ScoreCloud Express vs MIDI Score
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ScoreCloud Express
Transform melodies played, sung, or whistled into standard music notation instantly. Edit your scores, change playback sounds, and share your creations. Synchronize with desktop software for further arrangement and editing.
- Monophonic melody to notation conversion
- Score editing and playback sound change
- Cloud storage and synchronization
- Supports various instruments and styles
- Share via email, Twitter, Facebook
- Intelligent audio analysis
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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.
MIDI Score
This app transforms MIDI files into synchronized sheet music. View musical notes as the music plays, with support for various clefs and track selection. Manage your songs and download new ones directly.
- Converts MIDI to sheet music
- Synchronized playback
- Supports multiple clefs
- Track selection
- Song management
- Web and iTunes download
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[MIDI Score] is an app that converts MIDI files to sheet music. While you are listening to music, you can see musical notes synchronized. FEATURES - Converts MIDI files to sheet music - Plays the sheet music with the synchronization - Supports the treble clef, the bass clef, and both - Track Selection to display the sheet music - Song management by title, artist, and tags - Song download from the web browser, and iTunes file sharing - Automatic synchronization between iOS devices via iCloud PRO VERSION (In-App Purchase) - AB Repeat - Scaling the sheet music - Adjusts the bar width and octave - Playback speed - Transposition - Fingering of piano and guitar - PDF Export, Print, and Share - Removes Ads
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: MIDI Score at Free against ScoreCloud Express's $2.99. MIDI Score also leads on rating (4.0 vs 2.0) and review sentiment (43% vs 25%). ScoreCloud Express's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (6.0 vs 9.0). On ratings volume, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
MIDI Score is free to download; ScoreCloud Express costs $2.99 up front. ScoreCloud Express sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and MIDI Score sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
MIDI Score holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 256 and 151 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of ScoreCloud Express's written reviews are positive against 43% of MIDI Score's.
ScoreCloud Express ships an update every 4 months, MIDI Score every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on September 29, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ScoreCloud Express | MIDI Score |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 2.0 (256 ratings) | 4.0 (151 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.3% of reviews | 43.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 256 — better | 151 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 6.0 — better | 9.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | DoReMIR Music Research AB | AmoriyA |
Customer experience
ScoreCloud Express
MIDI Score
In-app purchases
ScoreCloud Express
- month of PLUS$4.99
MIDI Score
- Upgrade to Pro$4.99
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