Comparison

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager vs Score Reader Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager

Organize all your digital sheet music, including real books, chord charts, and scores. Instantly find any song with a powerful search engine and access your entire music library for any gig. Supports PDF and image files, with advanced editing and annotation tools.

Highlights
  • Organize PDF sheet music
  • Powerful song search engine
  • Customizable page scrolling
  • Cut & Paste music sections
  • Transpose lead sheets
  • Draw on scores
  • Integrated metronome
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Say goodbye to multiple 3 ring binders, suitcases full of books, and time wasted trying to find that one song you need. iGigBook organizes all of your PDF sheet music resources; It easily handles real books, fake books, transposable chord charts, single sheets of music, and multi-page scores so that you can access all your music at any time, for any gig. Created by musicians for musicians, iGigBook features a powerful song title search engine that allows you to instantly find any song you need from thousands in your sheet music collection. Show up to any gig confident that when the tune is called, you'll have it ready while others fumble and flip through pages. iGigBook works like the powerful search engines that you've used for finding stuff on the web. Start typing in the name of a song and search results from over 90 books appear so that you can choose the best arrangement that you have available. Only iGigBook can allow you to find, in seconds, all versions of "Autumn Leaves" or all of the songs by Antonio Carlos Jobim. Whether you're a professional musician, an aspiring performer, or just someone who loves to play music, iGigBook is the perfect solution for organizing and accessing your music library on the go. With support for PDFs, image files, and even online content, you can store all of your music in one place and have it at your fingertips whenever you need it. So if you're ready to take your music to the next level, give iGigBook a try today! Take a look at the features: • Customizable page scrolling that enables you to see both the bottom of the current page and the top of the next page. • Cut & Paste: Take parts from one page of music and paste them on another page of music. (In App Purchase) • Transpose lead sheets, yes both chords AND melody of specially created PDF books! (In App Purchase) • Edit PDF files, rearrange pages, extract pages, and more all inside of iGigBook. (In App Purchase) • Draw on your scores with an Apple Pencil, finger or stylus. (In App Purchase) • Integrated metronome with tap tempo and rhythm patterns. • Large iPad Pro ready, view 2 pages side by side in landscape mode. • Over 90 accurate fake book and real book indexes makes searching a breeze. • Import PDF files from iCloud, Dropbox, Google Drive, One Drive and others. • Add notes to any score, highlight repeats, D.S., D.C., Coda, etc. • Transpose between Bb, C, Eb and Bass clef versions of the same PDF. • Manage scores of any size, 1 page to thousands of pages. • Quickly locate the song you need by typing in the title. • Looking for all of the tunes by Miles Davis? iGigBook can find them! • Powerful Set List Manager lets you create, arrange, sort, combine and rename. • Email set lists to band members and include a PDF of the songs in the set. • Print a hard copy via AirPrint, of the music contained in a set. • Import bookmarks present in your PDF documents or create your own. • Send MIDI commands to your MIDI devices from any page. • Add and delete pages from your PDF (In App Purchase). • Turn pages hands free with an iPod 5th Gen/iPhone 4S or greater. * iGigBook DOES NOT PROVIDE PDF BOOKS FOR DOWNLOAD. Got questions? Ask them before you buy. If you're not sure what this app does or whether or not it will do what you want, visit forum.igigbook.com and ask questions, we will help you.

About

Score Reader Pro

Features
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Reading orchestral or band scores to an advanced level takes years to master. With so many instruments and their specific clefs and transpositions, it’s not straightforward to identify what the notes actually are! This app helps to speed up that process by training you to read music in various clefs and transpositions. - Intended for music students, conductors, composers and anybody who wants to get quicker at sight reading scores - Choose from over 100 instruments to train with - many with configurable transposition options - Use the ‘learning’ mode to see how written notes translate to sounding notes, and then test yourself by transposing randomly generated notes - Supports 4 clefs, double flats/sharps, and key signatures with up to 7 flats/sharps - Includes options to set instrument ranges, and the training session length - See how much you’ve improved on the detailed session history page - Includes guidance on the fundamentals of reading transposing instruments - Supports dark and light themes

Screenshots

Score Reader Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Score Reader Pro at $0.99 against iGigBook Sheet Music Manager's $19.99. Score Reader Pro also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5). iGigBook Sheet Music Manager's advantage is update cadence (monthly vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.3). On 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

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager costs $19.99 and Score Reader Pro $0.99 up front. iGigBook Sheet Music Manager sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Score Reader Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager ships an update monthly, Score Reader Pro every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
iGigBook Sheet Music Manager versus Score Reader Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriGigBook Sheet Music ManagerScore Reader Pro
Price$19.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.5K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly — betterEvery 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.3
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlack & White Software LLCMatt Welch

Bugs and requests

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Crashes on startup
  • Page turning issues
  • Incorrect song indexing
  • Compatibility problems with newer devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Landscape mode
  • Easier PDF management and editing
  • More seamless integration with other apps
  • Better support and documentation

Score Reader Pro

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

iGigBook Sheet Music Manager

One-time5
  • Transposable Jazz Chord ChartsFree
  • Holiday Charts TransposeFree
  • Transposable Pop Chord ChartsFree
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  • Additional Features Pack$9.99
  • Book Tranpose Feature$19.99
None

Score Reader Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iGigBook Sheet Music Manager free?
iGigBook Sheet Music Manager costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Score Reader Pro free?
Score Reader Pro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iGigBook Sheet Music Manager or Score Reader Pro have ads?
Neither iGigBook Sheet Music Manager nor Score Reader Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iGigBook Sheet Music Manager or Score Reader Pro?
iGigBook Sheet Music Manager ships an update monthly, and Score Reader Pro every 4 months. Most recently, iGigBook Sheet Music Manager was updated on October 22, 2026 and Score Reader Pro on October 15, 2026.

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