Comparison

NumScore vs 8pu

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

8pu

Create professional-grade sheet music for various instruments and vocal parts. This mobile studio offers advanced editing tools, high-fidelity playback, and flexible export options for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • Multi-part editing for choirs and bands
  • Full-dimension editing (time signature, key, tempo)
  • High-fidelity MIDI playback with multiple instrument sounds
  • Flexible PDF/PNG export and online sharing
  • Cloud synchronization for progress saving
  • Optimized for mobile touch interfaces
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8pu 全新定义的简谱制作平台, 简谱、功能简谱、和弦谱制作。 适配音乐爱好者、专业音乐人、音乐教师与乐队成员全场景,是你口袋里的移动制谱工作室! 专业功能,一应俱全 多声部编辑:支持多声部,合唱谱、乐队合奏谱轻松制作,MIDI 播放,声部音量独立调节; 全维度编辑:自由设置拍号、调号、速度,支持转调、变速、装饰音、指法标记,连音线、延音线、三连音等专业符号全覆盖; 高保真播放:内置多乐器音色,MIDI实时播放,制作过程中随时聆听效果,精准调整旋律细节; 灵活导出:支持PDF/PNG多格式导出,可一键在线链接分享。 全场景适配,实用性拉满 音乐爱好者:捕捉灵感瞬间,随时随地记录旋律,把脑海中的音乐变成正规简谱; 音乐教师:快速制作教学谱例,搭配播放功能辅助课堂教学,提升教学效率; 乐队成员:制作功能谱、弹唱谱,支持和弦标记与段落划分,乐队排练高效看谱、即兴伴奏; 专业音乐人:轻量制谱首选,多格式导出满足后续编曲、制作需求,适配流行音乐、民乐等多种曲风。 极致体验,专为移动设备优化 全平台适配:iPhone/iPad无缝兼容,iPad横屏专属优化,大屏编辑更高效; 触控友好:支持多点触控,页面缩放灵活操作,移动制谱无压力; 云端同步:创作进度自动保存,换设备也能继续编辑,不怕灵感丢失; 极简界面:无冗余广告,专注制谱核心功能,操作流程一目了然。 立即下载8pu,开启你的移动制谱之旅,让音乐创作更简单! 有任何问题或建议,欢迎通过App内反馈通道与我们联系,我们会持续优化功能,为你带来更好的制谱体验。 使用条款 (Terms of Use): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

NumScore4 screens
8pu4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: 8pu at Free against NumScore's $19.99. 8pu also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.3). NumScore's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (9 vs 1). 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

8pu is free to download; NumScore costs $19.99 up front. 8pu sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. NumScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

8pu holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NumScore has 9 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 89% and 89% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, 8pu every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
NumScore versus 8pu: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNumScore8pu
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.3 (9 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews88.9% of reviews
Number of ratings9 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.4
Further details — not scored
Size321 MB22 MB
Age rating+49+
DeveloperSupertintin Co., LtdChengdu Zhengzai Technology Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

NumScore

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

8pu

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

NumScore

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

8pu

Subscriptions2
  • Pro$1.991 Month
  • Pro$19.991 Year

Questions

Is NumScore free?
NumScore costs $19.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is 8pu free?
8pu is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, NumScore or 8pu?
8pu is rated higher. NumScore averages 4.3 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while 8pu averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do NumScore or 8pu have ads?
Neither NumScore nor 8pu shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NumScore or 8pu?
NumScore ships an update every 2 weeks, and 8pu every 3 weeks. Most recently, NumScore was updated on October 16, 2026 and 8pu on October 17, 2026.

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