Anything Piano vs Yousician: which is better for learning piano?
Last updated August 20, 2026
On mobile, Yousician's piano lessons live in a separate app called Piano by Yousician, so that's the app we're comparing here. Piano by Yousician teaches through a structured course with missions, video lessons, and levels. Anything Piano turns the songs you love into playable piano rolls and listens while you learn them.
Yousician is a trademark of Yousician Oy. Anything Piano is not affiliated with or endorsed by Yousician. Yousician details are drawn from Yousician's own website, support center, and App Store listings as of August 20, 2026; tell us if something is out of date and we'll fix it.
tl;dr
Use Piano by Yousician if you want a structured course with video lessons.
Use Anything Piano if you don't want to be restricted by a catalog of songs, as it enables you to import songs from anywhere, or create piano covers of any song.
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | Anything Piano | Piano by Yousician |
|---|---|---|
| Songs you can play | AnythingA catalog of songs, or any song you import: YouTube/TikTok/Instagram links, audio files, or MIDI uploads | Its catalog of songs |
| Structured course with video lessons | No | Yes |
| Sheet music option | No | Yes |
| Real-time feedback on an acoustic piano or MIDI keyboard | Yes | Yes |
| Wait mode (song pauses until you play the right note) | Yes | NoDocumented for guitar, bass, and ukulele only |
| Looping, hands separately, speed control | Yes | Yes |
| Platforms | iPhone and iPad | iOS, Android, and desktop |
| Free tier | About 20 songs, plus 5 free song imports, creating a piano roll from any YouTube video or other import source | Limited daily playtime |
| Price | $25/mo or $179/yr | $19.99 to $29.99/mo, or $119.99 to $179.99/yr |
Song selection
Anything Piano's song selection is effectively infinite. If a recording of the song exists, you can learn it: paste a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram link, upload an audio file, or record it live, and AI models we train ourselves turn it into a piano roll in minutes. Free users get about 20 catalog songs plus 5 free song imports to start, and Pro lets you add unlimited songs.
The honest trade-off is structure. Yousician surrounds its catalog with a curriculum: lessons, exercises, and a set order to learn things in. We don't provide that much structure for every song; you pick the song you want to play and practice it with the piano roll tools. If you want a course to follow, Yousician is the stronger choice there. Anything Piano is built for people who already know what they want to play.
Practice tools comparison
Piano by Yousician's practice tools are solid: you can slow a song down (there's even an auto-adjust that speeds up as you improve), loop a section, and practice hands separately. It also gives you four different playing interfaces to switch between: enhanced, colored, falling notes, and standard sheet music. If you want to practice from sheet notation, that's something they have and we don't yet.
One tool is missing, though, and it matters for piano specifically: a wait mode. On guitar, bass, and ukulele, Yousician's Wait To Play pauses the song until you play the correct note. Their piano documentation doesn't offer it (as of August 2026). When a part is hard, playing it at full speed against a moving song is the deep end. Anything Piano has Wait mode on every song, and it's how most people get through the tricky parts: the song waits, you find the notes at your own pace, and speed comes later.
Both apps listen through the microphone and work on acoustic pianos, and both support MIDI keyboards.
Choose Piano by Yousician if
- You want a structured course that tells you exactly what to practice next.
- You want video lessons from teachers as part of the curriculum.
- You want the option to practice from standard sheet music.
- You're on Android or want to practice on a desktop.
Choose Anything Piano if
- Piano is your instrument, and the songs you want to learn come first.
- The music you love isn't in any catalog: new releases, niche artists, game and film music, or a recording someone you know made.
- You want the song to wait for you to hit the right note before moving on.
Pricing
Piano by Yousician
$19.99 to $29.99/mo, or $119.99 to $179.99/yr
Premium (one instrument, no popular-song catalog) is $19.99/mo or $119.99/yr. Premium+ (all songs and all instruments) is $29.99/mo, with yearly listings at $159.99 to $179.99. Yearly plans bill in full up front. The free tier limits daily playtime, and Yousician doesn't publish the exact allowance.
Anything Piano
$25/mo or $179/yr
Free to download with about 20 catalog songs and 5 free song imports (a YouTube link, a TikTok, an audio file, and more). Pro is $25/mo or $179/yr, with a 7-day free trial on the yearly plan, and lets you add unlimited songs.
Frequently asked questions
No. Yousician doesn't offer a way to import your own songs, audio, or MIDI files; searching for a missing song only logs it as a request. Anything Piano, on the other hand, enables you to import any song you'd like: paste a YouTube, TikTok, or Instagram link or upload an audio file, and it becomes a playable piano roll.
Not as of August 2026. Yousician documents Wait To Play for guitar, bass, and ukulele, and its piano practice documentation doesn't include it. Anything Piano has Wait mode on every song.
Both do, differently. Yousician mixes licensed popular songs (Premium+ only) with its own teaching pieces. Anything Piano builds the piano roll from the actual recording you bring, so what you practice is the song as it really sounds.
Yes. The app listens through your device's microphone and shows you whether you're hitting the right notes, no cables or MIDI keyboard needed. MIDI keyboards work too if you have one.
Not yet, it's iPhone and iPad today. You can join the Android waitlist here.
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