Comparison

Sada Navi vs Touch Notation

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

Head to head
About

Sada Navi

Explore the extensive catalog of a popular Japanese singer-songwriter. Access over 570 songs, search for CDs and DVDs, and listen to music. You can also download tracks from the iTunes Store and search for songs using lyrics.

Highlights
  • Extensive song catalog (570+)
  • CD/DVD/Movie search
  • Music playback
  • iTunes Store integration
  • Lyric-based song search
Features
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[Masashi Sada official app] More than 570 songs, Navigate Masashi Sada work fun! Sada navigation features Track Search CD, DVD Movie search Listen to music Download the iTunes Store Search from the lyrics

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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.

Screenshots

Sada Navi4 screens
Touch Notation4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Sada Navi at Free against Touch Notation's $9.99. Sada Navi also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.9) and in-app purchases (none vs 10). Touch Notation's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (21 vs 1). 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

Sada Navi is free to download; Touch Notation costs $9.99 up front. Touch Notation sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Sada Navi asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Sada Navi holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch Notation has 21 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sada Navi ships an update every 9 months, Touch Notation every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Sada Navi versus Touch Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSada NaviTouch Notation
PriceFree — better$9.99
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better2.9 (21 ratings)
Positive reviews—44.6% of reviews
Number of ratings121 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS7.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size30 MB112 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperU-CAN,Inc.Kawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Customer experience

Sada Navi

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

Touch Notation

All ratings21 ratings
Positive38.1%
Neutral19.0%
Negative42.9%
Written reviews83 reviews
Positive44.6%
Neutral26.5%
Negative28.9%

In-app purchases

None

Sada Navi

No in-app purchases

10 purchases

Touch Notation

One-time10
  • 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

Questions

Is Sada Navi free?
Sada Navi is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Touch Notation free?
Touch Notation costs $9.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Sada Navi or Touch Notation?
Sada Navi is rated higher. Sada Navi averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Touch Notation averages 2.9 from 21 ratings.
Do Sada Navi or Touch Notation have ads?
Neither Sada Navi nor Touch Notation shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sada Navi or Touch Notation?
Sada Navi ships an update every 9 months, and Touch Notation every 3 months. Most recently, Sada Navi was updated on October 6, 2026 and Touch Notation on October 15, 2026.

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