Comparison

forScore vs ECD Tunes

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

ECD Tunes

This app provides a digital library for English Country Dance musicians, allowing them to organize and access sheet music. It supports various file formats and lets users create and share event schedules.

Highlights
  • Digital sheet music library
  • Supports PDF, GIF, TIF, PNG
  • Add custom music volumes
  • Capture images via camera
  • Create and share events
  • AirDrop and email sharing
Features
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ECD Tunes is meant for English Country Dance musicians. It contains a copy of the Blue and Red Barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of music by creating ZIP archives of PDF, GIF, TIF, and PNG files. Users can also capture images using their iPad's camera and image library. Events can be created and shared via AirDrop, email, and file sharing apps. You can find instructions for this app at http://www.TransportedProductions.com/iDeas

Screenshots

forScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: forScore at $24.99 against ECD Tunes's $40.99. forScore also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.0) and update cadence (every 9 days vs every 35 months). ECD Tunes's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 11). On review sentiment, ads 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

forScore costs $24.99 and ECD Tunes $40.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. ECD Tunes asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

forScore holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: forScore has 43K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 50% and 50% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

forScore ships an update every 9 days, ECD Tunes every 35 months. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 3 level
forScore versus ECD Tunes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterforScoreECD Tunes
Price$24.99 — better$40.99
Rating4.8 (43K ratings) — better4.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews49.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 35 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#12 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCTransported Productions

Customer experience

forScore

All ratings43,219 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews904 reviews
Positive49.8%
Neutral11.7%
Negative38.5%

ECD Tunes

All ratings3 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral25.0%
Negative25.0%

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

ECD Tunes

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

ECD Tunes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is forScore free?
forScore costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is ECD Tunes free?
ECD Tunes costs $40.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, forScore or ECD Tunes?
forScore is rated higher. forScore averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while ECD Tunes averages 4.0 from 3 ratings.
Do forScore or ECD Tunes have ads?
Neither forScore nor ECD Tunes shows ads.
Which is updated more often, forScore or ECD Tunes?
forScore ships an update every 9 days, and ECD Tunes every 35 months. Most recently, forScore was updated on October 18, 2026 and ECD Tunes on October 15, 2026.

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