SM Music Reader vs MobileSheetsLite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SM Music Reader
This application allows users to read and play sheet music in MusicXML format. It offers features for both sighted and visually impaired individuals, including screen reader support and braille translation. Access a vast online library of scores and manage your favorites.
- Read MusicXML files
- Screen reader compatibility
- Braille music translation
- MIDI playback with tempo control
- Sheet music drawing
- Bookmark management
- Access online music library
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SM Music Reader is a free and fully accessible app for everyone to read scores written in MusicXML format. It supports drawing the score, playing and reading with screen reader like Voiceover, so both sighted and blind users can exchange the same score at the same time. The app is connected to Sao Mai online music library with thousands of MusicXML scores. SM Music Reader currently provides the following features: • Read music files written in MusicXML format, • Draw sheet music for exchanging scores among both sighted people and people with visual impairment at the same time, • Play MIDI files: o Play all, by part, staff, current measure and by highlighted passage, o Forward, rewind and loop playback, o Adjust tempo, customize metronome options, volume and select instruments’ voices for each part. • Support reading with screen readers: o View the whole part or selected staff, o Speak note by note and bar by bar, o Speak in order of by voice (horizontal) and by timestamp (vertically), o Speak most details of the score like directions, chords, nuances, slurs/ties, ornaments, fingerings/strings, lyrics, etc. • Braille music translation • Navigate to a certain bar or line, • Set bookmarks, • Manage your favorite lists and view the file’s details, • Access Sao Mai music sharing library, As a non-profit organization, Sao Mai Center for the Blind relies entirely on our sponsored projects and financial aids from donors. Therefore, your contributions, in any manner, will more or less help us maintain and develop this app, as well as other useful tools for the blind.
MobileSheetsLite
This app digitizes your sheet music library, offering quick access to any score. It provides powerful tools for musicians, including hands-free page turns, annotation capabilities, and custom audio playback. Manage your entire music collection efficiently on your device.
- Digital sheet music library
- Hands-free page turns
- Annotation tools
- Custom audio player
- Library synchronization
- Metronome
- Setlist management
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MobileSheets is the ultimate sheet music viewer for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. It frees you from having to lug around books and binders, and gives you the ability to access any score in your library in seconds. It also comes with a number of powerful features for musicians including: - Connect to other devices running MobileSheets on any platform, and easily share songs and setlists. - Synchronize device libraries using WiFi, bluetooth or the cloud - Multiple modes of operation including two pages side-by-side, half page turns, and vertically scrolling pages. - Hands-free page turns using any bluetooth or usb devices (including two and four pedal models), through the automatic scrolling feature or by using face gestures such as an open mouth or smile. - Annotations for marking up music including support for freeform drawing, basic shapes, text and stamps - Connect multiple tablets over WiFi or bluetooth in book mode to display two pages at once - A custom audio player for playing audio tracks with your scores. Audio player supports a-b looping and multiple sizes. - Custom page ordering, making it easy to cut out unnecessary pages, repeat pages or change the sequence of pages without affecting the original document. - A metronome with multiple display modes and sound effects - Bookmarks for quick and easy access to sections in scores - Link points for handling repeats and quickly jumping between pages - Smart buttons that can be placed on a score to activate configurable actions when pressed - Support for multiple file types including images, PDFs, text files and chord pro files. - Support for importing CSV index files to break up large PDF songbooks - Support for communicating with MIDI devices over USB, Bluetooth and WiFi to load songs or trigger actions. - The ability to transpose chords in text and chord pro files. - Manual and automatic cropping to completely eliminate unnecessary margins - Support for setlists and collections to efficiently group songs for playback. - Powerful library management features with a huge list of supported metadata fields, giving you complete control over the data in your library - A free companion application for the PC that makes it a breeze to create and edit songs Give MobileSheets a try today and experience the freedom of having all your scores just a simple tap away. The free version has the following limitations: - Only 8 songs are allowed in your library - Only 2 link points per song - Only 2 bookmarks per song - The Connect Tablets feature can only be used for 90 seconds - The library synchronization feature is unavailable - The advanced camera features such as automatic document detection and image correction are not available All other features are intact and identical to the paid version. NOTE: This application does not include any sheet music - you must provide your own. This application can not play back PDFs, images or text/chord pro files. It can only display those files and play back audio files. The companion app is for your PC and is not included. You can download the companion app for free here: https://www.zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/companion.php Privacy Policy: https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/privacy_policy_ios.html Terms of Use: https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/terms_and_conditions_ios.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SM Music Reader at 5.0 against MobileSheetsLite's 4.5. SM Music Reader also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 80%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). MobileSheetsLite's advantage is ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
SM Music Reader holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 8 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of SM Music Reader's written reviews are positive against 80% of MobileSheetsLite's.
| Parameter | SM Music Reader | MobileSheetsLite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 80.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 36 MB | 129 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sao Mai Center | Michael Zuber |
Customer experience
SM Music Reader
MobileSheetsLite
In-app purchases
SM Music Reader
No in-app purchases
MobileSheetsLite
No in-app purchases
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