AI · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to lumikey
Watch notes fall to your keyboard and play them when they land. Slow it down, loop it, practice each hand separately. Paste a YouTube link or drop a file; lumikey runs on your Mac or PC and nothing leaves the machine.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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I trained a 125M-parameter transformer to autocomplete piano performances in real time (~108 notes/sec on an iPhone 15). The idea is basically GitHub Copilot or Tabnine, except instead of prompting it with code, you prompt it by playing a few notes on a MIDI piano. The model then continues what you played, entirely on-device. The app is free if anyone wants to try it. Happy to answer questions about the model, training, Core ML, or the many things that didn't work.
Aug 2026 · simedw.com · its alternatives →
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“Lend Me Your Ears” is an interactive web-based game inspired by the classic Simon toy (originally by Milton Bradley). It presents players with a sequence of musical notes and challenges them to reproduce the sequence using either an on-screen piano or a connected MIDI keyboard. Each correct response leads to a progressively more difficult sequence, testing the player’s concentration, memory, and pitch recognition. The game features two modes: - Simon Mode (focuses on auditory recall) - Practice Mode (displays standard sheet music notation to support learning) The game also includes options…
Jan 2026 · lend-me-your-ears.specr.net · its alternatives →
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LUMI Keys▲166Portable illuminated keyboard to that helps you learn music.
2020 · playlumi.com · its alternatives →
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This is a keyboard in just intonation. It can play the notes a piano can. The big difference from a piano is that all the notes become consonant. At least, when you want to play a dissonant chord, you are clearly opting in to it because it's clear which notes are dissonant to each other. You won't bump into a dissonant note by mistake. You can play without knowing any music theory. Hit arbitrary notes with the rhythm you want, and the pitches will work. Not understanding the buttons is fine. Even rolling your elbow around your keyboard is fine. If you are a musician and press the wrong key…
2023 · ad8e.pages.dev · its alternatives →
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2014 · benzguo.com · its alternatives →
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A little weekend project, made so I can pause/play/rewind directly on the piano, when learning a song by ear.
Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Use your media-keys ⏮⏯⏭ with SoundCloud
2019 · soundcloud.grid.studio · its alternatives →
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I always found sheet music way too hard to read - and I literally spent a year at a company building a sheet music rendering engine. I wanted an app that would display music like the tutorials on YouTube, but not be focused on upselling lessons etc. like most current apps, and also would let me import my own files This works on MIDI files. If it’s a valid midi it probably plays. Since releasing, I did add a subscription for classical music - on a theory that most normal users don’t know what a midi file is. It changed about a month ago from an up front price to in app purchases and/or a…
2023 · jacobdoescode.com · its alternatives →
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AI that turns your melody into a full arrangement
Feb 2026 · apps.microsoft.com · its alternatives →
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Pianolyze▲149Hey HN, I'm a pianist who's always been obsessed with understanding how great players think through harmony. What voicings are they using? How do they voice lead through changes? What's actually happening under their hands? Back in 2022, I built Harmonic Analyzer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNgSgvUmiOs) – a Mac app that used ML to transcribe polyphonic piano recordings. It got some traction, but I never quite finished it. Requiring users to download a Mac app felt like unnecessary friction, and I didn’t want to limit distribution to Mac users. I just shipped Pianolyze…
Nov 2025 · pianolyze.com · its alternatives →
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FunKey 3.0▲203Satisfying mechanical keys + mouse click sounds to your Mac
Dec 2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Touch Pianist▲224Play piano like a pro without playing piano.
2015 · touchpianist.com · its alternatives →
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AI shortcuts for fixing grammar, translating and coding
2025 · smartkeys.so · its alternatives →
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I made a software library for displaying piano music 7 years back, and recently ported it to the web (which is now easier than even ever). It displays sheet music as you play, and let's you take snapshots of specific chords, then keeps a running list of chords as keyboard visuals (instead of just displaying sheet music). Just a simple tool for songwriting/ figuring out songs by ear, or just understanding music key theory (which I'm admittedly a still a beginner at).
2025 · pianoboi.site · its alternatives →
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Soundcleod▲83Mac app for Soundcloud using keyboard buttons finally!
2014 · soundcleod.com · its alternatives →
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Learn songs by ear by slowing them down.
2019 · dkthehuman.com · its alternatives →
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Play your favorite sound samples all across over macOS
2021 · app.gumroad.com · its alternatives →
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