# iWriteMusic SE — user reviews > 131 indexed App Store user reviews of iWriteMusic SE by iWriteMusicProject, rated 4.40/5 from 142 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iwritemusic-se/id393614358/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/iwritemusic-se/id393614358.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 101 · 4★ 19 · 3★ 7 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 10 ## What do users think of iWriteMusic SE? Overall sentiment: mixed **Pros** - 🎼 Comprehensive notation tools and features - 👍 Intuitive interface for music composition - 🎵 Wide range of instruments available - 💾 Easy saving and exporting to PDF - 🎹 Playback functionality for reviewing compositions - 📱 Portable music writing solution - 🔄 Transposition and key change capabilities - 📧 File sharing via email - 🎓 Tutorial resources available - 💰 Free version with substantial features **Cons** - 🐛 Frequent crashes and freezes - 😤 Difficult and unintuitive note input - 🔧 Poor user interface design - 📖 Confusing and poorly organized help documentation - ⚠️ Inaccurate instrument sound playback - 🎚️ Limited playback customization - 💾 No automatic save feature - 📱 Poor iPhone/iPod performance - 🔌 Requires iOS 5 for playback - 🎭 Limited percussion and instrument options - ❌ Cannot delete notes easily - 🔐 Purchase restoration issues after reinstall **Commonly reported bugs** - App crashes when adding rests at beginning of measure - App crashes when adding/removing notation - App freezes when entering notes on certain pitches - App randomly quits during composition - Note placement inaccuracy on iPhone with retina display - Notes appear in wrong location despite correct placement - Playback cuts off after 30 seconds - Playback audio not working despite phone not being muted - Incorrect note playback (different octave than entered) - Lyric input not functioning - Crashes after large file operations - Data loss when closing without saving - Crashes when using multiple staves - Crashes during save operation - Crashes when reinstalling after purchase - Watermark reappears after reinstall - App becomes laggy over time - Staccatos, crescendos, and accents not played back - Ritards and accelerandos ignored in playback - Trill notation not functioning properly **Most requested features** - Auto-save functionality - MusicXML file transfer support - Guitar tablature (TAB) notation - Ability to change time signature mid-composition - Better grace note controls - Slur and tie playback support - Crescendo and diminuendo playback - More instrument templates (duets, trios) - Audio sharing/export capability - Arpeggio playback support - Individual grace note value assignment - Pianissimo (ppp) dynamic marking - Bracket notation for grouped instruments - More percussion instruments (Baritone, Euphonium, Mellophone) - Text formatting (bold, italic) - Customizable bottom navigation bar - iPad-native version - MIDI export to Logic Pro and Sibelius - Searchable help guide with index - Ability to extend bar lines across measures ## Newest reviews (17 of 131) ### 3/5 — Clunky *2025-09-02* The app is fundamentally very good but is difficult (confusing) to navigate, crashes (freezes) and is not intuitive. If the developers could take a step back and take a hard look at what they have created, particularly from the viewpoint of a new user, and make it more intuitive to use, the app could be seriously improved in my opinion and this should include the in-app and online instructions which although comprehensive are poorly organised. For example there is no index so if help is needed on a particular topic it has to be searched for. ### 3/5 — 無料で使用させていただきありがとうございます、しかし。。 *2024-12-01* 作曲のためのちょっとしたメモ帳代わりに有益に活用していますが、使用中に突然クラッシュします。 なんらかの重たい作業だとか、誘発するような動作を私がしたわけでもないのに、ふと目を落とすと消えている、 頻度は1時間の使用中に1回ほどでしょうか、時によりまちまちですが非常に困りますので⭐︎3といたします。 ### 3/5 — Not bad *2024-11-26* The bassoon sounds like a piano! ### 4/5 — Easy to use *2024-11-14* I really like the design of this program. ### 3/5 — アプリ自体はいいが…… *2024-07-16* 打ち込み自体は簡単でよいのだが、すぐアプリが落ちる。 