forScore vs Jingle+
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.
Jingle+
This app simulates various shaker instruments using your phone's motion. Experience realistic sound and feel, perfect for live performances or studio work.
- Real motion shaker simulation
- Realistic sound and feel
- High-precision accelerometer data
- Expressive real-time control
- Tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, sleigh bells
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Jingle+ is the only shaker-instrument app that feels and sounds like a real instrument. Move and shake your phone and it feels just like holding a tambourine, maraca, egg shaker, or jingle/sleigh bells— expressively and in real time. Jingle uses high-precision motion data from the accelerometer to produce the same behaviour and range of sounds found in a real instrument – making it ideal for use live on stage or in the studio.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Jingle+ at $0.99 against forScore's $24.99. Jingle+ also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 50%) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.0). forScore's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 6 months) and ratings volume (43K vs 319). On ads, in-app purchases 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
forScore costs $24.99 and Jingle+ $0.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year and Jingle+ sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
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 319, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 50% of forScore's written reviews are positive against 72% of Jingle+'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
forScore ships an update fortnightly, Jingle+ every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | forScore | Jingle+ |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $24.99 | $0.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (43K ratings) — better | 4.5 (319 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 49.5% of reviews | 71.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 43K — better | 319 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 6 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #11 — better | #185 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 15.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | forScore, LLC | Charlie Williams |
Customer experience
forScore
Jingle+
User reviews
forScore
From 43K App Store ratingsWhat 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
Jingle+
From 319 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 😊 Great fun and enjoyment
- 🎄 Brings holiday cheer
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🎶 Responsive to shaking/tapping
- 🌟 Realistic sounds
Room to improve
- 🎛️ Limited instrumental options
- 🔊 Low volume egg shaker sound
- 🎛️ Some sounds not very good (tambourine)
- 🐛 Background playback issues
- 🐛 App doesn't always shut off easily
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
Jingle+
Reported bugs
9 issues- Background playback feature not working reliably
- App continues playing when not on the app
- App doesn't work on some devices (iPhone 12 Pro)
- App doesn't open/work after installation
- Stuck on jingle bells sound
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- Some instruments not working
- Background play feature not working
- Cannot stop phone from jingling without reboot
- In-app purchase for interapp audio not found
Requested features
6 requests- More instrumental options (snare drum, cymbals)
- Lego sound effect
- Slapstick sound effect
- Add iWatch support
- Tutorial section
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- More sounds to make it interesting
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
Jingle+
- All Instruments$1.99
- Inter-App Audio$1.99








