Comparison

SimpNote vs NumScore

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Numbered notation input
  • Rhythm and pitch customization
  • Lyric and accidental input
  • Transposition and beat transfer
  • Export to image and MIDI
  • Real-time playback
Features
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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/

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

SimpNote4 screens
NumScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: SimpNote at Free against NumScore's $19.99. SimpNote also leads on ratings volume (74 vs 9). NumScore's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

SimpNote is free to download; NumScore costs $19.99 up front. SimpNote sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. NumScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.4 for SimpNote against 4.3 for NumScore. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SimpNote has 74 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 72% of SimpNote's written reviews are positive against 89% of NumScore's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpNote ships an update every 6 weeks, NumScore every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
SimpNote versus NumScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpNoteNumScore
PriceFree — better$19.99
Rating4.4 (74 ratings) — better4.3 (9 ratings)
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews88.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — better9
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB321 MB
Age rating4++4
Developer炯龙 吴Supertintin Co., Ltd

Customer experience

SimpNote

All ratings74 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.1%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative16.5%

NumScore

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative2.2%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

SimpNote

Subscriptions3
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 季度会员$6.993 Months
  • 年度会员$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员$39.99
None

NumScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is SimpNote free?
SimpNote is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is NumScore free?
NumScore costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, SimpNote or NumScore?
SimpNote is rated higher. SimpNote averages 4.4 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while NumScore averages 4.3 from 9 ratings.
Do SimpNote or NumScore have ads?
Neither SimpNote nor NumScore shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpNote or NumScore?
SimpNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and NumScore every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpNote was updated on November 6, 2026 and NumScore on November 3, 2026.

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