かなりストレスを感じるため改善してほしい。 ### 2/5 — Doesn't work really well on IPhone *2024-04-10* I recently uninstalled this app since it's difficult to write on it. When I wanted to insert a note, it would always be in the wrong place even if I clicked on the right spot. Other than this, works fine. ### 4/5 — 楽譜書けました *2024-03-17* 初めて試みましたが、慣れると楽譜が書け、歌詞も書けるようになりました。 ありがとうございます。 ただいま、iPadで使っていますが、携帯で共有できたりするのでしょうか？ お金がかかるのであれば、いくら必要か教えていただければと思います。 ### 3/5 — Payment. *2023-09-25* I paid for this app because I didn’t like the watermark on it and it worked amazingly well. I used it all the time. All of a sudden it started glitching and crashing, there was nothing I could do about. I tried everything I could think of. I ended up deleting it and redownloading it the same day I figured it would work the same as it had previously and it did. The problem is I have that watermark on all my things again and no option to restore my purchase. I will be looking for a different app where the watermark doesn’t ruin whatever I write. ### 2/5 — iWrite Music SE *2023-03-30* なれたらとても使いやすいと思います。ただ無料なので仕方がないのかもですが、やはりプラントして大きく斜めに文字が入るのは思った位上に邪魔でした。せめてもっと薄ければ…なので星は少なめです。 ### 3/5 — Okay app *2023-02-04* Great app to make up music but it is sometimes a bit laggy and you can’t delete notes. Also without paying money you can only save 5 songs. Still love it! Just please fix the lags. ### 4/5 — Most Features Good, Program Quits Randomly *2023-01-19* I am really interested in seeing the vast array of composing tools for your smartphone. So far, the features work well. There are two problems though. One, it freezes sometimes when entering notes on the pitch before it. Two, I’ll be composing and all of a sudden, it quits the program. Is this a program bug or something with my iPhone? ### 4/5 — Great with problems *2021-06-23* You should make more percussion stuff and it’s very hard to navigate and add more scores if you do this I’ll give you a million stars ### 3/5 — What?? *2021-01-03* I’ve been using this app for years and now you can’t listen to more than 30 seconds at a time? ### 2/5 — アプデつらか *2021-01-01* さすがに30秒も流せないのはきつくないですか 日本語で簡単に作れて重宝してたのに完成系が見えなくなっちゃうと辛いです。 ### 4/5 — Not enough diversity *2020-09-20* There should be more instruments such as Baritone/Euphonium and Mellophone. ### 4/5 — Not perfect, but it’s a very useful! *2020-07-17, version 3.0.20* The app is easy to use, much easier than Sibelius. It’s straightforward and there are tutorials. I have used the app as musical learning tool. I use the app with music already composed to study the pieces in-depth. Reading music is very different from actually seeing it. I transcribed a 24 song song cycle note-by- note, the articulations, dynamics, accented notes, ties, slurs, voices, appoggiaturas, grace notes, mordants, lyrics, translations, personal notes. I got a real education. The playback feature is what helps me see and hear the music in detail in real time. It is good for rhythm accuracy, pitch accuracy, and observing harmonic shifts. It helped me to see how music and text work together with the accompaniment. I created a learning module for a friend to learn an aria and a duet from an opera to my partner. What I liked: Easy to learn to use and logically organized. A lot of instruments but I mostly use the grand piano and choir oohs for the vocal part. For $20 I have the iPad and iPhone versions and stored on the cloud so the music is always available to me. It indicates when a measure’s value has been exceeded. I can put text almost anywhere for translations and notes. Exports in pdf and smf. It does what you tell it to do within the limits of the program and not rewrite things like Sibelius. I can email an iwrite music file to someone else who has the app for them to use. The playback feature and volume settings for each track! The issues that came up are: the pickup measure’s minimum value is a quarter note- an eighth was needed, so I used an eighth rest. You can’t extend the bar line across measures, right hand notes for the piano