# Notation Pad-Sheet Music Score — user reviews > 462 indexed App Store user reviews of Notation Pad by 嵩 张, rated 4.30/5 from 5,264 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notation-pad-sheet-music-score/id1091921942/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/notation-pad-sheet-music-score/id1091921942.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 3,740 · 4★ 547 · 3★ 300 · 2★ 141 · 1★ 536 ## What do users think of Notation Pad? Overall sentiment: neutral **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use - 🎼 Good for basic music notation - 🎹 Helpful for piano/keyboard players **Cons** - 🔒 Many features locked behind paywall - 💰 Expensive subscription model - 🐛 Buggy and unstable at times - 📱 Limited functionality compared to desktop apps - 🔍 Difficult to navigate and find features **Commonly reported bugs** - Subscription popup that cannot be closed - Instruments turning into drums unexpectedly - Inability to delete or modify certain elements **Most requested features** - Add more instrument options - Improve editing capabilities - Allow changing key signatures and time signatures without premium - Provide better tutorials and documentation - Fix issues with note placement and playback ## Newest reviews (13 of 462) ### 2/5 — As long as you subscribe it’s fine *2026-06-24, version 2.1.6* Sadly even before logging in I was met with ads/pop ups to try and buy the subscription. This happened at least once a minute. It seems like a good software, but you need to upgrade to not be bombarded. (Also might be a glitch but audio didn’t work no matter what I did…) ### 4/5 — Very useful but there are a lot of ads *2026-06-10, version 2.1.6* I remember using this for school and it being very helpful to write songs, especially if you know music theory and the grand staff. However, there are quite a few ads just keep in mind. ### 3/5 — Good but *2026-04-26* It’s good but I can’t write down the pedal and it’s a weekly fee so it’s annoying for that. ### 2/5 — The only free one. *2026-03-18, version 2.1.6* Too much stuff locked behind paywall. Lots of ads. ### 3/5 — Wish I could try it *2026-02-24* It’s not fair, I guess, to review something I haven’t really tried, and I hope the “free version”, isn’t similar to the paid version, because it has that quality of sleaziness, trying to trick you into clicking ads and hiding buttons you need to close ads, and throwing up ads with every operation you try to test. How can I possibly check whether I like the interface of something that throws ads up on the screen constantly, requiring I spend x amount of time watching the ad before I can, say, figure out how to write a note? In my experience, this doesn’t bode well for the experience I would have if I paid. I’d love to pay for a simple notation app and this looks like it might have something like that, buried beneath the advertisements, but it says something that they must benefit so much from these ads that driving potential customers away with a blizzard of adverts makes good business sense. And advertisers must know something I don’t, because I get so annoyed by them that I’d never buy one of those products, and it’s not their fault. Business models these days… seems like a downgrade for customers, right? It’s working for somebody though. Hopefully I’ll find an alternative that cares about customer experience. ### 3/5 — Okay so far *2026-02-21, version 2.1.6* In order to unlock different background colors so my eyes work properly and can see the music I must write a review I haven’t tried out the app so far only have watched the tutorial ### 2/5 — good i guess *2026-02-01* good, cant find an erase button though ### 2/5 — Nur bezahlt zu gebrauchen *2025-12-05* Ich finde die App an sich sehr gut, allerdings nervt es mit kolossal, dass ich dafür so viel Geld zahlen soll und in der kostenlosen Version eigentlich nur C-Dur im 4/4 Takt nutzen kann. Die Preise sind mir zu hoch ### 4/5 — Pretty Great, but… *2025-10-16, version 2.1.6* I’ve been using this tool for years, and I love it! That said… I can’t use the tuplet tool for anything more than multiples of the same note. Like, the same exact note, down to the signature. In music, you’re generally allowed to make tuplets out of multiple general notes because it