Piano Academy by Yokee Music Reviews

by BlueFurryAnimals

I first got PianoAcademy around 6 or 7 months ago when I first decided to learn piano. It was great then and you could play many songs for free and whatever. But you could only go so far in the lessons before they wanted you to subscribe. Then I stopped playing for awhile till I checked in around 2 months ago, this is where everything went downhill.

I came back to app after realizing how much I missed it 2 months ago like I had said. I quickly realized that almost every song was marked only for people who subscribed. Every single song I liked I could no longer play. I’m pretty Itsy Bistsy Spider was marked for people who subscribed as well. It’s terrible.

I understand that they as a company need to make money somehow but I encourage that a subscription isn’t the best way to do it, especially if the plans aren’t that affordable for everyone. So listen to my idea, people who want to play a song have to watch an add per song. And like a couple ads at a time to unlock a lesson. This way the company can still make money. If someone is really truly fed up with all the ads they have to watch then they can pay for a subscription or something.

by Blondebomber626

I pay for PianoAcademy and it’s not cheap! I probably won’t renew because there are some things that need to be improved. For instance, it reads the notes incorrectly much of the time so it would be nice to have a function in the settings where instead of using my microphone, PianoAcademy connects with my digital piano through bluetooth and reads the notes that I’m actually pressing (this way I can also leave my piano volume down if I choose). Also, if I am paying for the premium version of PianoAcademy, I should have access to full sheet music. You cannot repeatedly practice the harder pieces as scrolling notes. You just can’t. Give me sheet music or give me the ability to scroll through the upcoming notes in the pause screen. Lastly, I will have completed an entire lesson section and the next day it shows incomplete because somehow it doesn’t register that I’ve already watched the lesson video? It’s not that big of a deal because I can still progress forward, but again if I am paying so much for PianoAcademy I expect it to work. I’m sure that small problem can be fixed with a simple update though! Overall, PianoAcademy has certainly been helpful in sight reading practice and teaching me new songs, and even some stuff my piano teacher glosses over :-) I enjoy the songbook portion too.

by Vevexus

I started using PianoAcademy almost a month ago with absolutely zero experience. It has been fantastic learning from square one with a gamified experience that gradually gets more like reading real sheet music as you progress. I subscribed after a few hours and had no regrets until recently.

I really only have one gripe - that you cannot redo certain sections of the songs. I am forced to pause - restart and wait for the section I am working on to come up. If I am lucky the section fits on one screen and I can pause it and just work on it while paused or take a picture with my phone. It is especially frustrating when the instructor has a small speech at the beginning, forcing you to hear his spiel over and over again before the music even starts scrolling.

All I want to do is rewind but I cannot. Early on I mastered the songs fast enough to not care so much but it takes longer and longer to master the songs as they get longer and more complex which means restarting a lot more. I cannot continue so inefficiently... I really feel invested in PianoAcademy (not just monetarily) and want to use it.. but I’m done and moving to flowkey which lets you loop any section you want to work on.

by Pianistalove4453

So let’s start with good. PianoAcademy has been great for me! I’ve been wanting to play piano for awhile but for some reason I have never been able to. I got a piano now and I’ve done some homework. Learned how it works, where the notes are, what the pedals are for, etc. Well I couldn’t find a teacher (especially since the pandemic) so I settled for an app. A friend suggested PianoAcademy and they say a lot of good things about it. He plays amazing and I hope to someday be in his level. So far, PianoAcademy has taught me so much! I like the choices of songs and it pretty fun. Now the things that kinda annoys me is the note recognition. Its actually very annoying having PianoAcademy tell you the notes are wrong even after checking finger position and everything. I would love some help or maybe someone to tell me what to do. Idk if it’s my iPad, the piano or PianoAcademy . Might be PianoAcademy , cause then why would I write this. Anyway I would very much appreciate it if someone would help. Thank you have a nice day ☺️.

