Comparison

All Sheet Music vs Notation

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

Head to head
About

All Sheet Music

This app is a comprehensive sheet music reader supporting various file formats like PDF, images, and MIDI. It offers robust management and editing tools, including annotation, page manipulation, and playback synchronization for musicians.

Highlights
  • Supports PDF, Image, Text, and MIDI files
  • Add scores from camera, photos, files
  • Score management by title, artist, setlist
  • Annotation tools (pen, text, shapes)
  • MIDI playback with synchronization
  • Page rotation, cropping, merging, splitting
  • Guitar chord chart and metronome
Features
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「All Sheet Music」 is a sheet music reader that supports PDF, Image, Text, and MIDI files. [Features:] • Add Scores from Camera, Photos, Files, and other apps • Score Management by title, artist, and setlist • Integration with Files app PDF, Image Score Features: • Horizontal, Vertical, and Two-Page View • Bookmarks • Rotation & Cropping • Merging, Splitting, and Re-arranging Pages • Annotation (Pen, Stamp, Text, Shapes, and Link) Text Score Features: • Chord Pro support • Chord and Tab detection MIDI Score Features: • Plays the sheet music with the synchronization • Scaling, AB Repeat, Transposition, • Playback Speed, Fingering of guitar and piano Tools: • Guitar Chord Chart • Metronome • YouTube Search and Play • Pedal Support

About

Notation

Create and edit professional sheet music on your mobile device. Easily capture musical ideas, arrange scores with lyrics and chords, and share playable web links with collaborators. Offers robust notation tools for composers, arrangers, and students.

Highlights
  • Touch notation keyboard
  • Multi-staff playback
  • Web score sharing
  • MusicXML, MIDI, PDF export
  • Lyrics and chord support
  • Cloud sync
Features
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Notation is professional sheet music notation for composers, arrangers, and music students. Capture a motif at the piano, tweak harmony on your commute, or share a link before rehearsal—all on iPhone or iPad with lyrics and chords. If you read a staff, you can go from a piano sketch to multi-staff scores for class and rehearsal. TOUCH NOTATION A notation keyboard replaces deep menus: tap notes and markings, or select on the staff to edit. Undo/redo for commutes, rehearsal gaps, or at the piano. On the free tier, inserting or editing measures shifts later bars automatically so the rest of the score stays aligned. WRITE AND HEAR IT Multi-staff playback; on long scores, playback follows your edit position. Composer Pro: per-staff Mute and Solo for full scores. WEB SCORE SHARING Generate a web score link—text or email to teachers, singers, or collaborators. Any browser shows standard notation and multi-part playback without installing the app. Print-friendly pages for handouts. PDF for archives and fixed layout; web links when your choir or band needs to hear the piece before rehearsal. Many mobile apps stop at PDF or screenshots; Notation shares playable web scores with the same playback and layout as on your device. EXPORT AND INTERCHANGE MusicXML, MIDI, PDF (screen preview + A4 print PDF). Import MusicXML without length limits—continue in MuseScore, Sibelius, etc. Free tier: starter export allowance. Composer Pro: unlimited export, clean PDF (see app for web-link limits). IPAD PRO WORKSPACE On iPad, library and score sit side by side for desktop-like sessions. iPhone: full notation and sharing when you are catching ideas on the go. YOU CAN ALSO: - Piano keyboard chord stacks; multi-verse lyrics with melismas and paste lyrics line by line; measure insert/copy/paste/delete - Ties, slurs, manual beams—free - Cloud sync (web links need sign-in + sync); Composer Pro: 8 staves, 2 voices per staff, transpose, meter changes NOTATION COVERAGE: * Notes/rests, dots, ties, slurs, beams (manual break/join) * Triplets; quintuplets–septuplets (Composer Pro) * Ornaments, articulations, dynamics, hairpins * Lyrics (verses), chords; title/composer/lyricist header * Clefs, time, tempo; major/minor keys; accidentals * Repeats, voltas, D.S./D.C.; pickups; measure-level edits * Templates: piano grand, treble/bass single staff, custom; long-score paging SUBSCRIPTION & LEGAL (COMPOSER PRO — OPTIONAL) Notation offers an optional paid membership called Composer Pro. You can subscribe in the app under Me → Upgrade. No subscription is required to create, edit, save, or play scores on the free tier. AUTO-RENEWABLE SUBSCRIPTION • Name: Composer Pro — Weekly Plan • Length: 1 week (renews every week) • Price: Shown on the in-app purchase screen before you confirm (localized price; may vary by country or region). If a free trial is available in your region, it is displayed on the subscription screen before purchase. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your account will be charged for renewal within 24 hours prior to the end of the current period at the price of the selected plan. You can manage or cancel subscriptions in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions after purchase. Any unused portion of a free trial, if offered, is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. WHAT COMPOSER PRO INCLUDES • Advanced composing: full transposition and any key; up to 8 staves and 2 voices per staff; meter changes and special/additive meters; undo/redo; advanced repeat playback • Delivery & export: unlimited exports (MusicXML, and web score links); • Playback: full instrument library; per-staff mute and solo • Other: ad-free experience; community publishing; priority support Privacy Policy: https://solfegehub.com/UserManagerPrivacy_en.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://solfegehub.com/UserManagerTerms_en.html

Screenshots

All Sheet Music4 screens
Notation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Notation at 5.0 against All Sheet Music's 4.2. Notation also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 64%). All Sheet Music's advantage is ratings volume (136 vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.6). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. All Sheet Music sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Notation sells 2 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

Notation holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: All Sheet Music has 136 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 64% of All Sheet Music's written reviews are positive against 100% of Notation's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All Sheet Music ships an update fortnightly, Notation every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
All Sheet Music versus Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll Sheet MusicNotation
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.2 (136 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews64.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings136 — better1
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size48 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmoriyA凯 张

Customer experience

All Sheet Music

All ratings135 ratings
Positive79.3%
Neutral5.2%
Negative15.6%
Written reviews50 reviews
Positive64.0%
Neutral14.0%
Negative22.0%

Notation

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

All Sheet Music

One-time1
  • Ad-Free$2.99
2 purchases

Notation

Subscriptions1
  • Weekly Subscription · NotationAI3 Days trial$3.997 Days
One-time1
  • Lifetime Access · NotationAI$19.99

Questions

Is All Sheet Music free?
All Sheet Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Notation free?
Notation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, All Sheet Music or Notation?
Notation is rated higher. All Sheet Music averages 4.2 out of 5 from 136 ratings, while Notation averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do All Sheet Music or Notation have ads?
Both All Sheet Music and Notation show ads.
Which is updated more often, All Sheet Music or Notation?
All Sheet Music ships an update fortnightly, and Notation every 9 days. Most recently, All Sheet Music was updated on October 24, 2026 and Notation on October 24, 2026.

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