Education · head to head
Flowkey vs Linewize
Flowkey
Education
Piano learning app with microphone or MIDI listening and a large licensed song catalogue
- From
- Free
- Rated
- -
Linewize
Education
School web filtering, classroom control and student wellbeing alerting from the Qoria group
- From
- On request
- Rated
- -
The short version
- Only Flowkey has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
- Each has a real cost: Flowkey microphone-only users, without a MIDI keyboard, still hit the same accuracy limits as Simply Piano on fast or dense passages.; Linewize automated wellbeing flagging produces false positives on ordinary adolescent language, and each false positive is a recorded concern about a named child that the school must then handle and retain.
- They diverge on capability: Flowkey covers Large licensed song library, Linewize covers Filtering on and off network.
- Prices and features above were last checked on 1 September 2026.
Where they differ
Only the attributes on which Flowkey and Linewize actually diverge.
Identical on both: user rating (Not yet rated), category (Education).
What each one covers
Drawn from each product's published feature list. An absence here means we hold no record of it - not that the product lacks it.
Only in Flowkey
- Large licensed song library
- MIDI keyboard support
- Microphone listening
- Slow-down and loop tools
- Video lessons
- Progress tracking
Only in Linewize
- Filtering on and off network
- Classwize
- Wellbeing alerting
- Pulse reporting
- School to home
- Multi-platform agents
What people use each for
The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.
Flowkey
- An adult returning to piano who wants to work toward specific known songs at a graduated difficultynot Linewize
- Someone with a MIDI-capable digital keyboard wanting more accurate feedback than microphone listening alonenot Linewize
- A learner motivated by a large, varied song catalogue rather than a strict beginner curriculumnot Linewize
- A pianist wanting slow-down and loop tools to work through a specific difficult passage in a real piecenot Linewize
Linewize
- A United Kingdom school evidencing Keeping Children Safe in Education monitoring expectations at inspectionnot Flowkey
- Districts with take home devices that need policy applied off the school networknot Flowkey
- Schools that want teachers to control lesson browsing without raising a ticket with the network managernot Flowkey
- Safeguarding teams that need a documented trail of flags raised and actions takennot Flowkey
Where each one falls short
Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.
Flowkey
- Microphone-only users, without a MIDI keyboard, still hit the same accuracy limits as Simply Piano on fast or dense passages.
- Its curriculum is less structured around fundamentals than Simply Piano for a complete beginner with no prior reading ability.
- It is piano only, so a household wanting to cover guitar or other instruments needs a separate subscription elsewhere.
- The song licensing model means catalogue availability can shift over time as licences change, occasionally removing a previously available arrangement.
- Full benefit of its more precise feedback mode requires owning a MIDI-capable keyboard, which is an additional cost beyond the subscription for anyone with only an acoustic piano.
Linewize
- Automated wellbeing flagging produces false positives on ordinary adolescent language, and each false positive is a recorded concern about a named child that the school must then handle and retain.
- Buying alerting without staffing it is a liability. If nobody reads the queue, the school has created evidence that it was told and did not act.
- Off site monitoring of school devices extends school visibility into the home, and unless the school publishes the hours and scope, families discover it after the fact rather than at the point of consent.
- The group sells both the school monitoring platform and a consumer parental control product to the same families, which is a commercial incentive to widen monitoring that the sales conversation will not surface.
- Consolidation through acquisition means overlapping products from different codebases inside one group, and schools that bought a now acquired product face migration onto the group platform at renewal.
Pricing, plan by plan
Flowkey
Free- FlowkeyFree
- Limited free songs and lessons
- Premium$119.99/year
- Full song library and difficulty arrangements
- MIDI keyboard support
- Progress tracking
Linewize
On request- Linewize$undefined/year
- Quoted per pupil per year
- Filtering, classroom and wellbeing modules priced separately
- Multi-year school and district agreements
Which should you pick?
Choose Flowkey if
- You need large licensed song library.
- You want to start without paying.
- You work on iOS, Android, Web.
- You also want midi keyboard support.
Choose Linewize if
- You need filtering on and off network.
- You work on Web, ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
- You also want classwize.
Questions people ask
- Is Flowkey or Linewize better?
- Neither clearly leads. Flowkey starts at Free and Linewize at On request, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
- Which is cheaper, Flowkey or Linewize?
- Flowkey has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at Free for Flowkey and On request for Linewize.
- Does Flowkey or Linewize run on more platforms?
- Flowkey runs on iOS, Android, Web. Linewize runs on Web, ChromeOS, Windows, macOS, iOS, Android.
- Can I use Flowkey for free?
- Yes. Flowkey has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Linewize starts at On request.
- What is Flowkey best used for?
- Flowkey is most often used for an adult returning to piano who wants to work toward specific known songs at a graduated difficulty, someone with a midi-capable digital keyboard wanting more accurate feedback than microphone listening alone, a learner motivated by a large, varied song catalogue rather than a strict beginner curriculum, a pianist wanting slow-down and loop tools to work through a specific difficult passage in a real piece. Of those, an adult returning to piano who wants to work toward specific known songs at a graduated difficulty and someone with a midi-capable digital keyboard wanting more accurate feedback than microphone listening alone are not what Linewize is typically brought in for.
- What can Flowkey do that Linewize cannot?
- Flowkey covers Large licensed song library, MIDI keyboard support, Microphone listening, Slow-down and loop tools. Linewize covers Filtering on and off network, Classwize, Wellbeing alerting, Pulse reporting.
Answered from the vendors’ own pages
Flowkey: Does Flowkey support MIDI keyboards?
Yes, connecting a MIDI keyboard gives more precise note detection than microphone listening alone.
Linewize: Is Linewize the same company as Smoothwall and Qustodio?
They are all part of Qoria, the group formerly known as Family Zone Cyber Safety. Product roadmaps and renewals are coordinated at group level.
Flowkey: How is it different from Simply Piano?
Flowkey emphasises a large licensed song catalogue with graduated arrangements, while Simply Piano leans more into a structured beginner curriculum.
Linewize: Does it monitor pupils outside school hours?
On school managed devices it can, and the school decides the scope. Define the hours and the data retention period in policy and tell families, because the software will not decide proportionality for you.
Flowkey: Do I need a MIDI keyboard to use it?
No, microphone listening works with any piano, but MIDI support improves accuracy if you have compatible hardware.
Linewize: Is it FERPA and COPPA aligned?
For United States deployments it contracts as a school official under FERPA with COPPA consent handled by the district. In the United Kingdom the relevant frameworks are UK GDPR and Keeping Children Safe in Education, which impose different retention and review duties.
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