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flowkey – Learn to Play Piano

Piano songs and lessons

flowkey GmbH
No findings published
App Store rating4.7★65.7K ratings
PriceFreeListed price
Age4+Store age rating
Size115 MBiPhone download
CategoryEducation
Developerflowkey GmbH

At a glance

Full report

Things to watch for 0

Nothing published. That is not a guarantee the app is problem-free.

Positives 0

No specific positive published.

From our automated analysis, 10 Oct 2026.

This analysis describes version 2.117.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-10 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.117.0, updated 2026-09-18.

Preview

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Store screenshots supplied by the developer.

About this app

flowkey makes it fun and easy to play your favorite songs on piano – whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced player. All songs and courses are created by professional pianists, with interactive lessons, practice tools, and instant feedback to help you learn piano the way that works for you.

Choose from thousands of beautifully-arranged piano pieces covering all genres, including: Classical, Pop, Film & TV and more. With songs available in four difficulty levels, you’ll always find new pieces to play.

If you’re a beginner, learn piano step by step – with courses on how to read sheet music, navigate the keyboard, and play songs with both hands. flowkey’s beginner piano lessons are easy to follow and are a great way to learn piano fundamentals.

Experienced piano players can sharpen their skills with in-depth tutorials covering scales, chords and improvisation.…

From the developer’s store description.

For developers and the curious

The full report

The evidence, sources, measurements and versions behind every label above.

Findings and evidence

0 published · 2 shown, not confirmed

One source only — shown, not confirmed 2

Open observations that have not cleared the evidence bar.

Paywall blocks the basics

One source only

Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 511 reviews scanned)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.

Open evidence

Trial converts to a charge

One source only

Trial converts to a charge: raised by 8 distinct reviewers (1.6% of 511 reviews scanned)

Sources
User reviews
Agreement
Only one kind of source so far. Shown, not counted.
Where measured
From App Store reviews

This observation has not cleared the required evidence standard.

Definition

The free trial demands a payment method up front and/or rolls into a paid subscription with no usable warning.

Open evidence

Nothing was published as a thing to watch for in this assessment. That is not a finding that nothing is wrong with the app.

What reviewers report

511 reviews read · 2 review-based observations

511 reviews read for this analysis. Each observation keeps the sample and store it was based on.

Paywall blocks the basics

Shown, not confirmed

Ok? — Amazing app by far but have to pay for everything. Had 1 or 2 free songs. 😒

3★ · App Store · 2026-06-13

U need to pay for everything — There is only 8 free songs and yes they are good but they get tired I might as well pay for actual sheet music

1★ · App Store · 2025-06-15

So frustrated: Bait & Switch — This seems like a good app in theory. Enjoyed learning a new song yesterday which was free for my $9.99 a month subscription. (No bargain !) TODAY I log in - the same song I was learning for free yesterday I…

3★ · App Store · 2024-12-20

Trial converts to a charge

Shown, not confirmed

Taking money — I got free trial 3days and they decided to charge me the most expensive subscription on my card cause they thought I was going to pick 150$ dollars cause they thought it was ok to buy the yearly subscription of 150$

1★ · App Store · 2026-10-06

Cost — The app says it free,and when you setup the account then it charges you after a 7 day free trial. It’s very misleading once you have it downloaded.

1★ · App Store · 2026-02-14

Charged $31.79 on free trial — I was immediately charged when I clicked on free trial. Not a good start to our relationship and makes me want to cancel before even trying!

1★ · App Store · 2025-06-18

A sampled review illustrates one person’s experience. It does not establish a finding on its own.

Measurements

5 measured · 3 not assessed

Supporting measurements. They are not a complete list of possible harms or positives. “Not assessed” means we could not measure it — never zero, never a pass.

From store data and reviews

Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States no price and billing period
Cancelling, in the store description
Says how to cancel
Themes reported by reviewers
2 themes reported
Counted from the reviews we have read for this app. "No theme reported" means no theme reached our reporting threshold — it is not a finding that nothing is wrong with this app, and we do not say it is.
Five-star share of ratings
80–89% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.

In the app package we scanned

No package has been scanned for this app, so nothing is published about what it ships. That is an absence of evidence, not a finding.

Sensitive permissions
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Analytics or tracking SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app
Advertising SDKs in the scanned package
Not assessed
No package has been scanned for this app

Measurement vocabulary 1.4 · how these are measured

Versions and dates analysed

Assessed 10 Oct 2026

This analysis describes version 2.117.0 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-10 . The app may have changed since.

The store currently lists version 2.117.0, updated 2026-09-18.

Store update history

Each store’s release notes, as the developer wrote them. They are the developer’s words, not ours.

App Store

Version 2.117.0 · 2026-09-18
Now is the best time to learn something new! We have improved the learning experience and added inspiring new songs for you. This version also contains bug fixes and improves the app performance. Your flowkey team

Assessment record

Status
Automated analysis
App identifier
flowkey-apple-1020357408
Assessment date
10 Oct 2026
Sources used
3 independent signals: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure
Reviews read
511
Package examined
No package scan
Measurement vocabulary
1.4
Human inspection
Not completed

Assessed 2026-10-10 from 511 user reviews, the store listing and its privacy label. We have not scanned the app's package, so nothing on this page was read from inside the app itself.

How this page was produced

Analyzed 2026-10-10 Version analyzed: 2.117.03 independent signals511 reviews scannedConfidence: HighNot human-reviewedVocabulary v1.13Methodology v1.3
Signals run: user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure. Not yet checked: SDKs in the app package, the app's own on-screen text and the app manifest.

Store facts

App Store

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App Store

Store rating
4.71 ★ · 65,736 ratings
Version
2.117.0
Updated
18 Sep 2026
Price
Free
Age rating
4+
Size
115 MB
Open in App Store
Developer
flowkey GmbH
Category
Education
Listing price
Free

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Method and limits

What this report can and cannot show

How the automated analysis works

This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.

No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.

There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.

Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.

Limits of this report

  • A package scan is static. It identifies code and text in one Android build. It does not measure a live ad session, test a deletion request, or count the steps needed to cancel.
  • Reviews keep their sample. A review-only charge shows distinct reviewers, the share and the sample size, and is published only once it clears that label’s published threshold. Calibration labels are machine-drafted and not yet confirmed by a person.
  • Not assessed is a state. It is never a zero and never a pass.
  • A missing label is not a clean bill of health. It means the evidence did not support one, not that the app is problem-free.
Not yet human-reviewed. A hands-on test can confirm or contradict a finding and adds its own measurements; it does not change a measurement row. Hands-on inspections are not yet open.

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