CFMTA/FCAPM vs Music Score Pad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
CFMTA/FCAPM
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Official Journal of the Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Association / Fédération canadienne des associations des professeurs de musique. Providing Leadership in Music Education across Canada / Chef de file de l’éducation musicale au Canada
Music Score Pad
Compose and edit musical scores directly on your device with a continuous, expandable staff system. Easily insert space, print formatted pages, and share your creations. Designed for stylus input on tablets, it also functions with finger input on phones.
- Continuous, expandable staff system
- Insert space within scores
- Automatic page formatting for printing
- Copy, paste, clone, and delete score sections
- Share and import score files
- Stylus-optimized for tablets
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This app is designed for composers and musicians who wish to hand-write musical ideas, with a stylus on a screen. Features include: 1. There are no pages. Instead, there is one continuous stave system which is automatically extended as you write new music. 2. Insert more space at any section of the hand-written score. 3. Print your work and the app will format the continuous system into a standard page layout. 4 Copy/Paste/Clone and Delete options within and across files. 5. Share and import files created by the app. 6. Simple to use. The app is designed for using it with a stylus on an iPad. It will still work without a stylus on both an iPad and an iPhone, but you'd be drawing notes with a finger which may be a suboptimal experience. PRIVACY POLICY: Everything you write is saved locally in the app on this device unless you explicitly share it. In other words, the app doesn't transfer what you write to an external server or a third party. The app is meant to be a helper tool in music-writing process. While a reliable and safe experience in using this app is my top priority, a creator of the app, I shall not be held responsible for any loss of files and/or intellectual property or damages. Please use at your own risk!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Music Score Pad at every 10 days against CFMTA/FCAPM's every 9 months. CFMTA/FCAPM's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
CFMTA/FCAPM ships an update every 9 months, Music Score Pad every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | CFMTA/FCAPM | Music Score Pad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Canadian Federation of Music Teachers' Associations | Leonid Iogansen |
In-app purchases
CFMTA/FCAPM
No in-app purchases
Music Score Pad
No in-app purchases
Questions
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