Midi to Sheet vs SheetScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Midi to Sheet
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Midi to Sheet Convert your MIDI files into readable and customizable sheet music. Midi to Sheet is an application designed for musicians, pianists, teachers, and students who want to work easily from MIDI files. View, listen to, edit, and export your sheet music with a wide range of tools built for musical practice. Main Features MIDI → Sheet Music Conversion • Import MIDI files in format 0 and 1 • Automatic sheet music generation • Automatic key signature (KS) and time signature (TS) detection • Manual signature editing Display Modes • Smooth horizontal scrolling • Page view display Playback and Practice Tools • Adjustable playback speed • Built-in metronome • Beat pulse playback • Pulse management options • A/B loop to repeat a passage • Count-in before playback Instrument and Track Management • Instrument switching • Load your own SoundFonts • Global or per-instrument transposition • Track muting • Track hiding Advanced Notation Features • Customizable layout • Automatic clef changes • Ottava management • Automatic ornament detection (turns and trills, experimental) • Dynamic markings support (experimental feature) Piano and Orchestral Practice • Ideal for hands-separate practice • Accompaniment practice • Suitable for four-hand pieces and orchestration work Export and Saving • PDF export • MIDI file-specific presets Connectivity • MIDI connection support Midi to Sheet is the perfect tool to learn, analyze, and practice your music from MIDI files, with an experience designed for everyday musical work. Midi to Sheet is free to download and lets you try its main features. Full access to all tools may be available through an in-app purchase.
SheetScope
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Turn a sheet-music PDF, photo, or scan into an editable digital score. Drop in a MIDI file and get sheet music the other way round. Recognition runs entirely on your iPhone, iPad, or Mac, and results export as MusicXML, MIDI, and PDF. ■ Free · Score recognition — the first page of a PDF, photo, or camera scan, shown on screen to check and edit · MIDI → score — MIDI files exported from a DAW become sheet music, with no bar limit · Editing — select notes, move them up or down, fix accidentals, listen · Add and delete notes, change durations, swap rests and notes, set repeats and 1st/2nd endings by hand · Playback — hear the recognised score right away ■ Pro (one-time lifetime purchase, not a subscription) · Recognise every page of a document · Export — MusicXML (opens in MuseScore, Sibelius, Finale and others), MIDI, PDF ■ What it reads · Lead sheets and single-line melodies with chord symbols · Piano grand staff · SATB choir systems · Drum notation · Key and time signatures, ties, slurs, triplets, chord symbols · Repeat barlines (1st/2nd endings, D.C. and coda are not read automatically — endings can be entered by hand in the editor) ■ About accuracy — please read before buying Measured against scores with known answers (our own tests, September 2026). · Clean printed lead sheets: notes (pitch and duration) 90-99%. Dense sixteenth-note songs around 80% · SATB choir: about 93% · Piano: simple pieces 95%+, complex pieces around 80% — treat as a guide · Drums: hi-hat and snare nearly exact; kick drum misses about half the hits in busy bars — treat as a guide · Ties about 87%, slurs about 60% · Photos: straight, well-lit photos match PDF results; tilted or blurry photos drop sharply · Handwritten and tablature scores are not supported · MIDI → score: quantised MIDI is exact. Piano with up to two voices is accurate; three or more voices and performed (unquantised) MIDI are a guide only Automatic recognition is a first draft. The app is built for checking and correcting in the editor, and it removes most of the time you would spend entering notes by hand. Try your own scores in the free tier before you decide. ■ No internet needed Recognition, editing, and export all happen on your device. Score images are never uploaded. No account, no ads. ■ Copyright Convert only scores you own the rights to, public-domain scores, or scores you have permission to use. The app is made for personal study and practice and has no sharing or upload features. ■ Made for · Players and arrangers moving paper scores into editable files · Producers turning lead sheets into MIDI for a DAW · Choir directors and singers making part-practice audio · Composers tidying MIDI sketches into notation
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: SheetScope at every 2 days against Midi to Sheet's monthly. Midi to Sheet's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Midi to Sheet sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and SheetScope sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Midi to Sheet ships an update monthly, SheetScope every 2 days. Both last shipped on October 16, 2026.
| Parameter | Midi to Sheet | SheetScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 49 MB | 40 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Romaric de Perier | HYO SEOP LEE |
In-app purchases
Midi to Sheet
- MIDI to Sheet — Full Version$11.99
SheetScope
- Pro Lifetime$5.99









