Comparison

TextMusic vs Notation Pad Pro

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

Head to head
About

TextMusic

Create musical scores using text-based notation. This app offers a rational keyboard for quick input, supports complex musical elements, and includes 90 instrument sounds. Export your compositions in various formats like MIDI, PNG, and PDF.

Highlights
  • Text-based musical notation
  • 90 built-in instrument sounds
  • Support for complex musical elements
  • Export to MIDI, PNG, PDF, TXT, M4A
  • Rational keyboard for quick input
  • Playback and loop functionality
Features
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TextMusic is a quick-notate App based on Jianpu ( Numbered musical notation ), all musical sheet elements are composed of texts. It build-in 90 kinds of instrument, and support up to 32 voice parts. Learn more about Numbered Musical Notation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbered_musical_notation Main features: ‣Rational designed keyboard for quick notation. ‣Build-in 90 Instruments sound ‣Exports MIDI, PNG, PDF, TXT, M4A ‣Support Multi-parts, Chords, Arpeggio Chords, Tuplets, Portamento,Tied note,Tied chord,Tremolo,Glissandi,Grace note,Flower note(Guzheng technique),Trill, Loops,Jumps.. ‣Musical Tags ‣Varying tempo, Varying Volume, Varying Instrument.. ‣Font adjustment ‣Color adjustment ‣Automatic layout notes by inputing bar-line ‣Playback,Loop playback with selected range, Select, Copy, Cut, Paste, Undo ‣Friendly UI ‣Piano keyboard Please learn more from the file's "Settings" - "Help"

About

Notation Pad Pro

Compose, edit, and playback musical scores with lyrics. This app allows users to create music compositions using touch gestures and supports a wide range of notation elements. It's suitable for both beginners learning music theory and experienced musicians for songbooks or complex scores.

Highlights
  • Compose and edit sheet music
  • Write and integrate lyrics
  • Playback scores with high-quality sound
  • Export to MusicXML, MIDI, PNG, and PDF
  • Support for up to 8 staves
  • Over 100 musical instruments
  • Multi-voice support
Features
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A great sheet music notation app on iOS. For any music lover, Notation Pad gives you the ability to read, compose, edit, playback scores and write lyrics. With it you can be a talented composer and great musician anywhere. As long as you have a little knowledge of sheet music, you can write music composition simply by touch and move. You could use it as your songbook or scoresheet. It is also designed for a beginner who wants to learn music score, music notes and tablature. It can handle ensemble, choir or symphony score, also it supports for a single track piano score. With the help of it you could easily record the flashes of inspiration wherever they strike. Are you ready to compose music in a simple way? ----------------------- Features: -Export/Import the industry-popular MusicXML file format, allowing for exchanging sheet music with other software (Finale, Sibelius, Encore, MuseScore, etc). -Export MIDI file. -Export PNG image and PDF document. -High quality sound for playback. -Support editing up to 8 staff at the same time. -Support over 100 kinds of musical instrument. Piano, organ, guitar, violin, sax, flute, brass, bass, etc. -Support multi-voice. -A great lyric app. ----------------------- Supported notation: *A variety of music note types, from whole note to 128th note and dotted note *Chord, staff, track *Treble, alto and bass clef *Edit lyrics *A variety of time signatures *All standard key signatures *Adjustable tempo *All accidentals (sharps, flats, double sharps, double flats, and naturals) *Tie, slur, and tuplet *Many types of ornament *A wide range of dynamics -------------------------- - Terms of use: https://service.notationpad.com/terms_service.html

Screenshots

TextMusic4 screens
Notation Pad Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: TextMusic at $4.99 against Notation Pad Pro's $149.00. TextMusic also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 61%). Notation Pad Pro's advantage is ratings volume (161 vs 10) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.0). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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

TextMusic costs $4.99 and Notation Pad Pro $149.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for TextMusic against 4.2 for Notation Pad Pro. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notation Pad Pro has 161 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 73% of TextMusic's written reviews are positive against 61% of Notation Pad Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TextMusic ships an update every 2 weeks, Notation Pad Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
TextMusic versus Notation Pad Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTextMusicNotation Pad Pro
Price$4.99 — better$149.00
Rating4.1 (10 ratings)4.2 (161 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.1% of reviews — better61.5% of reviews
Number of ratings10161 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.011.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size140 MB165 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., Ltd嵩 张

Customer experience

TextMusic

All ratings10 ratings
Positive70.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral10.4%
Negative16.4%

Notation Pad Pro

All ratings159 ratings
Positive81.1%
Neutral5.7%
Negative13.2%
Written reviews135 reviews
Positive61.5%
Neutral13.3%
Negative25.2%

In-app purchases

None

TextMusic

No in-app purchases

None

Notation Pad Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TextMusic free?
TextMusic costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Notation Pad Pro free?
Notation Pad Pro costs $149.00, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, TextMusic or Notation Pad Pro?
Notation Pad Pro is rated higher. TextMusic averages 4.1 out of 5 from 10 ratings, while Notation Pad Pro averages 4.2 from 161 ratings.
Do TextMusic or Notation Pad Pro have ads?
Neither TextMusic nor Notation Pad Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TextMusic or Notation Pad Pro?
TextMusic ships an update every 2 weeks, and Notation Pad Pro every 3 weeks. Most recently, TextMusic was updated on November 6, 2026 and Notation Pad Pro on November 2, 2026.

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