The Best Synthesia AlternativesTop Piano Trainers & Music Games like Synthesia

Synthesia is described as 'Cross-platform application enabling interactive piano practice with MIDI support, real-time visual feedback, finger hints, section looping, and online scoreboards' and is a popular Piano Trainer in the audio & music category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Synthesia for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone and Web-based apps. The best Synthesia alternative is Piano From Above, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Synthesia are Musicope, Linthesia, playsheet and Piano Marvel.

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  1. Piano From Above is a program that turns learning the piano into a videogame. You can open any MIDI file and simply play the notes as they fall.

    16 Piano From Above alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Windows
     
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  2. Musicope icon
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    An open-source online piano game similar to Synthesia .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  3. Linthesia icon
     14 likes

    Linthesia is a game. A game of playing music! You only need a MIDI file to play, and a MIDI keyboard (or your PC keyboard). It's a fork of Synthesia, which only runs on Windows and OS X. Linthesia is for GNU/Linux.

    Cost / License

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    • Linux
     
  4. playsheet icon
     7 likes

    Turn sheet music into a rhythm game! Playsheet lets you upload your own music, and play along with a MIDI keyboard connection with timing feedback.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
     
  5. Piano Marvel icon
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    Discover interactive piano and drum lessons with Piano Marvel's grading, trophies, and a song library. Perfect for beginners to pros, offering solo, or teacher-guided learning with feedback, making music education engaging and thorough. Accessible on various devices.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
     
  6. PianoBooster icon
     8 likes

    Piano Booster lets you practice and play the piano alongside a scrolling music stave. It's an open-source, cross-platform tool that works with MIDI keyboards as input. Play along and receive an accuracy reading to let you know how you're doing.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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  7. Flowkey icon
     9 likes

    Comprehensive online piano training platform with interactive, step-by-step lessons, real-time feedback, synchronized video and sheet music, genre and difficulty filters, song saving, and live performances from professionals, all requiring just a tablet or fast laptop.

    24 Flowkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • iPhone
    • Android
     
  8. Perfect Piano icon
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    Perfect Piano is a smartphone app designed to teach players how to play and record piano songs of their own using their smartphone. There are many plugins to allow you to change the sound of the piano to things like a guitar, harp, and cello.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
     
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  9. Offers interactive piano lessons with real-time feedback, color-coded notes, games with levels and rewards, friend-based competition, shareable scores and recordings, practice statistics tracking, backing track play-along, popular songs library, and MIDI keyboard support.

    26 Playground Sessions alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
     
  10. SeeMusic icon
     2 likes

    eeMusic® can connect to any keyboard or instrument with a MIDI output, and can record synchronized audio and MIDI data. Play back and render visualizations of musical performances, even without an instrument on hand.

    14 SeeMusic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
  11. Sightread icon
     3 likes

    🎹 Learn to play piano

    Sightread is a free and open-source webapp for learning to play Piano.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Online
     
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