# forScore — Turbocharge your sheet music

> Digital sheet music reader and organizer for musicians. (iPhone/iPad app by forScore, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forscore/id363738376 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [forScore, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/797590287)
- Category: Music, Books
- Price: $24.99 with in-app purchases
- Rating: 4.80/5 from 42,348 App Store ratings · 846 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 26 MB
- Languages: American English, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, European Portuguese, Russian and 4 more
- Released: 2010-04-09
- Data updated: 2026-08-28
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forscore/id363738376/reviews.md

## What is forScore?

Go paperless. Get organized. Download and play something new in seconds. With forScore for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS, your scores have never been better—it’s everything you can do with paper and so much more. As seen in Apple keynote addresses and retail stores worldwide!

On your music stand or on the go, it's the complete PDF sheet music reading experience that has wowed musicians all over the world for years:

CONNECT
• Copy PDFs from other apps like Safari and Mail and sync them to all of your devices with iCloud
• Import scores from popular cloud storage services and content providers like Musicnotes.com
• Share scores and setlists with colleagues, whether or not they use forScore

ORGANIZE
• Add metadata to your scores for a perfectly browsable, instantly searchable library
• Create smart bookmarks to manage longer files containing multiple parts or pieces
• Group scores manually with Setlists to play through them from start to finish

PLAY
• View full pages in portrait orientation and crop them to better fit your device's screen
• Turn your device sideways for bigger scrolling pages or view two pages side by side instead
• Use Reflow on smaller screens to lay out systems of music end-to-end like a horizontal teleprompter

REFINE
• Enter annotation mode to draw, type text, or place common symbols onto the page
• Separate your annotations into layers and show or hide them at any time
• Open scores and setlists in multiple windows or tabs to multitask with ease

SIMPLIFY
• Create links and buttons to handle repeats or perform common actions with a single tap
• Rearrange and duplicate pages of a score to play without jumping back and forth
• Connect your Bluetooth page turner for hands-free navigation

EXTEND
• Access integrated utilities like our metronome, pitch pipe, tuner, and piano keyboard
• Link tracks to scores to loop regions, adjust pitch, and even use them to record and play back your page turns
• Connect wirelessly to nearby devices and coordinate your page turns and program changes effortlessly


There's much more than those highlights, though, so be sure to visit forscore.co to learn all about forScore's incredible features and find out why so many musicians agree that forScore is simply the best!


Note: forScore also offers an optional, annual auto-renewing subscription called forScore Pro that unlocks additional features and content (visit forScore.co/pro for complete details). forScore Pro is a 1-year subscription that renews automatically until canceled. Should you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will then automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Complete terms of service are available on our website at: forScore.co/terms-of-service

## Key features

- PDF sheet music reading
- Cloud sync and import
- Library organization and search
- Annotation tools
- Hands-free page turning
- Integrated metronome and tuner

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: $24.99.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| forScore Pro | $14.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beethoven: The Mutopia Collection | $0.99 | one-time |
| Brahms: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Haydn: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Händel: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Liszt: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Satie: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Schumann: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| Tchaikovsky: The Mutopia Collection | Free | one-time |
| forScore Pro 30-Day Pass | $2.99 | one-time |


## Chart rankings

- #7 in Top Paid · Music (US App Store)
- #161 in Top Paid (US App Store)
- #155 in Top Grossing · Music (US App Store)

## What do users think of forScore?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🚀 Efficient navigation
- 🔒 Reliable performance
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 👍 Excellent organization
- 👍 Seamless annotation
- 👍 Versatile for various use cases
- 👍 Game-changing for musicians

**Cons**

- 🐛 Sync issues
- 🐛 Occasional crashes
- 🔋 Battery drain concerns
- 👎 Unintuitive settings/features
- 👎 Lack of customization options

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Disappearing annotations
- Unreliable page turning
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Unresponsive touch controls

**Most requested features**

- Ability to cut and paste sections of scores
- More flexible page turning controls
- Customizable metronome
- Improved backup and restore functionality
- Easier sharing of annotated scores

## Recent user reviews (10 of 846)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/forscore/id363738376/reviews.md

### 5/5 — One week in… Amazing!

*2026-08-18, version 15.1.2*

Trying to dig my way out of a music room stuffed to the brim. I’ve learned to quickly scan sheet music into FS,  and organize large amounts of various types of music by entering the metadata that works for me. I can’t wait to get into the built in practice tools like the metronome and tuner. I’ve still got a lot to do but now I have the tools to do it. Thank you, forScore!

### 5/5 — Amazing App!

*2026-08-14, version 15.1.2*

Amazing app. Well thought out. Really pleased.

### 5/5 — Best sheet music app by far

*2026-08-13, version 15.1.2*

So amazing! Has so many features, and ones that are well implemented and thoughtful!

