Comparison

Notation Pad Pro vs NumScore

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

Head to head
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

About

NumScore

Create professional, neat, and beautiful numbered musical scores using handwriting or a virtual keyboard. Supports a vast array of musical notation elements and specific performance signs for instruments like the Guzheng. Offers automatic layout adjustments and multiple export formats.

Highlights
  • Handwriting and virtual keyboard input
  • Extensive musical notation elements
  • Guzheng performance sign support
  • Automatic and adjustable layout
  • Customizable sound fonts
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, MIDI, PNG, Audio)
Features
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NumScore is a professional and efficient tool for making numbered musical score. you can quickly produce professional, neat and beautiful numbered musical score with the app. It use the simplest and most direct input method - handwriting. and also support virtual keyboard input. It supports almost all numbered sheet music elements: basic notes,dotted notes, accidentals, grace notes, tuplets, tied notes, chords, arpeggios, vibrato, staccato, tremolo, trills, mordent, turn,dynamics,alternating tempo signs, alternating key signs, multiple time signs, repeat signs, jump signs, chord signs, multi line lyrics, slurs, ties ... Perfectly support all kinds of performance signs of Guzheng: up slide, down slide, back slide, vibrato, shaking finger, flower finger, gliss, strum... Professional automatic layout function, adjustable layout parameters, adjustable bar density, font, font size, line spacing and other layout details can be adjusted according to user preferences. In addition to the 88 instruments built in App, you can also use your own sound font file (.sf2) , by coping the SF2 file to the SoundFonts directory to invoke the User SoundFonts in the application. Support exporting multiple file formats: PDF, MIDI, PNG, m4a compressed audio, wav lossless audio.

Screenshots

Notation Pad Pro4 screens
NumScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NumScore at $19.99 against Notation Pad Pro's $149.00. NumScore also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 61%). Notation Pad Pro's advantage is ratings volume (159 vs 9) 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

Notation Pad Pro costs $149.00 and NumScore $19.99 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 — 4.2 for Notation Pad Pro against 4.3 for NumScore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Notation Pad Pro has 159 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 61% of Notation Pad Pro's written reviews are positive against 89% of NumScore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Notation Pad Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, NumScore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on August 23, 2026 and September 22, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Notation Pad Pro versus NumScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNotation Pad ProNumScore
Price$149.00$19.99 — better
Rating4.2 (159 ratings)4.3 (9 ratings) — better
Positive reviews61.5% of reviews88.6% of reviews — better
Number of ratings159 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size165 MB321 MB
Age rating4++4
Developer嵩 张Supertintin Co., Ltd

Customer experience

Notation Pad Pro

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

NumScore

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews44 reviews
Positive88.6%
Neutral9.1%
Negative2.3%

In-app purchases

None

Notation Pad Pro

No in-app purchases

None

NumScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Notation Pad Pro free?
Notation Pad Pro costs $149.00, with no in-app purchases.
Is NumScore free?
NumScore costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Notation Pad Pro or NumScore?
NumScore is rated higher. Notation Pad Pro averages 4.2 out of 5 from 159 ratings, while NumScore averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do Notation Pad Pro or NumScore have ads?
Neither Notation Pad Pro nor NumScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Notation Pad Pro or NumScore?
Notation Pad Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and NumScore every 2 weeks. Most recently, Notation Pad Pro was updated on August 23, 2026 and NumScore on September 22, 2026.

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