iWriteMusic Pro SE vs Sheet Music Editor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iWriteMusic Pro SE
Create professional music notation quickly and easily. Features fast note entry, extensive notation options, and playback for practice. Turn your musical ideas into finished scores with intuitive controls.
- Fast note entry
- Extensive notation options
- Scores and individual parts
- Flexible page layouts
- Playback for checking and practice
- Intuitive controls
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Less learning. More music. Professional notation without the lengthy learning process. Fast note entry with OneFlick, extensive notation options, scores and individual parts, flexible page layouts, and playback for checking and practice. With clear, intuitive controls, iWriteMusic helps you turn inspiration into finished notation. If you’re getting started with iWriteMusic, we recommend the integrated version. The integrated version is free to download, with features available through one-time in-app purchases. Future new features will also be offered in the integrated version. This SE version remains available to support existing users. For the time being, it will continue to receive bug fixes and OS compatibility updates, but it will not receive new features or support in-app purchases. Limits on the number of saved songs and playback duration, along with watermarks, apply.
Sheet Music Editor
Compose and edit musical scores with multiple note types, clefs, and key signatures. Save, export as PDF or CAF, and play back your compositions directly within the app.
- Compose musical scores
- Edit existing compositions
- Support for various note types and rests
- Clef and key signature support
- Playback compositions
- Export as PDF or CAF
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The app can be used to compose musical scores consisting of two staves on A4 pages. Currently rests, whole, half and quarter notes, clefs and key signatures are supported in the compositions. The resulting score may be exported as a CAF or PDF file or saved for later editing. Furthermore the compositions may be played back in the app. Features: - Create, edit, save and load compositions. - Playback of compositions. - Export scores as PDF or CAF. - Scores may consist of sixteenth, eighth, quarter, half and whole notes, rests, clefs and key signatures. Privacy information: The app does not record data.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: iWriteMusic Pro SE at 53% against Sheet Music Editor's 0%. iWriteMusic Pro SE also leads on price (Free vs $4.99) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 3 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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
iWriteMusic Pro SE is free to download; Sheet Music Editor costs $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 2 weeks, Sheet Music Editor every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iWriteMusic Pro SE | Sheet Music Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $4.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (207 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 139 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iWriteMusicProject | admaDIC Rainer Schwarze & Annett Schwarze GbR |
Customer experience
iWriteMusic Pro SE
Sheet Music Editor
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
Sheet Music Editor
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iWriteMusic Pro SE
No in-app purchases
Sheet Music Editor
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is iWriteMusic Pro SE free?
Is Sheet Music Editor free?
Do iWriteMusic Pro SE or Sheet Music Editor have ads?
Which is updated more often, iWriteMusic Pro SE or Sheet Music Editor?
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