# Reflow - Score Editor — Guitar Tab & Score Editor

> Guitar tab and score editor with realistic playback and import/export. (iPhone/iPad app by Gargant.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reflow-score-editor/id517574672 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Gargant](https://appshunter.io/developer/412446995)
- Category: Music
- Price: Free with in-app purchases (on sale, was $5.99)
- Rating: 3.50/5 from 33 App Store ratings · 104 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 16.4 · 101 MB
- Languages: American English, French (France), German (Germany), Italian, Japanese, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese, Russian, Chinese (Simplified, China), European Spanish
- Released: 2012-04-13
- Data updated: 2026-08-25
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reflow-score-editor/id517574672/reviews.md

## What is Reflow?

Reflow is a tablature and notation editor for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals. Write tabs, compose songs, import Guitar Pro and MIDI files, and hear everything played back with realistic instruments.

Trusted by thousands of musicians for over a decade.

Instant Web Share
- Share any score as a web link — one tap, no account needed
- Recipients get a full interactive player with audio playback and cursor tracking
- Speed control and loop markers in the web player
- Links expire after 7 days

Import Your Files
- Open Guitar Pro 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 files (.gp, .gp5)
- Import Standard MIDI files with track mapping and quantization controls
- Import MusicXML files
- Access thousands of tabs shared online

Tablature & Notation
- Guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, and any stringed instrument
- Bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, harmonics, and all standard techniques
- Lyrics with auto-advance — press Space or Hyphen to chain syllables across beats
- Standard notation stays in sync above the tab staff
- Custom tuning support

Virtual Instruments
- Interactive piano keyboard — tap to enter or preview notes
- Interactive fretboard — see note names, tap to enter notes
- Scale overlay — display any scale on the keyboard or fretboard

Drum Notation
- Full drum kit mapping on a standard percussion staff
- Custom drum mapping editor — assign any MIDI note to any staff position
- Enter beats with keyboard shortcuts, numeric keypad, or tap input

Chord Diagrams
- Built-in library with 89 chord types and voicings
- Add diagrams above any beat
- Chord names display automatically

Multi-Track Scores
- Combine guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals in one score
- Solo, mute, and adjust volume and pan per track
- Realistic instrument sounds across 128 instruments
- Rack view with per-track controls and custom track colors

Edit While It Plays
- Edit your score during playback — hear changes in real time
- Add notes, adjust dynamics, switch instruments without stopping

Audio & Practice
- High-quality instrument sounds with instant playback
- Loop / A-B repeat — drag markers to loop any section
- Adjustable playback speed from 0.25x to 2x
- Metronome, precount, and playback tracking
- MIDI input from external controllers

View Modes
- Continuous vertical scroll — modern reading experience
- Page view with Fit Page Width
- Free zoom and horizontal scroll

Export & Share
- Instant Web Share — temporary web link with interactive player
- Export to MusicXML, GP5, GP7, MIDI, WAV, M4A, and PDF
- Open your scores in Dorico, Sibelius, MuseScore, or Finale
- Print your scores directly
- Bundled sample songs to explore and learn from

Keyboard Shortcuts
- Full keyboard support on Mac and iPad with hardware keyboard
- Works on all keyboard layouts — AZERTY, QWERTZ, and more

Privacy First
- All data stored locally on your device
- iCloud backup and sync
- No account, no login, no tracking
- Works fully offline

One-Time Purchase
- Free to try — all features available in evaluation mode
- Evaluation watermark and 10-measure export limit
- Purchase once to remove the watermark and unlock full exports

Download Reflow and start creating music today.

## Key features

- Tablature and notation editor
- Import Guitar Pro and MIDI files
- Realistic instrument playback
- Instant web sharing
- Multi-track scores
- Chord diagrams
- Edit while playing

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reflow Premium | $34.99 | per year |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Reflow — Full Version | $14.99 | one-time |


## Recent user reviews (10 of 104)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/reflow-score-editor/id517574672/reviews.md

### 3/5 — Disappointed

*2025-11-17*

I purchased Reflow a few years ago through the App Store.  It was never great but worked well enough to transcribe drum scores and be able to view them on a screen.  Now, a few years later, I open the app to use it again and see that it has changed to a subscription model.  Despite having purchased it already, not all of the previous functions are available to me anymore — unless I pay for a subscription.  I understand why the change was made but I am still disappointed.  I don’t use Reflow enough to justify paying for yet another subscription so I guess I am back to writing out drum scores with pencil and paper.

