Comparison

iWriteMusic Pro SE vs Easy Note

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

Head to head
About

iWriteMusic Pro SE

Create beautiful, professional-quality sheet music with an intuitive interface. This app offers efficient input systems, comprehensive notation tools, and useful playback options for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • Intuitive user interface
  • Efficient input systems (One-Flick & Traditional)
  • Professional quality sheet music
  • Comprehensive notation elements
  • Useful playback options
  • Export to PDF, JPG, and MIDI
Features
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Music Writing is easy and fun when you use iWriteMusic! Experience the perfect harmony of ease and versatility in sheet music creation with iWriteMusic! Say goodbye to complicated notation apps and hello to intuitive design. Enjoy quick and beautiful sheet music creation with a comprehensive suite of essential tools for concerts, lessons, and music classes. Best fit for professional musicians, music teachers and students. For songwriters, composers and arrangers. For both singers and instrumentalists (piano, violin, cello, guitar, flute, saxophone, trumpet, drums, etc.). Great for writing down ideas, creating lesson materials, creating lead sheets, or creating scores and parts for chorus groups, choirs, chamber orchestras, jazz bands, Latin bands, orchestras, and more. For daily practice, rehearsals, concerts, iWriteMusic will help you enrich your musical life! Check out 8 reasons to choose iWriteMusic SE (Special Edition) 1. You can understand this app almost instantly! Because of Truly Intuitive and Extremely Simple user interface, you barely need to read pages of manuals nor watching numbers of instruction videos. Unlike Finale, Sibelius and other similar apps, you just have a few things to learn to be able to use this app pretty well. 2.Double your productivity with our Highly Efficient Input System. If you’re already familiar with notation apps and looking for faster & more efficient entry system, try our innovative One-Flick Entry System along with Traditional Entry System to get your job done in no time! What is Traditional Entry System? - The choices will appear with ToolBox. - Select a value and the location separately. - Recommended to those who are not yet familiar with any music notation apps. What is OneFlick Entry System? - The choices will appear when you touch the screen. - Select a location and the value at once. - The selection will change as you slide your finger to left/right. - Recommended to those who are familiar with music notation apps and looking for faster and more efficient entry system. 3. Creates beautiful sheet music / music score - absolutely professional quality! - rich options for page layout adjustment - easy parts creation - easy score/parts management - direct print-out via AirPrint 4. Supports most of major notation elements - multi-track writing - multi-voice writing - percussion/drums notation - chord symbols and lyrics - multi-bar rest - time change - key change - clef change - tempo change - grace note - articulations and dynamics marks - easy song transpose - partial transpose and many more! 5. Useful playback options for practice - mixer with solo, mute and voice select - loop and swing options 6. Data & sheet music sharing - exports/Imports iWriteMusic data file - exports PDF or JPG - exports Standard MIDI file which can be imported by other apps such as GarageBand 7. Extremely Compact Size (15 MB) You can save your device storage space for photos and other apps. 8. Best of all, it's Free! Yes, it's Free and Over 1.4 Million people all over the world has created music with this app family. Let's get started now! Note: This is for iPhone (iPad version sold separately) ATTENTION:  Latency during playback and drawing may occur by device capacity or number of tracks and background applications. Limitations on SE (Special Edition): 1. Water mark appears on page views and printouts. 2. Can’t save more than 5 songs. 3. Can't play more than 30 seconds at a time. 4. Can't import iWriteMusic data file. (export only) 5. Can't export Standard MIDI file.

About

Easy Note

Practice reading music notes with an on-screen keyboard or your own instrument. The app listens and checks your accuracy, offering adjustable tempos and key signatures. Includes a song library and import options for further practice.

Highlights
  • Instrument note recognition
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Transposable key signatures
  • Metronome
  • Note-by-note or full song practice
  • Song library
  • Import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files
Features
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Easy Note is an app that helps you practice reading music notes. You can practice with the on-screen keyboard or with your own instrument (the app listens to you while you're playing and checks if you play the correct notes). * FEATURES: - Practice in different tempos. You can adjust the tempo of the songs to the speed that are suitable with you. - Practice in different key signatures. You can transpose each song into different keys to practice. - Background music that makes it more interesting to practice. - Metronome that helps you play in time. - Two practice modes: practice note by note separately, or practice playing the song at the correct tempo. - Note recognition by micro. You play the notes with your instrument then the app checks if you play correctly or not. - Song library with many popular songs. - Import more songs. You can import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files into the app for further practice.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: iWriteMusic Pro SE at none against Easy Note's 1. iWriteMusic Pro SE also leads on ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (207 vs 1). Easy Note's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Easy Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iWriteMusic Pro SE asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Easy Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iWriteMusic Pro SE has 207 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 53% of iWriteMusic Pro SE's written reviews are positive against 50% of Easy Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 4 weeks, Easy Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
iWriteMusic Pro SE versus Easy Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWriteMusic Pro SEEasy Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (207 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings207 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 4 weeksFortnightly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiWriteMusicProjectTRAN PHUONG

Customer experience

iWriteMusic Pro SE

All ratings207 ratings
Positive89.4%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews111 reviews
Positive53.2%
Neutral10.8%
Negative36.0%

Easy Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Bugs and requests

iWriteMusic Pro SE

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Incorrect transposition of notes
  • Inability to save compositions
  • Overlapping/unreadable menu text
  • Freezing when trying to copy/paste
  • Inconsistent behavior when adding new measures

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add more music notation options (e.g. glissando, ghost notes)
  • Improve playback to follow dynamics and expressions
  • Allow multiple key signatures in the same piece
  • Provide an undo/redo function
  • Implement a chord entry mode for guitarists

Easy Note

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iWriteMusic Pro SE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Easy Note

One-time1
  • Easy Note - Full version$4.99

Questions

Is iWriteMusic Pro SE free?
iWriteMusic Pro SE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Note free?
Easy Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, iWriteMusic Pro SE or Easy Note?
Easy Note is rated higher. iWriteMusic Pro SE averages 4.5 out of 5 from 207 ratings, while Easy Note averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do iWriteMusic Pro SE or Easy Note have ads?
Easy Note shows ads; iWriteMusic Pro SE does not.
Which is updated more often, iWriteMusic Pro SE or Easy Note?
iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 4 weeks, and Easy Note fortnightly. Most recently, iWriteMusic Pro SE was updated on November 1, 2026 and Easy Note on November 3, 2026.

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