Page2Play vs NotationAI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
Page2Play
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Got a keyboard at home but never learned to read sheet music? Page2Play turns any printed score into a playable practice piece. Scan or photograph the page, touch up the recognition in a built-in notation editor, and play the song by watching falling bars on a synced piano keyboard, with no note-reading required. Everything runs on your device. No account, no sign-in, no internet required for the core flow. Your scans, MIDI, and practice settings never leave your phone. CAPTURE ⢠Import a scanned page (PNG, JPG, or pages exported from a PDF). Flat, evenly lit scans give the cleanest recognition. ⢠Phone photos also work when scans aren't available; expect more cleanup in the editor on noisy phone shots. ⢠Or skip recognition entirely and import existing MIDI or MusicXML. A REAL EDITOR, NOT JUST A VIEWER Recognition is rarely perfect, so Page2Play ships with the tools to fix anything the recognizer missed, right on the phone, with no desktop round-trip: ⢠Tap a note and change its pitch. ⢠Change the key signature when the recognizer guessed wrong. ⢠Change the time signature per measure. ⢠Insert or delete measures anywhere in the score. ⢠Wrap notes into tuplets (triplets and other 3:2 groupings). ⢠Multi-page navigation with per-page editing. ⢠Undo and redo across the whole session. ⢠Export to MusicXML (round-trip with desktop notation software), MIDI, or PDF, either a single page or the entire score. PRACTICE WITHOUT READING ⢠Falling bars: notes drop onto a piano keyboard at the speed you choose. Watch the bars, press the matching keys on your piano. That's it. ⢠Mute either hand to focus on the other. ⢠A/B loop any passage until it clicks. ⢠Slow it down or speed it up while keeping the pitch intact. ⢠No MIDI cable? Play along on any acoustic or digital piano and Page2Play listens through the microphone. A Bluetooth or USB MIDI keyboard also connects, for the tightest timing. ⢠Listen back with a built-in upright-piano sound. ⢠Score mode: play a song on your MIDI keyboard or through the microphone for a graded run, with accuracy, combo, and a full-combo goal, plus your best score saved per song. ⢠Practice stats: daily practice time, a running streak, and per-song totals for plays, time, and best score. RECOGNITION PIPELINE Page2Play uses an on-device optical music recognition pipeline trained on printed scores. It handles multi-staff piano music, key and time signatures, rests, ties, accidentals, and clef changes. Recognition takes roughly a minute or two per page depending on your device and whether GPU acceleration is enabled (Settings, then GPU acceleration). PRIVACY BY DESIGN ⢠No analytics, no advertising, no tracking. ⢠Optional crash reporting (Sentry) sends only stack traces, with no images, no MIDI, and no titles. ⢠No data is uploaded for model training or any other purpose. Full privacy policy: https://page2play.app/privacy WHO IT'S FOR ⢠Anyone with a keyboard at home and a song they want to play, who never got around to learning to read music, or got rusty. ⢠Self-taught players who learn by watching, not by reading. ⢠People with a stack of sheet music collecting dust. WHAT YOU NEED ⢠A mobile phone. ⢠A piano or keyboard to play along on (any acoustic, digital, or MIDI controller works; Page2Play tells you what to press, you press it). ⢠A clean scan (PNG, JPG, or PDF page export) works best for recognition. ⢠Optional: a Bluetooth or USB MIDI keyboard for the most responsive play-along. The microphone works fine without one.
NotationAI
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Turn musical ideas into editable scores with an AI assistant built directly into a professional notation editor. Ask NotationAI to continue a melody, add harmony, build accompaniment or arrange for an ensemble. Review every suggestion in the score, hear the result, and edit, undo or keep every note. KEY FEATURES ⢠AI Score Assistant ā Develop melodies, harmony, accompaniment and arrangements without leaving the score. ⢠Piano Note Entry ā Enter notes and chords quickly with a responsive on-screen piano. ⢠Professional Notation ā Create and refine solo, ensemble and multi-staff scores with complete editing tools. ⢠HQ Instruments & Playback ā Choose from a full General MIDI library, audition notes instantly, and follow highlighted notes across multiple parts. ⢠Live Collaboration ā Share view or edit access and work together with live presence, cursors and selections. ⢠Import & Export ā Start from MusicXML, MXL, MIDI, MuseScore files, a photographed score or a performed melody; export MusicXML, MIDI, PDF or PNG. Core notation, playback and local draft recovery work without an account. Sign in when you choose online AI features, cloud storage, private sharing or live collaboration. About Subscriptions: - Some features are only available to Pro users. - Payment will be deducted from your iTunes account after you confirm the purchase. - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. - After purchase, you can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal by going to your Account Settings in the iTunes store. - You can cancel your subscription by entering: http://support.apple.com/en-us/HT202039 Terms of Service: https://notationai.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://notationai.app/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Page2Play at 13.0 against NotationAI's 17. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Page2Play sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NotationAI sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Page2Play ships an update weekly, NotationAI every 9 days. Both last shipped on October 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Page2Play | NotationAI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Weekly ā better | Every 9 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod ā better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 ā better | 17 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 136 MB | 131 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Joseph Griffin | ęē ę |
In-app purchases
Page2Play
- Page2Play Pro$7.99
NotationAI
- NotationAI Pro Monthly$7.991 Month
- NotationAI Pro Quarterly$20.993 Months
- NotationAI Pro Yearly3 Days trial$39.991 Year