signifies a type of signature in and of itself. For instance, you can have an eighth, sixteenth, eighth, sixteenth, with two notes being different, and still make a tuplet out of that. I just think that tool needs a major update. Otherwise, thank you! ### 5/5 — Sigma *2025-09-07, version 2.1.6* Pretty good app for making my own music. Or writing down to remember ### 3/5 — hard to figure out and too many ads *2025-08-24, version 2.1.6* ehhh it’s okay, it’s what i got so i’ll work with it ### 5/5 — Dumb *2025-08-08, version 2.1.5* I downloaded this to write music, not to be bombarded with ads and telling me to download a, get this, $200 plus version, $200!!! IS THIS THE NEW IPHONE OF WRITING MUSIC?! It’s not worth buying the plus version unless you’re a rich Discord mod ### 5/5 — Great for making your own music! *2025-07-11, version 2.1.5* This helped me make new and old music for my family/friends! I love how it has options for note changes and speed!! Although I would love the option for it to let me send my work out. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — No sound *2026-06-10, version 2.1.6* The first time I used it, worked fine. Second time, there was absolutely no sound. I clicked every single button to fix it and it wouldn’t. I went to settings and FAQs and saw that no sound was on there. And for context, I had already checked the sound on my phone and other apps had sound, and even the adds on this app had sound. But when I clicked on the link under the sound issue, it led me to an apples page about my phone’s audio, not the app. My phone was obviously not the problem and everything worked fine. The app was and it doesn’t even give an adequate fix. Terrible app. ### 1/5 — Can bearly do anything *2026-04-10, version 2.1.6* You liter have to PAY A SUBSCRIPTION TO CHANGE THE TEMPO, what’s gonna be next? Pay to add measures?? ### 1/5 — Why did the buttons not work *2026-02-14, version 2.1.6* The buttons didn’t function right they weren’t placing ### 1/5 — It’s confusing *2026-01-01, version 2.1.6* I can’t go back once I click discover, it won’t let me edit anything, and whenever I click anything , it goes to the page saying “do you want to buy premium ?” Also why is it telling us to rate the app 5 stars just so you can change your background color? ### 1/5 — Way too limited for the price demanded. *2025-11-16* Look, I must admit it’s easy to use and pick up, but locking integral scoring functions such as time signature and key signature is overkill. And for a price of £6.99 per week? It just feels like you could be a bit more generous to the free users, because you can’t do anything with this app without paying a ridiculous amount for features that should have been a given. Allow free access to time and key signature changes and this would’ve been a perfect 5 stars from my end. Ridiculous. ### 1/5 — Way too much ads *2025-11-09, version 2.1.6* It hasn’t even been 10 seconds after I opened the app there’s already an ad and then 30 seconds later, another ad ### 1/5 — 無題 *2025-08-02* 操作がわかりづらい。しかも課金しないとテンポも変えられない。正直言ってお勧めできない。 ### 1/5 — 使うな *2025-05-10* 無課金じゃ無理。　使い物にならない。 ### 1/5 — 広告がウザすぎる上に使いにくい *2025-05-08* 頻繁に出会い系やゲームの広告が入り本当にウザい。作曲を何だと思ってるのか。速攻で削除した。 ### 1/5 — 무료체험 결제했는데 당일에 돈이 빠져나갔습니다. *2025-03-23* 7일 무료체험 후 그 다음주부터 자동결제라길래 어제 밤 무료체험을 했는데 돈이 빠져나가있습니다. 신속한 확인과 처리 부탁드립니다. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — great *2026-06-02, version 2.1.6* great ### 5/5 — Great 4 transposing *2026-04-19, version 2.1.6* Great app ### 5/5 — Great app for singers too *2026-04-13, version 2.1.6* This app is super! ### 5/5 — Great for small arrangement *2025-12-27, version 2.1.6* I like it very much, I wish there would be a way to set up a metronome so when the scores start playing, it will be nice to follow the metronome ### 5/5 — レビュー *2025-12-25* とてもつがいやすく、音符音も凄く使いやすい ### 5/5 — This is for the background *2025-12-14, version 2.1.6* Only writing this for a background… ### 5/5 — Omg the best app ever *2025-11-14, version 2.1.6* YOU HAVE TO GET THIS IF YOU LOVE MUSIC ### 5/5 — Gud *2025-11-12, version 2.1.6* So kewl ### 5/5 — buibdsubi *2025-10-26, version 2.1.6* dauhdfhwebuubehwfbh ### 5/5 — Ts buns *2025-10-05, version 2.1.6* Can’t even use it --- *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 2026-08-29.*