Comparison

Piascore vs CueFlip

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

CueFlip

This app automatically turns sheet music pages as you play, adapting to your tempo and musical cues. It learns your scores by listening or from recordings, offering manual control and annotation features. Ideal for musicians practicing or performing, it ensures a seamless musical experience without interruption.

Highlights
  • Automatic page turning
  • Learns scores from playback or recordings
  • Adapts to tempo and musical cues
  • Manual page turn option
  • PDF import
  • Annotation tools
  • Metronome
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CueFlip is a sheet music reader for iPad and iPhone that listens as you play and turns the page for you — no pedal, no timer. For as long as there has been sheet music, someone has had to turn the page — you, reaching over, or a friend who caught your eye. CueFlip does that job. Play a piece through once so it learns the score. After that, just play: when you reach the last bar of a page, the next one is already there. It is not a timer. Hold the fermata and it holds with you. Take the repeat and so does it. Slow the final four bars as you always do, and nothing moves until you finish. And when it is wrong — one day it will be — tap the edge of the page, as you always have. If it was following well, it steps aside a few seconds, then picks you back up. If it had lost you, that same tap tells it where you are. ◆ TEACHING IT A PIECE Import any PDF you own — Files, iCloud Drive, AirDrop, another app. It opens straight in the reader: read now, teach it when you are ready. To teach it, play the piece through and tap the page edge whenever you turn. That is the whole setup. No instrument to hand? Import a recording and mark the turns as it plays. Turn backwards while teaching and it learns the jump: repeats, D.S., first and second endings. ◆ ON STAGE A small marker low on the screen shows its state: Listening, Auto, Paused, Manual. Nothing else moves. Tapping the page edge always works, and so does a Bluetooth page-turner pedal, on every plan. A pedal is what you reach for when you stop trusting the software; charging for that would be indecent. ◆ ON THE STAND Apple Pencil markings with the full system tool palette, clear at any zoom. Keep them on layers — fingerings, bowings, your teacher's notes — and switch each on or off. A metronome with tap tempo, any time signature, 1–500 BPM, count-in and a tempo trainer. In silent mode it pulses the screen edge instead of clicking; it stops itself before a performance begins. In an ensemble, every device can lock to the same beat. A tuner beside it: how many cents off, which way to go, and a concert pitch you can move to 442 or 415. And a piano, voiced key by key from recorded concert grands, with a sustain pedal — check a note or chord without leaving the page. Default, Sepia and Night, for the rehearsal room, the pit and the 6am service, with adjustable warmth. Rehearsing together? Share your markings live with a nearby iPad — no router, no internet. On iPad, a rail down the edge scans the whole score: drag, watch the page ahead, let go. ◆ WHAT STAYS HERE No account, ever. Your scores, recordings and markings never leave this device unless you send them yourself or turn on iCloud Sync (your own iCloud only). Nothing from the microphone is uploaded unless you choose to send us a page-turn report. ◆ WHAT IT COSTS Automatic page turning is free. So are importing PDFs, learning from a recording, pedal and manual turns, and restoring a backup — with one score performable at a time. CueFlip Pro lifts that limit and adds iCloud sync, annotation layers, the metronome and ensemble sync, the tuner, the piano, folders, page editing, live annotation sharing, multi-movement scores, performance history, and export — a learned score someone else can perform straight away, or your whole library as one backup. CueFlip Lifetime is all of it, bought once, yours for good. A score beyond your plan is never deleted or locked — it just stops turning pages. Students and teachers: discounted Pro, details in-app. Subscriptions renew automatically through your Apple Account unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in Settings. --- ※ CueFlip contains no sheet music: bring the scores you already have. iPhone and iPad, iOS 16.4 or later. Even without automatic page turning, it is still a perfectly good score reader. Terms: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula Privacy: https://cueflip.com/privacy

Screenshots

Piascore4 screens
CueFlip4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: CueFlip at 5.0 against Piascore's 4.6. CueFlip also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 82%) and iOS requirement (16.4 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 CueFlip sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

CueFlip 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. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Piascore's written reviews are positive against 100% of CueFlip's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piascore ships an update weekly, CueFlip fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Piascore versus CueFlip: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiascoreCueFlip
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (1.9K ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews81.7% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.9K — better1
Update frequencyWeekly — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS26.016.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size76 MB116 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiascore, Inc.文君 王

Customer experience

Piascore

All ratings1,886 ratings
Positive92.4%
Neutral2.5%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews1,374 reviews
Positive81.7%
Neutral6.6%
Negative11.7%

CueFlip

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
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

CueFlip

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
3 purchases

CueFlip

Subscriptions2
  • CueFlip Pro (Monthly)$4.991 Month
  • CueFlip Pro (Annual)14 Days trial$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • CueFlip Lifetime$69.99

Questions

Is Piascore free?
Piascore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is CueFlip free?
CueFlip is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piascore or CueFlip?
CueFlip is rated higher. Piascore averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.9K ratings, while CueFlip averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Piascore or CueFlip have ads?
Neither Piascore nor CueFlip shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Piascore or CueFlip?
Piascore ships an update weekly, and CueFlip fortnightly. Most recently, Piascore was updated on November 1, 2026 and CueFlip on October 29, 2026.

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