Update:
Noooo now it won’t recognize ANY notes while playing in the songbook 😭. HELP WHY WONT IT WORK. ITS NOT MY IPAD ITS NEW AND SO IS THE PIANO. There go your stars...

by 👁❤️🏀

I liked PianoAcademy at first and I liked it. I had played piano before, but because of the coronavirus, my lessons got cancelled. So I have been looking for a app to teach me. I used to have simply piano, but then I quit and when I asked my mom to pay for it again, she said it took away too much of her money. So I have been on a quest to find another piano app. I saw ads for all different piano apps, and they all wanted me to pay money to learn, so I tried this one. I was playing pretty good, but it was all beginner stuff that i had already played, and even though I told PianoAcademy I have played before, I gave me easy things. When I got to the song perfect, I was about to play the first note C. So I played a C and it paused. It was not connecting. I was trying to play a C and it wouldn’t work. I tried so many times and it wouldn’t work. PianoAcademy is also constantly trying to make me pay for it, even though I keep saying no. I just downloaded PianoAcademy, and I am now about to delete it. I highly recommend no one to use PianoAcademy.

by Alfie's Fetch

I was excited about this for about the first ten lessons. I thought it was a great app for beginners because they ease you into music theory and proper technique. The mini bird game is a great feature to get you to practice sight reading. The quizzes are also helpful with learning more about music. They jump right into recognizable and even some contemporary music to get you excited to practice. Piano Academy is promising, but there are a few missing features and frustrating things that won’t be making me subscribe.

The main issue for me is that once you get further in, you’re thrown straight into changing hand positions without being eased into it. So your learning progress slows by a lot. A related problem is that you can’t practice sections first. There’s no option to scroll to specific measures of a song if you’re having trouble with just certain parts. You have to just play through the whole thing. The slow and fast training options aren’t really as useful as being able to practice by sections first.

Piano Academy also has more note recognition issues than other apps I’ve tried even when I used headphones. Probably would need a midi connector to fix this.

by Waffles Is My Dog And Cute🐶

Piano Academy has changed because of the Premium Pack. I cannot learn ANYTHING!!! I want to know, can you guys at least leave SOME lessons without premium? This is really bothering me and I don’t want premium in Piano Academy. Actually, I would be FINE if you left premium for the SONGS, but soooo NOT the lessons. I was learning piano finely, until the Premium pack came. Please, please, PLEASE, take the Premium Pack off on the lessons. I would take my time to write this review. This is how you know: my cousin is here and she’s kinda bored, but Piano Academy is important to me, and her. Please, take my advice. A lot of people started disliking PianoAcademy. I’m sorry, but I might be one of those people, because this is just (sorry, but) kinda annoying that I can’t play ANY lessons. Please, make this a better piano learning app. After all, it was the GREATEST piano app ever, but now it has changed. Sorry.
One of your app customers,
Me😂😅😜

by Ckhall813 In Roblox

I have recently started using PianoAcademy to learn piano, and it’s all fun. The one issue I have with PianoAcademy is that if you are not premium, you only get like 10 minutes a day pretty much. Then you have to wait like hours just to play again. I personally don’t like this because when I’m motivated to play piano and then I play, I want to play a lot. Then the 10 minute limit comes in and I get all sad that I can’t learn no more piano for hours. I know this is to try to get people to buy premium, but I don’t ever spend money on these apps so I have to use the free version. But couldn’t it have like a 25 minute limit or something like that? I think it would be much better because like I said, I get motivated sometimes and I want to play a lot of piano. This is just a suggestion though. Overall, PianoAcademy is great since you can go through all the courses without paying. PianoAcademy is good for anyone that wants to learn piano and looking to not spend money!

by Athena9306

All the lessons are simple and easy to understand and I recommend it to any beginner who is struggling to learn.
I stopped practicing for awhile because I was busy with other things. When I came back to start on my lessons again, I saw it has to be updated. So I did. And I regret it. I never had any problems with PianoAcademy until now.
It's extremely frustrating because PianoAcademy doesn't read the notes correctly! When you press a key it's supossed to respond and correct or wrong. Now, it's not reading any of the keys I'm pressing even though it's correct. It made me upset thinking I was messing up and I was disappointed in myself then to come to a realization that i'm not messing up and it's Piano Academy.

It's disappointing because I loved PianoAcademy and I wanted to continue learning how to become a pianist. It hasn't given me problems until now. This was the only app that I could find that wouldn't charge me 100$ to continue my lessons. I was so happy when I found it. Now, I'm having problems. I don't want top have to look for another app.

I'm not in school so I can't get lessons there, I don't know how to self teach myself to play, and I don't have the money to pay for extra lessons. I'm struggling as it is. Hopefully this isn't bothersome. I have low self esteem and anxiety and playing made me happy, now I just want to sleep my disappointment off.

