Comparison

SuperScore Music vs Notation

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

SuperScore Music

This app allows musicians to view, manage, and interact with their digital sheet music library. It features a unique display technology that reformats scores to any size and offers playback with customizable instrument sounds and tempo control. Annotate scores, create playlists, and turn pages hands-free with various input methods.

Highlights
  • Liquid Music Display technology
  • Adjustable notation sizes
  • Score playback with MIDI
  • Part muting and instrument selection
  • Markup and annotation tools
  • Collection creation for setlists
  • Multiple page-turn options
Features
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SuperScore is the premiere app for viewing, managing, and interacting with your library of musical scores. SuperScore provides virtually unlimited notation sizes with Liquid Music Display™ technology. Simply use the standard pinch and spread gestures to find the size and layout that is right for you. SuperScore provides a unique bundle of features including: • Liquid Music Display technology that reformats the music notation to accommodate your chosen viewing size • Option to show/hide musical parts • Playback of scores that contain embedded MIDI performances with the option to mute selected parts • Outstanding virtual instruments for playback and “MIDI Thru” • Optional playback directed to an external MIDI instrument • Additional playback features including looping, tempo control, and metronome • Special playback features for acoustic pianos with player systems • Full/partial page-turns by swipe, wireless Bluetooth pedal, MIDI signal, or intelligent score-following • Intelligent and interactive play-along features when you play a MIDI instrument connected to your iPad • Support for wireless Bluetooth LE MIDI devices • Markup mode for adding musical symbols or your own free-hand drawings to the score • Option to create Collections (e.g. “playlists” or “set lists”) that enable you to switch quickly from score to score during a lesson or gig • PDF Import (optional, in-app purchase feature) SuperScore works with specially-formatted SuperScore files provided by publishers, composers, and arrangers. SuperScore comes with sample files, and you may acquire additional scores as in-app purchases. You can also import and use PDF scores (if you add this optional feature). Although Liquid Music Display technology and MIDI playback do not extend to PDF files, you can enjoy other SuperScore features when using PDFs, such as the various methods of page-turning, markups, and Collections. Import PDFs using the “Share/Open In…” feature of Dropbox, Files, Mail, and similar apps. SuperScore’s unique features start with a completely flexible Liquid Music Display, available instantly in virtually any size or layout. In both landscape and portrait orientations, SuperScore reformats the music immediately, maintaining the integrity of the score regardless of the size you choose. And if your score has multiple parts, you can show and hide parts at will. An extensive set of annotation tools enables you to mark up your scores for practice or performance. You can even show or hide your markups with a simple tap on the screen. Page-turning couldn’t be easier. SuperScore offers multiple page-turn options, including full and partial page-turns. You can set a playback tempo and follow a moving cursor while enjoying automatic page-turning or use any Bluetooth pedal accessory for hands-free page turns. You can even use a MIDI foot switch pedal to turn pages. SuperScore files are often available with backing tracks that provide an immersive, real-world performance experience for students, hobbyists, and professionals alike! These performance-type files can be played at ANY tempo, with the flexibility to mute any backing track. SuperScore includes a beautiful, concert grand virtual piano with incremental pedal and sympathetic string resonance and an amazingly realistic set of GM instruments. MIDI connectivity adds a whole other dimension to SuperScore. With any MIDI-enabled digital, hybrid, or even acoustic instrument, SuperScore can actually follow your playing. SuperScore responds to your tempo and dynamics, adjusting the speed and expression of the accompaniment parts, and turns your pages automatically. There is even a learning mode in which the program will wait for you to play each note. Once you have purchased add-on support for PDF files, all of your scores can be stored, viewed, and annotated in SuperScore. You can even create set lists (called Collections) to keep yourself organized during lessons or at your next gig!

About

Notation

Create and edit professional sheet music on your mobile device. Easily capture musical ideas, arrange scores with lyrics and chords, and share playable web links with collaborators. Offers robust notation tools for composers, arrangers, and students.