**Developer response:** Your purchase should never have been gated. Legacy App Store buyers are unlocked automatically, and in March 2026 we dropped the subscription tier entirely — Reflow is one-time purchase only again.

Open Reflow with the Apple ID you originally bought under and tap "Restore Purchase" — your lifetime unlock should come back automatically.

For transparency: every Reflow purchase going back 15 years is grandfathered. We've since added optional pro features (music fonts, Clips, Design Mode) that new buyers can purchase separately, but legacy users can skip those and use Reflow with no restrictions.

We've added quite a bit since — better drum editing, rebuilt audio engine, MIDI import. Worth another look.

Your original purchase stands — and always did.

### 2/5 — New user interface a step down

*2024-09-27, version 22.0*

The new interface is far less intuitive than the previous one, making composing and editing on iOS so much more difficult. Saving and loading documents seems especially obscure, with it being far too easy to exit the a document without it being saved. So far I’m struggling to see any way in which this overhaul is an improvement at all - in fact just the opposite.

### 1/5 — Reflow

*2024-09-03*

I don’t know if you realize this app is missed up bad. I’ve use this Reflow for a long time and you guys finally working now it’s 
No longer works so I want a refund. It don’t work now.

### 4/5 — iPad not saving my notations

*2024-08-27*

Notations disappear after I make them. I don’t see a save button. Love the app otherwise

### 2/5 — The new update is frustrating

*2024-07-17*

A lot of the new UI just straight up doesn’t work, or is more difficult to use. 

It’s harder to write tabs/notations as other things now get in the way of being able to hit the button I am trying to hit and there is no way for me to move it aside.

I am unable to save my tempo changes as it’s just the numbers keyboard but nowhere to enter it.

It’s also quite frustrating that features that used to be free are now locked behind a payed subscription rather than a one-time purchase or given at the beginning

### 1/5 — Mise à jour décevante

*2024-07-06*

La nouvelle interface est beaucoup moins pratique que l’ancienne
Impossible d’insérer une note entre deux.
Impossible d’insérer une mesure ou d’en supprimer.
Plein de fonctionnalités ont disparu (slide, triolet, diviser une note en deux …)
Les légatos s’affiche n’importe comment…
La sélection et le positionnement du curseur est plus galère aussi…
Merci de laisser la possibilité d’utiliser l’ancien interface.
De plus, l’abonnement s’est rajouté alors que l’on avait déjà acheté l’application 😡

### 3/5 — Problème de notation

*2024-05-31*

Bonjour depuis la dernière mise à jour les signes de reprise  « segno »ainsi que les signes de coda se positionnent très mal, ils sont beaucoup trop haut, quasiment dans le texte se trouvant dans la ligne précédente, c’est fortement dérangeant, illisible et bien dommage car auparavant cela fonctionnait très bien.....

### 4/5 — Writing a score for Piano

*2024-01-23*

It has been a few years since I have used Reflow. I used to use it a lot and am now getting reacquainted with it. There seems to have been quite a few changes. Using it on a grand staff is a bit more difficult, I’m sure I will get used to it, but there are changes that are not intuitive for someone writing a score for piano. Also, the button for sharps is not working. I hope you put out an update that fixes this soon.

### 1/5 — Unusable on iPad Pro

*2023-07-04, version 18.8*

I’m using iPad Pro 5th generation iOS 14.7.1 and it is completely unusable.Tried for 2 days to write a drum score,couldn’t even write 4 bars. Upon installing the link to the video help files doesn’t work.
The help text file appears to be written for the desktop version. Cannot delete files, cannot select a bar by tapping and drawing a rectangle. Cannot step through the bar using arrow keys.
Almost nothing works.
I think this must’ve been written for an earlier iOS, it is by a huge margin the most useless app I have ever purchased.

### 5/5 — Still using Reflow after many years 🥇

*2023-02-19, version 18.8*

Thanks for your response. I have a load of crash logs in the analytics that I going to email to you. But, as I was also preparing to send you my Reflow song file, I noticed a spelling mistake in my song title, but every time I pressed DONE after correcting the mistake it crashed time and time again, so this time I selected SUBTITLE before tapping DONE and Reflow has never crashed since🤔 THUR 

 I purchased this app 10 years ago and it has been brilliant, but just recently I wrote some music into Reflow and it worked fine. I set up another instrument stave to start writing a second part, as soon as I re-selected the first instrument it crashed over and over again. I opened the same score in Reflow on my iPhone and all was well until I tried to select the other instrument- crash after crash!. Please can this be put right.

