Comparison

forScore vs LoopBook

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

LoopBook

Features
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Slow down a tricky passage, loop it, and get it right. LoopBook is a music practice tool for musicians who want to work on difficult sections of songs, solos, lessons, and recordings. Import your own audio or video and create precise A/B practice loops. Set the start and end points, slow down the music without changing pitch, shift the pitch when you need to, and repeat a section for as long as it takes to nail it. Each track can contain multiple named loops, so you can keep all the sections you're working on together — a tricky bridge, solo, chord change, bass line, or anything else you want to practise. Jump straight back to any saved section whenever you practise. KEEP YOUR PRACTICE ORGANISED LoopBook is more than an audio looper. Build a library of the music you're working on, with your loops, notes and practice materials all kept together. Add notes to remind yourself what to focus on and attach a chart, sheet music, lyric sheet or other reference material. SHARE WITH TEACHERS AND BANDMATES Share a complete LoopBook track — including the audio, practice loops, notes and attachments — as one file. It's ideal for music teachers sending exercises or tricky passages to students, or musicians sharing practice material with bandmates. FEATURES • A/B repeat and precise practice loops • Slow down music without changing pitch • Pitch shifting • Multiple named loops per track • Audio and video • Practice notes • Attach charts, sheet music and PDFs • Share complete practice tracks • Organise your practice library Free for up to 4 tracks, with unlimited loops on each one. LoopBook Pro removes that limit.

Screenshots

forScore4 screens
LoopBook4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: LoopBook at Free against forScore's $24.99. LoopBook also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 9 days). forScore's advantage is chart position (#10 vs unranked) and device support (4 vs 2). On ads, in-app purchases and iOS requirement 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

LoopBook is free to download; forScore costs $24.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and LoopBook sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

forScore ships an update every 9 days, LoopBook every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
forScore versus LoopBook: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterforScoreLoopBook
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.8 (43K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews49.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings43K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#10 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCJoe Gass

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

LoopBook

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
1 purchases

LoopBook

One-time1
  • LoopBook Pro$7.99

Questions

Is forScore free?
forScore costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is LoopBook free?
LoopBook is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do forScore or LoopBook have ads?
Neither forScore nor LoopBook shows ads.
Which is updated more often, forScore or LoopBook?
forScore ships an update every 9 days, and LoopBook every 2 days. Most recently, forScore was updated on October 14, 2026 and LoopBook on October 9, 2026.

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