Comparison

EZ Composer App vs OnScore

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

Head to head
About

EZ Composer App

Easily compose original music by placing notes on a visual interface. Play back your melodies, adjust the tempo, and share your musical ideas. This app offers a fun and educational experience for all ages.

Highlights
  • Visual note placement for composition
  • Playback in regular or looped mode
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Share musical creations
  • Educational for all ages
Features
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Create your own beautiful music! EZ Composer is an easy to use music creation app. Make music by adding notes to the screen. Play back your songs in regular or looped mode, adjust the tempo, and share your creations with others! Fun, exciting, and educational, for kids and adults of all ages.

About

OnScore

Features
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OnScore is a music stand for musicians: import your scores, mark them up, order them into setlists, and perform straight through. Metronome, tuner, tempo trainer and recorder are built in. Bring your music in as PDF or MusicXML, photograph paper with the camera, or search free public domain scores. Then read it, mark it up, practise it and perform from it, all in one place. READING Page turns that keep up with you. Tap the edge of the page, swipe, or use a Bluetooth pedal. Choose the layout that suits the music: single page, two page spread, half page so there is no gap at the turn, continuous scroll, or reflow, which re-engraves a structured score to fit your screen. HANDS FREE Turn pages with a glance. Wink, turn your head, nod, raise an eyebrow or open your mouth. You choose the gesture and how sensitive it is. The camera work happens on your device and nothing leaves it. MARKING UP Fingerings, bowings, dynamics, cues and reminders, written with the Apple Pencil or your finger. A full set of musical stamps drawn in professional notation, plus text, highlights and shapes. Keep your marks on separate layers, so a teacher's notes and your own can be shown or hidden independently. Originals are never altered. SETLISTS AND PERFORMANCE Put pieces in the order you will play them, with markers for sections, intermissions or a note to yourself. Performance Mode clears the screen, keeps it awake, and preloads pages so turns never stutter. PRACTICE A metronome with tap tempo, count in and subdivisions. A chromatic tuner with adjustable reference pitch and transposition for wind and brass players. A tempo trainer that raises the tempo stage by stage. A recorder for takes you want to hear back. Your sessions and streak are kept so you can see the work adding up. WRITING AND EDITING Edit structured scores note by note: pitches, accidentals, dynamics, lyrics, whole staves. Write by hand on blank manuscript paper in the layout you choose. Export MusicXML, MIDI, a single part, or a PDF with your annotations included. PLAYING TOGETHER Lead a rehearsal over the local network. Everyone follows the same piece, the same page and the same place in the setlist. YOUR LIBRARY Folders, tags, collections, composers, genres and instruments, with search across all of it. Backup and restore when you want to move to a new device. BUILT FOR IPAD AND IPHONE Designed for the iPad on the stand and the iPhone in your pocket, with the layout adapting to whichever you are holding. Available in multiple languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://harmono.app/onscore/privacy

Screenshots

EZ Composer App4 screens
OnScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnScore at none against EZ Composer App's 1. OnScore also leads on ads (none vs shown). EZ Composer App's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price 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

Both are free to download. EZ Composer App sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. OnScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
EZ Composer App versus OnScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEZ Composer AppOnScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.2 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 13 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size5 MB77 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBrandon SteckleinHarmono LLC

In-app purchases

1 purchases

EZ Composer App

One-time1
  • EZ Composer Premium$6.99
None

OnScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is EZ Composer App free?
EZ Composer App is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnScore free?
OnScore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do EZ Composer App or OnScore have ads?
EZ Composer App shows ads; OnScore does not.

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