With the development of technology, its meaning in people’s lives began to gain importance as well. Technological devices were first introduced with computers. Introduction of smart phones and tablets with computer features has made them a part of our daily lives in recent years. With the help of various applications developed for smart phones and tablet computers, which enable us to carry information in our pockets, people have become able to fulfill their needs easily. Among these various applications, there are also those contributing to the music education and enabling people to practice music by themselves.

In the research, the scope of music education programs developed for smart phones and tablet computers has been identified by means of content analysis; their favourable contributions to the musical improvement and their negative features have been defined and categorized under main topics. For this purpose, among 10 free current music education programs, which are developed for Android and IOS operating systems and are awarded 4 stars out of 5, have been selected with the help of 3 “domain expert” opinions. Selected programs have been analyzed and findings and suggestions are provided under related topics.

This study is considered to be significant in terms of serving as a guideline for people who are interested in music professionally or unprofessionally, and for music instructors. In the research, among qualitative research methods, content analysis model is adopted. It is a descriptive study based on field research.