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Simply (software company)

Wikipedia's first sentence called it “privately held company developing software that teaches creative hobbies”. Today it says “privately held company that develops mobile applications for learning music and drawing”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Joytunes Ltd , doing business as”. It now reads “Privately held company”.
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The opening as it read in 2025

Simply (formerly JoyTunes) is a privately held company developing software that teaches creative hobbies, from playing music to drawing and more. The company started out creating mobile apps that teach learners around the world how to play musical instruments, initially the piano and recorder and later branching out to other instruments such as guitar with an interactive note recognition engine called MusicSense that listens to the learner's playing and offer real-time feedback, utilizing acoustic learning for piano, guitar, or singing. In July 2022, what was then JoyTunes announced that it was rebranding as Simply, corresponding with the company's leading products Simply Piano, Simply Guitar, Simply Sing, Simply Tune and branching out beyond music, with Simply Draw. From JoyTunes to Simply" .

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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “privately held company developing software that teaches creative hobbies”. Today it says “privately held company that develops mobile applications for learning music and drawing”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Joytunes Ltd , doing business as”. It now reads “Privately held company”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then

privately held company developing software that teaches creative hobbies

Now

privately held company that develops mobile applications for learning music and drawing

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