digitalScore vs Droon
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
digitalScore
This app provides a digital music stand for reading, annotating, and practicing sheet music. It offers hands-free page turns, editable annotations, and practice tools. Features like iCloud sync and collaboration modes enhance the musician's workflow.
- Visual library management with folders and smart organization
- Hands-free page turns via gestures, pedals, or controllers
- Editable annotations with Smart Eraser and Collage Tool
- Practice tools including task marking, progress tracking, and metronome
- Apple Intelligence integration for suggestions and practice insights
- Collaboration features like SharePlay and Orchestra Mode
- Built-in public domain music library
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Read, annotate and practice your sheet music on iPad, iPhone and Mac, with annotations that stay editable, hands-free page turns and Apple Intelligence built in. digitalScore is the music stand built by musicians who understand your workflow. It's a complete digital studio for conservatory students, professional performers and serious musicians who expect more from their tools. VISUAL LIBRARY MANAGEMENT · Folders and subfolders with custom colors and icons · Personalized score covers that make browsing instant · Smart folders that organize automatically by composer, instrument or tags · Multi-movement works with a proper structure · Auto-fill metadata that saves hours of manual entry · Trash and archive to keep your library under control PERFORMANCE-READY READING · Half-page preview removes awkward page turns · Fast page rendering, even with heavy annotations · Turn pages with face gestures, Bluetooth and MIDI pedals, touch gestures or a game controller · Dual-device mode: use two iPads as an open book ANNOTATIONS THAT STAY EDITABLE · Move and resize every symbol, text or marking after you place it · Smart Eraser: remove notes while keeping staff lines intact · Collage Tool: copy a passage and paste it anywhere to simplify difficult sections · Action Buttons: tap to start audio, open the metronome or jump to another score · Stickers, stamps and your own images · Full Apple Pencil support with PencilKit PRACTICE TOOLS THAT ACTUALLY HELP · Mark sections as practice tasks and jump between them · Track practice time and unlock achievements · Set daily and weekly goals and follow your progress · Pro Metronome with saved custom patterns and gradual tempo increase · Audio player with independent tempo and pitch control · Recorder with reverb · Built-in tuner, drone and piano keyboard APPLE INTELLIGENCE, SIRI AND WIDGETS · Name suggestions for new folders and playlists, based on the scores inside · Practice insights that summarize how your work is going · Siri and Shortcuts: open scores and playlists, start the metronome or tuner and check today's practice hands-free · Home Screen widgets for your practice and your scores · Apple Intelligence runs on device, so your library stays private COLLABORATION AND SYNC · iCloud sync across iPad, iPhone and Mac · SharePlay: video call while you view and annotate the same score in real time · Orchestra Mode: connect several devices so everyone follows the leader's page turns · Automatic and manual backups with version history A PUBLIC DOMAIN LIBRARY BUILT IN Search and download scores from a huge catalog of public domain classical music without leaving the app. WHY DIGITALSCORE? Because your tools should be designed around how you actually work. Every feature exists because a real musician needed it: the pianist who wanted dual-screen reading, the violinist who needed hands-free page turns in fast passages, the student managing a conservatory library across years. Download digitalScore and see what sheet music software should have been all along. Privacy Policy: https://digitalscore.app/privacy-policy Terms of Service: https://digitalscore.app/terms Attributions: flaticon.com
Droon
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Droon is an immersive drone instrument designed for musicians, meditation, yoga, focus, relaxation, and winding down. Choose a key and explore five moon voices, each with its own evolving tone and character. Shape the sound using moon phases, register, intensity, breath, tuning, and volume controls. FEATURES • Five moon voices: Mimas, Europa, Titan, Io, and Binaural • Twelve chromatic keys with enharmonic note names • Four registers, from Low to Very High • Adjustable intensity, breath, volume, and tuning • Five moon phases for additional tonal variation • Binaural beat options including Delta, Theta, Alpha, Beta, and Gamma • Sleep timer with a gentle fade-out • Built-in metronome for steady practice • Space, desert, and forest visual environments • Background audio support for uninterrupted listening Use Droon as a practice drone, meditation companion, ambient soundscape, tuning reference, or calming nighttime ritual. Use headphones for the full binaural experience, choose a moon, and let the sound evolve.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Droon at none against digitalScore's 6. Droon also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. digitalScore sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Droon asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | digitalScore | Droon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (621 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 43.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 621 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 247 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Symphonic Hub Sociedad Limitada | Christopher Curtis |
Bugs and requests
digitalScore
Reported bugs
14 issues- App crashes when editing and arranging pages
- Annotations disappear when moving between layers
- Scores randomly disappear without recovery option
- PDF import fails or requires multiple attempts
- Renamed files revert to 'droppedScore'
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- Slow document opening times
- Page turning cycles through entire set instead of single page
- Controls accidentally trigger page turns
- Facial gesture recognition conflicts with facial tics
- Drag and drop metronome broken on iPad OS 17
- Pro version purchase not unlocking features
- Server error messages preventing score access
- Forced app closures losing unsaved work
- Review rating system finalizes prematurely
Requested features
11 requests- Dark mode or adjustable brightness settings
- Android version availability
- Bluetooth page turning device support
- Replace/overwrite feature for duplicate imports
- Reorderable playlists
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- Swipe gestures for page navigation
- Adjustable gesture sensitivity controls
- Better help documentation and tutorials
- Note typing for second octave with ledger lines
- Drag and drop metronome functionality
- Support for external storage services (Synology, OneDrive)
Droon
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
digitalScore
- Sheet Music Premium, Monthly$4.991 Month
- 1-year Premium (Discount)$9.991 Year
- Music Stand Premium, Yearly14 Days trial$17.991 Year
- Upgrade to PRO with Discount$2.99
- Pro Upgrade - Lifetime$24.99
- Upgrade to Pro$34.99
Droon
No in-app purchases









