Piano Maestro by JoyTunes

I went for this app of little faster than I do for most expensive apps because I had a good experience with another app by the same company. First this app is a lot buggier than SimplyPiano which is one of the mole least buggy complex apps I’ve ever seen. by contrast this one locks up every now and then and won’t recognize the touchscreen fairly often. But I want it even though I already had SimplyPiano because it allows for multiple users on one account And I have three learners in the household. So I went for the year-long subscription and sent the money through the Apple store. The result is nothing. The app still says I’m not subscribed. The Apple store says I am subscribed. I tried to contact support and so far there has been no response. This will be another one of those cases where I have to spend a lot of time and energy to get a company to work out their bugs or return the money. It’s too bad. On general principle both of these apps are quite good. Still no response. I’m canceling my subscription. I hope this company will do the honorable thing and refund my money.

I had never played piano before downloading this app. We found out that a family friend was going to gift us an old piano. I started looking for web/app based learning tools for my 5 year old and, eventually, her younger sister. I could see right away that this app would help with hand placement, sight reading/note recognition, and timing. In the trial version, we were able to set up profiles for all of our family members. Before the piano was even delivered my 5 year old was able to identify all the keys on the piano and had moved up the ranks using the virtual keyboard. The transition to the use of the actual piano has been smooth and the girls look forward to practicing every day! The only drawback is that I have trouble getting them to give me a turn! The trial version has given us a lot to work with. As soon as we exhaust all that, we will definitely invest in the full version. This really has provided fun for a the whole family.

Just a really well designed app for kids! My 9 year-old loves it. The challenge to get the points inspires her to "play" it, which inspires her to learn the piano. Fantastic! Just had to update this review. I'm amazed at how much my kids LOVE this app! They literally fight over who gets to practice the piano next! They get ready for school early so they can sneak in a few minutes before. They come home and I have to set a timer so they can take their turns. It's just crazy how the gaming aspect of it inspires them to learn to play! I wish I had had this when I was a child!

This game is pretty good, but has so many bugs. For example, one bug is that whenever I’m playing a song, it plays the notes for me, and I don’t even have to play, I know what your thinking, that’s a good thing that it’s playing for you and it’s easier, but I don’t like it because I want to learn. The second bug is that sometimes when I play the notes it obviously doesn’t hear me, and it does the red note, which I don’t know if it is my fault or not. Otherwise, this game has really made me a better piano player. Thanks!

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My whole family started learning the piano together using this app. At first we loved it but then the music started to catch and jump instead of flowing smoothly. Then the whole app started crashing after each section was played and the stars were counted up. Finally it started crashing even during each song segment. Tried restarting the iPad, deleting the app and reinstalling and restarting, and even deleting, reinstalling and starting a new account. Very frustrating since we liked it so much. My advice, use it for a few weeks before starting a paid account to make sure it doesn’t crash on you device.