Comparison

Tomplay Sheet Music vs IMSLP Practice

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

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About

Tomplay Sheet Music

Learn and play thousands of sheet music titles with professional backing tracks for all instruments and skill levels. Practice with interactive features like automatic scrolling, tempo adjustment, and note-by-note feedback. Record yourself and track progress with integrated tools.

Highlights
  • Thousands of sheet music titles
  • Professional backing tracks
  • Automatic score scrolling
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Note-by-note practice
  • Recording and playback
  • Integrated metronome and tuner
Features
Currently charting
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#1 Music Practice Tool — trusted by Yamaha, Kawai, and ABRSM. Used by over 2 million musicians and hundreds of music schools worldwide. Learn and Play your favorite pieces with Tomplay! Access thousands of sheet music titles with professional backing tracks for all instruments and levels. —————————— WHY MUSICIANS PRACTICE WITH TOMPLAY • Never play alone! Play along with high-quality audio recordings from professional musicians • Mute your instrument, and play while the sheet music scrolls automatically on your screen with the music • Slow down or speed up the tempo to adjust it to your level • Note by note practice: The score advances only when you play the right note • Smart page-turn mode: The app listens to your playing and turns the pages automatically (for piano) • Record yourself and play back your performance to track your progress • Add your own annotations directly on the score • Print your music scores with annotations • Loop a section until you’ve mastered it • Integrated metronome and tuner • And much more… —————————— ALSO IDEAL FOR COMPLETE BEGINNERS • Can’t read music notes yet? No problem — follow our Visual Guide to see the right notes and fingerings in real time • Learn the notes at your own pace with real-time feedback NEW — Learn piano or saxophone from scratch with your favourite songs: Tomplay Learn guides you step by step with short videos and interactive exercises. —————————— ACCESS THOUSANDS OF MUSIC SHEETS WITH BACKING TRACKS • Get instant access to 100,000+ sheet music titles and tabs • Carefully arranged in 8 difficulty levels — from complete beginner to virtuoso • Play music for 26 instruments: Piano, Violin, Flute, Saxophone (Alto, Tenor, Soprano, Baritone), Drums, Guitar (acoustic & electric), Bass, Cello, Trumpet (in B-flat, in C), Clarinet (in B-flat, in A, in C), Viola, Double Bass, Percussion, Ukulele, Accordion, Trombone (F-Clef, G-Clef), French Horn, Oboe, Harp, Bassoon, Tuba, Euphonium, Tenor Horn, Recorder (Soprano, Alto, Tenor), and Singing (including Choir). Also available for Bands & Ensembles • Explore a vast selection of pieces across all genres — Classical, Pop, Rock, Metal, Folk, Jazz, Reggae, Rap & HipHop, R&B, Electro & House, Chrisitan Worship, Film & TV, Video Games, and more • Play solo, in duet, trio, quartet, or with full orchestra or band accompaniment! • Learn the basics of music theory with TomTheory, practice scales with professional accompaniments with the TomScales, and explore countless music exercises, lessons, and courses to improve your skills. • Play by ear and improvise with the TomImprov Mode, which shows only the chords on the music score —————————— PRICING AND TERMS Discover Tomplay with a 14-day free trial. During the trial, you’ll enjoy unlimited access to the entire catalogue — all instruments, all levels, on all your devices (smartphone, tablet, and computer). Tomplay offers two subscription options: • Auto-renewing monthly plan • Auto-renewing yearly plan (includes the 14-day free trial) Payment will be charged to the credit card connected to your iTunes Account when you confirm the initial subscription purchase. Subscriptions automatically renew unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current subscription period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and the cost of the renewal will be specified. You may manage your subscription and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to your Account Settings after the purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial period will be forfeited when you purchase a subscription, where applicable. Terms of service: https://tomplay.com/ims/AppleTerms Privacy policy: https://tomplay.com/ims/ApplePrivacy

About

IMSLP Practice

Access a vast library of public domain classical music scores and enhance your practice with integrated tools. Annotate directly on scores, use a metronome and tuner, record yourself, and organize your music for lessons or performances. Import your own PDFs and use hands-free page turning.

