Pianist HD is a complete piano app for Android. Good sound, lots of customization options and learn-to-play mode with a preloaded collection of famous songs.

All you need on a piano, and more

The wide variety of options in Pianist HD makes it suitable both for people who already know how to play the piano and for novices who are just getting started.

The customization options are vast. You can choose the keyboard type, size, and theme of the keys, the notation to be used, whether or not to use vibration, the duration of sustained notes, etc.

Depending on your knowledge, it's important to choose the keyboard that best suits you: you can switch between single or dual keyboards, and pianos for practice or interpretation.

Pianist HD comes with a selection of instruments including percussion and string and a collection of musical instruments you can unlock.

There's a wide variety of tunes that you can load and learn to play. The style is similar to classic games such as Guitar Hero, with notes falling on the right key for you to try to follow. Also, you can load your own MIDI files.

Finally, you can choose to record your practice sessions or interpretations and then listen to the results.

Help when you need it

Pianist HD includes a handy video tutorial that takes you through the app basics in just a few minutes. There's also helpful practical advice (how to enable or disable the app settings) for when you're just getting started with the app.

In summary, the customization options, good key response and excellent sound quality make Pianist HD the best piano app out there.

The song selection is varied, but could be more extensive. You can switch between Beethoven melodies or popular songs by ABBA, depending on your musical tastes.

The definitive piano app, for playing seriously or just playing around

Whether you're learning or practicing or it's just a hobby, Pianist HD is so customizable that it will satisfy players of all levels interested in playing the piano on their Android device.

Perhaps the best keyboard app for Android.