Thank you anyway

by Lesbian.ham

It’s great for beginners! There’s just two things I’m not a fan of. When I first downloaded PianoAcademy, I didn’t have a real keyboard available to me, so I had to use the virtual one in PianoAcademy . The problem is the keys are smaller than my fingers, so it’s hard to make sure you hit them perfectly. I found that hitting them slightly to the side either wasn’t recognized, or was recognized as the note next to the correct key. But obviously, this will not be a problem for those who have a physical piano/keyboard available to them. Another criticism that I have is that you have to unlock everything starting from the very beginning. That’s great for beginners, and I understand that’s who this is meant for. But it would be nice for those who already know a little bit, or those who play other instruments and already know what clef and a staff are to be able to start at their current skill level and skip what they’ve already learned elsewhere. Though with that said, it seems that the lessons are fairly quick, so it’s not the end of the world. It’s just an annoyance for those who aren’t complete beginners who have no musical knowledge under their belt, going into this.

by Madelinedg

First off let me say you really have to use headphones otherwise it doesn’t pick up that you’re playing the right notes. Secondly it’s amazing as a beginner to piano and I would much rather pay $16/mo than pay for formal lessons.

My suggestion is that in addition to many people who ask to be able to see full sheet music, especially since we’re paying for PianoAcademy that should be a given, but I would also like the ability to just go over a portion of the song. Many times I’m struggling with one part which is in the middle or the end of the song but I have to restart the entire song to work on it and have to play through things I feel comfortable with when really I just want to go over the part I’m finding more challenging. Otherwise great app and I’m really enjoying learning piano!

As a side note I already play guitar and have for many years and have been singing all my life so music isn’t new for me but when it comes to piano I’m a total noob!

by Hmp111909

Ok so I had a old key board because I uses to play piano but I never got very far so I was like hey let’s not waste the keyboard and learn how to play again. So I do some research and found PianoAcademy. I downloaded PianoAcademy and then it pops up that PianoAcademy cost money and to be honest it’s a bit expensive. So now I’ve had PianoAcademy for a few months now and I go back into PianoAcademy and I find ALL of my progress is gone and I didn’t remember what level I was on so I had to go through it AGAIN. So if your looking to play piano I would probably say just go in person with a mask or do a zoom with a real person. And another thing is half of the time I would play note correctly and either they wouldn’t pick up or it would count me wrong this is not a super good app so if your looking to play piano I recommend going somewhere else because this is Not the best.

by Sistersagmoon

I’ve only been using this a little over a week, and am learning piano for the first time, but have played other instruments as a child so the theory isn’t completely new, HOWEVER, I am almost done with the first level (12 or so lessons) and the practice songs in the songbook are a bit frustrating.
They teach you a four-count and the symbol for a one beat pause, but a lot of the songs have half-beats and what I assume are half-beat pause symbols, and you just have to figure out how to count that while still learning the notes and hand placement and it is really becoming frustrating.
I am having a hard time counting some beats bc they are like 2.5 or 3.5 but it’s hard to tell from the way it’s displayed and there’s no one to ask. I don’t understand why they would throw all that at us without instructing us first.
Other than that I’ve enjoyed PianoAcademy , and like that you can use a keyboard in PianoAcademy before laying out several hundred for a decent keyboard, but you can really only go so far with PianoAcademy keyboard (forget two hands!). The developer also seems open to feedback and implements the suggestions, which is good.

by RED*345

I just started learning piano, and it’s been great using PianoAcademy! I love how I’ve learned music theory along with the general piano, it’s exactly what I’d been looking for. However, PianoAcademy could use one main improvement: When learning new songs for lessons, it would be helpful to be able to change the speed of the song from slower to full speed. That way, one could practice the song at a slower pace and make their way up to full speed. I know the songs in lessons have “slower pace” practice before the full pace song, but even that’s too fast sometimes for a very beginner. It’d be nice to determine the speed by yourself (this goes for both songs AND practice exercises)- maybe have a sliding bar for speed so the student can manually change the pace of the song. Otherwise, this is a great app!

