A Playground Sessions alternative in your browser
Playground Sessions is a full app for computers and mobile devices, with video lessons from teachers and over 2,000 songs. Keystair is simpler: a step-by-step course in the browser, with the first stage free.
Checked October 7, 2026.
At a glance
| Keystair | Playground Sessions | |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | A web browser on a computer, phone, or tablet | Apps for Windows, Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Android |
| Hears you through | A USB keyboard, the microphone, or the computer or on-screen keys | A MIDI or USB keyboard is recommended; the microphone for acoustic pianos |
| Free without paying | All of Stage 1: 23 lessons with their songs and workouts, for good | A free trial |
| Free trial | 7 days on the yearly plan | Yes |
| Price in the US | $12.99 a month, $79 a year, or $199 once | $24.99 a month, $149.99 a year, or $349.99 for life (with 2 years of its licensed songs) |
| How it teaches | A graded path of short lessons in standard notation; each waits until you’ve got it | Video lessons from teachers, and songs arranged at three levels |
| Songs | 59 public-domain pieces: folk songs, Bach, Beethoven, Joplin, and more | Over 2,000 songs, from Disney and Adele to Bach |
| Languages | English and Spanish | English |
Where Keystair is different
There’s nothing to download; you just open Keystair in your browser, and when you plug in a USB keyboard, it connects pretty quickly.
Keystair’s prices are lower, and there’s a free stage. Playground’s license agreement lists a monthly plan at $24.99, a yearly one at $149.99, and a lifetime membership for $349.99, which includes two years of access to its copyrighted songs. A Keystair Pro subscription costs $12.99 a month or $79 a year, and there’s also a one-time $199 plan. Because every Keystair song is in the public domain, nothing on that plan runs out.
Keystair is available in Spanish as well as English, while Playground’s App Store listing shows only English.
Where Playground Sessions is the better pick
Playground offers video lessons led by real teachers and pop songs by artists such as Adele and Taylor Swift, arranged at three levels of difficulty. Keystair has neither. If playing familiar songs is what keeps you practicing, that’s a big advantage.
Playground Sessions is a trademark of its owner. Keystair isn’t connected with it.