Comparison

Piascore vs IMSLP Practice

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

Head to head
About

Piascore

This app allows musicians to digitally browse, annotate, and manage their sheet music. It offers features like free classical score downloads, automatic page turning, and integrated practice tools. Easily organize and access your entire music library from your device.

Highlights
  • Digital sheet music browsing
  • Score annotation with pens and stamps
  • Free classical sheet music search (IMSLP)
  • Automatic vertical scrolling and half page-turning
  • Page layout rearrangement and jump buttons
  • Integrated metronome and practice tools
  • Air Page Turning and Bluetooth pedal support
Features
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** More than 7,000,000 musicians around the world use Piascore! ** ** Fully optimized for iPad Pro and iPhone 18! ** Piascore is a digital sheet music reader for iPad and iPhone, made for pianists, guitarists and every other musician who plays from a score. The idea behind it is simple: all the world's sheet music, right there in your hands. It takes on the everyday problems every performer knows too well. No more hauling a bag of heavy binders to rehearsal, and no more digging through piles of paper for the one piece you need. ** Features ** : Annotate freely Six pens, each with its own color, thickness and nib, let you mark up a score exactly as you would on paper. Stamps for dynamics and other symbols, plus text boxes, make annotating quick. : Smart browsing Our own rendering engine gives you page turns among the fastest anywhere. Jump straight to the first or last page, preview a page before you turn to it, and crop pages to enlarge the staves for easier reading. Password-protected PDFs are supported. : Automatic vertical scrolling and half-page turns Let the score scroll by itself and forget about turning pages altogether. The scrolling speed is yours to set. : Over 130,000 classical scores to download for free Piascore connects to IMSLP (the International Music Score Library Project) / Petrucci Music Library, so you can download 131,000 public domain works by 16,200 composers, free of charge. : Plenty of ways to bring in your own scores Piascore reads PDF files. Transfer your own scores over iTunes File Sharing, import them from Dropbox, photograph printed music with the camera, or download a score you found in Safari. : Easy library management Tags and setlists keep even a large library in order, with powerful sorting and keyword search. : Metronome A metronome with a natural, realistic sound to keep your daily practice on track. : Piascore music tools Everything a musician needs beside the score: a keyboard, a chromatic tuner, a music player (iTunes) and a voice recorder. : Custom covers Use a photo or any image you like to give each score its own cover. : Editable table of contents Build your own table of contents, or import one from the PDF. : Reorder pages, jump between them Put the pages in whatever order suits you. For repeats, D.S. and the like, place a jump button on the page and go straight where the music takes you. : Export your scores Print an annotated score over AirPrint, or send it by email. : The Piascore Store Classical works, folk songs and easy arrangements, all in one store. Search by genre or by artist and find that piece you have been looking for. : Air Page Turning (iPhone required) Pair an iPhone running the companion app "Piascore Air" and turn pages more easily than ever, without touching the screen at all. : AirTurn Bluetooth pedal support Connect an AirTurn pedal and turn pages with your foot. ** Praise ** "This is a sheet music viewer that is genuinely worth having" - GRAMOPHONE "Very easy to use, a beautiful sound library" - appPicker "The most wonderful and convenient music sheet viewer you can't miss!" - Best10Apps.com "Impressed with the outstanding visibility!" - AppBank ** Award ** : 2011 International Business Awards - Consumer Entertainment / Information (Distinguished Honoree) : 2012 4th SF NewTech Japan Night Winner ** FAQ ** : https://help.piascore.com/ ** Contact ** : https://piascore.com/ : support@piascore.com

About

IMSLP Practice

Access a vast library of public domain classical music scores and enhance your practice with integrated tools. Annotate directly on scores, use a metronome and tuner, record yourself, and organize your music for lessons or performances. Import your own PDFs and use hands-free page turning.

Highlights
  • Vast public domain score library
  • In-app metronome and tuner
  • Score annotation with Apple Pencil/finger
  • Practice session recording and playback
  • Practice plan creation and logging
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Import personal PDFs and forScore backups
Features
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IMSLP/Petrucci Music Library, the public domain collection of classical scores that musicians have relied on since 2006. This app puts it on your device, and gives you somewhere to work on it. FIND A SCORE Search by work, composer or instrument, or browse a composer's catalogue the way you would a shelf. Open anything straight away, or download it and keep it. Once a score is on your device it stays there, and it opens with no connection at all. MARK IT UP Annotate with Apple Pencil or your finger: fingerings, bowings, cuts, a reminder for the next rehearsal. Your marks stay with the score. PRACTICE ON IT A metronome and a chromatic tuner sit in the same window as the music, so you never put the score down to reach them. Record a take while you play, then listen back against the page you were reading. KEEP TRACK Build practice plans, log what you worked on, and see where the time actually went. ORGANISE Group scores into setlists for a concert or a lesson, and into collections for everything else. Put them in the order you play them, and they open that way. BRING YOUR OWN Import PDFs, photograph a printed part, or bring a forScore backup across. Your existing library comes with you. HANDS FREE Optional head-gesture page turning, so you can keep both hands on the instrument. It uses the front camera, it is off until you turn it on, and nothing leaves the device. MEMBERSHIP A free account holds ten scores and ten hours of recordings. An IMSLP membership lifts both limits, removes the download wait, lets you upload your own recordings, and opens the commercial recordings. It also keeps IMSLP itself free and open for everyone who reads from it. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy - https://imslp.org/wiki/IMSLP:Terms_of_Service_and_Privacy_policy_(app)

Screenshots

Piascore4 screens
IMSLP Practice4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: IMSLP Practice at 5.0 against Piascore's 4.6. IMSLP Practice also leads on iOS requirement (15.5 vs 26.0). Piascore's advantage is ratings volume (1.9K vs 1). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Piascore sells 11 one-off in-app purchases and IMSLP Practice sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

IMSLP Practice holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piascore has 1.9K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Piascore versus IMSLP Practice: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiascoreIMSLP Practice
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings1.9K — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyWeekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.5 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB237 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiascore, Inc.Project Petrucci LLC

Customer experience

Piascore

All ratings1,813 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.4%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews1,370 reviews
Positive81.8%
Neutral6.6%
Negative11.7%

IMSLP Practice

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Piascore

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Unreliable facial gesture page turning
  • Issues with downloading and importing files
  • Inconsistent behavior when making edits

Requested features

4 requests
  • Ability to add/insert pages to existing scores
  • More customization options for annotations and page turning
  • Improved syncing across devices
  • Better support for guitar tablature and chord charts

IMSLP Practice

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

11 purchases

Piascore

One-time11
  • Music Sheet$0.99
  • Music Sheet$1.99
  • piaScore music tools$1.99
Show 8 more
  • Music Sheet$2.99
  • Music Sheet$3.99
  • Music Sheet$4.99
  • Piascore Full Upgrading$5.99
  • Music Sheet$5.99
  • Music Sheet$6.99
  • Music Sheet2 variants$9.99
  • Music Sheet$22.99
2 purchases

IMSLP Practice

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Annual Membership$35.991 Year

Questions

Is Piascore free?
Piascore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is IMSLP Practice free?
IMSLP Practice is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piascore or IMSLP Practice?
IMSLP Practice is rated higher. Piascore averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while IMSLP Practice averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Piascore or IMSLP Practice have ads?
Neither Piascore nor IMSLP Practice shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piascore or IMSLP Practice?
Piascore ships an update weekly, and IMSLP Practice weekly. Most recently, Piascore was updated on October 25, 2026 and IMSLP Practice on October 24, 2026.

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