TextMusic vs MuTone Note
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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"
MuTone Note
Create and edit simplified music scores, staff scores, and drum scores. Generate MIDI playback files and convert MIDI to scores. Supports hundreds of instruments and multiple parts simultaneously. Export scores as PNG images or high-quality PDF files.
- Simplified music score editing
- Staff score editing
- Drum score editing
- MIDI playback file generation
- MIDI to score conversion
- Multiple instrument support
- Export to PNG and PDF
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Support the editing and creation of simplified music score, staff score and drum score, MIDI playback files can be generated, and MIDI files can be converted into music scores, Support the mutual conversion of simplified music and staff, It supports the playback of hundreds of musical instruments, Support simultaneous performance of multiple parts, Supports exporting PNG pictures, Support the export of high-quality PDF files, Support chords, continuous notes, decorative notes, repetition, jumping house and other music symbols
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MuTone Note at Free against TextMusic's $4.99. TextMusic's advantage is rating (4.1 vs 3.3) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
MuTone Note is free to download; TextMusic costs $4.99 up front. MuTone Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. TextMusic asks for nothing beyond the download.
TextMusic holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 3.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of TextMusic's written reviews are positive against 56% of MuTone Note's.
TextMusic ships an update every 2 weeks, MuTone Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextMusic | MuTone Note |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) — better | 3.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 55.8% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 219 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supertintin Co., Ltd | 英群 陈 |
Customer experience
TextMusic
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In-app purchases
TextMusic
No in-app purchases
MuTone Note
- Unlock All features$19.99
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