Choose Skoove if
- You want structured lessons that tell you what to practise next.
- You want feedback on your playing from an acoustic piano through the microphone.
- You want it on iPhone, iPad, or Android.
- You are happy with a subscription.
LumaKeys vs Skoove
Skoove is a course. LumaKeys is the app for the pieces you actually want to play.
Skoove is a subscription learning app with structured lessons, a song library, and feedback that listens to your playing through a microphone or MIDI. It runs on iPhone, iPad, Android, and the web. LumaKeys is a one-time Mac app for self-taught pianists who learn from falling notes: bring in any piece, learn it with loop, slow-down, and hands split, record your version, edit it, transcribe piano audio to MIDI, and export video.
Short version: if you want a guided beginner course with feedback, Skoove is a solid choice. If you want to learn any piece you choose, keep your own versions, and pay once, pick LumaKeys.
Which one fits you?
Choose LumaKeys if
- You want to learn any piece, not only the ones in a library.
- You prefer falling notes to sheet music.
- You want to record, edit, and keep your own playing.
- You want to export a video of your playing for social.
- You want to pay once.
Side by side.
| Feature | Skoove | LumaKeys |
|---|---|---|
| The basics | ||
| Price | Subscription, monthly or yearly | $69 for a limited time, then $99 |
| Subscription | Yes | None, pay once |
| Platforms | iOS, Android, web | macOS, Apple Silicon and Intel |
| Learn | ||
| Falling notes, no sheet music | Notes above the staff | |
| Structured courses | — | |
| Listens to acoustic piano | — | |
| Song library | Curated, licensed | Curated set, any MIDI or audio |
| Loop and slow down | ||
| Hands separate | ||
| Create and share | ||
| Record your playing | — | MIDI or computer keys, per hand |
| Piano-roll editing | — | |
| Audio to MIDI transcription | — | 5 on Free, unlimited on Pro |
| Video export | — | 4K, 60 fps, 16:9, 9:16, 4:5 |
| Repertoire library | — | |
Checked 2 September 2026: Skoove LumaKeys pricing
Where LumaKeys goes further.
Learn any piece
Any piece, from any MIDI or any recording. Loop, slow down, split the hands.
Record your playing
Play it in from a MIDI keyboard or your computer keys and keep every take with the piece.
Export a video worth posting
Your playing, in your colours, exported up to 4K for YouTube, TikTok, or Reels.
The long version.
What Skoove does well
Skoove is a proper course. Lessons build on each other, the app listens and tells you whether you got it, and the library is licensed and produced well. For a beginner who wants structure and feedback, it works.
It also runs on almost anything, including an acoustic piano through the microphone.
Where it stops
Skoove teaches its library, in its order. It is not built for the piece you found on YouTube last night. It does not record your playing as something you keep and edit, it does not transcribe, and it does not export anything.
It is a subscription, and everything stays inside it.
What LumaKeys is built for
LumaKeys learns any piece. Bring in a MIDI file, transcribe a piano recording on your Mac, or play it in yourself. Learn it from falling notes, record your version, fix it in the piano roll, keep it in your repertoire, and export a video in your colours.
It is Mac only and it is not a course. Free covers the full app with caps.
Why I built it
I learned piano the self-taught way: falling-note videos on YouTube, no sheet music, no teacher. Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, one bar at a time.
Structured lessons never kept me at the piano. The piece I wanted to play did. That is the pianist LumaKeys is for.
LumaKeys is the app I wished for back then: learn a piece, record it, fix it, keep it, and turn it into a video, all in one place, paid for once.
Questions & answers.
Weighing more options? See every alternative or talk to me.
Is LumaKeys a Skoove alternative?
For self-taught pianists who want to learn any piece and keep their own versions, yes. For a guided course with feedback, Skoove is the better fit.
Does LumaKeys listen to my playing?
LumaKeys works with a MIDI keyboard or your computer keys. It does not grade your playing through a microphone.
Does LumaKeys have lessons?
No. It is a tool for learning pieces you choose: loop, slow down, split the hands, record.
Is LumaKeys cheaper than Skoove?
Skoove is a subscription. LumaKeys Pro is $69 for a limited time, then $99, once, and Free never expires.
Your whole piano life in one app.
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