by Itsmedcj

I am in my 30s and have always had the desire to play piano. I have tried several attempts throughout the years but just couldn’t stick with it. However after doing PianoAcademy for about two months now, I am playing Music in ways I thought I never could. I really appreciate PianoAcademy and I’m so thankful for it. One suggestion I have is if we could see the full sheet music so that way we can practice on the areas that we may have problems on instead of having to start the whole song completely over and wait until we get to that part. That’s a little annoying. Also I’m not into secular music. I enjoy learning with the classical pieces much better. But I know you can’t please everyone with the music selections LOL. I will also email my suggestions as PianoAcademy developer has suggested because I really want to stick with PianoAcademy to improve my piano skills it has help me tremendously.

by Queen Of Kindness2011

This is the best app ever! It’s so good to learn with if your thinking about learning piano this is PianoAcademy for you. I was thinking like I really want to learn piano. I found one app already but since I didn’t have it on my mom’s iPad I was trying to reload it. So I searched PianoAcademy and PianoAcademy popped up along with PianoAcademy I was looking for. So i was looking at the reviews they were all good and I’m like why not give it a try I downloaded it and loved it. As soon as it downloaded I started playing songs I saw the intro and watched it. And I’m like cool a real piano teacher. As soon as I started I got hooked playing song after song looking for my favorite songs. I told my dad this is cool. I created an account so he could get my progress. I kept playing I totally love it! thank you so much. It’s a great app I am gonna
practice a lot now. If you wanna learn piano download PianoAcademy please!

by Grateful Mama 2

I love PianoAcademy the only problem is that you need vip to play PianoAcademy for more then 10 minutes but besides that best app to teach you the piano ever super easy and fun so I recommend it but please can I not pay and still play for more then 10 minutes please just please get PianoAcademy it is so fun and pretty easy to use so get PianoAcademy try it if you don’t like it then delete it but it’s the best I wanted a hobby and I really wanted to play piano so I downloaded simply piano and found it was hard and you had to pay so I downloaded this and immediately fell in love with it so get it now and try it please and you will be really good at it because it makes it easy to play and helps you when you need it so get access the mic and start playing today now go do it seriously why are you still here just get it now ok this is getting ridiculous go shoo go get it and I be happy WHY ARE YOU STILL HERE

by Jaylaxxx

okay to start this off, i don’t usually write reviews but i thought that this really just deserved one. i just want to say PianoAcademy is so well created. if you had trouble finding an irl teacher, or piano app, i assure you this is the one. it would help to have prior music experience, especially when it comes to reading notes. but all is well, because they tell you every note, and breaks everything down into little videos, quizzes, games and playing tests! it’s everything you’ve ever wanted! best part is, PianoAcademy listens to you play to check for accuracy, i don’t know what else anyone would want. the only downside i’d prolly have to say is that sometimes PianoAcademy says the note is wrong/right when it actually isn’t. but most of the time it’s all good! anyway i hope this helps you download PianoAcademy , ALSO last thing, everything is FREE! xx

by RMohney

PianoAcademy is simply awesome!!! I have never played or studied music before but have always wanted to learn to play the piano. Looking for different apps led me here!

So far, PianoAcademy has been challenging, entertaining, and educational. It’s setup in a way that teaches you the basics of music while pushing you to practice your skills on a keyboard or piano. I will admit... having access to a keyboard or piano is extremely better and will give you more out of this experience. It’s pretty cool too cause it ends up teaching you interactively with your phone or tablet through the microphone and speaker. If you have played any sort of rock band or guitar hero on a video game console you have an advantage! It’s like the rock band of real life!

Thanks for PianoAcademy and for the opportunity to use it for free. I look forward to practicing and working on my skills!

by PackPupV

I like PianoAcademy a lot but I have one thing that I do not like about PianoAcademy and that is this: i’ve use PianoAcademy before and the older version it how do you go straight to the song book after 10 minutes was up I wish you could do that again because that is very nice to me so then you could practice for 10 minutes and then you can get in some songs but instead you’re having us work for five minutes and then you go to the song book for five minutes and then your 10 minutes is up I wish you could redo that where it automatically sends you to the song book again hope you can respond to this and fix this in the next update thank you

by Anneliece Perez

I used to like PianoAcademy and I’m trying to learn piano. There is just one problem... PianoAcademy does not ask if you understand or need to go over the lesson again. I know that their is a choice to go back to a lesson but it tells me the notes and that does not help me learn. If the creators of PianoAcademy could add a feature that PianoAcademy would ask you if you understand or not so that it’s not so challenging when you move on. I’m really trying to learn but this is the only decent app. So far I only know the right hand notes because PianoAcademy moves too quickly and does not help you learn piano like it says. I was about to delete PianoAcademy but I decided to give this one more chance hoping that the creators of PianoAcademy would see this and add that feature that asks you if you understand or not. Thank You

by Timfoolio

I think PianoAcademy has potential. Nice flow with videos and progressive lessons. But it can be frustrating at times.

