mimiCopy vs Touch Notation
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
mimiCopy
This music player allows musicians to slow down tracks without altering pitch, set loops, and rewind quickly to learn songs by ear. It also supports importing music from your library and offers file import via WiFi or USB.
- Slow down playback without pitch change
- Set A-B loops
- Waveform view
- Quick rewind function
- Import from iPod library
- File import via WiFi/USB
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**If you can not access the music library on iOS10, check that mimiCopy is ON in "Settings" in "Privacy" -> "Media Library". mimiCopy is a music player that helps guitarists and other musicians 'learn by ear' a track of their choice. You can playback at slower speed without any change in pitch, or use the waveform view to skip to a particular segment or set a loop. You can also load your favorite track from your iPod library! Main features - Time stretch function for playing back at different speeds without any change in pitch. Ideal for slow playback of fast phrases. (Features the high-quality time stretch engine(*1)) (speed controlrange:25%-200%) - pitch shift function. Adjustment range: ±1 octave - Waveform view for easily skipping to a desired segment or setting a (A-B)loop. - Simple (A-B)loop setup by tapping the start and end positions during playback. Loop intervals can be set to three locations. - Quick rewind function for going back to replay just the few seconds that you've missed. - Supports importing of tracks from your iPod library.(*2) - File import via WiFi or USB. - Option to disable Auto-Lock while the main view is open. - Universal app (supports iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad). - Memo function. - Flexible audio routing. mimiCopy has its own volume control. It can also adjust the right and left volume. or can change the right and left channel. - Intuitive and hassle-free interface. Let mimiCopy be your handy sidekick in your music life. * Some functions are features of the Pro version. Pro version users must register (registration is free). Suggested Usage - Transcribe speeches, interviews, conferences, etc. - Enjoy seminars and podcasts at faster (or slower) speed. (High-quality time stretch engine makes listening easier than with iPod's generic 1/2x and 2x playback) --- If mimiCopy shows "unknown error", try following: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4211?viewlocale=en_US --- When the dialog of opening cannot be closed, please force the app to close or reboot your device. . Force the app to close: 1. From the Home screen, double-click the Home button to display recently used apps. 2. Tap and hold the app until a red minus appears. Tap the red minus to quit the app. 3. Tap on the Home screen, above, to return. ---- Became a fan of mimiCopy on Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/mimiCopyApp (*1)Featuring the time stretch engine by P SOFTHOUSE Co.,Ltd. (*2)DRM protected files(Song bought from iTunes) are not supported. iTunes Plus files are supported. Other files may not be supported depending on the encoding format.
Touch Notation
Create musical scores with intuitive touch gestures. Draw notes, add expressions, and play back your compositions with 30 instrument voices. Export your work in various formats.
- Handwritten notation input
- 30 built-in instrument voices
- Tempo and dynamics control
- Page layout functions
- Transpose feature
- Multiple export formats (PDF, SMF, MusicXML)
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Touch Notation is a powerful musical score creation app that allows anyone to enjoy writing music using touch gestures. In Japan, Touch Notation was selected as one of the ‘App Store Best of 2014’ apps, and held the No.1 spot in the iPad Paid App index for music apps for over two weeks. Up until now, musical score creation software has relied upon dragging individual notes from a palette onto staves. By contrast, Touch Notation allows musicians to draw directly onto the score using a finger or touch pen, and have their work immediately appear as beautifully written notation, then played back using the app’s 30 built-in instrument voices. - A wide-range of functions accessible from a cleanly designed, intuitive user interface. - Ability to enter musical expressions for adjusting tempo and dynamics. - Layout functions such as page breaks. - Convenient transpose feature for raising/lowering the pitch of the entire score. - Output scores using Air Print, or save to Dropbox in PDF, SMF, MusicXML, and ScoreMaker formats. Touch Notation allows the following musical symbols to be entered by hand: - Note, Rest (including dotted and double-dotted), Long Rest, Beam, Tuplet (Triplet) - Grace Note - Accidental, Tie, Slur - Accent, Staccato, Tenuto, Fermata - Trill, sfz, Arpeggio, Pedal, Senza - Metronome symbol - Crescendo, Decrescendo - Dynamics symbols (ppp~fff) - Octave symbol - Repeat brackets - Repeat marks (D.C./Fine/D.S./Segno/Coda/to Coda) - Clefs (Treble Clef/Bass Clef/C Clef/Percussion Clef) - Key signature - Time signature - Bar lines (repeat marks) - Abbreviation Lyrics and other musical expressions (‘Dolce’, ‘Tranquillo’, etc.) can be added using text input, while comments and memos can also be written freehand directly onto the score. * Drum notation is supported, but other types such as rhythm notation and tab notation are not supported. * Older devices may experience stuttering when playing complicated scores with many simultaneous notes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: mimiCopy at 4.2 against Touch Notation's 2.9. mimiCopy also leads on review sentiment (70% vs 45%) and price ($4.99 vs $9.99). On ratings volume, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
mimiCopy costs $4.99 and Touch Notation $9.99 up front. mimiCopy sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Touch Notation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
mimiCopy holds the better App Store score, 4.2 against 2.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 10 and 21 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of mimiCopy's written reviews are positive against 45% of Touch Notation's.
mimiCopy ships an update every 2 months, Touch Notation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 11, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | mimiCopy | Touch Notation |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (10 ratings) — better | 2.9 (21 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 70.5% of reviews — better | 44.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 21 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ART Teknika Inc. | Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd. |
Customer experience
mimiCopy
Touch Notation
In-app purchases
mimiCopy
- Upgrade to Pro version$4.99
Touch Notation
- Sound Set: Piano$0.49
- Sound Set: Guitar/Bass 1$0.49
- Sound Set: Strings$0.49
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- Sound Set: Brass/Woodwind$0.49
- Sound Set: Bell/Mallet$0.49
- Sound Set: Vocal/Others$0.49
- Core MIDI Output$1.99
- Handwritten Font$1.99
- Sound Set: Full$2.99
- Chord Name & Automatic Accompaniment$3.99









