Comparison

SimpNote Lite vs 简谱大师

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

Head to head
About

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.

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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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/

About

简谱大师

Create and edit musical scores with a user-friendly interface. This app supports a wide range of notation elements, instrument sounds, and export options, making it suitable for both beginners and professional musicians. Enjoy advanced features like multi-part editing and high-fidelity playback.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive simplified notation support
  • Playback with key and tempo adjustments
  • Multi-instrument sound selection
  • Export music to various file formats
  • Multi-part chorus editing
  • HD image export and high-fidelity playback
  • Undo/redo editing functions
Features
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A powerful short score editing software, it provides powerful input and editing capabilities, allowing you to write beautiful short score music with the familiar Apple keyboard. The original simple score input keyboard can meet your various simple score writing needs, thus providing a simple and efficient way to create your own music works. All the elements of simplified notation are built into the software. In this software, you can not only input simplified melody, but also belong to advanced notation and advanced writing according to your needs. This software is not only suitable for beginners to learn to create music, but also competent professional producers of music tools, but also as a good helper for you to practice singing. Software functions: - Support almost all simple notation notation - Support the playback experience under shift, transfer and different key signs - Support any rhythm, beat adjustment - Support more than 20 major Musical Instruments - Supports exporting music to any file - Support chorus mode, up to 4 voice parts editing - HD image export, high fidelity playback effect - Support for undo and repeat selection during editing - Support sharp, cost reduction, double lift, double drop - Support continuous line, extended line, triplet - Supports multiple grace notes - Supports multiple strength markers UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - Unlimited Notations - No Ads - Remove sharing of watermarked scores - Unlock all musical instruments - Unlock all theme backgrounds - Support up to 4 parts - Change key for each part - Change beat type and tempo - Experience new features in advance - The subscriptions are $6.99 monthly with free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that service, where applicable - Terms of use: https://beattap.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/notation_item.html - Privacy of use: https://beattap.oss-cn-beijing.aliyuncs.com/notation_privacy.html

Screenshots

SimpNote Lite4 screens
简谱大师4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: 简谱大师 at every 2 weeks against SimpNote Lite's every 6 weeks. 简谱大师 also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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

Both are free to download. SimpNote Lite sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and 简谱大师 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

简谱大师 holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 73 and 36 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SimpNote Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, 简谱大师 every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpNote Lite versus 简谱大师: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpNote Lite简谱大师
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (73 ratings)4.6 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews72.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings73 — better36
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size74 MB156 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer炯龙 吴新玲 张

Customer experience

SimpNote Lite

All ratings73 ratings
Positive89.0%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.2%
Written reviews97 reviews
Positive72.2%
Neutral11.3%
Negative16.5%

简谱大师

All ratings36 ratings
Positive86.1%
Neutral8.3%
Negative5.6%
Written reviews80 reviews
Positive72.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative17.5%

In-app purchases

3 purchases

SimpNote Lite

Subscriptions2
  • 月度会员$2.991 Month
  • 年度会员$14.991 Year
One-time1
  • 永久会员$59.99
4 purchases

简谱大师

Subscriptions3
  • 简谱大师周订阅3 Days trial$3.997 Days
  • 超级会员3 Days trial$6.991 Month
  • yearly Subcription7 Days trial$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • 高级会员$24.99

Questions

Is SimpNote Lite free?
SimpNote Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is 简谱大师 free?
简谱大师 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SimpNote Lite or 简谱大师?
简谱大师 is rated higher. SimpNote Lite averages 4.4 out of 5 from 73 ratings, while 简谱大师 averages 4.6 from 36 ratings.
Do SimpNote Lite or 简谱大师 have ads?
Neither SimpNote Lite nor 简谱大师 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpNote Lite or 简谱大师?
SimpNote Lite ships an update every 6 weeks, and 简谱大师 every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpNote Lite was updated on September 23, 2026 and 简谱大师 on September 24, 2026.

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