flowkey: Learn piano
July 12, 2024
More About flowkey: Learn piano
Learn basics like how to read sheet music, use the proper technique, and play with both hands in our courses. Keep growing with lessons on scales, chords, improvisation, and other topics.
You can use flowkey with acoustic pianos as well as digital pianos and keyboards.
HOW IT WORKS
1 - Place your smartphone, tablet, or laptop on your piano
2 - Choose the song or course you wish to start learning
3 - Get instant feedback as you play – flowkey listens via your device’s microphone or MIDI and lets you know when you’re hitting the right notes
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO LEARN PIANO
🔁 Loop: Replay a specific section until you perfect it
🎹 Wait Mode: Listens to your playing and waits for you to hit the right notes
🤚 Select a Hand: Practice right and left hands separately
PEOPLE LOVE FLOWKEY
With over 155K 5-star reviews globally, flowkey has been recognized for its superior approach to supporting piano learners and piano teachers worldwide. Here’s what people are saying:
“Before using this app it took me months to learn a new song. With this app you will learn songs in a third of the time – or maybe even less. flowkey is essential for all piano students.”
“flowkey has everything I wanted for learning piano. […] This app is all you need.”
“Great app for beginners. I’ve never played any sort of instrument before, so everything is a bit new and scary. But this app is making me excited to learn.”
TRY IT FOR FREE
Download the app and try our selection of free songs and lessons. All the Premium learning features are available.
EXPAND YOUR LEARNING WITH PREMIUM
Get flowkey Premium to take your piano skills from beginner to pro level. You can customize your subscription in 3 ways:
Billing Cycle 📆
Choose between a monthly or a yearly subscription.
Individual or Family 👥
Get Premium access for 1 person, or share it with up to 4 other people.
Basic or Full Song Access 🎶
• Basic Access – Start with our rich selection of over a thousand classical and royalty-free songs, and upgrade at any time.
• Full Access – Get unlimited access to all songs, from Pop Hits to Film & TV and other exclusive content.
Your subscription will renew automatically unless you cancel at least 24 hours before the end of the current subscription period. If you cancel your subscription, your access to Premium content will expire at the end of the subscription period.
You can access your Premium subscription across all of your devices.
WE’RE HERE TO HELP
Are you ready to join over 10 million piano players worldwide who are learning with flowkey?
If you have any questions or feedback, please get in touch with us! You can reach us by email at [email protected], or directly in the app, through Support & Feedback.
Terms of Service: https://www.flowkey.com/en/terms-of-service
Privacy Policy: https://www.flowkey.com/en/privacy-policy
Latest Version
2.74.0
July 12, 2024
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User Reviews
Elijah
4 years ago
So far I'm loving it. I've always wanted to learn piano and I love that the software will wait for you to press the right key. My only issue is it sometimes accepts the wrong note, or no note at all. Not sure if that is intentional or a software/hardware limitation. That aside, I definitely would recommend this. Especially for beginners before shelving out huge sums of money for a physical teacher. A monthly subscription to this is waaay more cost efficient than a physical teacher early on.
Eddie Howard
3 years ago
I am really enjoying the app. I had searched for someone to teach me. Couldn't find anyone. I watched a lot of YouTube videos to decide which program to get. I decided to get this one when I seen that you can access all content with the lifetime membership the other app I looked out was a similar price but you have to buy songs on top of the membership. This app also has a great beginner course.
BooGaloo_The_BeaN Bean
1 year ago
I feel like this is a wonderful app to learn piano with. Countless songs, free lessons that actually show you what to do. Finding an app that was free, and also helpful was a real challenge as many piano service apps were very good, but costly. The only issue I had with Flowkey is the sound sensory as it may sometimes detect note(s) that I didn't play at all. I hope this can somehow get fixed... but other than that this app Is the best for learning piano, by far!
Christopher Foster
4 years ago
My main issues; 1. You cannot view sheet music by itself when playing, it is always accompanied by the piano playing. (No full screen sheet music) 2. You cannot print out the sheet music or highlight where you stopped last session. Meaning, you will always have to find the last place you stopped every single time opening the song and fast forwarding. 3. The Android app is lack luster and you cannot favorite a song by simply typing in the song you want as no favorite option will appear.
Joe Scherrer
3 years ago
I want to love the app, and I hope that it can earn 5 stars from me eventually. I have it on my phone and tablet. On my tablet it has a hard time detecting d notes. On my phone it picks up d's just fine but it doesn't register c's very well. I've tried a few other piano apps and didn't have any issues with them. My keyboard doesn't support midi so that isn't an option for me. Also, this didn't happen when I was trying the free version, it started after I subscribed.
Arun Padmanabhan
3 years ago
I love this app. I just renewed my second year and it is 100% worth it. It allows me to explore various songs at increasingly difficult skill levels. I find the wait mode very useful as it allows me to follow along and only give me credit when I hit the right note. As with most things, persistence is key. If you manage to stay strong and keep playing a song, you will get better. I find that over the past year on flowkey, my memory has become better and I am enjoying piano even more.
