forScore vs ChoraLine
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- PDF sheet music reading
- Cloud sync and import
- Library organization and search
- Annotation tools
- Hands-free page turning
- Integrated metronome and tuner
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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.
ChoraLine
This app provides rehearsal recordings for choral singers to learn their specific voice parts for SATB scores. It guides users through music with a narrator and bar numbers, offering features like looping and adjustable playback speed to master complex passages. Some popular works also include recordings sung by professional singers.
- SATB voice part rehearsal recordings
- Narrator guidance with bar numbers
- Adjustable playback speed
- Loop function for complex passages
- Professional singer recordings for select works
- Extensive library of choral works
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Sing Your Notes Perfectly - used by 25,000 choral singers every year This App contains rehearsal recordings (produced by a BBC sound engineer) for singers in choirs and choral societies who wish to learn the specific notes for their SATB (Soprano Alto Tenor Bass) voice part Please scroll down to see a list of all the choral works included. How to use this App to sing your notes perfectly: 1. Highlight the words and notes for your part in your vocal score 2. Play the rehearsal recording and listen to the Narrator who will guide you through the music calling out when you sing and bar numbers so you never get lost 3. You will soon find you are singing your notes at the perfect pitch in time with the music Learn complex passages with the 'loop' function and slow fast sections down with the ‘playback speed’ control. For the most popular works, you can also learn by hearing your choir part sung by a professional singer BACH Christmas Oratorio Magnificat Mass in B Minor Motets No. 1 & 5 Motets No. 2 & 4 Motets No. 3 & 6 St John Passion St Mathew Passion BEETHOVEN 9th (Choral Symphony) Choral Fantasia Mass in C Missa Solemnis in D BERLIOZ Grande Messe des Morts (Requiem) Te Deum BERNSTEIN Chichester Psalms (with Hebrew pronunciation guide) BRAHMS German Requiem (Ein Deutsches Requiem) BRITTEN Ceremony of Carols Rejoice in the Lamb St Cecilia St Nicolas War Requiem BRUCKNER Mass in E Minor Mass in F Minor CHARPENTIER Messe de Minuit Te Deum CHILCOTT Jubilate Requiem DURUFLE Requiem DVORAK Mass in D Te Deum Requiem Stabat Mater ELGAR The Apostles Ave Verum Dream of Gerontius The Kingdom Light of Life (Lux Christi) Music Makers Spirit of England FAURE Cantique de Jean Racine Requiem ('With Singer' version also available) FINZI For St Cecilia Intimations of Immortality Lo, The Full Final Sacrifice In Terra Pax Magnificat GILBERT & SULLIVAN Mikado Trial by Jury GOODALL Eternal Light a Requiem The Lord's my Shepherd GOUNOD Messe Solennelle de St Cecile HANDEL Alexander's Feast Coronation Anthems Dixit Dominus Dettingen Te Deum (Novello Edition) Dettingen Te Deum (Peters Edition) Israel in Egypt Judas Maccabaeus Handel Messiah ('With Singer' version also available) Samson Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day Saul HAYDN The Creation (Die Schopfung) Harmoniemesse (Wind Band Mass) Little Organ Mass Maria Theresa Mass (Theresienmesse) Missa Sancti Nicolai (Mass of St Nicholas) Te Deum Nelson Mass (Missa in Angustiis) Paukenmesse The Seasons JENKINS The Armed Man : A Mass for Peace ('With Singer' version also available) Gloria Requiem Stabat Mater The Peacemakers Gods of Olympus A Parliament of Owls For the Fallen KAY Great Choruses from Great Oratorios = Free Gift MAHLER: Resurrection Symphony (Symphony No. 2) Symphony of a Thousand (Symphony No. 8) MENDELSSOHN Elijah (Elias) St Paul (Paulus) Hymn of Praise (Lobgesang, Symphony No. 2) MONTEVERDI Beatus Vir Vespers MOZART Mass in C (Levin Edition) Mass in C (New Novello Edition) Mass in C (All other Editions) Coronation Mass in C Misericordias Domini Ave Verum Missa Brevis in B flat Requiem ('With Singer' version also available) Solemn Vespers ORFF Carmina Burana ('With Singer' version also available) PARRY I Was Glad Blest Pair of Sirens (4 and 8 part versions) Invocation to Music Hear my Words ye People POULENC Gloria Stabat Mater PURCELL Dido & Aeneas Ode on Saint Cecilia's Day Come ye Sons of Art, Away PUCCINI Messa di Gloria RACHMANINOV Vespers (with Russian pronunciation) RUTTER Requiem Magnificat Gloria SCHUBERT Magnificat Mass in A Flat Mass in G STAINER / MAUNDER Crucifixion Olivet to Calvary STRAVINSKY Symphony of Psalms TIPPETT A Child of Our Time Five Negro Spirituals VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Dona Nobis Pacem Five Mystical Songs Fantasia on Christmas Carols Toward the Unknown Region Benedicite A Sea Symphony VERDI Requiem 4 Sacred Pieces VIVALDI Gloria WALTON Belshazzar's Feast Coronation Te Deum In-App purchase:- every Album - 9.99£
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChoraLine at Free against forScore's $24.99. ChoraLine also leads on review sentiment (86% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.0). forScore's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 2 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
ChoraLine is free to download; forScore costs $24.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and ChoraLine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
forScore holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: forScore has 43K ratings behind it against 23, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of forScore's written reviews are positive against 86% of ChoraLine's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
forScore ships an update every 9 days, ChoraLine every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 25, 2026.
| Parameter | forScore | ChoraLine |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (43K ratings) — better | 3.8 (23 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.8% of reviews | 85.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43K — better | 23 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 14 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | forScore LLC | Andrew Grigg |
Customer experience
forScore
ChoraLine
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
ChoraLine
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
forScore
- forScore Pro$14.991 Year
- Brahms: The Mutopia CollectionFree
- Haydn: The Mutopia CollectionFree
- Händel: The Mutopia CollectionFree
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- 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
ChoraLine
- ChoraLine Rehearsal Recording$14.99









