Best Nota ABC alternatives: apps like Nota ABC - Session Trad Tunes

9+ similar apps compared and reviewed

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Updated November 2026

Whether you want more options like Nota ABC or a completely different take on the same concept, our curated list of 9+ similar apps has you covered. Updated for 2026 with the latest ratings and comparisons.

Top Alternatives to Nota ABC

the Craic#1

the Craic by Wil Macaulay

Mobile tunes in abc notation
Editor's Choice
🎵 Music
4.3😊(13 ratings)
$4.99In-App Purchases
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This app transforms your device into a portable digital tunebook, offering thousands of traditional tunes in ABC notation. Easily search, play, and organize music for various instruments, with options to create custom sets and collections. Import tunes from multiple sources and share them as ABC or PDF.

What We Love

  • 👍 Easy to use interface
  • 🎵 Great for learning tunes
  • 🗂️ Good for managing tune libraries
  • 🌐 Easy online searching and downloading
  • 🎶 Ability to alter and add notes/bowings
  • 📄 PDF creation and sharing is great
  • 🔊 Playback at any speed
  • 💡 Supports collections
  • ✨ Unique and indispensable app
  • ✅ Works well for intended purpose
  • 🚀 Fast and reliable
  • 👍 Well designed and organized
  • 💡 Smart search functionality
  • ✅ Tempo specified in ABC notation is used
  • 📧 Easy to email tunes
  • 👍 Well supported and thought out
  • 🌟 Brilliant for Celtic musicians
  • 🎵 Good range of tunes included
  • 🗄️ Easy to add tunes in ABC format
  • 🎚️ Slow down tunes for learning
  • 📂 Automatically sorts added tunes alphabetically
  • 🎶 Simple, functional, and effective
  • 💡 Great for practice and jams
  • ✅ Easy to copy and paste ABC files
  • 🌟 Terrific app for learning Irish tunes
  • 📂 Easy to import classic collections
  • ✨ Super, clean and easy to use interface
  • 🌐 Importing tunes from websites works flawlessly
  • 🎵 Music display is easy to read
  • 👍 Brilliant for Irish music lovers
  • 💡 Fantastic for creating and sharing sets
  • ✅ Money well spent
  • 🌟 Phenomenal resource for music
  • 🎶 Great for Highland Pipers
  • 💡 Well laid out and simple app
  • ✅ Cracking app for ABC to dots
  • 🚀 Very useful additional app
  • 🌟 Awesome app
  • 👍 Wonderful for displaying music
  • 💡 Great for musicians
  • ✅ Worth buying for aspiring players
  • 🌟 Fantastic app for music practice
  • 🎵 Comes stocked with good tune collection
  • 🌐 Easy to find music online and download
  • 📝 Create tunes in ABC yourself
  • 🎚️ Repeat tunes at speed of choice
  • 👍 Most useful app on iPad
  • ✨ Clever software design
  • ✅ What a craic!
  • 🎵 Pulls ABC files from the net
  • 🗂️ Allows tunes to be put into sets
  • 💡 Great helper for learning new tunes
  • 🎶 Input and hear harmonies
  • 📝 Simple ways to import libraries
  • 🎚️ Speed up or slow down tunes
  • ✅ Straight forward and easy access to tunes
  • 💡 Developer is helpful
  • 👍 Very pleased
  • ✨ Well worth the money
  • 📝 Interface is well designed and user friendly
  • 🚀 Easy to add new songs
  • 👍 Prompt help from creator

Room to Improve

  • 🐛 Won't read past errors in older ABC spec
  • 🐛 Doesn't report ABC spec errors
  • 🎚️ No support for multi-voice (e.g., SATB grandstaff)
  • 🎼 Small note heads
  • 🎚️ Does not cover concertinas
  • 🐛 App freezes up
  • 🐛 Not all ABC tunes get imported
  • 🐛 Setting markers for playback is unintuitive
  • 🐛 Selections with pick-up notes don't loop properly
  • 🐛 Multiply editing/saving can create multiple copies
  • 🐛 GUI could be more intuitive/standard
  • 🐛 Freezes up when editing first/second endings
  • ☁️ No iCloud sync for tunes
  • 🎚️ No bagpipe option in instrument selection
  • 🐛 App freezes on download
  • 🐛 Gets stuck in a loop during download
  • 🐛 Does not support drum notation
  • 🐛 With iOS 12, staff lines don't display
  • 🐛 Latest version freezes after a couple of minutes
  • 🐛 App freezes on download
  • 🐛 Crashes when deleting tunes
  • 🐛 Default library reappears after deleting all tunes
  • 🐛 Does not allow playback of tunes
  • 📉 Less than 100 tunes initially
  • 🐛 Does not play tunes
  • 🐛 Too difficult for usage
  • 🗂️ Tunes not sortable into books/set lists
  • 🐛 Does not play tunes
Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs#2

Irish Tin Whistle Notes & Tabs by Sergey Pogodin

Sheet music, notes, tablatures
Strong Contender
🎵 Music
0.0(0 ratings)
FreeAdsIn-App Purchases
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Learn and practice traditional Irish tin whistle melodies with sheet music, notes, and interactive training. Features include a wide selection of keys, over 150 tunes, and the ability to import your own music. Offers real-time feedback on your playing.

Reelio Tunes#3

Reelio Tunes by Saul Burrows

Irish trad in your pocket
Worth Considering
🎵 Music
5.0(1 ratings)
Free
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Access a vast library of Irish traditional music, complete with sheet music and learning tools. Practice tunes with custom loops and a built-in metronome. Organize your favorite songs or discover new sets for your next performance.

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Little Session: Irish Tunes
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Access over 23,000 Irish traditional tunes with sheet music and fingerings for 19 instruments. Learn at your own pace with adjustable speed, looping, and practice tools. Compose, record, and share your music with a built-in studio and community features.

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Easily access and recall your entire music repertoire during practice or jam sessions. Quickly find tunes by rhythm, mode, key, or name, and get reminders on how they start.

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