# Score Creator: Sheet Music — Accompaniment & PDF/Photo Scan

> Mobile music composition and sheet music editing tool. (iPhone/iPad app by TRAN PHUONG.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/score-creator-sheet-music/id627486149 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [TRAN PHUONG](https://appshunter.io/developer/572550151)
- Category: Music, Entertainment
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Rating: 3.50/5 from 495 App Store ratings · 616 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 15 · 336 MB
- Languages: Russian, Bangla, Hindi, American English, Hungarian, Dutch, Danish, Indonesian, European Spanish, Italian and 17 more
- Released: 2013-04-04
- Data updated: 2026-11-13
- Monetization: free with in-app purchases
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/score-creator-sheet-music/id627486149/reviews.md

## What is Score Creator?

Score Creator is a music notation app for iPhone and iPad. Write sheet music as easily as texting a friend, let the app build a full accompaniment from just your melody (it adds the chords for you) or from chord symbols you have written, and scan printed sheet music from photos and PDF files.

*** WRITE SHEET MUSIC
Notes and chord symbols are entered with keyboards designed like a text keyboard: no tapping and zooming, no dragging from palettes. Write lead sheets, piano and solo scores, SATB choir scores and band scores with lyrics, chord symbols, dynamics, articulations and more, and listen to every instrument play it back.

*** CREATE AN ACCOMPANIMENT
Turn a melody into a complete arrangement in a few taps:
- Suggest chords: the app proposes chord symbols for your melody, at a simple or an advanced level.
- Create accompaniment: piano, guitar, bass, strings and drums are generated from your chord symbols. Choose the instruments you want.
- 100 styles in 8 groups: Pop & Rock, Jazz, Latin, Dance & Folk, World, Classical, Electronic, and Songs & more, with patterns for common time signatures and odd meters such as 5/4 and 7/8.
- Preview a style on the first measures of your score before you create it.
- Rhythm from sparse to busy, and simple or rich harmony with seventh chords, smooth inversions and a bass with passing notes (rich harmony in the advanced version).
- The accompaniment follows your music: it plays softer and louder with the melody's dynamics, gets fuller in the chorus, adds drum fills before new sections and ends on a held chord.
- It stays in step while you edit: change a chord, the time signature or the key, or add measures, and the accompaniment is updated with it.
- Mix it in the sound panel with one volume for the whole band or a level for each instrument.
- Convert the accompaniment into regular staves to edit it note by note.
- Export it with your score to MIDI and audio files.

*** SCAN SHEET MUSIC
Take a photo of printed sheet music or open a PDF file, and the app turns it into an editable score that you can play back, transpose and accompany.

*** MORE FEATURES
- Many instruments, including transposing instruments such as saxophones, clarinet and trumpet.
- Transpose a score into any key.
- Import MIDI and MusicXML files.
- Export to MIDI, MusicXML, PDF, WAV and MP3.
- Copy and paste, undo and redo.

Score Creator is also a handy tool for music teachers and students: write exercises and favorite songs, play them back and practice along.

*** End User License Agreement: https://www.termsfeed.com/eula/c6cf438c81097acbfd5a7d51600b6bba

*** Privacy policy: The app does not collect or store any kind of personal information.

## Key features

- Compose music scores with various clefs and symbols
- Write lyrics and chord symbols
- Multi-track support for different instruments
- Playback sound for each instrument
- Transpose songs and import/export MIDI/MusicXML
- Export to PDF and audio files
- Editing assistant features

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Three-month full version | $13.99 | per 3 months |
| One-year full version | $41.99 | per year |
| Basic user - one year | $9.99 | per 3 months |
| Basic user - one year | $29.99 | per year |
| One-month full version | $6.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lifetime full version | $167.99 | one-time |
| Basic user - full version | $69.99 | one-time |


## What do users think of Score Creator?

Reviews of Score Creator are mixed: the Music app is rated 3.5/5 from 495 App Store ratings. What users like most: easy to use, great for composing music on the go. Top complaints: crashes and bugs, poor sound quality of instruments. Summarized from real user reviews.

