iGrand Piano FREE Reviews
4/5 rating based on 17 reviews. Read all reviews for iGrand Piano FREE for iPhone.
iGrand Piano FREE is free iOS app published by IK Multimedia US, LLC
Sounds good, really needs keyboard
fivearrows
I downloaded the iPhone version. The sound is good, pretty convincing to my ears. The sample songs demonstrated a lot of nuance -- both delicacy and power, depending on how the notes were played. If I had an external keyboard I would probably like it a lot. The on-screen keyboard, though, isn't really practical. 2/3 of the screen is taken up by pretty pictures of instruments or control knobs, leaving 1/3 of it for keys. For some reason, hitting the top half of the key doesn't work -- a shaded overlay displays and no note sounds. Key volume is controlled by where you touch -- further "down" on the screen is louder. That's a nice idea as a way to give some expression. The problem is that the black keys are shorter! This means that you can't play them as loud as the white keys. Try to move upwards to balance them out and you rapidly run into the shaded bar that prevents the top half of the keys from playing. I don't play enough piano to justify buying the keyboard. If I did, I'd probably like this app. With the onscreen keyboard, though, I will probably not use it a lot. If you like the sound of a good piano, it's worth downloading to make your own decision.
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Pa coordinator
From someone who knows deeply what a piano sounds like, this is awesome. A sound like this that fits into your pocket is gonna cost you, well, 20 bucks. Nothing quite like this exists. Some of the pedaling action doesn't handle like a real piano would. But with this iGrand, I can play for hours because the sounds are so musical. Best out there!
Licensing iPad/iPhone?!?
Gryph8s
I was excited to download this app for the iPad weeks ago being a keyboard player and big fan of SampleTank. This app has truly awesome samples and an interface that I have shown off to many impressed friends. I downloaded (on the iPad) the full version and purchased all keyboards (forty dollar investment) BUT UNFORTUNATELY can not share this licensing with the new iPhone version. I spoke with customer service and they promptly explained that this was due to differing software architecture required for the two devices. I do find this curious as SampleTank plays so nicely on all iOS devices under 1 license. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE this app. Lack of 5 stars is solely due to this licensing issue.
Weak Black keys
Xerelda
The free version plays the black keys very quiet compared to the white one, The scale is off by half a step. If you play a C, it's really C#.
Pretty good
Playel
The pianos are good, but would be much better if they didn't sound as compressed (or have a compression setting that allows the piano to be heard naturally without the thuddy sound). Would be nice to have the screen be velocity sensitive by how hard you play, rather than where you hit the key (see WI Orchestra app).
The best
Mountain stair
This app is by far the highest quality piano app I have come across. Bravo to its developers!