The first piano lesson,
as a game.

A bee flies across the screen carrying a note name. Tap the matching key before it escapes. That's the whole idea, and it's how thousands of kids have met the keyboard for the first time.

Free on the App Store Reviews

iPhone & iPad · Free to play · No ads

25,000+ downloads since 2022
4.6 from 500+ ratings
16 languages supported

Loved by piano learners

of all ages

This game is the BEST! My family loves it as much as I do. It is SO easy to play. FIVE STARS

Verified User
Great for learning the notes on the piano.

Verified User
Beautiful graphics, easy to use, my students love it! I can't believe it's free :)

Verified Teacher

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Coming soon · Bees Keys Pro

Now play it on your real piano.

Bees Keys listens. Put the iPad on the music desk, and the bee's note is answered on the actual instrument, not a picture of one. The moment a student connects the screen to the keys under their hands is the moment the lesson lands.

Any piano Acoustic, upright, or grand. It hears you through the microphone.
Or plug in Connect a digital piano over MIDI or Bluetooth for exact, instant answers.
It tunes to you A quick calibration snaps Bees Keys to your piano's own tuning.
One purchase, yours forever No subscription. Everything that's free today stays free.

Play your first Live game free. Bees Keys Pro unlocks unlimited Live play.

Get told when it lands

Built for the studio

Bees Keys grew almost entirely by word of mouth: piano teachers finding it, using it, and telling other teachers. If that's you: thank you. Here's what's yours to use.

Free, and staying free

No ads, no account, no login screen. Just open it and play. The game your students use today stays free forever. Bees Keys Pro is an optional one-time purchase that adds real-piano play; nothing is taken away.

Any pedagogical method

Solfège or letter names, naturals only or full chromatic, slow or fast. Set it to the method you already teach rather than the other way round.

The first five minutes

A guided First Lesson walks a brand-new student through keyboard geography: black-key groups, then C-D-E, then F-G-A-B.

From the same studio

Our mission is to deliver simple game apps that are universally applicable to music lessons, primarily covering the first year fundamentals. These apps can be used with any pedagogical method.