Comparison

SimpNote 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

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

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

SimpNote4 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'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 sells 4 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 — 74 and 36 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 72% and 73% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

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

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
SimpNote versus 简谱大师: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimpNote简谱大师
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (74 ratings)4.6 (36 ratings) — better
Positive reviews72.2% of reviews72.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings74 — 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

All ratings74 ratings
Positive89.2%
Neutral2.7%
Negative8.1%
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

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
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 free?
SimpNote 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 or 简谱大师?
简谱大师 is rated higher. SimpNote averages 4.4 out of 5 from 74 ratings, while 简谱大师 averages 4.6 from 36 ratings.
Do SimpNote or 简谱大师 have ads?
Neither SimpNote nor 简谱大师 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SimpNote or 简谱大师?
SimpNote ships an update every 6 weeks, and 简谱大师 every 2 weeks. Most recently, SimpNote was updated on November 6, 2026 and 简谱大师 on November 3, 2026.

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