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flowkey GmbH · Education · Free · v2.117.0

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Review-rating drop
0.34

2025-Q3 3.93 → last 90 days 3.59, text reviews

Peak quarter
3.93

2025-Q3, text reviews

Last 90 days
3.59

text reviews

Store rating
4.71

all 65720 ratings, incl. star-only

Store gap
1.12

store minus reviews

Est. MRR
$136k

#79 top-grossing, Education

store 4.71 · reviews 3.93 → 3.59 · gap 1.12 store 4.71 reviews 3.59

Store ratings include star-only taps from in-app prompts, which skew high. The peak and recent figures come only from people who wrote a review, which skews low. Compare each against itself: the drop is the signal, and a big gap between the two usually means heavy rating prompting is masking unhappy users.

Average rating by quarter from 500 text reviews

2★3★4★5★ 1★ 2023-Q3: 3.33★ from 12 reviews 3.33 2023-Q3 2023-Q4: 3.59★ from 32 reviews 2024-Q1: 3.51★ from 47 reviews 2024-Q2: 3.33★ from 42 reviews 2024-Q3: 3.12★ from 43 reviews 2024-Q4: 3.67★ from 33 reviews 2025-Q1: 3.34★ from 53 reviews 2025-Q2: 3.55★ from 38 reviews 2025-Q3: 3.93★ from 30 reviews 3.93 2025-Q3 2025-Q4: 3.54★ from 28 reviews 2026-Q1: 3.70★ from 60 reviews 2026-Q2: 3.50★ from 34 reviews 2026-Q3: 3.89★ from 38 reviews 2026-Q4: 3.00★ from 10 reviews 3.00 2026-Q4
Faint bars have fewer than 8 reviews. Text reviews skew negative versus star-only ratings; read the direction, not the level.
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QuarterAvg stars Reviews
2023-Q33.33 12
2023-Q43.59 32
2024-Q13.51 47
2024-Q23.33 42
2024-Q33.12 43
2024-Q43.67 33
2025-Q13.34 53
2025-Q23.55 38
2025-Q33.93 30
2025-Q43.54 28
2026-Q13.70 60
2026-Q23.50 34
2026-Q33.89 38
2026-Q43.00 10

Recent 1–2 star reviews

Boooooring

★★ · v2.117.0 · Oct 10, 2026

Sooo booring! Goes so Slow and there’s no way to skip ahead

Taking money

★ · v2.117.0 · Oct 6, 2026

I got free trial 3days and they decided to charge me the most expensive subscription on my card cause they thought I was going to pick 150$ dollars cause they thought it was ok to buy the yearly subscription of 150$

Limited song titles, poor interface

★★ · v2.117.0 · Oct 4, 2026

It shouldn’t be that hard to flip the music into the vertical position. No PDF option. Limited selection. For the cost, definitely not worth it.

Does not hear the keys well

★★ · v2.117.0 · Oct 2, 2026

It’s a nice app and has helped me a lot but the wait mode really is poor. You have to play very slow or it doesn’t hear the keys and if you have ever have to hit 3 or 4 keys at a time it gets stuck and doesn’t hear them and won’t continue on

You keep removing songs of the app

★ · v2.117.0 · Oct 2, 2026

It’s frustrating

Cant play without being corrected

★★ · v2.117.0 · Sep 19, 2026

EVERY singe time i try to play, im only level 1, its CORRECTING me so much i have to skip EVERY lesson

Apesta

★ · v2.114.1 · Sep 2, 2026

O te deja tocar? Para eso mejor videos gratis de youtube

Limited songs and poor response to feedback

★ · v2.114.1 · Sep 2, 2026

A relatively small selection of songs compared to other apps. Wait for play functionality works very poorly.

Not setting up or paying for subscription before I can use.

