ASCAP vs SplitSheet
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ASCAP
This app helps ASCAP members manage their music catalog, register new works, and track royalty distributions. It also offers tools for finding collaborators, accessing educational resources, and discovering industry events.
- Manage music and metadata
- Register new music
- Scan catalog for data health
- Check royalty distributions
- Find collaborators
- Access music industry education
- Discover events
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If you're an ASCAP songwriter, composer or music publisher, you've come to the right place. The ASCAP app connects you to your ASCAP account, with innovative tools to help you get the most out of your membership, and boost your music career. Think of it as a music manager in your pocket. With the ASCAP app you can: - Manage your music and metadata to make sure you’re set up to get paid for your creative work - Add to your ASCAP catalog with our step-by-step guided or quick registration options - Take a work registration quiz for guidance on how to register your new music - Scan your entire catalog with our data health check, and quickly add any missing metadata to help ASCAP get you paid - Check up on your latest ASCAP royalty distributions - Find new collaborators and mentors with the ASCAP Connections messaging platform - Educate yourself on how the money flows in the music industry, and learn how to sustain your music career, whether you’re an experienced creator or just starting out - Find workshops, competitions and networking events near you What is ASCAP? ASCAP is the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, a performing rights organization (PRO) representing over 1.1 million of the greatest songwriters, composers and music publishers in the world. We’re the only PRO in America operating on a not-for-profit basis, and the only one that puts creators first. We get you paid when your music is played ASCAP’s main job is to pay you royalties when your music is played publicly by the businesses we license. And we’re really good at what we do! In 2024, we achieved revenues of $1.835 billion, and distributed $1.696 billion to our songwriter, composer and publisher members. We put music creators first We pay our members all of the music licensing revenue we take in, minus our operating expenses (among the lowest in the industry). Our governing documents require us to pay music creators first – a claim that only ASCAP can make. We’re led by music creators like you ASCAP is the only PRO in the US founded and governed by songwriters, composers and music publishers. Every decision about how we operate is made by music creators like you – not broadcasters, corporations and investors, like our competitors. We innovate ASCAP offers the most advanced data processing systems of any PRO, to ensure that you get paid fairly and accurately. Our ASCAP Lab explores how new technologies and new business approaches can drive value for our members and the businesses that use their music.
SplitSheet
This app provides a collaborative space for songwriters to organize lyrics, notes, and writer information. It facilitates real-time collaboration, worktape recording, and the management of songwriting splits. Designed for musicians and teams, it streamlines the creative process from initial idea to final song distribution.
- Collaborative lyric writing and editing
- Record and save worktapes
- Invite co-writers securely
- Organize writer and publisher details
- Set and confirm songwriting splits
- Review song history
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SplitSheet is a collaborative songwriting workspace built to keep every writing session organized from the first idea to the final split. Start a write, invite collaborators, and keep lyrics, notes, worktapes, writer information, and songwriting splits together in one place. With SplitSheet, you can: • Write and edit lyrics collaboratively • Record and save worktapes • Invite co-writers with secure links and QR codes • Keep writer PRO and IPI/CAE information organized • Set songwriting splits and ask collaborators to confirm them • Review past writing sessions and song history • Manage publisher and writer details from your profile SplitSheet is designed for working songwriters, producers, artists, publishers, and writing teams who want a simple way to keep the room organized. SplitSheet does not register songs with a PRO, publisher, or copyright office and is not a substitute for legal or publishing registration. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: SplitSheet at 5.0 against ASCAP's 4.5. SplitSheet also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 69%). ASCAP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and ratings volume (35 vs 1). 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
Both are free to download. SplitSheet sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. ASCAP asks for nothing beyond the download.
SplitSheet holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ASCAP has 35 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 69% of ASCAP's written reviews are positive against 100% of SplitSheet's.
ASCAP ships an update monthly, SplitSheet every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | ASCAP | SplitSheet |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (35 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 69.2% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ASCAP | Daniel Martin |
Customer experience
ASCAP
SplitSheet
In-app purchases
ASCAP
No in-app purchases
SplitSheet
- SplitSheet Pro$9.991 Month
- SplitSheet Publisher$99.991 Month








