Comparison

forScore vs MTI Player

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

Head to head
About

forScore

This app digitizes sheet music, offering organization, annotation, and playback tools for musicians. It allows for easy import, library management, and hands-free navigation, enhancing the performance experience.

Highlights
  • PDF sheet music reading
  • Cloud sync and import
  • Library organization and search
  • Annotation tools
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Integrated metronome and tuner
Features
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Go paperless. Get organized. Download and play something new in seconds. With forScore for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS, your scores have never been better—it’s everything you can do with paper and so much more. As seen in Apple keynote addresses and retail stores worldwide! On your music stand or on the go, it's the complete PDF sheet music reading experience that has wowed musicians all over the world for years: CONNECT • Copy PDFs from other apps like Safari and Mail and sync them to all of your devices with iCloud • Import scores from popular cloud storage services and content providers like Musicnotes.com • Share scores and setlists with colleagues, whether or not they use forScore ORGANIZE • Add metadata to your scores for a perfectly browsable, instantly searchable library • Create smart bookmarks to manage longer files containing multiple parts or pieces • Group scores manually with Setlists to play through them from start to finish PLAY • View full pages in portrait orientation and crop them to better fit your device's screen • Turn your device sideways for bigger scrolling pages or view two pages side by side instead • Use Reflow on smaller screens to lay out systems of music end-to-end like a horizontal teleprompter REFINE • Annotate by drawing, typing text, or placing common symbols onto the page • Separate your annotations into layers and show or hide them at any time • Open scores and setlists in multiple windows or tabs to multitask with ease SIMPLIFY • Create links and buttons to handle repeats or perform common actions with a single tap • Rearrange and duplicate pages of a score to play without jumping back and forth • Connect your Bluetooth page turner for hands-free navigation EXTEND • Access integrated utilities like our metronome, pitch pipe, tuner, and piano keyboard • Link tracks to scores to loop regions, adjust pitch, and even use them to record and play back your page turns • Connect wirelessly to nearby devices and coordinate your page turns and program changes effortlessly There's much more than those highlights, though, so be sure to visit forscore.co to learn all about forScore's incredible features and find out why so many musicians agree that forScore is simply the best! Note: forScore also offers an optional, annual auto-renewing subscription called forScore Pro that unlocks additional features and content (visit forScore.co/pro for complete details). forScore Pro is a 1-year subscription that renews automatically until canceled. Should you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will then automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Complete terms of service are available on our website at: forScore.co/terms-of-serviceGo paperless.

About

MTI Player

This app allows users to play show scores using performance accompaniment recordings. It provides essential resources for musical theatre productions, offering immediate assistance for any emergencies during a show.

Highlights
  • Play show scores
  • Performance accompaniment recordings
  • Emergency production support
  • Proprietary playback technology
Features
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The MTI Player is Music Theatre International’s proprietary app designed to play a show’s score using the Performance Accompaniment Recording resource. For emergency help during your production, please contact 1-888-340-3505 for immediate assistance.

Screenshots

forScore4 screens
MTI Player3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MTI Player at Free against forScore's $24.99. MTI Player also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). forScore's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 2.6) and review sentiment (50% vs 14%). On 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

MTI Player is free to download; forScore costs $24.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. MTI Player asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

forScore holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: forScore has 43K ratings behind it against 88, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of forScore's written reviews are positive against 14% of MTI Player's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

forScore ships an update every 9 days, MTI Player every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
forScore versus MTI Player: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterforScoreMTI Player
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (43K ratings) — better2.6 (88 ratings)
Positive reviews49.8% of reviews — better14.3% of reviews
Number of ratings43K — better88
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 6 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCMusic Theatre International

Customer experience

forScore

All ratings43,219 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews902 reviews
Positive49.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative38.7%

MTI Player

All ratings88 ratings
Positive33.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative54.5%
Written reviews28 reviews
Positive14.3%
Neutral14.3%
Negative71.4%

Bugs and requests

forScore

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing annotations
  • Unreliable page turning
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to cut and paste sections of scores
  • More flexible page turning controls
  • Customizable metronome
  • Improved backup and restore functionality
  • Easier sharing of annotated scores

MTI Player

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

forScore

Subscriptions1
  • forScore Pro$14.991 Year
One-time9
  • Brahms: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Haydn: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Händel: The Mutopia CollectionFree
Show 6 more
  • Liszt: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Satie: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Schumann: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Tchaikovsky: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Beethoven: The Mutopia Collection$0.99
  • forScore Pro 30-Day Pass$2.99
None

MTI Player

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is forScore free?
forScore costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MTI Player free?
MTI Player is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, forScore or MTI Player?
forScore is rated higher. forScore averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while MTI Player averages 2.6 from 88 ratings.
Do forScore or MTI Player have ads?
Neither forScore nor MTI Player shows ads.
Which is updated more often, forScore or MTI Player?
forScore ships an update every 9 days, and MTI Player every 6 months. Most recently, forScore was updated on October 15, 2026 and MTI Player on October 11, 2026.

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