Staff Notebooks vs TabMaker
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Staff Notebooks
This application provides a digital space for composing and notating music. It allows users to write down musical ideas and create scores directly on their devices. Ideal for musicians and composers, it offers a convenient way to manage musical compositions.
- Digital music sheet notation
- Handwritten music composition
- Score creation
- Convenient music management
- Mobile composition tool
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This is a music sheet note app.
TabMaker
Create, play, and share guitar, bass, and ukulele tabs. Features AI-powered guitar-to-tab conversion, cloud saving, and community tabs. Export to PDF, MP3, or text, and print directly from your device.
- AI Guitar to Tabs
- Export to PDF/MP3/TEXT
- Cloud Tab Saving
- Playback with Built-in Instruments
- Share Tabs via Link
- Community Tabs Access
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Create guitar, bass, banjo or ukulele tabs, play it, export it to the PDF, MP3, MIDI, TEXT or print it directly from your phone. You can also play created tabs using built-in instruments like electric guitar or acoustic guitar and more! Main features: - Guitar to Tabs AI (Artificial Intelligence) - 2 modes: ASCII tabs or full music notation - Export to PDF/MP3/TEXT/MIDI, Print - Share your tab via link - Playback option - Save tabs in the cloud - Community tabs Supported instruments: Guitar (6-string) Guitar (5-string) Guitar (7-string) Guitar (8-string) Guitar (9-string) Guitar (10-string) Guitar (12-string) Bass (4-string) Bass (5-string) Bass (6-string) Banjo (5-string) Ukulele Mandolin Charango Privacy Policy: https://tab-maker.com/en/privacy-policy Terms & Conditions: https://tab-maker.com/en/terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Staff Notebooks at 67% against TabMaker's 0%. Staff Notebooks also leads on rating (4.4 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). TabMaker's advantage is iOS requirement (16.4 vs 18.0). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Staff Notebooks sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and TabMaker sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Staff Notebooks holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Staff Notebooks has 43 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of Staff Notebooks's written reviews are positive against 0% of TabMaker's.
Staff Notebooks ships an update every 5 days, TabMaker every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 9, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Staff Notebooks | TabMaker |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.4 (43 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 43 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jumpei Adachi | Mateusz Kulinski |
Customer experience
Staff Notebooks
TabMaker
In-app purchases
Staff Notebooks
- Paid Version$4.99
TabMaker
- Weekly subscription$1.497 Days
- Monthly subscription$3.991 Month
- Annual subscription$34.991 Year
