Comparison

enScore vs Lala Note

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

Head to head
About

enScore

This app is a digital sheet music viewer and organizer for musicians. It allows users to import, annotate, and display scores on Apple devices, with features for page turning, bookmarking, and a built-in metronome. Optional pro features and cloud sync are available.

Highlights
  • Import unlimited PDFs
  • Annotate with Apple Pencil or finger
  • Full-screen, side-by-side, single-page layouts
  • Customizable page turns
  • Built-in metronome
  • Bookmark scores
  • Annotation layers
Features
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Every score you own. Every marking you've ever made. On the iPad in your bag, the iPhone in your pocket and the Mac on your desk, all in sync. The sheet music reader that runs on everything you play from. Free to download. SCORES THAT NAME THEMSELVES "scan_0417.pdf" becomes "Clair de Lune, Debussy" by itself. Import a folder of a hundred files and watch the titles and composers fill in. NO MORE BAD PAGE TURNS Half-page turns show you the next line before you need it. Turn with a tap, a swipe or a foot pedal. Put a concert in a setlist and one piece flows into the next, with the screen awake until the applause. THE PRACTICE ROOM Mark a fingering. Highlight the entry you keep missing. White out the editor's bowing and write your own. Apple Pencil, any stylus or a fingertip; the line follows your pressure. Highlighters blend like real ones. The eraser takes back one stroke or one pixel. Every marking sits on a layer you can hide for the concert. PLAY ALONG, HANDS FREE Attach a recording to any score. Turn the pages once while it plays and enScore remembers every turn, half pages included. Loop a passage, slow it down, or start it the moment the score opens. TALKS TO YOUR KEYBOARD Turn pages from any MIDI pedal or controller. Give a score its sounds so your keyboard is on the right patch the moment it opens: program changes, bank select and Song Select. YOUR PRACTICE, ON RECORD enScore logs minutes a day, streaks, and which pieces you practised and when. Set a daily goal, jot a note from inside the score, and share a report as a PDF. SHARE A SETLIST Send a whole setlist as one file: the PDFs, the order, page ranges and your markings. Open it on any device running enScore, ready to play. BRING IN YOUR MUSIC Share a PDF from any app or import a whole folder. Search IMSLP without leaving enScore. Point your camera at a photocopy and it lands straightened, cropped and clean, or use a flatbed or feeder scanner over Wi-Fi. COMING FROM FORSCORE? One .4sc file and your scores, ink, stamps and layers land exactly as you left them. Nothing to redo. EVERY DEVICE YOU OWN enScore runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Vision, and it is the same app on all of them — and on every other device you play from. Mark up a part on the train and it's on the stand when you arrive. One library, in sync in seconds. NO ACCOUNT? NO PROBLEM Reading, ink, setlists and scanning work with no account and no network. An account is only for Sync and the online title and composer detection. Your scores live on your device; the cloud only ever holds a copy. ALSO IN THE BOX - Two-page, single-page and full-screen layouts - Light, dark, sepia and inverted filters - Folders, composer, tags and key, all searchable - Reorder, rotate, hide or delete pages - Bookmarks - Metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions and nine sounds - Tuner - Two scores side by side on Mac and iPad - Print, or export with ink and layers included - Recently Deleted, so nothing vanishes by accident - Twelve languages - Blank manuscript paper: single staves, grand staff or tab, any page size - Find any word in any score: search the text inside your PDFs and practice notes - Crop and straighten a scan without touching the file Free to download. Pro unlocks the tools below with a single purchase. Sync is a separate optional subscription. Everything new in 3.5 is free. ENSCORE PRO - Lists: setlists with a page range and tempo per entry - Annotation Layers: show or hide each set of markings on its own - Score Snips: paste the bars after a turn before it - Score Shortcuts: tap a repeat or a Coda and the page jumps - IMSLP Search inside the app SYNC (optional, monthly or yearly) Every score, marking, list and bookmark on every device you sign into. Delete your account and your scores leave our servers while staying safe on your devices. Built by a musician in Sydney. Fill my inbox with your questions and ideas: support@thejonathanv.com Terms: https://thejonathanv.com/legal/terms-of-service.html

About

Lala Note

Features
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Lala Note is a sheet-music editor for iPhone and iPad. Write a score, hear it played back, and save or print it — everything happens on your device. WRITE MUSIC YOUR WAY • Tap the staff to place notes, or play them on the on-screen piano • Hum a melody and let the app write it down • Notes, rests, chords, tuplets, ties, slurs, grace notes and several voices per staff • Lyrics in several verses, chord symbols, dynamics, articulations and ornaments • Repeats, voltas, D.C. / D.S., tempo and key changes, transposition SCORES OF ANY SIZE • From a single melody to piano scores and full ensembles with many parts • Page view for printing, or one continuous line for editing and playing along • Paper size, margins and staff size are yours to set PLAY IT BACK • More than 120 instrument sounds, a separate sound and volume for each part • The score follows the music as it plays • Start after a countdown, loop a passage, change the tempo while playing OPEN AND SHARE • Opens MusicXML (.musicxml, .mxl) and MuseScore (.mscz, .mscx) files • Saves MusicXML, MuseScore, PDF, PNG and MIDI • Public-domain classical scores to search and open • Optional sync with your own Google Drive or Dropbox, so your scores are on all your devices GOOD TO KNOW • No account needed • Your scores stay on your device unless you turn on the sync with your own drive • 41 languages • The app shows a banner ad; a one-time purchase removes it

Screenshots

enScore4 screens
Lala Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: enScore at none against Lala Note's shown. enScore also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs every 5 days). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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. enScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and Lala Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

enScore ships an update every 2 days, Lala Note every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
enScore versus Lala Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterenScoreLala Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (5 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings5 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS16.415.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB97 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJonathan VardouniotisHeeJae Lim

In-app purchases

10 purchases

enScore

Subscriptions2
  • enScore Sync (Monthly)$1.991 Month
  • enScore Sync (Yearly)$14.991 Year
One-time8
  • Sheet music edition$2.79
  • Sheet music edition$3.79
  • Sheet music edition$4.39
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  • Sheet music edition$4.79
  • Sheet music edition$5.49
  • Sheet music edition$6.49
  • Sheet music edition$7.49
  • enScore Pro$9.99
1 purchases

Lala Note

One-time1
  • Remove ads$9.99

Questions

Is enScore free?
enScore is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Lala Note free?
Lala Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do enScore or Lala Note have ads?
Lala Note shows ads; enScore does not.
Which is updated more often, enScore or Lala Note?
enScore ships an update every 2 days, and Lala Note every 5 days. Most recently, enScore was updated on October 29, 2026 and Lala Note on October 26, 2026.

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