Highlights
  • Vast public domain score library
  • In-app metronome and tuner
  • Score annotation with Apple Pencil/finger
  • Practice session recording and playback
  • Practice plan creation and logging
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Import personal PDFs and forScore backups
Features
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IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, the public domain collection of classical scores that musicians have relied on since 2006. This app puts it on your device, and gives you somewhere to work on it. FIND A SCORE Search by work, composer or instrument, or browse a composer's catalogue the way you would a shelf. Open anything straight away, or download it and keep it. Once a score is on your device it stays there, and it opens with no connection at all. MARK IT UP Annotate with Apple Pencil or your finger: fingerings, bowings, cuts, a reminder for the next rehearsal. Your marks stay with the score. PRACTICE ON IT A metronome and a chromatic tuner sit in the same window as the music, so you never put the score down to reach them. Record a take while you play, then listen back against the page you were reading. KEEP TRACK Build practice plans, log what you worked on, and see where the time actually went. ORGANISE Group scores into setlists for a concert or a lesson, and into collections for everything else. Put them in the order you play them, and they open that way. BRING YOUR OWN Import PDFs, photograph a printed part, or bring a forScore backup across. Your existing library comes with you. HANDS FREE Optional head-gesture page turning, so you can keep both hands on the instrument. It uses the front camera, it is off until you turn it on, and nothing leaves the device. MEMBERSHIP A free account holds ten scores and ten hours of recordings. An IMSLP membership lifts both limits, removes the download wait, lets you upload your own recordings, and opens the commercial recordings. It also keeps IMSLP itself free and open for everyone who reads from it. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Terms_of_Service_and_Privacy_policy_(app)

Screenshots

Tomplay Sheet Music4 screens
IMSLP Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: Tomplay Sheet Music at 7.2K against IMSLP Practice's 1. Tomplay Sheet Music also leads on chart position (#156 vs unranked). IMSLP Practice's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (weekly vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Tomplay Sheet Music sells 13 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and IMSLP Practice sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IMSLP Practice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tomplay Sheet Music has 7.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tomplay Sheet Music ships an update every 2 weeks, IMSLP Practice weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Tomplay Sheet Music versus IMSLP Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTomplay Sheet MusicIMSLP Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (7.2K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews74.3% of reviews—
Number of ratings7.2K — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
Best chart rank#156 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size241 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTombooksProject Petrucci LLC

Customer experience

Tomplay Sheet Music

All ratings7,167 ratings
Positive94.2%
Neutral2.2%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews940 reviews
Positive74.3%
Neutral6.2%
Negative19.6%

IMSLP Practice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Tomplay Sheet Music

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Crashes and freezes on iOS 18 devices
  • Inconsistent behavior when downloading scores
  • Inability to cancel subscriptions easily

Requested features

6 requests
  • Transpose functionality
  • Expanded music library with more genres
  • Improved playlist and folder organization
  • Ability to save custom annotations
  • Metronome volume control
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  • Seamless Bluetooth page turner integration

IMSLP Practice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

13 purchases

Tomplay Sheet Music

Subscriptions8
  • Premium Access Teacher/Student$7.991 Month
  • Premium Access$9.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Access$15.991 Month
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  • Monthly Premium Access$19.991 Month
  • Monthly Premium Access1 Month trial$19.991 Month
  • Premium Access14 Days trial$97.991 Year
  • Yearly Premium Access14 Days trial$119.991 Year
  • Yearly Access, no free trial$119.991 Year
One-time5
  • Interactive Sheet Music$1.99
  • Interactive Sheet Music$2.99
  • Interactive Sheet Music$3.99
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  • Interactive Sheet Music$4.99
  • Interactive Sheet Music$5.99
2 purchases

IMSLP Practice

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Annual Membership$35.991 Year

Questions

Is Tomplay Sheet Music free?
Tomplay Sheet Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IMSLP Practice free?
IMSLP Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tomplay Sheet Music or IMSLP Practice?
IMSLP Practice is rated higher. Tomplay Sheet Music averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7.2K ratings, while IMSLP Practice averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Tomplay Sheet Music or IMSLP Practice have ads?
Neither Tomplay Sheet Music nor IMSLP Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tomplay Sheet Music or IMSLP Practice?
Tomplay Sheet Music ships an update every 2 weeks, and IMSLP Practice weekly. Most recently, Tomplay Sheet Music was updated on October 29, 2026 and IMSLP Practice on October 25, 2026.

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