Comparison

Score Creator vs Random Drum Phrases

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

Random Drum Phrases

Features
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Give your next practice session a fresh rhythm. Random Drum Phrases creates drum notation from the settings you choose. Read the score, listen at your own tempo, tap notes to change accents, and save phrases you want to practice again. Use it for rhythm reading, exploring new ideas, or preparing drum lessons. CHOOSE YOUR PHRASE - Set 1-12 beats per bar and 1-8 bars. - Choose note values from whole notes to thirty-second notes, plus triplets and sextuplets. - Adjust the amount of rests and choose Easy, Normal, or Hard difficulty. BUILD YOUR KIT - Select snare, kick, high tom, low tom, floor tom, hi-hat, ride, and crash. - Optionally layer cymbal hits with kick or snare using your selected instruments. READ, LISTEN, AND EDIT - Follow the drum notation and instrument-position guide. - Play phrases at 40-240 BPM. - Add a one-bar count-in and a click during playback. - Tap notes to toggle accents, and scroll through longer bars. KEEP YOUR FAVORITES - Give phrases your own names. - Save them to your library and reopen them for another practice session. Available in Japanese and English on iPhone and iPad. The interface follows your preferred language, and saved phrase names stay as you entered them. Generating, editing, playing, and saving phrases are free. The app includes ads; an optional one-time in-app purchase removes them.

Screenshots

Score Creator4 screens
Random Drum Phrases4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Random Drum Phrases at none against Score Creator's 7. Score Creator's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (15 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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. Random Drum Phrases asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, Random Drum Phrases weekly. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Score Creator versus Random Drum Phrases: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterScore CreatorRandom Drum Phrases
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.5 (495 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews60.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings495 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 daysWeekly — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size307 MB14 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTRAN PHUONGsusumu watanabe

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

Random Drum Phrases

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$32.991 Year
One-time2
  • Basic user - full version$69.99
  • Lifetime full version$98.99
None

Random Drum Phrases

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Score Creator free?
Score Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Random Drum Phrases free?
Random Drum Phrases is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Score Creator or Random Drum Phrases have ads?
Random Drum Phrases shows ads; Score Creator does not.
Which is updated more often, Score Creator or Random Drum Phrases?
Score Creator ships an update every 11 days, and Random Drum Phrases weekly. Most recently, Score Creator was updated on October 26, 2026 and Random Drum Phrases on October 26, 2026.

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