can’t extend down to the bass clef. Grace notes are globally valued 32nd or 64th notes. It would be nice to be able to assign their value individually. Arpeggios can be indicated, but don’t play back that way (I used the grace note function to aurally produce that effect). No pianissimo marking (ppp), accidentals are restricted to each track and unable to indicate an accidental in a previous measure is restored in the next. Unable to change tempo within a measure. I found work-arounds and I had to rewrite a few measures that were technically the same but looked different. Can’t format the text (bold/italic) and only one font. Pretty minor stuff. If I payed $19.00 a month like Sibelius, I could not recommend this app. For $20 on two devices to use FOREVER, h*** yes! ### 4/5 — 쉬워요 *2020-07-15* 직관적이고 쉬워서 좋습니다. 그런데 궁금한게... 4부 악보 만들기는 어떻게 하나요? ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Crashes any time I try to add a rest *2025-06-21* As stated in title. Can’t even start my first song, because the first thing in the first measure is a quarter note rest. The app crashes out immediately. ### 1/5 — 心の底から使いにくいと感じる *2024-09-17* どういう神経してたらこれを使いやすいと感じられるのか不思議で仕方ない ### 1/5 — わからない *2024-01-15* テンポをシャッフルにするにはどうしたらいいですか？ ### 1/5 — 何で？ *2021-02-24* 今まで無料版でも長く流せたのに何で30秒ってケチったん？ そんなに金欲しいんか？ ### 1/5 — Worst app ever *2019-10-28* It won’t download ### 1/5 — なにこれ *2019-03-14* すぐアプリ消える 再開したらまた消える シを押すと消えるってどーゆーこと？ ### 1/5 — CRASHES A LOT *2018-03-06* I made a whole arrangment (luckily it was saved or I would be very angry) and it keeps crashing. I can’t go any further into finishing the piece. PLEASE FIX ### 1/5 — Crashes *2018-01-30* Keeps crashing whenever I try to add/remove notation ### 1/5 — DO NOT GET THIS APP, YOU ARE WASTING YOUR TIME *2017-11-13, version 3.0.13* I tried to put a breath mark in but I pressed somewhere it won't let you place it and tells you where you could place it but then it wouldn't let me click off of it and I had to exit and start over again. Then it done it again and again. Then I gave it one last chance and then it just completely crashed and I'm done. I normally don't give reviews at all unless the app doesn't work and this app definitely doesn't work ### 1/5 — IMPOSSIBLE ! *2017-06-17* Je n'arrive même pas à l'ouvrir depuis mon ordinateur ! J'ai essayé sur iPhone mais je n'arrive pas à écrire ! Ne pas télécharger, c'est une perte de temps ! ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Excellent app *2026-08-10* I love it, ### 5/5 — I’m just going to love it!!!!!!!!!!!!! *2026-07-23* I AM SO HAPPY I HAVE LOVE FOR THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ### 5/5 — A little bit different *2025-11-16* Well,this program is doing wonders for me, after leaving Sibelius and redoing my music wardrobe. Obviously the programs are different by far. The only thing is the easiness of composing. Not enough alternate keyboard selections, and some of the editing needs to be strong like choosing the right note and with editing. I have to keep erasing notes and putting the right ones in after struggling for the computer to select the right ones. But it is still a great program that i use, i mean i can edit, i can save i can print and i can share. I do however need to take advantage of the program and purchase the true one!!! Thanks ! ### 5/5 — 梨 *2023-10-18* ん、 ### 5/5 — すごくいい *2023-07-27* 私、吹奏楽部に所属していて、コンクールの譜面を打ち込むのがすごく楽でした！ ### 5/5 — Awesome app *2023-06-16* Really cool app ### 5/5 — Good job ! *2021-11-06* This app has made some improvements on my study of music. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Easy and efficient *2020-11-07* App is very easy to use, simple but efficient. All features that I needed so far were available. The ‘one flick’ edit method is fantastic. ### 5/5 — 数年前から重宝 *2020-05-08* ここまでの神アプリは見たことがない。 改善点を挙げるとすれば ・楽器の音を本物に近づけて欲しい ・楽器を選択する時に試聴機能がほしい。 ・楽譜を再生した時にペダル、スタッカート、スラーなどの音楽記号も演奏されるようにしてほしい。 逆にそれぐらいしかない。 音符も64分音符まである。 ### 5/5 — Awesome!!!!! *2020-01-10* Awe --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-27.*