## Frequently asked questions about Reflow

### What can I do with Reflow?

Reflow allows you to write tablature and notation for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals. You can compose songs, import existing files, and hear your compositions played back with realistic instrument sounds. It also offers features for practice like looping and speed control.

### What file formats can I import and export?

You can import Guitar Pro files (versions 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8), Standard MIDI files, and MusicXML files. Reflow can export your scores to MusicXML, GP5, GP7, MIDI, WAV, M4A, and PDF formats, allowing you to use them with other music software or share them.

### Is Reflow free to use?

The app is free to try, with all features available. It operates on a one-time purchase model, meaning you can access all functionalities after a single purchase.

### How can I share my scores?

Reflow offers an 'Instant Web Share' feature. You can share any score as a temporary web link that recipients can access via an interactive player with audio playback and cursor tracking. These links expire after 7 days.

### What instruments are supported?

The app supports a wide range of instruments including guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, and any stringed instrument. It also includes full drum kit mapping and the ability to combine guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals in multi-track scores.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 26.5.3 — 2026-07-21

Stability and fixes

This update focuses on reliability and polish.

- Restore Purchase now reliably recognizes an existing purchase
- Time signatures no longer overlap in some notation fonts
- Chord names keep their accidentals, inversions, and symbols after reopening
- Clef octave markings are preserved when you save and reopen
- More reliable PDF, audio, Guitar Pro, MusicXML, and MIDI export
- Fixed several rare crashes

### 26.5.2 — 2026-06-11

Measure numbers

Reflow now numbers your measures. Turn them on in Score Style and choose how often they appear — every system, every measure, or every few bars — then align them to the first beat or the barline. Drag any number to reposition it, and set where the count begins.

Improvements
- MusicXML export now carries your measure-numbering setting
- Fixed a rare crash when importing certain MusicXML files

### 26.5.1 — 2026-06-02

Effects that sound right

Harmonics, slap, and pop now play back with higher-fidelity sounds. Natural harmonics ring clean, pinch and artificial harmonics keep their electric edge, and slap and pop use dedicated bass voices.

Tap, Slap & Pop on the page

These articulations now appear above the staff as T, S, and P — and their palette buttons light up when active.

Improvements
- Tablature ties no longer repeat the fret number; tied notes are joined with a tie
- Glyph Browser icons are clearly visible again
- Easier-to-read text in the bottom editing palette
- Fixed an effect's sound applying to the following note instead of its own
- Fixed the editing toolbar stretching off-screen on iPad — rows now wrap and scroll to fit

### 26.5 — 2026-05-13

Chord Diagram Designer
Build chord shapes visually with auto-fingering and barre detection. Tap frets to assemble a grip; Reflow suggests fingerings, identifies barres, and saves shapes to your library for reuse.

Tool Palette Refresh
Sharper glyphs across the palette with baseline-aligned captions. New buttons for Tap/Slap/Pop articulations, Stem direction, Shift Slide, and Flatten/Split/Join Clip. Custom icons for Time Signature, Key Signature, Clef, and Simile.

iPhone Cursor Control
Choose Joystick or D-Pad per orientation, with adjustable joystick sensitivity. Landscape defaults to D-Pad.

Improvements
- Fix crash opening documents whose score metadata was empty
- Fix crash on playback when a tablature note lacks a string assignment
- Fix palette crash on iPad in some screen layouts
- Fix chord-diagram barres not rendering on the score canvas
- Speed Trainer: start rate now applies on the first iteration
- Selection capsule: full pill is clickable

### 26.4.1 — 2026-04-23

Fixes and Improvements
- Fix crash entering notes on a standard staff with an out-of-range line
- Fix crash compiling MIDI when a crescendo ends past the last bar
- Speed Trainer: start rate now applies on the first iteration
- iPhone: cursor control preferences (Joystick / D-Pad per orientation, plus joystick sensitivity). Landscape defaults to D-Pad again.
- Selection capsule: full pill is clickable
- Quick Tips in the New Document dialog are now platform-specific
- Hardened a few latent array-subscript crashes

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