A Google user
6 years ago
I have never tried to learn the piano. It seems like a frustrating endeavor to say the least. I made a new years resolution to play. I bought a piano and was so committe that I paid for the year outright. The video parts are smooth, but the actual parts that you play and are sensed by the app are not. This has made my experience completely frustrating! If I am a sitting trying to figure out a note the app will just move on like I hit the appropriate key! I would love for this to be more accurate!
A Google user
6 years ago
Only complaint I have is that the mic doesn't always capture the note the first time it is struck which can throw off the flow. That might be a hardware issue though. Edit* working with the amazing customer service staff, all my issues have been resolved. I can give no higher praise than a five star review. This app is wonderful for any level of piano player. It regularly adds songs and you can suggest songs that the staff will try to aquire. Simple, wonderful, incredibly useful.
Mike Coutu
4 years ago
Good app for beginners especially since seeing a teacher face to face hasn't been an option. The range of songs they had available is good (with difficulty settings to suit different skill levels). The main problem is the sound registration for certain notes doesn't work for the lessons portion so I can't progress past a certain point, but isn't a problem for learning new songs. Isn't a replacement for a real teacher but helped me get a start at playing.
Nate Janssen
4 years ago
Great app, great for learning piano online without needing a full-on software or midi cable! Reminds me a lot of FenderPlay which I highly recommend as well. There are definitely some shortcomings with the app functionality, like I can't favorite a song that I searched for (only the ones on the main screen). And it would be nice if the screen didnt rotate back automatically when switching from the player to the song screen, but overall this has really helped catapult my piano learning!
Gil Cottle
1 year ago
My main issue is that the highlighted key in the app is off by one. For example, the C prompt is highlighting the D key. The fingers in the video are hitting the right keys, but the highlight aid is throwing me off big time. Similarly, hitting options in the UI is very difficult. I have to tap 0.25" above the option I actually want for it to do the right thing while it's in the piano mode. I want to like it but the usability on the core learning prompts is so bad.
A Google user
6 years ago
I just subscribed for 1 month a few days ago on my IPad. This app is very frustrating to use. When I have the "waiting mode" on, it sometimes does not wait for me to press a key. It just moves on to the next key without my having pressed any key. Not to mention, it does not show how to play a turn or a trill. Plus, no music sheet you can download. Unless they fix this, I doubt if I will continue my subscription beyond the 1 month.
A Google user
5 years ago
Full version. There are new songs for all levels that have been added in the past few months. I am a beginner, but look forward to progressing with these arrangements. There is a great variety of difficulties for some songs. Which helps because most beginner songs are aimed at children. It's nice to play songs I like. However a 'practice view' would be nice, where I can see more then five measures at a time. The wait mode is limiting when I want to practice a section in the moment hands-free.
Alex Van der Hoeff
3 years ago
I am a beginner piano player. I like this app, it has a nice format and I can access on my phone AND computer. I wish it was easier to access the songs taught in the lessons, you have to push so many buttons to get back to the part where you can practice the song at the end. It would be great to control the lessons the way you can control the regular song list (looping/choosing which hand to practice/etc). Wish there were more very basic songs as the beginner songs are still way over my head.
A Google user
6 years ago
it's a good app and has a ton of potential, however it doesn't show all of my progress as completely. Also it listens and registers well when I play with my right hand but when I play with my left on the opposite side of the keyboard it doesnt register and lags...making learning difficult and frustrating. Has a good selection of songs to play with. but doesn't focus as much on learning the notes which could be difficult for beginners.
A Google user
5 years ago
The lessons are broken into parts, and they can be repeat as many times as needed to learn the part. I tried to jump straight to a free song, which was overwhelming, but the features I got to play around with are amazing! The features that I found were hand selection of focusing on hand or right or left and speed of play. Both seems like a game changer, but I'm just a newbie.
L Levine
1 year ago
I like this app. It has a great library. I know to play piano at a late intermediate level. However, I haven't played regularly in a long time and having visual cues helps my older, slower brain figure out how to play more advanced pieces. I'm only giving three stars because there are a few issues. Sometimes, the app lags and does not register when I'm playing the correct notes. I wish there was a sheet music only option. Some of the songs disappeared. What happened to La La Land and Zombie?
J Reina
1 year ago
It hears sounds fine (I'm on acoustic) but lags on recognizing them. Doesn't respond timely or properly. Frustrating. And samples are so limited that I can't get an idea of what is taught in more advanced pieces. I know how to play the piano; just looking for structure to motivate me. This one just made me mad.
Trysten Teawithfriends
10 months ago
This app is good, but it is not $180 subscription good. Not even close. I am a beginner with no experience and hitting a frustrating wall memorizing notes and playing with two hands. The app ramps up difficulty very quickly without ensuring my skill level so I need to find something else to ensure I am building real fundamentals as this app will not do that. There is no point to purchase this app unless I already have the skills I need the app to teach me? I would pay $20 for this app, at most.
lauren jackson
11 months ago
The arrangements/ selections are great. The learning tool is useful. However, it won't allow you to view more than a few bars at once-Not multiple lines and def not the whole sheet. I can't learn this way. I can't progress. I'm paying a LOT of money to not get to view the actual sheet music! Ideally, I can print it out and use flowkey as a tool to learn it. I wrote to them when I first subscribed but there's been no change. IMO only beginners are giving 5. I can do better on YouTube