### 5/5 — Use for storing, recalling and reading scores

*2026-08-10, version 15.1.2*

A Must for Performing Musicians

I’ve used For Score for over 3 years now.  Since I play in big jazz bands, small ensembles, quartets and trios, as well as for church, I never would be able to manage all those scores if they were in hard copy.  I have a library for each and create set lists as needed for a particular gig or Sunday service.  I have over 2700 songs/arrangements on my iPads (yes, I use two because sometimes page turns are particularly hard on piano and accordion scores, so I can set up difficult page turns easier this way.  Well worth the extra and it’s comforting to know everything is backed up, should I lose one pad.  Don’t know what I ever did without For Score and my iPads.

### 5/5 — Love it

*2026-08-10, version 15.1.2*

A great app but I really wish that highlights would go under the notes, not over them. I know it’s possible because the app notability does it for my scores. But this app is better in all other aspects

### 5/5 — Long Time User

*2026-08-02, version 15.1.2*

I have been using forScore for about 15 years and I have loved the app since the beginning. I have contributed to countless musicians downloading the app including instrumentalists at two of the largest churches in my area.

### 4/5 — Super app

*2026-07-26, version 15.1.2*

Pro ou pas, c’est un incontournable! Tu veux annoter des pdf.

Edit 2026:
Svp, quand on exporte un set'ist en texte seulement, ajouter aux option de partage la durée, le tempo et la clé! 
Merci

### 2/5 — Was excellent.  Now buggy abandonware.

*2026-07-16, version 15.1.2*

Forscore was recommended to me for readIng renaissance polyphony from facsimile editions.  I’ve now been using it for several months, and I’m hooked.  Goodbye to struggling with crufty, dog-eared paper copies in poor light!  It’s hard to think of any comment that hasn’t been made here before, except that...
... in another life I have to read technical manuals in PDF form, and I needed an app in which to make marginal notes.  It took an embarrassingly long time to realise that I already had one.

Update (after several years use):  I'm downgrading this to 2 stars for the following reasons:
1. The developer, a single programmer it seems, appears to have lost interest in this program, and neither posts updates nor responds to bug reports.
2. There are long-standing bugs that can require an app hard-restart during rehearsal/performance:
2.1. The spontaneous, random, event of appearance of the page-scroll-thumbnail, obscuring part of the page, and persisting until an app hard-restart, and
2.2. The inability to turn pages after hiding the default annotation layer, for which the workround seems to require an app hard-restart followed by the creation of a score-layer.

Beware getting locked-in to this app.  With hundreds of scores and countless hours of annotations, I find myself trapped in a proprietary format with no migration path out of it.

### 3/5 — Great…and awful

*2026-07-13, version 15.1.2*

Forscore is a terrific app for storing, displaying and marking up scores with great features. The syncing between Apple devices is a nightmare and has been for several years. Forscore REALLY needs to get serious about fixing this. It really undermines the user experience causing vast amounts of time wasted consulting help, customer service, deleting, backing up re-syncing and more. 
.

### 4/5 — Very good but still room to be better

*2026-07-01, version 15.1.2*

The app does the job nicely for the most part. Little missing things here and there keep it from being great—when installing on a new device, I have to add a document on that device first to be able to set up iCloud sync; and I’ve found no way to move multiple items to a library in one go. Things like that.

## Frequently asked questions about forScore

### What does forScore do?

forScore is a digital sheet music reader designed to help musicians go paperless. It allows you to import, organize, annotate, and perform from your sheet music library directly on your device. It offers features like cloud syncing, smart bookmarks, and annotation layers to manage your scores effectively.

### What are the key features of forScore?

Key features include importing PDFs from various sources, organizing scores into a searchable library, annotating directly on the pages, and hands-free navigation with Bluetooth page turners. It also provides integrated utilities like a metronome, tuner, and pitch pipe, along with advanced playback features.

### How much does forScore cost?

The base forScore app is available for free. It also offers an optional, auto-renewing subscription called forScore Pro, which unlocks additional features and content. Pricing details for forScore Pro can be found on their website.

### What devices is forScore compatible with?

forScore is available for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS devices. This allows you to sync your sheet music library across multiple Apple platforms for seamless access.

### Who is forScore designed for?

This app is primarily designed for musicians of all levels, from students to professionals, who want to digitize their sheet music. It's ideal for those who perform, practice regularly, and seek a more organized and efficient way to manage their musical scores.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 15.1.2 — 2026-04-23

This update fixes a bug that prevented external display options from appearing and resolves an issue that failed to properly restore cropped pages from archives.

### 15.1.1 — 2026-04-08

Minor bug fixes and improvements.

### 15.1 — 2026-03-24

This version adds Presto Music as a content provider, allowing you to download your digital sheet music purchases directly into forScore through the Services panel. This update also adds direct connectivity support for the Genki Wave and makes it easier to monitor connected accessories or open the Devices panel right from the Display Options overlay.

### 15.0.7 — 2025-11-19

This update includes important bug fixes and improvements.

### 15.0.6 — 2025-10-14

This version improves the appearance and usability of popovers on iPadOS 26, adds a sharing extension to streamline importing files, resolves several minor page layout issues, and includes other bug fixes and minor improvements.

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