Comparison

NumScore vs Numbered Musical Notation

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

Head to head
About

NumScore

Create professional, neat, and beautiful numbered musical scores using handwriting or a virtual keyboard. Supports a vast array of musical notation elements and specific performance signs for instruments like the Guzheng. Offers automatic layout adjustments and multiple export formats.

Highlights
  • Handwriting and virtual keyboard input
  • Extensive musical notation elements
  • Guzheng performance sign support
  • Automatic and adjustable layout
  • Customizable sound fonts
  • Multiple export formats (PDF, MIDI, PNG, Audio)
Features
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NumScore is a professional and efficient tool for making numbered musical score. you can quickly produce professional, neat and beautiful numbered musical score with the app. It use the simplest and most direct input method - handwriting. and also support virtual keyboard input. It supports almost all numbered sheet music elements: basic notes,dotted notes, accidentals, grace notes, tuplets, tied notes, chords, arpeggios, vibrato, staccato, tremolo, trills, mordent, turn,dynamics,alternating tempo signs, alternating key signs, multiple time signs, repeat signs, jump signs, chord signs, multi line lyrics, slurs, ties ... Perfectly support all kinds of performance signs of Guzheng: up slide, down slide, back slide, vibrato, shaking finger, flower finger, gliss, strum... Professional automatic layout function, adjustable layout parameters, adjustable bar density, font, font size, line spacing and other layout details can be adjusted according to user preferences. In addition to the 88 instruments built in App, you can also use your own sound font file (.sf2) , by coping the SF2 file to the SoundFonts directory to invoke the User SoundFonts in the application. Support exporting multiple file formats: PDF, MIDI, PNG, m4a compressed audio, wav lossless audio.

About

Numbered Musical Notation

Features
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The application to make numbered musical notation and dynamic numbered musical notation. Features: -Quick input of simplified music scores -Dynamic music playing -Music score and chord -Picture and music score sharing -Music score file saving

Screenshots

NumScore4 screens
Numbered Musical Notation3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Numbered Musical Notation at Free against NumScore's $19.99. NumScore's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 6 weeks). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Numbered Musical Notation is free to download; NumScore costs $19.99 up front. Numbered Musical Notation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. NumScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, Numbered Musical Notation every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
NumScore versus Numbered Musical Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumScoreNumbered Musical Notation
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings9 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 6 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB158 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., Ltd荣庄 杨

In-app purchases

None

NumScore

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Numbered Musical Notation

One-time1
  • Pro 版本$12.99

Questions

Is NumScore free?
NumScore costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Numbered Musical Notation free?
Numbered Musical Notation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do NumScore or Numbered Musical Notation have ads?
Neither NumScore nor Numbered Musical Notation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NumScore or Numbered Musical Notation?
NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, and Numbered Musical Notation every 6 weeks. Most recently, NumScore was updated on October 12, 2026 and Numbered Musical Notation on September 29, 2026.

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