Klaviero vs flowkey
Checked on 2026-08-06
Klaviero needs a MIDI keyboard and Chrome, Edge, Firefox or Opera on a desktop or laptop. It cannot run in Safari or on an iPad, because Apple does not support Web MIDI. flowkey has native iOS and Android apps and accepts microphone input, so it runs where Klaviero cannot. Full requirements.
They are not the same kind of product
flowkey is a lesson platform. Video teachers, a graded course, a songbook, and note detection through either MIDI or your device's microphone. If you want someone to teach you piano from the beginning, flowkey is built for that and Klaviero is not.
Klaviero is a game. There are no lessons and no teacher. There are 315 classical charts, a score, and a reason to come back tomorrow.
Use both if you want. They do not overlap much.
Side by side
| Klaviero | flowkey | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Scored falling-notes game | Lesson platform |
| Lessons | None | Video courses, graded |
| Where it runs | Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, plus a macOS app | Browser, iOS, Android |
| Price | Free tier, then paid | Does not publish pricing publicly |
| Input | MIDI only for scoring | MIDI or microphone |
| Library | 315 measured classical charts | 1,500+ songs across genres |
| Scoring | Combo ×1 to ×6, FEVER, PERFECT to MISS, S to D | Progress tracking, no rhythm-game scoring |
| Note data published | Note count, duration, peak notes per second | No |
| Works on iPad | No | Yes |
One thing worth knowing about pricing
flowkey does not publish a price on its own site. Their pricing page does not resolve, and their premium page shows buttons without numbers. Third-party figures circulate and they disagree with each other. We are not going to quote one as fact. Start their trial and read the number they show you.
Klaviero's free tier needs no card and no trial clock.
Where flowkey wins
Teaching. If you have never played, flowkey will get you further than a game will.
Range. 1,500+ songs across pop, film and classical. Klaviero is classical, plus whatever you upload.
Microphone mode. If you have an acoustic piano and no MIDI, flowkey still works. Klaviero's microphone mode exists but is not scored, because microphone detection cannot honestly judge a ten-note chord.
iPad. flowkey has a native app. Klaviero cannot run on an iPad.
Where Klaviero wins
The score. flowkey tracks your progress. Klaviero judges every note, runs a combo to ×6, drops you into FEVER at 25 in a row, and gives you a grade you can beat. If your problem is not knowing what to do but actually sitting down, that difference is the whole thing.
The measured library. Every chart carries a note count, a duration and a peak note density. You can see before you start that Liszt's Un Sospiro is 4,144 notes and hits 31.4 notes per second, and that Satie's Gnossienne No. 1 is 755 notes and peaks at 3.9. The whole ranking is public.
MP3 in. Drop an audio file, get a playable arrangement, transcribed on your own machine.
flowkey facts on this page were checked against flowkey.com and their help centre on 2026-08-06, including that their pricing page does not resolve.