great for playing along with others.

6 - Tiny Piano

This iOS app gives you access to a catalog of hundreds of songs that are ready to help you learn a new instrument or sharpen the skills you already have.

Another nice feature of Tiny Piano is that the difficulty of its songs can be raised or lowered to match the player's level. That makes it one of the best-known apps for tapping out tunes on a phone screen without ever touching real keys.

7 - Real Piano

This app lets you record music, recognises multiple touch points on the screen, and its premium version removes the ads that appear during use. With sounds from 20 different instruments, Real Piano works on both smartphones and Android tablets.

8 - Magic Piano

Thanks to its look and feel — close to a music game — this app became a real hit with iPhone users. It also has a points system you can use to set up little competitions with friends.

With a vast song selection, Magic Piano is a great fit for anyone who wants to learn, and for anyone who just wants to have fun and kill some time.

9 - Piano Lessons

This app combines learning the instrument with playing your favorite songs — and uses those songs as teaching material. Piano Lessons lets you change the number of visible keys, so you can play in different styles, and record your lessons to listen back to later.

The app can also be used as a plain piano, with the learning mode turned off. You can also record your own music: the recording function saves your compositions so you can play them back later. You can choose between 10 and 24 visible piano keys, and slide the keyboard left or right by a single key or a full octave.

10 - Yousician

Yousician is one of the most complete apps for people who have never touched an instrument and need to learn the basics. The program includes video lessons and exercises for guitar, bass, ukulele, piano, and singing.

You can record the notes you play and compare them with the results shown on screen using your device's microphone. The app also has a practice mode with more than a thousand songs to choose from.