Score Creator vs Composer Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Score Creator
Easily compose and edit sheet music on your mobile device. This app simplifies music creation with a text-keyboard-like interface for notes and chords, supports multiple instruments and clefs, and allows for lyric and chord symbol writing. It's ideal for songwriters, teachers, and students.
- Compose music scores with various clefs and symbols
- Write lyrics and chord symbols
- Multi-track support for different instruments
- Playback sound for each instrument
- Transpose songs and import/export MIDI/MusicXML
- Export to PDF and audio files
- Editing assistant features
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Score Creator is a music composition application that is specially designed for mobile platforms. It's a simple but powerful music creation tool that caters your need of writing music on the go. *** The app's user experience is completely optimized to make composing music on mobile devices easier and faster than ever. No more "tapping and zooming" the screen just to add a music note or a chord symbol. No more "dragging and dropping" from the palette just to add a sharp/flat sign. All you need to do to write a song is just tapping the keyboards (notes and chords) that are designed like a text keyboard. COMPOSING MUSIC IS NOW AS SIMPLE AS TEXTING TO YOUR FRIENDS! *** Apart from being a songwriting app for songwriters, Score Creator also functions as a music teaching and learning assistant tool for music teachers and students. Teachers can teach students how to read music notation by directly entering music notes into the app and playing back the song, while music students can practice by themselves by notating their favorite songs into the app and playing along with their own music instruments. *** The app is a perfect tool for writing different types of sheet music, including lead sheet, solo instruments, SATB choir, sheet for brass & woodwind bands, ... *** FEATURES: - Compose music score. The app supports treble, alto, bass and neutral clefs, with a wide range of notes and music symbols: note length, time signature, key signature, slurs, ties, dynamics, articulations & ornaments, ... - Write lyrics. - Write chord symbols. - Multiple tracks with different instruments: piano, guitar, violin, saxophone, drum, flute, horn, tuba, ukulele, mandolin, ... - Score for transposing instruments: saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone), Bb clarinet, Bb trumpet, ... - Playback sound for each instrument. - Transpose songs into any key. - Import songs from MIDI & MusicXML files. - Change clef, time/key signature and tempo in the middle of a song. - Export songs to MIDI or MusicXML files so that they can be imported into other apps such as Finale, Encore, MuseScore, Sibelius, ... The files can be copied to your computer or sent via email. - Send exported MIDI files to other apps on your current device. - Import MIDI files from other apps. - Export songs to PDF files. - Export songs to audio files (.wav, .mp3). - Editing assistant features: multiple selecting notes, copy & paste, undo & redo, ... - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PHOTOS. - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PDF. *** End User License Agreement: https://www.termsfeed.com/eula/c6cf438c81097acbfd5a7d51600b6bba *** Privacy policy: The app does not collect or store any kind of personal information.
Composer Pro
Compose music scores with ease using a familiar keyboard layout. This app supports multiple parts, a wide range of instruments, and various musical symbols, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.
- Keyboard-style note input
- Support for up to 8 parts
- Over 100 instruments
- Variety of music symbols
- Configurable parts and settings
- Instrument transposition
- Export without watermark
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A handy sheet music writer app, make writing sheet music feels like typing notes. Tap on the keys with notation in a familiar keyboard layout. Provide a very easy way to compose music score. Support up to 8 parts, over 100 instruments, variety of music symbols and notations. It is very friendly for rookies while professional enough for experts. --------------------------------- UNLIMITED ACCESS SUBSCRIPTION - Support up to 8 parts - Config parts(add, delete, reorder) - Change key for each part - Change beat type and tempo - Config clef for each staff - Config sound for each part - No watermark image export - No Ads - Support 2nd voice part - Transpose instruments - Change keyboard size - Import data file - Unlock all 100+ instruments - The subscriptions are $9.99 monthly and $49.99 yearly with free trial - Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase - Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period - Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal - Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase - Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that service, where applicable - Terms of use: https://service.notationpad.com/terms_service.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Composer Pro at 4.5 against Score Creator's 3.5. Composer Pro also leads on review sentiment (72% vs 61%) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15). Score Creator's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (weekly vs every 6 weeks). On price, ratings volume, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Score Creator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month and Composer Pro sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Composer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 493 and 672 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Score Creator's written reviews are positive against 72% of Composer Pro's.
Score Creator ships an update weekly, Composer Pro every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Score Creator | Composer Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (493 ratings) | 4.5 (672 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 60.6% of reviews | 72.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 493 | 672 — better |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Subscription |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 299 MB | 154 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | TRAN PHUONG | 嵩 张 |
Customer experience
Score Creator
Composer Pro
User reviews
Score Creator
From 493 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Great for composing music on the go
- 💡 Useful for learning and practicing music
- 👍 Intuitive interface
- 🚀 Helpful for arranging and transcribing music
Room to improve
- 🐛 Crashes and bugs
- 🔇 Poor sound quality of instruments
- 🔇 Lack of dynamics and articulation support
- 🔇 Limited range of instruments
- 💰 Paywall for advanced features
Composer Pro
From 672 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly interface
- 🎼 Helpful for composing music
- 🎹 Good for beginners
- 💡 Allows creating sheet music
Room to improve
- 💰 Subscription model too expensive
- 🔒 Limited features in free version
- 📢 Too many ads
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches
- 🔒 Forced to pay for basic functionality
Bugs and requests
Score Creator
Reported bugs
5 issues- Sudden loss of data and unsaved work
- Playback issues, including notes not playing correctly
- Instrument key signatures not working as expected
- App crashing on launch or when opening certain scores
- Inability to edit or modify existing compositions
Requested features
7 requests- Add more percussion instruments
- Implement dynamics, articulations, and expression markings
- Allow for more than 2 instruments in the free version
- Improve the drum notation and playback
- Add support for chords, trills, and other advanced notation
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- Implement a swing/shuffle feature
- Improve the transposition and key signature handling
Composer Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Notes sometimes placed incorrectly
- Measures and compositions randomly deleted
- Inability to restore deleted content
Requested features
5 requests- Add more instruments beyond piano
- Allow changing time signatures and key signatures without subscription
- Improve note editing and placement
- Add export options to save/share compositions
- Provide more music notation tools and dynamics
In-app purchases
Score Creator
- One-month full version$4.991 Month
- Basic user - one year$6.993 Months
- Three-month full version$10.993 Months
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- Basic user - one year$17.491 Year
- One-year full version$27.491 Year
- Basic user - full version$23.99
- Lifetime full version$98.99
Composer Pro
- Unlimited Access$6.997 Days
- Pro Access$9.991 Month
- Pro Access$49.991 Year
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- Pro Access7 Days trial$49.991 Year







