TextMusic vs Composer Pro
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"
Composer Pro
Compose music scores with ease using a familiar keyboard layout. This app supports multiple parts, a wide range of instruments, and various musical symbols, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.
- Keyboard-style note input
- Support for up to 8 parts
- Over 100 instruments
- Variety of music symbols
- Configurable parts and settings
- Instrument transposition
- Export without watermark
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A handy sheet music writer app, make writing sheet music feels like typing notes. Tap on the keys with notation in a familiar keyboard layout. Provide a very easy way to compose music score. Support up to 8 parts, over 100 instruments, variety of music symbols and notations. It is very friendly for rookies while professional enough for experts. --------------------------------- UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - Support up to 8 parts - Config parts(add, delete, reorder) - Change key for each part - Change beat type and tempo - Config clef for each staff - Config sound for each part - No watermark image export - No Ads - Support 2nd voice part - Transpose instruments - Change keyboard size - Import data file - Unlock all 100+ instruments - The subscriptions are $9.99 monthly and $49.99 yearly with free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that service, where applicable - Terms of use: https://service.notationpad.com/terms_service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Composer Pro at Free against TextMusic's $4.99. Composer Pro also leads on rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and ratings volume (672 vs 10). TextMusic's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On review sentiment, 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
Composer Pro is free to download; TextMusic costs $4.99 up front. Composer Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. TextMusic asks for nothing beyond the download.
Composer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Composer Pro has 672 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 73% and 72% positive.
TextMusic ships an update every 2 weeks, Composer Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TextMusic | Composer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.1 (10 ratings) | 4.5 (672 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 73.1% of reviews — better | 72.2% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 672 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 140 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Supertintin Co., Ltd | 嵩 张 |
Customer experience
TextMusic
Composer Pro
Bugs and requests
TextMusic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Composer Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes sometimes placed incorrectly
- Measures and compositions randomly deleted
- Inability to restore deleted content
Requested features
5 requests- Add more instruments beyond piano
- Allow changing time signatures and key signatures without subscription
- Improve note editing and placement
- Add export options to save/share compositions
- Provide more music notation tools and dynamics
In-app purchases
TextMusic
No in-app purchases
Composer Pro
- Unlimited Access$6.997 Days
- Pro Access$9.991 Month
- Pro Access$49.991 Year
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- Pro Access7 Days trial$49.991 Year







