Profiles for the whole family Everyone who plays on this iPad now has their own profile: their own XP, stars, badges, streaks, recordings and settings. Switching player takes one tap on the avatar in the corner, so nobody's progress gets tangled up with anyone else's. Toddler mode A different app altogether for a player who cannot read yet. One animal is asked for at a time, its key is marked on the keyboard, and finding that note anywhere on the piano is a celebration: real applause, confetti, balloons and fireworks, never the same one twice in a row. Ten in a row brings a new animal friend into the game, so the number of notes to choose between grows at his own pace. Nothing is timed and nothing can be lost. Leaving toddler mode asks a grown-up question first, so small hands cannot wander off into somebody else's progress. Reading music New lessons for reading the staff, including placing a named note where it belongs on the lines and spaces. Record what you play Play along to anything on your piano and Crescendo captures the notes, so you can practice the same piece on the note highway later. Also in this update - Daily Practice tracks how quickly the chords come back to you, with a graph of how that improves. - The chord games now recognise rolled chords, not only block ones. - The piano connection status follows you onto every screen, so you notice the moment the piano powers itself off mid-song.

This update is all about practicing smarter - and giving you a lot more to play. Stuck on one tricky bar? Crescendo now spots where your hands keep colliding and offers to loop just that bar, slowly and with no score, until it clicks. Bring your own songs. Import a piece, split it into parts, choose which hands to play, and hear the whole thing come alive as a live-rendered band. A whole new world of chords. Learn real chords through Chord Songs (full pieces built from the chords you know), an expanded 30-stage Chord Quest, and sharper Chord Echo recognition. Daily Practice. A short, adaptive chord-drill habit loop to keep your streak - and your fingers - moving. Better practice tools. Scrub through any song, slow it right down to 25% or 35% to nail the hard parts, follow new technique lessons, and the screen now stays awake while you play. Both hands from the start. Every lesson and chord cue now teaches both hands, with proper left-hand fingering. A tidier home. Arcade modes are grouped into a new Games hub so the home screen stays focused on your journey. Happy practicing!