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Great for composing music on the go
- 💡 Useful for learning and practicing music
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 🚀 Helpful for arranging and transcribing music

**Cons**

- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔇 Poor sound quality of instruments
- 🔇 Lack of dynamics and articulation support
- 🔇 Limited range of instruments
- 💰 Paywall for advanced features

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Sudden loss of data and unsaved work
- Playback issues, including notes not playing correctly
- Instrument key signatures not working as expected
- App crashing on launch or when opening certain scores
- Inability to edit or modify existing compositions

**Most requested features**

- Add more percussion instruments
- Implement dynamics, articulations, and expression markings
- Allow for more than 2 instruments in the free version
- Improve the drum notation and playback
- Add support for chords, trills, and other advanced notation
- Implement a swing/shuffle feature
- Improve the transposition and key signature handling

## Is Score Creator safe?

Score Creator: Sheet Music appears mostly safe based on user ratings. The AppsHunter Safety Score for Score Creator is 70 out of 100. This assessment is based on 495 user ratings, with an App Store average of 3.5 out of 5. Of 495 App Store ratings, 59.8% point to a safe experience, 14.9% suggest some concerns, and 25.3% point to a risky experience.

## Is Score Creator legit?

Score Creator: Sheet Music appears to be a legitimate app. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Score Creator is 95 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

## Recent user reviews (10 of 616)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/score-creator-sheet-music/id627486149/reviews.md

### 5/5 — Best mobile app for creating and composing

*2026-10-04, version 11.7*

Realistically the only go to option for portable and accessible composition. MIDI software is a little basic but plays wonderfully.

### 1/5 — ВЫ ТУПЫЕ!!!

*2026-09-26*

В НАЧАЛЕ НУЖНО ПИСАТЬ ЧТО ЭТО ПЛАТНО! Я ТУТ ЦЕЛЫЙ ДЕНЬ ПИСАЛА У МЕНЯ ГОЛОВА БОЛИТ, А Я ВСЕ РАВНО ПИШУ И ПОТОМ ХОБА!!! ЭТО ПЛАТНО ЧЕРТ ВОЗЬМИ!!!

### 1/5 — Was once good…

*2026-09-08, version 11.5.1*

This was once a great score creator app, but now I discovered that you need to pay for what was free. You can only use 2 instruments at a time without heavy payments. Overall this was good but the paywall have ruined it…  Ontop of this, for the fees your paying you would expect good sounding instruments, but that’s is certainly not the case, the instruments sound fake, this is nowhere near worth it, would recommend ‘musescore’ instead.

**Developer response:** Sorry for the problem you're experiencing! However, the app price is actually very low compared to other apps, not "heavy" as you may have thought. It seems you're having some confusions with the app. Could you please check it again? Thanks!

### 1/5 — Not the same

*2026-08-24, version 11.5.1*

I used to really love it as it was free and accessible and you could essentially do whatever you wanted. But now, it’s like everything is limited, everything in which it takes to make good music. I really miss how it used to be about 3 years back. Now in order to make at least good music, you need to pay premium and it sucks.

### 1/5 — Basic Features Do Not Work

*2026-08-21, version 11.5.1*

I was unable to import scores in either .sc or .musicxml despite both being marked as accepted file types. Uploaded a single page of my PDF and changed the playback settings to piano instead of violin. It played it as violin.

Overall, the app has very limited options for unpaid use, and I would never buy the full version without being able to test the most basic functions.

**Developer response:** Sorry for the problem you're experiencing! The bug has been fixed. Could you please update the app to the latest version and check again? Thanks!

### 1/5 — Listen to the people!

*2026-07-04, version 11.4.1*

Before, I was allowed to have more than 2 instruments, now I have to pay of more than 2. Fix it back to before, other people have made reviews like this, and you haven't fixed it. There are chances people (like me) leave your app for different apps. Have you wondered why your app is 3.5 or something like that stars? It's because of your terrible and stupid updates! Listen to the people, and fix your app. I now have a reason to delete your app.

