Comparison

Score Creator vs Composer Pro

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Score Creator

Easily write sheet music with a text-like keyboard and generate full accompaniments from melodies or chord symbols. Scan printed music into editable scores. Ideal for composers, students, and teachers.

Highlights
  • Text-based music notation input
  • Automatic accompaniment generation
  • Chord suggestion for melodies
  • Sheet music scanning from photos/PDFs
  • Multiple instrument support
  • MIDI and MusicXML import/export
  • Transpose scores
Features
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Score Creator is a music notation app for iPhone and iPad. Write sheet music as easily as texting a friend, let the app build a full accompaniment from just your melody (it adds the chords for you) or from chord symbols you have written, and scan printed sheet music from photos and PDF files. *** WRITE SHEET MUSIC Notes and chord symbols are entered with keyboards designed like a text keyboard: no tapping and zooming, no dragging from palettes. Write lead sheets, piano and solo scores, SATB choir scores and band scores with lyrics, chord symbols, dynamics, articulations and more, and listen to every instrument play it back. *** CREATE AN ACCOMPANIMENT Turn a melody into a complete arrangement in a few taps: - Suggest chords: the app proposes chord symbols for your melody, at a simple or an advanced level. - Create accompaniment: piano, guitar, bass, strings and drums are generated from your chord symbols. Choose the instruments you want. - 100 styles in 8 groups: Pop & Rock, Jazz, Latin, Dance & Folk, World, Classical, Electronic, and Songs & more, with patterns for common time signatures and odd meters such as 5/4 and 7/8. - Preview a style on the first measures of your score before you create it. - Rhythm from sparse to busy, and simple or rich harmony with seventh chords, smooth inversions and a bass with passing notes (rich harmony in the advanced version). - The accompaniment follows your music: it plays softer and louder with the melody's dynamics, gets fuller in the chorus, adds drum fills before new sections and ends on a held chord. - It stays in step while you edit: change a chord, the time signature or the key, or add measures, and the accompaniment is updated with it. - Mix it in the sound panel with one volume for the whole band or a level for each instrument. - Convert the accompaniment into regular staves to edit it note by note. - Export it with your score to MIDI and audio files. *** SCAN SHEET MUSIC Take a photo of printed sheet music or open a PDF file, and the app turns it into an editable score that you can play back, transpose and accompany. *** MORE FEATURES - Many instruments, including transposing instruments such as saxophones, clarinet and trumpet. - Transpose a score into any key. - Import MIDI and MusicXML files. - Export to MIDI, MusicXML, PDF, WAV and MP3. - Copy and paste, undo and redo. Score Creator is also a handy tool for music teachers and students: write exercises and favorite songs, play them back and practice along. *** End User License Agreement: https://www.termsfeed.com/eula/c6cf438c81097acbfd5a7d51600b6bba *** Privacy policy: The app does not collect or store any kind of personal information.

About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

Screenshots

Score Creator4 screens
Composer Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

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%). Score Creator's advantage is monetization model (free with in-app purchases vs subscription) and update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Score Creator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $6.99 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.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Composer Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 495 and 702 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Score Creator's written reviews are positive against 72% of Composer Pro's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, Composer Pro every 2 months. Both last shipped on November 13, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Score Creator versus Composer Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScore CreatorComposer Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (495 ratings)4.5 (702 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews71.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings495702 — better
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterSubscription
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS1515.0
Further details — not scored
Size336 MB161 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRAN PHUONG嵩 张

Customer experience

Score Creator

All ratings495 ratings
Positive59.8%
Neutral14.9%
Negative25.3%
Written reviews616 reviews
Positive60.6%
Neutral15.6%
Negative23.9%

Composer Pro

All ratings685 ratings
Positive86.4%
Neutral5.5%
Negative8.0%
Written reviews260 reviews
Positive71.5%
Neutral7.7%
Negative20.8%

User reviews

Score Creator

From 495 App Store ratings

What 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 702 App Store ratings

What 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

7 purchases

Score Creator

Subscriptions5
  • One-month full version$6.991 Month
  • Basic user - one year$9.993 Months
  • Three-month full version$13.993 Months
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  • Basic user - one year$29.991 Year
  • One-year full version$41.991 Year
One-time2
  • Basic user - full version$69.99
  • Lifetime full version$167.99
4 purchases

Composer Pro

Subscriptions4
  • 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

Questions

Is Score Creator free?
Score Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Composer Pro free?
Composer Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Score Creator or Composer Pro?
Composer Pro is rated higher. Score Creator averages 3.5 out of 5 from 495 ratings, while Composer Pro averages 4.5 from 702 ratings.
Do Score Creator or Composer Pro have ads?
Neither Score Creator nor Composer Pro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Score Creator or Composer Pro?
Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, and Composer Pro every 2 months. Most recently, Score Creator was updated on November 13, 2026 and Composer Pro on November 13, 2026.

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