Comparison

CIP Music vs OnScore

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

Head to head
About

CIP Music

Immerse yourself in modern piano music for listening, focus, and practice. Explore a vast library of songs, create custom ambient soundscapes, and utilize a built-in Pomodoro timer. Offers guided tools for piano learners to improve their skills.

Highlights
  • Modern piano song library
  • Ambient sound mixing
  • Pomodoro focus timer
  • Interactive Practice Mode
  • Synced score view
  • Keyboard note guidance
Features
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CIP Music is a warm, immersive piano music app for listening, focusing, and practicing with modern songs. Explore a growing library of piano tracks across K-pop, C-pop, J-pop, Western pop, anime, film, and more. Browse by songs or artists, discover familiar melodies, and enjoy piano arrangements in beautifully designed musical spaces. Create your own focus atmosphere with ambient sounds such as rain, ocean, forest, white noise, café, fireplace, and night ambience. Switch scenes to match your mood, then use the built-in Pomodoro timer to stay focused while studying, working, relaxing, or practicing. For piano learners and music lovers, Practice Mode offers guided tools to help you follow the music more clearly: • Synced score view • Keyboard note guidance • Left-hand, right-hand, or both-hands practice • Metronome • Tempo control • Measure loop Whether you want to listen casually, build a calm focus space, or practice your favorite piano pieces step by step, CIP Music brings music, atmosphere, and practice together in one elegant app. Features: • Modern piano song library • Artist-based browsing • Immersive visual scenes • Ambient sound mixing • Pomodoro focus timer • Interactive Practice Mode • Favorites and recent playback • Video and sheet music links when available CIP Music is designed for online listening and practice. Sheet music and audio downloads are not included. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cipmusic.com/privacy

About

OnScore

This app serves as a digital music stand for musicians, allowing them to import, annotate, and organize sheet music. It includes practice tools like a metronome and tuner, and supports hands-free page turning. Users can also create and edit music notation, and collaborate with others.

Highlights
  • Import and organize sheet music (PDF, MusicXML)
  • Annotate with Apple Pencil or finger
  • Hands-free page turning via gestures
  • Built-in metronome, tuner, and tempo trainer
  • Create setlists for performances
  • Edit and write music notation
  • Collaborative rehearsal features
Features
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OnScore is a music stand for musicians: import your scores, mark them up, order them into setlists, and perform straight through. Metronome, tuner, tempo trainer and recorder are built in. Bring your music in as PDF or MusicXML, photograph paper with the camera, or search free public domain scores. Then read it, mark it up, practise it and perform from it, all in one place. READING Page turns that keep up with you. Tap the edge of the page, swipe, or use a Bluetooth pedal. Choose the layout that suits the music: single page, two page spread, half page so there is no gap at the turn, continuous scroll, or reflow, which re-engraves a structured score to fit your screen. HANDS FREE Turn pages with a glance. Wink, turn your head, nod, raise an eyebrow or open your mouth. You choose the gesture and how sensitive it is. The camera work happens on your device and nothing leaves it. MARKING UP Fingerings, bowings, dynamics, cues and reminders, written with the Apple Pencil or your finger. A full set of musical stamps drawn in professional notation, plus text, highlights and shapes. Keep your marks on separate layers, so a teacher's notes and your own can be shown or hidden independently. Originals are never altered. SETLISTS AND PERFORMANCE Put pieces in the order you will play them, with markers for sections, intermissions or a note to yourself. Performance Mode clears the screen, keeps it awake, and preloads pages so turns never stutter. PRACTICE A metronome with tap tempo, count in and subdivisions. A chromatic tuner with adjustable reference pitch and transposition for wind and brass players. A tempo trainer that raises the tempo stage by stage. A recorder for takes you want to hear back. Your sessions and streak are kept so you can see the work adding up. WRITING AND EDITING Edit structured scores note by note: pitches, accidentals, dynamics, lyrics, whole staves. Write by hand on blank manuscript paper in the layout you choose. Export MusicXML, MIDI, a single part, or a PDF with your annotations included. PLAYING TOGETHER Lead a rehearsal over the local network. Everyone follows the same piece, the same page and the same place in the setlist. YOUR LIBRARY Folders, tags, collections, composers, genres and instruments, with search across all of it. Backup and restore when you want to move to a new device. DRAW MUSIC. Turn drawings into music. Every line you draw plays as music: height sets the pitch, colour picks the instrument, and shapes make rhythm. Choose from sounds like grand piano, strings and synths, add layers like tracks, and pick a style from lo-fi to cinematic. Made for every age, with no music knowledge needed. Export a video with your drawing coming to life, and share it anywhere. You can even turn it into sheet music and edit. BUILT FOR IPAD AND IPHONE Designed for the iPad on the stand and the iPhone in your pocket, with the layout adapting to whichever you are holding. Available in multiple languages. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://harmono.app/onscore/privacy

Screenshots

CIP Music4 screens
OnScore4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: OnScore at none against CIP Music's 2. OnScore also leads on ads (none vs shown). CIP Music's advantage is iOS requirement (15.1 vs 18.0). On price, rating, ratings volume and update cadence 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. CIP Music sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. OnScore asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for CIP Music against 5.0 for OnScore. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

CIP Music ships an update every 8 days, OnScore every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
CIP Music versus OnScore: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCIP MusicOnScore
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings2 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better18.0
Further details — not scored
Size94 MB114 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBeijing Dingling Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.Harmono LLC

Customer experience

CIP Music

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

OnScore

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

CIP Music

Subscriptions2
  • CIP Music Premium Monthly$5.991 Month
  • CIP Music Premium Yearly$49.991 Year
None

OnScore

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is CIP Music free?
CIP Music is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is OnScore free?
OnScore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, CIP Music or OnScore?
CIP Music and OnScore are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do CIP Music or OnScore have ads?
CIP Music shows ads; OnScore does not.
Which is updated more often, CIP Music or OnScore?
CIP Music ships an update every 8 days, and OnScore every 4 days. Most recently, CIP Music was updated on October 12, 2026 and OnScore on October 29, 2026.

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