### 2/5 — Updates

*2026-07-03, version 11.4*

I used to love this app for YEARS for composing and transcribing due to its simplicity and easy to use interface. Do not get me wrong, this app still retains those qualities and advances even more with its updates. However, I am thoroughly disappointed in how the app has changed over the years in terms of pushing the “Upgraded Version”. For years it has fluctuated between limiting to only 20 songs, only allowing playback for 50 measures at a time, and weird technical things like not being able to change a key and time signatures at the same time. Their recent updates really sealed the deal for me though, as you can only use 2 instruments per song, which is very sad for long time users like me and restricts new users from seeing the true potential of the app. I would absolutely love to be able to jump back into this app and make music that I love, but I sadly am not able to do that anymore. It’s very disappointing.

### 5/5 — Amazingly Underrated App

*2026-06-09, version 11.3*

I was trying to find a similar alternative to Flat.io that had more instruments since most of Flat’ instruments require a subscription to access, and this is perfect. I was able to quickly pick up on how the app worked, and it is really helpful of an app for the next time i want to write a song with instruments that Flat.io doesnt offer. Also, it’s really convenient that the app’s subscription is so cheap, as it allows for a much easier full experience than with Flat.io. This app is also much easier for me to pick up swiftly than other more popular composing apps. Very underrated app!

### 1/5 — Abonnement réglé mais impossible de créer de nouvelles partitions.

*2026-03-03, version 11.3*

J’ai pris et payé l’abonnement mais quand j’ai voulu créer une nouvelle partition, l’ appli me dit que je ne peux pas et que je dois m’abonner. J’en avais besoin en urgence aujourd’hui… 
Je leur ai envoyé un mail. J’attends leur réponse.

### 3/5 — Problem with line break

*2026-02-22, version 11.3*

Hello, I have Basic User Full Version (24,99).
There is NO Button for a line break.
I’m really frustrated after 1 hour searching for breaking a line at a specific bar.
Don’t find a tutorial for this.
Please help me.
Thank You in advance
Best wishes
Sven

## Frequently asked questions about Score Creator

### What does Score Creator do?

Score Creator is a mobile application designed for composing and editing sheet music. It offers a user-friendly interface optimized for mobile devices, allowing users to write music notes, chords, lyrics, and more. The app also supports playback of composed music with various instruments.

### What are the key features of Score Creator?

Key features include composing music scores with a wide range of notes and symbols, writing lyrics and chord symbols, multi-track support for different instruments, playback functionality, transposing songs, importing/exporting MIDI and MusicXML files, and exporting to PDF and audio formats. It also includes editing assistant features like copy/paste and undo/redo.

### How much does Score Creator cost?

The application is available for free with in-app purchases. This means you can download and use the basic functionalities without charge, with options to purchase additional features or content.

### What devices is Score Creator compatible with?

The app is specifically designed for mobile platforms, implying compatibility with smartphones and tablets running iOS and Android operating systems. Specific version requirements are not detailed in the provided description.

### Who would benefit from using Score Creator?

Score Creator is beneficial for songwriters looking to compose on the go, music teachers who want to create educational materials, and music students who can use it to practice notation and play along with their own compositions. It's also useful for anyone interested in writing various types of sheet music, such as lead sheets or scores for bands.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 12.0 — 2026-11-11

New in 12.0:
- Create accompaniment: piano, guitar, bass, strings and drums made from your chord symbols, in 100 styles. The accompaniment follows your edits. (Tools > Harmony)
- Suggest chords: chord symbols proposed for your melody.
- Swing playback for the whole score or from any measure.
- 10 new chord types, such as add9, 6/9, 7sus4 and 7b9.
- Go to a section from the Go to dialog.
- Richer sound for all instruments and a new String Ensemble instrument.
- Each staff's volume and visibility are saved with the score.
- Bug fixes.

### 11.9 — 2026-11-02

- Support for organizing scores in sections.
- Improvement for adding lyrics.
- Bug fixes.

### 11.8 — 2026-10-21

- Improvements for note entry.
- Improvements for scanning music from photos & pdf files.

### 11.7 — 2026-10-02

- Improvements for scanning sheet music from photos & PDF files.
- Bug fixes.

### 11.6.1 — 2026-09-16

- Support for piano-keyboard note entry method.
- Bug fixes for iOS 27

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