SimpNote vs Song Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpNote
Easily compose music using a numbered notation system. Write songs, create sheet music, and play your compositions with various input options for rhythm, pitch, and lyrics. Share your musical creations as images or MIDI files.
- Numbered notation input
- Rhythm and pitch customization
- Lyric and accidental input
- Transposition and beat transfer
- Export to image and MIDI
- Real-time playback
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The Jianpu Studio for iPhone & iPad Write, notate and play numbered notation — made for touch. Jianpu is faster than staff notation when you write songs. We built the notation tool we always wished existed on mobile. == FEATURES == [FAST NOTATION] Designed from the ground up for mobile writing - Numbered notation input: up to five octaves, from 32nd notes to whole notes - Lyrics in any language your phone can type - Rich symbol set: slurs, bar lines, legato lines, grace notes, ornaments, repeats - Rhythm X notation - One-tap score info: title, subtitle, key, time signature, composer - Score search: find any piece by title in seconds [PLAYBACK] Notation you can actually hear - Play your score, with sound as you type - Switch instruments and play multiple voices - Play a selection, set the tempo, auto-repeat inside repeat signs - Drag the playback and metronome volume sliders at any time - Choose where the playhead stops when a score ends [MAKE IT YOURS] Your work is more than notes - Page backgrounds: pick a preset or a photo from your library - Adjust paper colour and margins - Set colour and size separately for notes, lyrics, title, subtitle, key/time and composer [EXPORT & SHARE] Better shared than kept - Export images straight to your photo library - Export PDF for printing and layout - Export MIDI to keep arranging in professional music software - Export audio to listen back anytime - Export MusicXML to edit in other notation apps - Network printing, AirDrop, WeChat and other apps - Save to iCloud == Terms Of Use == http://179music.com/2019/09/20/Terms_of_Service/
Song Wizard
Easily create original songs with automatic composition tools. Customize song structure, melody, lyrics, and accompaniment. Integrate with other music apps for advanced production.
- Automatic song composition
- Flexible song editing
- Chord progression generation
- Melody editing tools
- Accompaniment options
- Inter-app audio integration
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Automatic song generation, flexible song editing. - SONG COMPOSITION (verse1, verse2, chorus,...) - SONG PROPERTIES (key, tonality, time signature, tempo, genre...) - CHORD PROGRESSION (automatic chord progression) - MELODY (upward, downward, horizontal, u-shaped, n-shaped, wavy, and free editing) - LYRICS - ACCOMPANIMENT (various keyboards, bass, and drums pattern) - INTER-APP AUDIO (using instrument app as your sound, recording & mixing your song with DAW app)
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The clearest difference is ads: SimpNote at none against Song Wizard's shown. SimpNote also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 45%) and ratings volume (74 vs 24). Song Wizard's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, update cadence 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
Both are free to download. SimpNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Song Wizard sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SimpNote against 4.3 for Song Wizard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 74 and 24 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of SimpNote's written reviews are positive against 45% of Song Wizard's.
SimpNote ships an update every 6 weeks, Song Wizard every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpNote | Song Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (74 ratings) — better | 4.3 (24 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better | 45.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 74 — better | 24 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 炯龙 吴 | AmoriyA |
Customer experience
SimpNote
Song Wizard
In-app purchases
SimpNote
- 月度会员$2.991 Month
- 季度会员$6.993 Months
- 年度会员$19.991 Year
- 永久会员$39.99
Song Wizard
- Song Wizard Pro$2.99
