Learn My Part vs PlayScore 2
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn My Part
This app helps choir members learn their individual voice parts by playing MIDI files. It offers customizable playback options, including soloing your part, highlighting it with background tracks, or adjusting playback speed and transposition. You can also view PDF scores alongside the audio.
- Learn individual voice parts
- Customizable MIDI playback
- Adjustable playback speed
- Transpose music
- View PDF scores
- Piano/organ sound options
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Learn My Part is designed primarily to help choir members learn their individual voice parts. There are some sample MIDI files pre-loaded but you can add your own files to the app through iTunes file sharing, or opening midi file attachments from Mail or Safari on the iPhone (detailed instructions on how to do this are in the built-in help). The app provides various ways to play MIDI files, giving the user the ability to play just their part on its own, their part highlighted with others playing quietly, or just the other parts and not theirs. Or they can do any custom mix of the tracks they like. It allows the playback speed to be adjusted slower or faster, sub-sections to be marked and repeated over and over again, and transposition. The user can choose to play each track using piano or organ sound. It can also display PDF Scores, allowing a score to be viewed while listening to a MIDI file being played back.
PlayScore 2
Scan sheet music from photos or PDFs and have it played back. Adjust instruments, tempo, and transposition. Export your scores as MusicXML and MIDI for further editing.
- Scan music from photos and PDFs
- Playback with scrolling notation
- Adjust volume, instrument, and transposition
- Smart metronome with time signature recognition
- Export as MusicXML and MIDI
- Create 'Playable Score' documents
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Play all kinds of music direct from photos, images and PDF scores. Export as MusicXML and MIDI Snap music with your camera or import images and PDFs. PlayScore will play them right back to you, scrolling through the song following measure by measure • Adjust volume, instrument and transposition for each staff • Accompany yourself while you sing or play your instrument - PlayScore 2 will even count you in! • Playback with smart metronome that understands time signatures • Create Playable Score Documents that anyone can play back by downloading PlayScore 2 • Export Full Notation MusicXML to score editors with text, dynamics, articulation and more PlayScore 2 reads and plays all kinds of music straight off the page† such as: • Songs • Piano, organ, guitar • Hymns • Solos and Sonatas • Chamber, band and orchestral Choirs and ensembles - Learning a new piece? Create a Playable Score, so each member can listen to their part on its own or standing out from the others. • 19 high quality instruments per staff to choose from • Change tempo (even while playing) • Tap anywhere to play, or drag with a finger to create a loop • Mute and adjust volume, and change instrument for each staff individually • Transpose the whole song or by instrument (transposing instruments) * Adjustable multi-measure count-in and metronome * Swing playback • Adjustable dynamic range PlayScore 2 makes it easy to create multi-page Playable Scores: • Rearrange recapture or delete pages • Select a page range in a PDF • Clip and mask • Search and sort by title or composer Subscriptions - Even without a subscription you can • Play and interact with any PlayScore Playable Score • Play pages of music in unlimited staves from a photo • Create and share single page playable documents PlayScore 2 Productivity subscription • Create and play multi-staff, multi-page scores captured with the camera or imported as images • Export your documents for anyone to play • Interact with scores, auto-transpose transposing instruments, export MIDI files PlayScore 2 Professional subscription • Create Playable Score documents from PDF scores that anyone can play • Export any score as MIDI and MusicXML containing full notation and text Productivity and Professional versions are available as 1-month or 12-month auto-renewing subscriptions. • The payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • The subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal • You may manage your subscriptions and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings on-line after purchase Important: Capturing copyrighted music without the copyright holder's permission is illegal. PlayScore 2 recognises full music notation – see full spec at playscore.co † please see online help for exclusions Terms of use: https://playscore.co/terms-of-use
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: PlayScore 2 at Free against Learn My Part's $4.99. PlayScore 2 also leads on ratings volume (4.8K vs 3) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months). Learn My Part's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (90% vs 50%). 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
PlayScore 2 is free to download; Learn My Part costs $4.99 up front. PlayScore 2 sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Learn My Part asks for nothing beyond the download.
Learn My Part holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PlayScore 2 has 4.8K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 90% of Learn My Part's written reviews are positive against 50% of PlayScore 2's.
Learn My Part ships an update every 7 months, PlayScore 2 every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn My Part | PlayScore 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 4.1 (4.8K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.0% of reviews — better | 50.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 4.8K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | — | #141 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 93 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stephen Tyler | Organum Limited |
Customer experience
Learn My Part
PlayScore 2
Bugs and requests
Learn My Part
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
PlayScore 2
Reported bugs
4 issues- Crashes and freezes when scanning/importing
- Playback issues with timing and note accuracy
- Compatibility problems with newer iOS versions
- Exporting to MIDI/MusicXML not working as expected
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to import PDFs and multiple pages
- Improved support for transposition and clef changes
- Metronome functionality and count-in feature
- Annotation and score editing capabilities
- Organizational tools (folders, playlists)
In-app purchases
Learn My Part
No in-app purchases
PlayScore 2
- PlayScore Productivity$5.991 Month
- PlayScore 2 Professional month$6.991 Month
- PlayScore Productivity$34.991 Year
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- PlayScore 2 Professional year$59.991 Year
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