Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Sound Waves
Play the piano by moving your phone around
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Sound Waves launched in 2020; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Piano Widget▲326Play Piano on Widget, LockScreen, Dynamic Island
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Wave▲73A fast, minimalistic gesture-based music player app
2016 · apps.apple.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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Blocs Wave▲98Create music with beautiful touchable waveforms
2016 · 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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Mozart for iOS▲258Make a song and a music video while you're on the go
Feb 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A music player for people who buy music. Now on Mac.
2021 · brushedtype.co · its alternatives →
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Song Quiz▲65Let song quiz and melody guide you into the world of music
2022 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Transcribe + summarize audio and phone calls in any language
2024 · 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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Chrono Piano▲212Play the current date and time as music
2024 · lab.aizastudio.com · its alternatives →
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Touch Bar Piano▲212Play piano on the new MacBook Pro's Touch Bar 🎹
2016 · utsire.com · its alternatives →
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iOS app to play piano songs on any real piano with AR
2022 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Boom for iOS▲151A music player for your iPhone with magical 3D sound
2016 · globaldelight.com · its alternatives →
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soundrop▲137Create the perfect music recipe to relax and work
2021 · naim30.github.io · its alternatives →
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Every one can play the piano, this is a music game
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Play songs you love on the piano, instantly!
2018 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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