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, Web-based, Mac, Linux and iPhone 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 HeyGen.

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  1. Piano From Above icon

    Piano From Above

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    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.

    19 Piano From Above alternatives

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    • Open Source

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  2. Musicope icon

    Musicope

     11 likes

    An open-source online piano game similar to Synthesia .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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  4. Linthesia icon

    Linthesia

     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.

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    playsheet

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    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

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    • Online
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  7. HeyGen icon

    HeyGen

     4 likes

    Transforms text into professional, browser-based HD videos using AI, offering 300+ voices in 40+ languages, scene merging, customizable visuals and music, quick production, unlimited downloads, and easy collaboration for marketing, training, or onboarding purposes.

    88 HeyGen alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  9. Piano Marvel icon

    Piano Marvel

     4 likes

    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

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  10. PianoBooster icon

    PianoBooster

     7 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.

    29 PianoBooster alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Synthesia.io

     2 likes

    Synthesia.io is a software that allows users to convert text into video content within a short span of time. The software is equipped with artificial intelligence capabilities, enabling the creation of studio-quality videos featuring AI avatars and voiceovers in over 140...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Online
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  12. Flowkey icon

    Flowkey

     10 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.

    32 Flowkey alternatives

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    • Freemium
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    • Online
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  13. Perfect Piano icon

    Perfect Piano

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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.

    29 Perfect Piano alternatives

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    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    • Android
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    • Android Tablet
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    Playground Sessions

     6 likes

    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.

    33 Playground Sessions alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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  15. SeeMusic icon

    SeeMusic

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    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.

    15 SeeMusic alternatives

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    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

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