Highlights
  • Touch notation keyboard
  • Multi-staff playback
  • Web score sharing
  • MusicXML, MIDI, PDF export
  • Lyrics and chord support
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Notation is professional sheet music notation for composers, arrangers, and music students. Capture a motif at the piano, tweak harmony on your commute, or share a link before rehearsal—all on iPhone or iPad with lyrics and chords. If you read a staff, you can go from a piano sketch to multi-staff scores for class and rehearsal. TOUCH NOTATION A notation keyboard replaces deep menus: tap notes and markings, or select on the staff to edit. Undo/redo for commutes, rehearsal gaps, or at the piano. On the free tier, inserting or editing measures shifts later bars automatically so the rest of the score stays aligned. WRITE AND HEAR IT Multi-staff playback; on long scores, playback follows your edit position. Composer Pro: per-staff Mute and Solo for full scores. WEB SCORE SHARING Generate a web score link—text or email to teachers, singers, or collaborators. Any browser shows standard notation and multi-part playback without installing the app. Print-friendly pages for handouts. PDF for archives and fixed layout; web links when your choir or band needs to hear the piece before rehearsal. Many mobile apps stop at PDF or screenshots; Notation shares playable web scores with the same playback and layout as on your device. EXPORT AND INTERCHANGE MusicXML, MIDI, PDF (screen preview + A4 print PDF). Import MusicXML without length limits—continue in MuseScore, Sibelius, etc. Free tier: starter export allowance. Composer Pro: unlimited export, clean PDF (see app for web-link limits). IPAD PRO WORKSPACE On iPad, library and score sit side by side for desktop-like sessions. iPhone: full notation and sharing when you are catching ideas on the go. YOU CAN ALSO: - Piano keyboard chord stacks; multi-verse lyrics with melismas and paste lyrics line by line; measure insert/copy/paste/delete - Ties, slurs, manual beams—free - Cloud sync (web links need sign-in + sync); Composer Pro: 8 staves, 2 voices per staff, transpose, meter changes NOTATION COVERAGE: * Notes/rests, dots, ties, slurs, beams (manual break/join) * Triplets; quintuplets–septuplets (Composer Pro) * Ornaments, articulations, dynamics, hairpins * Lyrics (verses), chords; title/composer/lyricist header * Clefs, time, tempo; major/minor keys; accidentals * Repeats, voltas, D.S./D.C.; pickups; measure-level edits * Templates: piano grand, treble/bass single staff, custom; long-score paging SUBSCRIPTION & LEGAL (COMPOSER PRO — OPTIONAL) Notation offers an optional paid membership called Composer Pro. You can subscribe in the app under Me → Upgrade. No subscription is required to create, edit, save, or play scores on the free tier. AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION • Name: Composer Pro — Weekly Plan • Length: 1 week (renews every week) • Price: Shown on the in-app purchase screen before you confirm (localized price; may vary by country or region). If a free trial is available in your region, it is displayed on the subscription screen before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the price of the selected plan. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. WHAT COMPOSER PRO INCLUDES • Advanced composing: full transposition and any key; up to 8 staves and 2 voices per staff; meter changes and special/additive meters; undo/redo; advanced repeat playback • Delivery & export: unlimited exports (MusicXML, and web score links); • Playback: full instrument library; per-staff mute and solo • Other: ad-free experience; community publishing; priority support Privacy Policy: https://solfegehub.com/UserManagerPrivacy_en.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://solfegehub.com/UserManagerTerms_en.html

Screenshots

Notation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notation at 5.0 against SuperScore Music's 4.4. Notation also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 4 months) and device support (3 vs 1). SuperScore Music's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (17 vs 1). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. SuperScore Music sells 16 one-off in-app purchases and Notation sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Notation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SuperScore Music has 17 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 95% of SuperScore Music's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SuperScore Music ships an update every 4 months, Notation every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
SuperScore Music versus Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSuperScore MusicNotation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (17 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews95.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings17 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size1.8 GB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTimeWarp Technologies凯 张

Customer experience

SuperScore Music

All ratings17 ratings
Positive88.2%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.8%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive95.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative5.0%

Notation

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

16 purchases

SuperScore Music

One-time16
  • Creative Musicianship SamplesFree
  • Dolphin Dance - Carol MatzFree
  • The Easy Winners - Joplin-MatzFree
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  • The Birthday Song - Hill-MatzFree
  • Prelude in C Major, BWV 924 - J. S. BachFree
  • Common Baroque EmbellishmentsFree
  • Fantasie in C (excerpt) HWV 490 - G.F. HandelFree
  • Allegretto by Anton DiabelliFree
  • Skeleton Bones by Bernard ShaaFree
  • Norton Connections SamplerFree
  • Pianokids SamplerFree
  • Jingle Bells by Bradley SowashFree
  • Go, Tell it on the Mountain by Leila VissFree
  • Sunrise from Merry and Mellow by Paul SheftelFree
  • Children’s Album, Op. 39, No. 01-Morning Prayer - Pyotr Tchaikovsky$0.99
  • Import PDF Scores$4.99
2 purchases

Notation

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Subscription · NotationAI3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access · NotationAI$19.99

Questions

Is SuperScore Music free?
SuperScore Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notation free?
Notation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SuperScore Music or Notation?
Notation is rated higher. SuperScore Music averages 4.4 out of 5 from 17 ratings, while Notation averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SuperScore Music or Notation have ads?
Notation shows ads; SuperScore Music does not.
Which is updated more often, SuperScore Music or Notation?
SuperScore Music ships an update every 4 months, and Notation every 9 days. Most recently, SuperScore Music was updated on October 24, 2026 and Notation on October 24, 2026.

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