SimpNote Lite vs NumScore
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SimpNote Lite
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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Easy Numbered Notation Compose Tool Write Song, Compose, Make Music Sheet Play Your Artwork! ==FEATURE=== - Numbered Notation Input - Various Rhythm and Pitch - Lyric Input - Accidental Input - Legato, Appoggiatura, Tritone Available - Transposition, Transfer Beat - Keysignature, Beat Setting - Artwork Information Setting ==PLAY== - Sound when input - Play your notation - Play slice for your selection - Tempo Setting - Support Repeat Signature - Setting Instrument ==DESIGN== - Setting sheet background - Setting paper color and alpha - Setting notation/lyric font color - Setting font size ==SHARE== - Export to Image - Export to Midi File - Network Print - Share With Airdrop - Share to Other App 《Terms Of Use》 http://179music.com/2019/09/20/Terms_of_Service/
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.
- 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)
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: SimpNote Lite at Free against NumScore's $19.99. SimpNote Lite also leads on ratings volume (73 vs 9). NumScore's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On rating, ads 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
SimpNote Lite is free to download; NumScore costs $19.99 up front. SimpNote Lite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. NumScore asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SimpNote Lite against 4.3 for NumScore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpNote Lite has 73 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of SimpNote Lite's written reviews are positive against 89% of NumScore's.
SimpNote Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, NumScore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | SimpNote Lite | NumScore |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (73 ratings) — better | 4.3 (9 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.2% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 73 — better | 9 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 74 MB | 321 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | +4 |
| Developer | 炯龙 吴 | Supertintin Co., Ltd |
Customer experience
SimpNote Lite
NumScore
In-app purchases
SimpNote Lite
- 月度会员$2.991 Month
- 年度会员$14.991 Year
- 永久会员$59.99
NumScore
No in-app purchases






