Tunepal vs Notation Pad Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tunepal
Identify traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh, and Breton tunes by playing them into your device. Search a vast database, download and view notation, edit staves, and share your findings. Enjoy high-quality playback of identified melodies.
- Identify tunes by playing them
- Searchable database of 22,000+ tunes
- Download and view musical notation
- Edit tune staves
- High-quality playback engine
- Share tunes via email and Facebook
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Listed in the top 500 apps of all times by the Sunday Times (6 February 2012) Listed in the top twenty cultural apps for iPhone by the Sunday Times (28 March 2010). Winner of the best overall invention 2010 in the Dublin Institute of Technology. Tunepal was in the top 25 grossing apps on the app store (17-18 July 2010). The essential tool for all musicians playing traditional Irish, Scots, Welsh and Breton music! Ever sat in a trad session and wondered what was the name of that great tune someone just played? Well now you can search a database of over 22,000 tunes from your iPhone/iPod BY PLAYING! Hold your device up to a melody instrument such as the tin-whistle, flute, concertina, uilleann pipes, accordion or banjo, hit record and the melody will be extracted and submitted to the tunepal.org search engine for matching. Matching tunes are downloaded to your device, where you can view and edit the notation or the stave, email the tune, post it to facebook or play it back using the high quality playback engine based on ABC2MIDI and FMOD.
Notation Pad Pro
Compose, edit, and playback musical scores with lyrics. This app allows users to create music compositions using touch gestures and supports a wide range of notation elements. It's suitable for both beginners learning music theory and experienced musicians for songbooks or complex scores.
- Compose and edit sheet music
- Write and integrate lyrics
- Playback scores with high-quality sound
- Export to MusicXML, MIDI, PNG, and PDF
- Support for up to 8 staves
- Over 100 musical instruments
- Multi-voice support
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A great sheet music notation app on iOS. For any music lover, Notation Pad gives you the ability to read, compose, edit, playback scores and write lyrics. With it you can be a talented composer and great musician anywhere. As long as you have a little knowledge of sheet music, you can write music composition simply by touch and move. You could use it as your songbook or scoresheet. It is also designed for a beginner who wants to learn music score, music notes and tablature. It can handle ensemble, choir or symphony score, also it supports for a single track piano score. With the help of it you could easily record the flashes of inspiration wherever they strike. Are you ready to compose music in a simple way? ----------------------- Features: -Export/Import the industry-popular MusicXML file format, allowing for exchanging sheet music with other software (Finale, Sibelius, Encore, MuseScore, etc). -Export MIDI file. -Export PNG image and PDF document. -High quality sound for playback. -Support editing up to 8 staff at the same time. -Support over 100 kinds of musical instrument. Piano, organ, guitar, violin, sax, flute, brass, bass, etc. -Support multi-voice. -A great lyric app. ----------------------- Supported notation: *A variety of music note types, from whole note to 128th note and dotted note *Chord, staff, track *Treble, alto and bass clef *Edit lyrics *A variety of time signatures *All standard key signatures *Adjustable tempo *All accidentals (sharps, flats, double sharps, double flats, and naturals) *Tie, slur, and tuplet *Many types of ornament *A wide range of dynamics -------------------------- - Terms of use: https://service.notationpad.com/terms_service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Tunepal at Free against Notation Pad Pro's $149.00. Notation Pad Pro's advantage is rating (4.2 vs 3.0) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). On review sentiment, 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
Tunepal is free to download; Notation Pad Pro costs $149.00 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Notation Pad Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 45 and 159 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Tunepal's written reviews are positive against 61% of Notation Pad Pro's.
Tunepal ships an update every 2 months, Notation Pad Pro every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on July 21, 2026 and August 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tunepal | Notation Pad Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $149.00 |
| Rating | 3.0 (45 ratings) | 4.2 (159 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.1% of reviews | 61.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 45 | 159 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 10.3 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 165 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Duggan | 嵩 张 |
Customer experience
Tunepal
Notation Pad Pro
In-app purchases
Tunepal
No in-app purchases
Notation Pad Pro
No in-app purchases
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