Comparison

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.

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

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.

Highlights
  • 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 call

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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

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.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 5 weeks, ScoreCloud Express HD every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
iWriteMusic Pro SE versus ScoreCloud Express HD: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriWriteMusic Pro SEScoreCloud Express HD
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.5 (207 ratings) — better1.8 (44 ratings)
Positive reviews53.2% of reviews — better29.5% of reviews
Number of ratings207 — better44
Update frequencyEvery 5 weeks — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS16.06.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size19 MB42 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperiWriteMusicProjectDoReMIR Music Research AB

Customer experience

iWriteMusic Pro SE

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

ScoreCloud Express HD

All ratings43 ratings
Positive18.6%
Neutral4.7%
Negative76.7%
Written reviews105 reviews
Positive29.5%
Neutral10.5%
Negative60.0%

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

ScoreCloud Express HD

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

iWriteMusic Pro SE

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

ScoreCloud Express HD

One-time1
  • month of PLUS$4.99

Questions

Is iWriteMusic Pro SE free?
iWriteMusic Pro SE is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is ScoreCloud Express HD free?
ScoreCloud Express HD costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iWriteMusic Pro SE or ScoreCloud Express HD?
iWriteMusic Pro SE is rated higher. iWriteMusic Pro SE averages 4.5 out of 5 from 207 ratings, while ScoreCloud Express HD averages 1.8 from 44 ratings.
Do iWriteMusic Pro SE or ScoreCloud Express HD have ads?
Neither iWriteMusic Pro SE nor ScoreCloud Express HD shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iWriteMusic Pro SE or ScoreCloud Express HD?
iWriteMusic Pro SE ships an update every 5 weeks, and ScoreCloud Express HD every 3 months. Most recently, iWriteMusic Pro SE was updated on October 19, 2026 and ScoreCloud Express HD on October 21, 2026.

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