Comparison

forScore vs MobileSheets®

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

MobileSheets®

This app is a digital sheet music manager and viewer for musicians. It allows you to store, organize, and access your entire music library on your device, eliminating the need for physical copies. Features include hands-free page turns, annotation tools, and custom audio playback.

Highlights
  • Digital sheet music management
  • Hands-free page turns
  • Music annotation tools
  • Custom audio player
  • Library synchronization
  • Metronome
  • Setlist creation
Features
Currently charting
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MobileSheets is the ultimate sheet music viewer for the iPhone, iPad and Mac. It frees you from having to lug around books and binders, and gives you the ability to access any score in your library in seconds. It also comes with a number of powerful features for musicians including: - Connect to other devices running MobileSheets on any platform, and easily share songs and setlists. - Synchronize device libraries using WiFi, bluetooth or the cloud - Multiple modes of operation including two pages side-by-side, half page turns, and vertically scrolling pages. - Hands-free page turns using any bluetooth or usb devices (including two and four pedal models), through the automatic scrolling feature, or by using face gestures such as an open mouth or smile. - Annotations for marking up music including support for freeform drawing, basic shapes, text and stamps - Connect multiple tablets over WiFi or bluetooth in book mode to display two pages at once - A custom audio player for playing audio tracks with your scores. Audio player supports a-b looping and multiple sizes. - Custom page ordering, making it easy to cut out unnecessary pages, repeat pages or change the sequence of pages without affecting the original document. - A metronome with multiple display modes and sound effects - Bookmarks for quick and easy access to sections in scores - Link points for handling repeats and quickly jumping between pages - Smart buttons that can be placed on a score to activate configurable actions when pressed - Support for multiple file types including images, PDFs, text files and chord pro files. - Support for importing CSV index files to break up large PDF songbooks - Support for communicating with MIDI devices over USB, Bluetooth and WiFi to load songs or trigger actions. - The ability to transpose chords in text and chord pro files. - Manual and automatic cropping to completely eliminate unnecessary margins - Support for setlists and collections to efficiently group songs for playback. - Powerful library management features with a huge list of supported metadata fields, giving you complete control over the data in your library - A free companion application for the PC that makes it a breeze to create and edit songs Give MobileSheets a try today and experience the freedom of having all your scores just a simple tap away. NOTE: This application does not include any sheet music - you must provide your own. This application can not play back PDFs, images or text/chord pro files. It can only display those files and play back audio files. The companion app is for your PC and is not included. You can download the companion app for free here: https://www.zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/companion.php Privacy Policy: https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/privacy_policy_ios.html Terms of Use: https://zubersoft.com/mobilesheets/terms_and_conditions_ios.html

Screenshots

forScore4 screens
MobileSheets®4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MobileSheets® at $15.99 against forScore's $24.99. MobileSheets® also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 11) and review sentiment (81% vs 50%). forScore's advantage is ratings volume (43K vs 64) and rating (4.8 vs 4.5). On 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

forScore costs $24.99 and MobileSheets® $15.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. MobileSheets® asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

forScore holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: forScore has 43K ratings behind it against 64, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of forScore's written reviews are positive against 81% of MobileSheets®'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

forScore ships an update fortnightly, MobileSheets® every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
forScore versus MobileSheets®: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterforScoreMobileSheets®
Price$24.99$15.99 — better
Rating4.8 (43K ratings) — better4.5 (64 ratings)
Positive reviews49.6% of reviews81.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43K — better64
Update frequencyFortnightlyEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#9 — better#63
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB129 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCMichael Zuber

Customer experience

forScore

All ratings43,114 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews881 reviews
Positive49.6%
Neutral11.7%
Negative38.7%

MobileSheets®

All ratings64 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral1.6%
Negative9.4%
Written reviews79 reviews
Positive81.0%
Neutral1.3%
Negative17.7%

User reviews

forScore

From 43K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Efficient navigation
  • 🔒 Reliable performance
  • 👍 Intuitive interface
  • 👍 Excellent organization
  • 👍 Seamless annotation

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Sync issues
  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🔋 Battery drain concerns
  • 👎 Unintuitive settings/features
  • 👎 Lack of customization options

MobileSheets®

From 64 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Cross-platform compatibility
  • 👍 Excellent organization and tagging
  • 💡 Powerful features for musicians
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use
  • 👍 Great customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes
  • 🐛 Glitches and bugs
  • 🐛 Sync issues
  • 🐛 Import problems
  • 🐛 UI can be overwhelming

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

MobileSheets®

Reported bugs

19 issues
  • App not opening after update
  • Slider bar gets stuck and glitches
  • Menu bar not appearing when clicked
  • Synchronization lag between devices
  • First pages are black during sync
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  • Titles disappear after backup
  • App crashes when entering annotations
  • App crashes after opening sheet music
  • App not working after iOS 18 update (metronome, page turning)
  • Syncing deleting files from computer instead of adding to iPad
  • Two-way sync does not synchronize annotations
  • App freezes on 'please wait' when exiting editing mode
  • Annotations lost after app crashes
  • Difficult to reconnect devices after crashes
  • Import not working on iPad
  • App crashes when downloading too many pages simultaneously
  • Titles no longer available after recent updates
  • Sheets covered with gray background after update
  • Edit mode for .cho files is difficult to handle

Requested features

15 requests
  • Ability to adjust display and page turning options per song
  • Save custom colors for annotations
  • Shortcuts or faster access to sync button
  • Display time during app usage
  • Integrated tuner
Show 10 more
  • Keyboard with transpose function
  • Better PDF cropping and scaling
  • Ability to set custom colors for drawing tools
  • Button for direct start of scroll function
  • Support for more file types (Word Docs, images)
  • Move shortcut box to center bottom of screen
  • Add more templates for blank pages
  • Auto-sync option for cloud services
  • iCloud file access support
  • Tabs for multiple songs open simultaneously

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
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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
None

MobileSheets®

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is forScore free?
forScore costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is MobileSheets® free?
MobileSheets® costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, forScore or MobileSheets®?
forScore is rated higher. forScore averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while MobileSheets® averages 4.5 from 64 ratings.
Do forScore or MobileSheets® have ads?
Neither forScore nor MobileSheets® shows ads.
Which is updated more often, forScore or MobileSheets®?
forScore ships an update fortnightly, and MobileSheets® every 9 days. Most recently, forScore was updated on September 29, 2026 and MobileSheets® on September 27, 2026.
Which is more popular, forScore or MobileSheets®?
forScore currently peaks at #9 in the App Store charts, and MobileSheets® at #63. Chart position reflects recent download velocity rather than total install base.

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