Comparison

NumScore vs 来音制谱

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

来音制谱

Easily create and edit professional music scores for various instruments. Convert paper music to digital scores using AI camera recognition. Play back your compositions to preview and refine your work.

Highlights
  • Easy keyboard input for notes
  • AI camera recognition for paper scores
  • Multi-part score editing
  • Support for various notation elements
  • Playback of created scores
  • Export to PDF, MusicXML, and images
Features
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This is an easy-to-use music score making software designed for music lovers and professional musicians. Simple keyboard input method, you can generate music scores by tapping the required notes. You can also quickly generate intelligent music scores through AI camera recognition function, and support the conversion of five-line music scores to simplified music scores. [Strong music score editing ability] You can create and edit music scores for piano, guitar, guzheng, violin, ukulele, vocal music, etc., support multi-part custom music score editing, five-line music score/simplified music score/six-line music score/singing music score/four-line music score input. Supports the input of elements such as lyrics, fingering, bars, lines, ornaments, playing methods, dynamics, and notations, so that you can easily create wonderful music works. [Smart photo recognition] If you have paper music scores, you don’t need to write them yourself. Just open "Laiyin Music Score" and choose to take a photo and upload it to generate AI digital music scores, which is more convenient for daily use and carrying. [Music score can be played] Supports the music score playback function. After editing the music score, you can directly play and listen to your work, which will help you better preview and modify your work and greatly improve your creation efficiency. [Easy and efficient operation] The self-developed scientific and efficient keyboard input method has a concise and clear layout of various notes and symbols. It is easy to operate and easy to get started, making it easier for you to create music scores and doubling your efficiency. [Exportable for sharing] Supports export to PDF, MusicXML, Laiyin music scores, pictures and other formats, allowing you to save and share your works to Laiyin apps or other music software at any time. --------- Privacy Policy:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/privacy.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore User Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/user.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore Membership Agreement:https://base.quthing.com/base/agreement/vip.html?appPackage=editscore_ios&appChannel=AppStore

Screenshots

NumScore4 screens
来音制谱4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 来音制谱 at Free against NumScore's $19.99. 来音制谱 also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and ratings volume (191 vs 9). NumScore's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 9). On review sentiment, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

来音制谱 is free to download; NumScore costs $19.99 up front. 来音制谱 sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NumScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

来音制谱 holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: 来音制谱 has 191 ratings behind it against 9, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 89% of NumScore's written reviews are positive against 94% of 来音制谱's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, 来音制谱 weekly. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
NumScore versus 来音制谱: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumScore来音制谱
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)4.8 (191 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews94.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9191 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB263 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., Ltd北京夕航科技有限公司

Customer experience

NumScore

All ratings9 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews45 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral8.9%
Negative2.2%

来音制谱

All ratings190 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.5%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive94.0%
Neutral1.0%
Negative5.0%

In-app purchases

None

NumScore

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

来音制谱

Subscriptions2
  • 来音制谱-月会员2 variants$4.991 Month
  • 来音制谱-年会员2 variants$39.991 Year
One-time5
  • 来音制谱转谱券$1.99
  • 转谱券$3.99
  • 1个月会员$5.99
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  • 来音制谱转谱券$7.99
  • 来音制谱转谱券$13.99

Questions

Is NumScore free?
NumScore costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 来音制谱 free?
来音制谱 is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NumScore or 来音制谱?
来音制谱 is rated higher. NumScore averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while 来音制谱 averages 4.8 from 191 ratings.
Do NumScore or 来音制谱 have ads?
Neither NumScore nor 来音制谱 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NumScore or 来音制谱?
NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, and 来音制谱 weekly. Most recently, NumScore was updated on October 30, 2026 and 来音制谱 on October 30, 2026.

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