★★ · v2.113.2 · Aug 16, 2026

I thought you can use this before you pay for stuff. Nope. You have to agree to a subscription before you can even use. Im not doing that. And frankly, I am tired of SaaS, nobody can afford to SaaS anymore. Especially at these ridiculous rates of 150 per year or higher

Wanted to like it

★★ · v2.113.2 · Aug 13, 2026

I really wanted to like flowkey. The price is perfect. But I found myself stumbling and sliding back in my progress with this app. They tempo is slider is jerky and very irritating pulling my attention away from playing. It also moves hand positions around way to much for beginners. Perhaps I’m too new, but I’m going to have to go back to my old app for now.

Really great I am learning

★ · v2.113.2 · Jul 30, 2026

It is really good and I have been practicing now. I think I’m gonna get better and one of my first songs. It’s really nice

It’s because I can’t play all the songs unless I unlock premium

★★ · v2.112.0 · Jul 15, 2026

Make it free

The app does not work just as the customer service

★ · v2.112.0 · Jul 4, 2026

The slowest customer service to respond to date. The apps microphone barely catches the noise. Frustrating at best…

Effective, but has issues

★ · v2.109.0 · Jun 13, 2026

It’s OK, but there’s a lot of problems with changing the position of your iPad. Also, the flow of the song does not match the playing and the music doesn’t advance itself properly. Also, I found the exercise exercises specifically for playing with the left hand to be lacking

all the songs are locked away

★ · v2.108.2 · Jun 7, 2026

yours forced to buy premium to play the good songs and have a small selection of free songs

Subscriptions

★★ · v2.108.0 · Jun 4, 2026

In my personal experience, I was eager to expand my repertoire of songs on this application. However, during the initial lesson, I encountered a significant obstacle: I was unable to advance to the subsequent lesson without a subscription. My objective was to acquire new musical knowledge and perform captivating pieces with my piano companions. Regrettably, I have been unable to locate an application that provides lessons without the necessity of a subscription.

Sorry

★ · v2.107.1 · Jun 1, 2026

I don’t want to play a subscription also it was rlly slow and it would say I was playing it wrong just cause I was trying to go faster

Don’t waste your money

★ · v2.107.1 · May 22, 2026

If the app worked as advertised, it would be a wonderful app. The problem is, all the “Bells and Whistles” that would make this a wonerful learning app, causes my iPad to freeze. Then I have to reboot my iPad so I can use it again!

Had this app and loved it. What happened?!?!

★ · v2.106.1 · May 13, 2026

Had this app on my old phone and enjoyed it so much. Got a new IPhone and now it won’t open or work. What’s the deal? Help!!!

flowkey be like…

★★ · v2.106.0 · May 4, 2026

The beginner lessons were useful. Now that I’m doing the intermediate lessons, I feel like the app over punishes you for minor mistakes by making you play at an excessively slow tempo and does not do well at recognizing what notes my keyboard is playing when the music has multiple notes played at once. Because of this lessons can be very frustrating and not fun which hinders progress. I wish there were more options to practice music reading on the because I find myself relying on the videos more than the musical notes pretty often.

It sucks

★★ · v2.106.0 · Apr 29, 2026

All the songs are two hands

Not useful

★ · v2.105.3 · Apr 17, 2026

App cannot detect 2 notes at once, gets stuck even when you play the correct notes with both hands, not useful.

Price is unrealistic

★★ · v2.105.2 · Apr 4, 2026

I came here in the impression of a completely free app but like its okay, people deserve to earn money from their work but when i saw the prices, 12.49$ a month if you pay 150$ yearly and 25$ if you choose to pay monthly. Honestly thats a bid absurd for just a piano learning app, not to mention theres just 8 free songs, and its happy birthday and like that stuff too. If the free version is like this, just make the app paid and stop advertising it as if its free. Still it might be useful.

Trash App

★ · v2.105.1 · Mar 31, 2026

App acts like it’s free then tries to charge $150 a year??? What a joke. Charging Netflix prices for a piano lesson app? They should be ashamed of themselves

This is a scam

★ · v2.104.1 · Mar 23, 2026

I was trying to use the app but it kept saying one more time and at this point use a music sheet

The opportunity

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