What is the best music learning app for iPhone?

Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.7 by 857,642 people.

Which music learning apps are free?

26 of 28 are free to download: Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast (S), Yousician: Learn & Play Guitar (S), flowkey - Learn to Play Piano (S), Fender Play: Learn Guitar (S) and more. 12 of them sell in-app purchases.

Which music learning app has the best App Store rating?

Worship Online at 4.9 from 6,106 ratings.

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Best Music Learning Apps for iPhone (2026)

28 apps ranked S through F · Updated 2026-10-19 · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast is the top-ranked of 28 music learning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.7/5 from 857,642 ratings.

1
Simply Piano: Learn Piano FastS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 857,642 ratings · score 98
2
Yousician: Learn & Play GuitarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 138,850 ratings · score 97
3
flowkey - Learn to Play PianoS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 65,741 ratings · score 94
4
Fender Play: Learn GuitarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 60,614 ratings · score 93
5
Tomplay Sheet MusicA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 7,149 ratings · score 90

What belongs in this list

Learn music, including how to read it, play it or understand it, through lessons.

Not here: a music player alone; a single instrument tuner alone; a song library with no lessons alone; a general chatbot that could be prompted to teach music alone; a streaming service alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

Compare every app

1
Simply Piano: Learn Piano FastS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 857,642 ratings · score 98 · best in class
2
Yousician: Learn & Play GuitarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 138,850 ratings · score 97 · best in class
3
flowkey - Learn to Play PianoS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 65,741 ratings · score 94 · best in class
4
Fender Play: Learn GuitarS
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 60,614 ratings · score 93 · best in class
5
Tomplay Sheet MusicA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 7,149 ratings · score 90 · excellent
6
Musora: The Music Lessons AppA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,983 ratings · score 90 · excellent
7
TONALY: Songs, Scales & TheoryA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 6,373 ratings · score 88 · excellent
8
Skoove: Learn to Play PianoA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 22,271 ratings · score 88 · excellent
9
Learn Music Notes PianoA
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,443 ratings · score 86 · excellent
10
Hello Piano: Learn How to PlayA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 12,760 ratings · score 85 · excellent
11
Chet - Ear TrainingA
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 2,425 ratings · score 84 · excellent
12
Ukulele Tuner & Lessons: KalaA
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,851 ratings · score 83 · excellent
13
Piano Marvel - Lessons & MusicA
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 5,487 ratings · score 83 · excellent
14
OnlinePianist: Piano SongsB
Free download · ★ 4.3 · 8,969 ratings · score 82 · good
15
TenutoB
$4.99 · ★ 4.7 · 665 ratings · score 80 · good
16
Ukulele by YousicianB
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 11,867 ratings · score 80 · good
17
Learn & Play Violin - tonestroB
Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,669 ratings · score 77 · good
18
Trala: Learn ViolinB
Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,920 ratings · score 76 · good
19
Notes TeacherC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 10,150 ratings · score 69 · situational
20
Worship OnlineC
Free download · ★ 4.9 · 6,106 ratings · score 69 · situational · provisional
21
Playground: Fun Piano LessonsC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 5,006 ratings · score 68 · situational · provisional
22
Music Rhythm TrainerC
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 5,117 ratings · score 68 · situational
23
Piano Academy by Yokee MusicC
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 70,149 ratings · score 67 · situational
24
Fretonomy - Learn FretboardC
Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,492 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
25
Notevision - Sight ReadingD
Free download · ★ 4.8 · 3,282 ratings · score 66 · weak · provisional
26
ChordBank: Learn Guitar ChordsD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 6,281 ratings · score 63 · weak · provisional
27
Drums: Learn & Play Beat GamesD
Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 31,578 ratings · score 58 · weak
28
Note Rush: Music Reading GameF
$8.99 · ★ 4.3 · 2,419 ratings · score 38 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best music learning app for iPhone?: Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.7 by 857,642 people.
Which music learning apps are free?: 26 of 28 are free to download: Simply Piano: Learn Piano Fast (S), Yousician: Learn & Play Guitar (S), flowkey - Learn to Play Piano (S), Fender Play: Learn Guitar (S) and more. 12 of them sell in-app purchases.
Which music learning app has the best App Store rating?: Worship Online at 4.9 from 6,106 ratings.
How many music learning apps reach S or A tier?: 13 of 28. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.