MidiSlayer
Learn to read music by playing it on a MIDI keyboard
A desktop and iPad app that teaches music reading with real-time feedback from a MIDI keyboard, featuring interactive lessons, training modes, games and
About this launch
MidiSlayer is a music education application for learning to read sheet music. Users plug in a MIDI keyboard and play pieces while the app listens to every note, providing immediate feedback on accuracy. The app includes eleven free beginner lessons that teach music reading from the basics, along with training modes for sight-reading, chords, intervals, and scales. It features a library of 69 classical pieces playable at different difficulty levels, the ability to import custom sheet music in MusicXML format, arcade games, and progress tracking. The app runs on macOS, Windows, Linux, and iPad with a one-time purchase model and no subscription fees.
What it does
- MIDI keyboard input with real-time feedback
- Interactive beginner lessons from basic note identification to reading both clefs
- Note flashcard training with adaptive difficulty
- Library of 69 classical pieces at varying difficulty levels
- MusicXML file import for custom sheet music
- Wait and Tempo modes for learning pieces at your pace or with a metronome
- Arcade games including Blitz and Cascade
- Exam mode with skill-based ranks and timed challenges
- Progress tracking and performance analytics
- Offline use after one-time license activation
Pricing
Pricing model: Freemium
Free: Beginner lessons, Note Flashcards, Blitz game, daily Cascade challenge, Pop Loop jam session, and 4 playable pieces. MidiSlayer full version: $49.99 USD one-time purchase (prices vary by country in local currency).
Shopper questions
Do I need a MIDI keyboard?
For the full experience, yes. Any MIDI keyboard works, from a $25 controller to a digital grand, over USB or, on iPad, Bluetooth MIDI paired from the app. The built-in on-screen keyboard is enough to try it out.
Can I use an acoustic piano, or a microphone?
No. MidiSlayer listens over MIDI only: a MIDI keyboard tells it every note, how hard and when, so chords and both hands are marked exactly instead of guessed from sound.
Is it really not a subscription?
Really. One payment and it's yours to keep, with every update through v1 included. No monthly fee, no expiry, nothing to lose access to.
Does it work offline?
Yes. Activate your licence once and training, games and progress all work without internet, forever. The app only reaches the network to check your licence, look for updates, and optionally sync your progress.
Which platforms does it run on?
macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Windows 10/11, Linux (.deb, .rpm and AppImage) and iPad (iPadOS 16 or later, from the App Store, in landscape). Under the hood it's a lean native app with a native Rust core: MIDI timing comes off your hardware, your data lives in a local database, and after the one-time licence activation you can practise entirely offline. The app only reaches the network to check your licence, look for updates and, only if you switch it on, sync your progress summary.
MidiSlayer has a free listing. The owner can unlock the full profile with a paid launch for $5:
- Founder story (locked)
- Milestones (locked)
- Demo video (locked)
- Dofollow website link (locked)