The biggest flaw is it being too fast for a beginner...once you reach intervals and using both hands.

The problem I have is you have these training parts for songs that you can’t pause, or slow down and see what you keep missing. Instead you fight through it then redo it over and over again. Then once you feel good about that and move on to the actual song they throw in new notes and intervals you haven’t practiced for that song at full speed.

Simply Piano does a much better job at training you on the parts for the “full song” you will play. If you miss too many notes it will rewind and play that section over for you. If you keep missing, it will take you into a practice mode that is slowed down and will pause on a missed note until you get it right. You can also pick the speed of the song...100%, 80% or 60%...which is incredibly helpful.

The other problem is it doesn’t recognize every note you hit. So about 20% of correct notes and timing are not recognized and counts as a missed note.

Like I said it has potential...and it is free compared to $120 annually with Simply Piano.

by Fer.maximoff

I read some of the reviews and I was really excited to download PianoAcademy because the reviewers were saying it was free, I tried other apps and in order to continue with your lessons you needed to pay certain amount of money, and I am one of those persons who can’t pay, so when I saw PianoAcademy I was completely satisfied, I used PianoAcademy for about 20 minutes and in lesson number 5, approximately, PianoAcademy was saying that I needed to pay to continue, so then I realized you guys updated it, and now, again, I’m going to eliminate PianoAcademy just as I did with other ones, I hope you can make it free again or at least just the lessons, or another idea could be to put adds and unlock videos and lessons with them. Thank you if you read this 💗

by Dashy Ash

I never write reviews but since I’ve been using PianoAcademy for over a month now I thought I should. What I love about PianoAcademy is that I have noticed progress in my playing since I started. I only have time for 30 minutes three times a weeks and I surprise myself every time I come back at how much progress I have made. My only criticism is that if I want to practice a specific part that I am struggling with, I have to start at the beginning. I wish you could rewind a few bars or print the sheet music so you could isolate difficult parts of the song you’re learning. Maybe that’s something you guys could look into? Anyway, good app all around. Definitely would recommend it. 👍🏽

by Emmaiceden

This is the first time I've written a review for an app. I really love this one, I've always wanted to learn to play the piano and it takes you step by step from the beginning. You can tell the creators have put a lot of time and live into PianoAcademy. I especially love that the entire program is currently free, which most apps only give you a lesson or two before making you pay x amount of money a month.

I have one complaint about PianoAcademy. I use the on screen keyboard and it's way too small, it's hard to correctly hit keys without insane accuracy. I do plan on getting a starter keyboard though, since I feel I have a strong understanding of the basics to continue with lessons.

Thanks for the great lessons guys 😁😁

by GoUSA2012!!

I tried other Piano apps (like that terrible Joy one) and this one is awesome! The lessons are simple, ordered well, and focused on getting you to play songs you know as quickly as possible, even when you only play 3 notes.

PianoAcademy works great—no awkward “practice” modes when you don’t get things perfectly right. You just replay the songs over again as many times as you need. It’s easy to navigate so that both my son and I can go at our own paces. (Although I just put this on his iPad so he’ll stop using mine.)

I’m addicted to PianoAcademy, and super excited about learning piano this way. And it’s free, which is amazing. I sound like I got paid to write this (not true), and I would totally pay for PianoAcademy.

by Pophansanitizer

This is my favorite app to learn piano. I have a piano keyboard and this is my first day learning! I practiced for 5 hours and learned notes, how to play, and much more. I love the idea how PianoAcademy makes it fun to learn and is free! PianoAcademy clearly explains everything and can’t wait for new lessons. I would really recommend PianoAcademy for beginners and intermediate players. I find the piano some what easy to play and learn- since I’ve been playing the violin for about 5 years. I guess since one has experience playing an instrument, it is not as hard learning a new instrument. I love PianoAcademy and recommend it for others!⭐️