Comparison

Score Wizard vs Guitar Note Recognizer

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

Head to head
About

Score Wizard

This app is a PDF reader designed for musicians that automatically turns pages by listening to your performance. It also offers tools to clean up scanned sheet music, convert photos to PDF, and organize your music library.

Highlights
  • Intelligent score following listens to playing
  • Automatic page turning
  • Clean, crop, and straighten scanned music
  • Import from IMSLP
  • Convert photos to PDF
  • Bluetooth pedal and gesture controls
  • Music-optimized video conferencing
Features
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Focus entirely on your performance while Score Wizard handles the rest. Designed by a pianist for professional musicians, this intelligent PDF reader listens to your playing and turns pages automatically – no pedals, no distractions, just your music. HANDS-FREE PAGE TURNING: No more Bluetooth pedals. The app follows your performance in real-time with reliable, concert-tested score following. Just play – Score Wizard keeps up. PRISTINE DIGITAL SCORES: Instantly clean, crop, and straighten scans. Import from IMSLP with a single tap or convert photos to PDF. TOTAL ORGANIZATION: Manage your library via the iPadOS Files interface with seamless iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive sync. Build setlists for gigs, bookmark key pages, rearrange pages with drag-and-drop. ANNOTATE WITH PURPOSE: Mark up your scores with music symbols, highlights, and notes. Your annotations travel with your PDFs. VERSATILE CONTROLS: Prefer a pedal? Bluetooth page turners are fully supported – and so are regular hand gestures and even eye blinks. Use whatever works for your setup. THE VIRTUAL STUDIO: Enjoy unlimited, music-optimized video conferencing with best-in-class audio for lessons. Write assignments on score-attached text notes. Also available on Mac. Import, annotate, and organize your library at your desk – then perform from your iPad on stage. Score Wizard – Your Library, Your Way.

About

Guitar Note Recognizer

This tool helps identify guitar fretboard notes using your device's microphone. It offers high-quality sounds and supports various tuning systems, assisting in music learning and instrument tuning.

Highlights
  • Fretboard note identification
  • Real-time audio analysis
  • Multiple tuning systems
  • Pitch detection and tuning fork
  • Works in noisy environments
  • Automatic note detection
Features
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Guitar Note Recognizer is the simplest and the best tool for the fretboard note identification of the guitar. It has the high-quality sounds of the tuned acoustic guitar. Standard, drop D, drop A, open C, half step down, and many more. The application captures audio signal using the microphone and performs Fast Fourier Transform in order to analyser the signal and determine its frequency, which in turn determines the note being played. Guitar Note Recognizer that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time. Guitar Note Recognizer to help you quickly and easily tune your musical instrument. As a pitch detector the tuner app is capable of working in noisy environment. This tuning app also works as a pitch pipe and can sound a reference note to tune your instrument. Pitched Tuner displays a traditional tuner needle and dial. Guitar Note Recognizer designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. User can choose from different strings naming systems such as - Standard Tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E)", - Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) - Open D Tuning (D-A-D-F#-A-D) - Open C Tuning (C-G-C-G-C-E) - Open A Tuning (E-A-C#-E-A-E) - Open B Tuning (B-F#-B-F#-B-D#) - Open E Tuning (E-B-E-G#-B-E) - Open F Tuning (F-A-C-F-C-F) - Open G Tuning (D-G-D-G-B-D) - Half step (D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) - One step down (D-G-C-F-A-D) - F-A-D-G-B-E - D-A-D-G-A-D - D-A-D-D-A-D - C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D# Easy to use and innovative must have features are all included. - The most acoustic, electric or bass guitar tuning app - Super fast and simple user interface! - Automatic note detection - Analog like needle - Exact frequency display. - Wide Detection Range - Clean bright and simple analog like UI - High precision tuner - Tuning fork, pitched pipe - An Alternative tunings app for other musical instrument - Works in noisy surroundings - Input microphone volume control to control microphone gain. - No advertisements

Screenshots

Guitar Note Recognizer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Score Wizard at 83% against Guitar Note Recognizer's 0%. Score Wizard also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (12 vs 2). Guitar Note Recognizer's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $7.99) and update cadence (every 3 days vs monthly). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Score Wizard costs $7.99 and Guitar Note Recognizer $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Score Wizard holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Score Wizard has 12 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 83% of Score Wizard's written reviews are positive against 0% of Guitar Note Recognizer's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Score Wizard ships an update monthly, Guitar Note Recognizer every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Score Wizard versus Guitar Note Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScore WizardGuitar Note Recognizer
Price$7.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.5 (12 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews83.3% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings12 — better2
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size49 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRon RegevSuresh Verma

Customer experience

Score Wizard

All ratings12 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral8.3%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%

Guitar Note Recognizer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

Score Wizard

No in-app purchases

None

Guitar Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Score Wizard free?
Score Wizard costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Guitar Note Recognizer free?
Guitar Note Recognizer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Score Wizard or Guitar Note Recognizer?
Score Wizard is rated higher. Score Wizard averages 4.5 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Guitar Note Recognizer averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Score Wizard or Guitar Note Recognizer have ads?
Neither Score Wizard nor Guitar Note Recognizer shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Score Wizard or Guitar Note Recognizer?
Score Wizard ships an update monthly, and Guitar Note Recognizer every 3 days. Most recently, Score Wizard was updated on November 2, 2026 and Guitar Note Recognizer on November 3, 2026.

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