Piano Genie vs Kidgeni

Piano Genie is a browser toy that turns eight buttons into a full 88-key piano using a neural network trained on classical performances. Press keys 1 through 8 on your keyboard, the home row, or colored touch blocks, and the model picks plausible notes so you sound like you know what you are doing. The space bar works as a sustain pedal.

Guitar Hero maps fixed note charts; Piano Genie lets you improvise freely. The model was trained on roughly 1,400 virtuosic performances from the International Piano-e-Competition, so the output skews classical rather than pop or jazz. Google Magenta published the research at ACM IUI 2019 and open-sourced the training code.

Anyone curious about music ML who does not read sheet music can use it for a few minutes of fun. The Glitch-hosted demo shut down with Glitch platform changes, but the creator still hosts a working copy at chrisdonahue.com.

Kidgeni is a fun AI playground where kids turn ideas into art, animated doodles, bedtime stories, and printable books. The homepage splits the product into Create, Doodle, and Stories modes, plus coloring pages and merch printing on shirts, hoodies, and long sleeves. New accounts get 15 free credits to start generating before choosing a paid plan.

Most kid-facing AI tools focus on chat or homework help. Kidgeni leans into hands-on creation: sketch a doodle and watch it transform, write a short prompt and get a story you can publish, or send a design to print on wearable merch. The Education plan even bundles classroom access for up to 30 students, which sets it apart from single-family art apps.

Parents, teachers, and young creators who want a guided space to experiment with art and storytelling without opening a general-purpose chatbot will find Kidgeni built for that job. It is less about coding lessons and more about letting kids make things they can hold, wear, or read aloud.