Synthesia Alternatives for Mac

There are many alternatives to Synthesia for Mac and since it's discontinued a lot of people are looking for a replacement. The best Mac alternative is Musicope, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to Synthesia and 13 are available for Mac so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Mac alternatives to Synthesia are Piano Marvel, PianoBooster, Playground Sessions and SeeMusic.

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Synthesia alternatives are mainly Piano Trainers, but if you're looking for Music Games or Music Production Apps you can filter on that. Other popular filters include Open Source, Free, Linux, Piano Trainer, Android, Mac and Windows. You can also filter by region, for example EU-based alternatives if you prefer software developed in the European Union. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to Synthesia.
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  1. Musicope icon

    Musicope

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    An open-source online piano game similar to Synthesia .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • European Union flagEU
    Piano
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    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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
    Piano Marvel screenshot 1
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  4. 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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Playground Sessions

    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, popula...

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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

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • US flagUnited States
    Playground Sessions screenshot 1
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  7. SeeMusic icon

    SeeMusic

     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.

    15 SeeMusic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad
    • US flagUnited States
    SeeMusic screenshot 1
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  9. Karakara icon

    Karakara

     3 likes

    A modern MIDI and karaoke player for macOS and Windows with synced lyrics, tempo/key controls, playlists, SoundFont support and MIDI routing.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • IT flagItaly
    • European Union flagEU
    Karakara screenshot 1
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  10. Neothesia icon

    Neothesia

     8 likes

    Flashy Synthesia Like Software For Linux,Windows and MacOs - PolyMeilex/Neothesia

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  11. Symphonium icon

    Symphonium

     5 likes

    A tool to help when learning to play the piano. The notes to play are falling towards the corresponding piano key. It requires a MIDI keyboard.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Symphonium screenshot 1
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  12. PianoCrumbs.com icon

    PianoCrumbs.com

     1 like

    Piano Crumbs - The only interactive piano player online. Play along your favorite songs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    PianoCrumbs.com screenshot 1
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  13. Piano Trainer icon

    Piano Trainer

     2 likes

    Piano Trainer is an app designed to help users learn basic piano scales and chords at their own pace using a MIDI or QWERTY keyboard. The app offers two modes: Quiz and Practice. In Quiz mode, users can test their knowledge of the circle of fifths and key recognition.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Piano Trainer screenshot 1
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  14. MidiSlayer icon

    MidiSlayer

     2 likes

    Desktop sight-reading trainer that listens to your MIDI keyboard and marks what you play against real notation, in real time.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • GB flagUnited Kingdom
    Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu, both hands, in Wait mode. One of the four pieces playable in the free version; the full library is 69 public-domain scores plus your own MusicXML.
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    Simplesynth

     1 like

    SimpleSynth is a small and fast synth, perfect for when you want to try out a musical idea quickly. It's got a complete general MIDI instrument set built in, and it can load Soundfonts and DLS files.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
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