iWriteMusic Pro SE vs ScoreCloud Express HD
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 with OneFlick
- 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.
ScoreCloud Express HD
Instantly transform melodies played, sung, or whistled into music notation. Edit your scores, change playback sounds, and share your creations. Synchronize with desktop software for further arrangement and editing.
- Monophonic melody to notation conversion
- Intelligent audio interpretation
- Score editing and sound changes
- Cloud and in-app song storage
- Cross-platform synchronization
- Sharing via email and social media
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Straight from musical idea to music notation - wherever you are! • EuroBest 2013 Gold winner for best user experience (UX) • Cannes Lions Gold winner 2013 "Media, Entertainment & Leisure" • Cannes Lions Silver medalist 2013 "Other Technology for Mobile" With this app you can: • Play, sing or whistle any monophonic melody and instantly turn it into music notation. • Edit score and change playback sound. • Share results with your friends and synchronize it with ScoreCloud Studio on your computer in order to arrange or edit it further. Features: • Displays your monophonic input in standard notation. • Intelligent interpretation of pitch, time signature, rhythm & meter, and tempo directly from monophonic audio input. • In-App and cloud-based storage of your songs. • Works with a wide range of musical instruments. • Playback with a number of different sounds or the original recording. • Designed for recording also in noisy environments. • No limitations with regards to musical style – ScoreCloud Express can track composite meters, syncopation, free rhythm etc. • Share your song with your friends by email, Twitter or Facebook (iOS 6 or higher) for anyone to view and listen to in a web browser. • Synchronize your songs with ScoreCloud Studio on your computer in order to edit and arrange them. ScoreCloud Express requires a free account and an Internet connection, since the analysis of your recordings is performed in the cloud.
Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iWriteMusic Pro SE at Free against ScoreCloud Express HD's $2.99. iWriteMusic Pro SE also leads on rating (4.5 vs 1.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). ScoreCloud Express HD's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 16.0). 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
iWriteMusic Pro SE is free to download; ScoreCloud Express HD costs $2.99 up front. ScoreCloud Express HD sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. iWriteMusic Pro SE asks for nothing beyond the download.
iWriteMusic Pro SE holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 207 and 44 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of iWriteMusic Pro SE's written reviews are positive against 30% of ScoreCloud Express HD's.
iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 2 weeks, ScoreCloud Express HD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iWriteMusic Pro SE | ScoreCloud Express HD |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.5 (207 ratings) — better | 1.8 (44 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 53.2% of reviews — better | 29.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 207 — better | 44 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPad | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 42 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | iWriteMusicProject | DoReMIR Music Research AB |
Customer experience
iWriteMusic Pro SE
ScoreCloud Express HD
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
ScoreCloud Express HD
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iWriteMusic Pro SE
No in-app purchases
ScoreCloud Express HD
- month of PLUS$4.99
Questions
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