Comparison

Score Creator vs MuseNote

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 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.

Highlights
  • 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
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 to your need to write 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 tap the keyboards (notes and chords) that are designed like a text keyboard. COMPOSING MUSIC IS NOW AS SIMPLE AS TEXTING YOUR FRIENDS! *** Apart from being a songwriting app for songwriters, Score Creator also functions as a music teaching and learning 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 in the app and playing along with their own musical instruments. *** The app is a perfect tool for writing different types of sheet music, including lead sheets, solo instrument scores, SATB choir scores, sheet music for brass & woodwind bands, and more. *** FEATURES: - Compose music scores. The app supports treble, alto, bass and neutral clefs, with a wide range of notes and music symbols: note lengths, time signatures, key signatures, slurs, ties, dynamics, articulations & ornaments, and more. - Write lyrics. - Write chord symbols. - Multiple tracks with different instruments: piano, guitar, violin, saxophone, drums, flute, horn, tuba, ukulele, mandolin, and more. - Scores for transposing instruments: saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone), Bb clarinet, Bb trumpet, and more. - 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, and 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 features: multi-note selection, copy & paste, undo & redo, and more. - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PHOTOS. - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PDF FILES. *** 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

MuseNote

Features
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MuseNote — An AI coach that actually gets your music. There's a moment in every musician's journey when you wish someone was sitting next to you — listening, encouraging, telling you exactly where you got it right. That's the role MuseNote plays. You open a score, pick up your instrument, and play. The app listens through your microphone, follows along note by note, and shows you what you nailed and what could use one more pass. No judgement, no criticism — just honest, encouraging feedback you can actually learn from. — AN AI COACH THAT LISTENS — The hours between lessons don't have to feel lonely. Whether you're a student preparing for an exam, an adult returning to an instrument you put down years ago, or a hobbyist who just wants to play that one piece beautifully, MuseNote is there with you, every session. Pick a piece. Play it through. Hear where your pitch drifted, where the rhythm rushed, where you nailed the phrasing. Your accuracy is broken down in plain terms — what was excellent, what was good, what's worth another go. — SEE YOURSELF IMPROVE — Every session lands on your dashboard. Watch your accuracy climb across the weeks. Build a daily streak. See which pieces you've spent time on and which parts you've focused on. The progress that used to feel invisible becomes something you can hold onto. Your dashboard greets you by name and shows what you've been working on — like a friendly studio you walk into every day. — A FULL SHEET-MUSIC PLAYER — Read any MusicXML, MEI, or .mxl score. Transpose to your key on the fly. Loop the tricky bars and drill them at any tempo. Switch between paged and scrolling layouts. Adjust the notation size to match your stand or screen. Mix the parts of an ensemble piece exactly how you want them. Export to PDF for the music stand, MIDI for your DAW, or MEI for archiving. — MARK UP YOUR SCORE — Circle a tricky passage, highlight the bit you keep missing, drop a fingering, breath, bow, accent, or fermata — with your finger, a stylus, or an Apple Pencil. Your marks stay glued to the notes across zoom and transpose, and travel with the piece. — RICH, LIFELIKE INSTRUMENT SOUNDS — Scores play back through a built-in General-MIDI synth and a curated SoundFont catalogue. The bundled default is fast and light; downloadable sets like FluidR3 GM unlock premium concert-hall-quality orchestral sound for the pieces that deserve it. — PRACTICE TOOLS THAT FIT HOW YOU PLAY — Adjustable pitch-detection sensitivity tunes the app to your playing style. The fermata hold multiplier lets paused notes ring as long as the score asks for. The mixer keeps reverb, chorus, per-part mute, and pan in one place. — REAL-TIME FEEDBACK, WHILE YOU PLAY — A live verdict strip — On time, Rushing, Dragging — helps you feel the beat without breaking your flow. After each take, you see your pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and accents graded across Excellent, Good, Fair, and the bars that need another pass, with a per-note table you can scroll through and learn from. Headphones recommended; the app reminds you when it matters. — PLAY YOUR PART, MUTE THE REST — For ensemble scores, MuseNote knows which staff you're playing and mutes it from playback so your mic isn't competing with itself. You play your part; the app handles everyone else's. — OFFLINE. NO ACCOUNT. JUST YOU AND THE MUSIC. — No sign-in. No subscription nag. No internet required. Open the app, open your score, play. Your last score, mode, mixer state, and notation size are remembered between sessions. — 10 LANGUAGES — English, Deutsch, Español, Français, हिन्दी, 日本語, 한국어, Português, Русский, 中文 (简体). The whole app — from the dashboard greeting to the mixer and tuner — speaks your language warmly and naturally. Made by Toolbone for the quiet hours at the music stand. Website: https://www.toolbone.com Privacy: https://www.toolbone.com/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Score Creator4 screens
MuseNote4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: MuseNote at none against Score Creator's 7. On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. Score Creator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. MuseNote asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, MuseNote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Score Creator versus MuseNote: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScore CreatorMuseNote
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (495 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.6% of reviews—
Number of ratings495 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size289 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRAN PHUONGToolbone LLP

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

MuseNote

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Score Creator

Subscriptions5
  • 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$20.991 Year
  • One-year full version$33.491 Year
One-time2
  • Basic user - full version$69.99
  • Lifetime full version$98.99
None

MuseNote

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Score Creator free?
Score Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is MuseNote free?
MuseNote is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Score Creator or MuseNote have ads?
Neither Score Creator nor MuseNote shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Score Creator or MuseNote?
Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, and MuseNote every 3 weeks. Most recently, Score Creator was updated on November 6, 2026 and MuseNote on November 8, 2026.

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