“Nostalgia turned into disappointment.. — Found this game again after a few years, I found it in a disgusting mess full of ads and paid songs. So sad to see such a cool game in this state..”
Independent automated assessment · 3 signal sources · 501 reviews scanned · analyzed 2026-10-04.
3.5 ★19,293 ratings
—Downloads
4+Age rating
61 MBApp size
Free · In-app purchasesIn-app purchases
About this app
From Bruno Mars to Mozart, play the hottest songs!
Relax your soul with beautiful sounds of piano while playing your favorite tunes on original #1 piano rhythm game. Featured by TIME, New York Times and Apple's Best New Apps.
Features - New hits added daily - 1000+ hits across genres - Rhythm and tempo control - recreate the music! - Pair with real vocalists on Smule Jams mode - Instrument options: classic, harpsichord, Funky 80's synth, organ and more
Current most popular songs (all genres):
------- POP ------- ** All of Me - John Legend ** On Top of the World - Imagine Dragons ** Safe and Sound - Capital Cities ** Counting Stars - One Republic ** Blurred Lines - Robin Thicke, ft. T.I. & Pharrell Williams ** Wake Me Up - Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc ** Treasure - Bruno Mars ** Cups - Anna Kendrick ** Stay - Rihanna ft.…
Preview
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Independent evidence report
The evidence behind this assessment
This is where the page changes from an app-store listing into an evidence report: findings, important reviews, pricing and a dated history.
Which version this describes
When we ran this analysis, and what the store lists now.
This analysis describes version 8.6.7 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 8.6.7, updated 2024-07-01.
What we measured
Each line is a measurement published as a measurement, never a verdict.
Each line is a measurement, published as a measurement. Where we have not looked, the line says so rather than reading as a zero.
Developer replies to reviews
Replies to fewer than 1 review in 20
Price in the store description
States a price and a 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
Under 65% five-star
Arithmetic on the stores' own published rating counts. It says nothing about why the ratings fall where they do.
In the 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 about the app, not a finding about it.
Graded bands · predicate set 1.4 · how these are measured
What the analysis found
App-specific findings, grouped by what each one rests on. How they are graded lives on its own page.
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Reported by users: Aggressive ad load
Advertising volume or placement that interrupts normal use: ads between every action, unskippable or forced full-screen ads.
What we saw: Raised by 85 distinct reviewers — 17.0% of the 501 reviews scanned on this store leg (App Store).
One source only — shown, not confirmed 1
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
Reported by users: Paywall blocks the basics
The core of the app — not extras — sits behind payment, or previously-free function moved behind a paywall.
What we saw: Paywall blocks the basics: raised by 6 distinct reviewers (1.2% of 501 reviews scanned)
Highlighted reviews
Representative public review excerpts shown as user reports, not Appworthy audit evidence.
“too many ads — ads ads ADS i click anything and gotta wait for a brief message from our sponsor and it’s the 3 same ads. do better”
“1 SMOOLA AFTER COMPLETING A SONG!!?? — And an ad before and after every song im done”
Assessment & version history
App changes and Appworthy events in one timeline.
Store listing updated to version 8.6.7.
What this app sells
Useful store-disclosed pricing, kept below the app listing.
Items shown6
Lowest$1.99
Highest$9.99
Starter Smoola Pack$2.99
Small Smoola Pack$4.99
Mini Smoola Pack$1.99
All Access Pass$2.99
All Access Pass$7.99
Show 1 more purchase
All Access Pass$9.99