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24 alternatives to Piano University

http://www.pianouniversity.com/ This is my project idea for the Coursera Startup Engineering class. It's basically going to be "Khan Academy" for piano lessons... nugget-sized videos to teach people everything about playing piano. The site doesn't actually have any real content yet. So it's super duper barely MVP. :-) Still, I welcome your feedback and questions!

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Piano University launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

  1. 1AP

    I'm building a video conferencing app designed to facilitate better remote piano lessons. My hope is to solve a lot of the challenges piano tutors and new students deal with when taking lessons through Skype/Zoom. It leverages WebRTC's data transmission to send media, MIDI state, and (eventually) send sheet music files and other musical data. I'm surprised with how well the MVP has worked and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions!

    2024 · keyboardconnect.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2
    Flowkey▲163

    The easiest way to learn piano

    2014 · flowkey.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3

    Fast and fun way to learn piano

    2015 · hellosimply.com · its alternatives →

  4. 4
    Skoove▲97

    Babbel for learning the piano

    2015 · skoove.com · its alternatives →

  5. 5

    Play your favorite songs

    2020 · stingray.com · its alternatives →

  6. 6
    notclass▲234

    I've been working on this for a few days now. The goal is to create a library of the best free educational content available and to build personalised learning paths for each user, using only free resources and at no cost to the user. Let me know what you think.

    2025 · notclass.com · its alternatives →

  7. 7
    Pianu▲184

    Learn to play the piano in your browser

    2015 · pianu.com · its alternatives →

  8. 8P

    Lastly I’ve been wondering why some music tones are so sticky, with this in mind, I’ve enrolled in “Introduction to Classical Music” on Coursera (which I totally recommend) and read…

    2015 · javier.io · its alternatives →

  9. 9

    Startup skills as online courses

    2014 · stpcollege.com · its alternatives →

  10. 10

    Learn any song on piano

    Aug 2026 · playanything.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11IM

    just a wack systems dude tbh

    2018 · h313.info · its alternatives →

  12. 12

    Online educational resource dedicated to entrepreneurship

    2014 · entrepreneurship.org · its alternatives →

  13. 13

    Grow your piano skills with each Google search.

    2020 · its alternatives →

  14. 14

    Music learning app from theory to composition

    2017 · flat.io · its alternatives →

  15. 15YF

    Cut to the chase: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nyzl3pVXp4 I really am a big supporter of quality education being available for everyone, and because of that I've opted to open source my CS education on YouTube. I'm starting with Rails, and I will eventually work around to more core CS topics like circuits -> logic gates -> binary -> assembly -> c -> Data Structures -> Algorithms etc. If you like it subscribe and I'm looking for all the feedback I can get on how to make it better :)

    2015 · its alternatives →

  16. 16

    I made this as a side project because I've always loved music but never had a real instrument or lessons. It started as a simple piano to play online, but grew into something more: - 100% free, no installation or login required - Multilingual interface (EN/ES/PT, more coming) - Works on desktop and mobile - Step-by-step mode to learn songs interactively Try it here: https://pianoeletronico.com.br/en It’s not professional software, just a free and fun way to make music. Feedback and ideas are very welcome!

    2025 · pianoeletronico.com.br · its alternatives →

  17. 17IV

    Hey my name is Ivo and I'm a developer and a startup entusiast. My girlfriend was out of the coutry for the weekend and I decided to do something cool like building a startup. I've done a few startups over the years but that's the first I actually released, I would love to hear your feedback on it.

    2024 · craftlynow.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18

    The reinvention of the piano keyboard

    2016 · roli.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19

    Shorten the piano learning process

    2016 · theonemusic.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20SS

    Nick and I have been going through Startup School working on a site for developer flashcards. We have simultaneously been studying our own flashcards for Startup School. It's been a really easy way to remember what has been going on in the course. I wanted to share in case they are helpful to anyone. Thoughts/feedback are welcomed! https://www.flashcardsfordevelopers.com/collections/5b9ff4c1... Hope you enjoy them. Cheers! Niko

    2018 · its alternatives →

  21. 21
    CodeHS ▲22

    Teaching comp sci to beginners w/ no prior background.

    2014 · codehs.com · its alternatives →

  22. 22

    You can learn any song in the world, if you just know the no

    2015 · pianorobot.com · its alternatives →

  23. 23

    Free online piano lessons

    2015 · hoffmanacademy.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24IB

    The idea: what if you could get a “Masterclass”-style experience, but free, using existing YouTube content? So I made OpenCademy — right now it only has two quick startup "courses" (101 & 102), built from curated YouTube clips, all embedded and organized into modules. It’s still early (no accounts, no backend), but it’s bingeable. Would love thoughts on whether this concept feels useful or just... redundant.

    Nov 2025 · opencademy.com · its alternatives →

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