Comparison

Aria vs Opuscan

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

Head to head
About

Aria

Create, edit, and play back musical scores on your iPhone or iPad. This app supports MuseScore and MusicXML files, offering intuitive touch controls for note entry and playback. Organize your library, manage parts, and export your compositions in various formats.

Highlights
  • Edit MuseScore and MusicXML files
  • Intuitive touch-based notation controls
  • Score playback
  • Library organization
  • Part management
  • Export in multiple formats (MSCZ, PDF, MusicXML, audio)
Features
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Aria is a notation editor for iPhone and iPad that lets you create, edit, and play back MuseScore files on the go. Open existing MuseScore and MusicXML files, make changes with intuitive touch-based notation controls, play back your score, organize your library, manage individual parts, and export your music when you’re ready to share. Built for musicians who want a lightweight, mobile-friendly way to review, create, and revise scores wherever they are. Features: * Open MSCZ and MusicXML score files * Create new scores from templates * Edit and enter notes with touch controls, Apple Pencil, or a MIDI controller * Play back scores locally * View and manage individual parts * Export and share your work as MSCZ, PDF, MusicXML, audio, and more. Aria is an independent app and is not affiliated with or endorsed by MuseScore, Muse Group, or any related project. Aria is open-source software licensed under the GNU GPLv3. Source code, license notices, and build instructions are available here: https://github.com/hdi200/aria

About

Opuscan

Transform printed sheet music into editable digital scores. Convert photos or PDFs into MusicXML and MIDI formats compatible with your favorite notation apps and DAWs. Pay only for the pages you convert, with no ongoing subscription.

Highlights
  • Scan sheet music from photos or PDFs
  • Convert to MusicXML and MIDI
  • Works with notation apps and DAWs
  • Pay-per-page conversion model
  • No subscription required
  • Supports printed and engraved music
Features
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Turn printed sheet music into an accurate, editable score in seconds, right from your iPhone or iPad. Snap a photo of a page, import a PDF, or add images from Photos or Files, and Opuscan gives you clean MusicXML and MIDI ready for the notation app or DAW you already use. No sign-in, no subscription: you pay only for the pages you convert. MUSIC AI THAT ACTUALLY READS MUSIC Opuscan runs on Tutteo's own optical music recognition model, built and trained in-house and served from our cloud. It doesn't just spot symbols on the page, it reads and understands the music on the staff, so the details that make a score correct come through far more often. Powerful cloud GPUs do the work, so every conversion is fast and always uses our newest, most accurate model. FROM PAGE TO EDITABLE SCORE IN FIVE STEPS 1. Import: snap a photo, open a PDF, or add images from Photos or Files 2. Pages: reorder, rotate, and crop 3. Convert: see exactly what it costs before anything runs 4. Review: confirm the title, score language, and each part's instrument and transposition, with a confidence hint on every guess 5. Export: save as MusicXML or MIDI, or send it straight to your editor WORKS WITH THE APPS YOU LOVE Hand your score to a notation editor (MuseScore, Dorico, Sibelius, Flat, or Finale) or drop the MIDI into your DAW (Logic Pro, GarageBand, Ableton Live, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, or Reaper). PAY ONLY FOR WHAT YOU CONVERT No subscription. Buy a pack of page credits, spend them only when you convert, and always see the price up front. Credits never expire. BUILT FOR PRINTED AND ENGRAVED MUSIC Opuscan shines on printed and digitally engraved music: solo parts, grand-staff pieces, full multi-instrument scores, and lead sheets with chords. For the sharpest results, use clean, high-resolution pages that sit upright and flat, and keep one piece per file. An internet connection is required. Handwritten music and tablature are not supported. YOUR MUSIC STAYS YOURS We train the model on synthetic scores from our own engraving engine and public-domain music. Your scores, uploads, and private work are never used for training. Bring your printed music to life. Scan, convert, and keep composing. QUESTIONS OR FEEDBACK? Reach us at hello@opuscan.com

Screenshots

Aria4 screens
Opuscan4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Opuscan at none against Aria's 1. Opuscan also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 88%). Aria's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.3) and update cadence (every 4 days vs every 2 weeks). On price, ads, 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. Aria sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Opuscan asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Aria holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Aria has 31 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 88% of Aria's written reviews are positive against 100% of Opuscan's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Aria ships an update every 4 days, Opuscan every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Aria versus Opuscan: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAriaOpuscan
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (31 ratings) — better4.3 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews87.5% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings31 — better6
Update frequencyEvery 4 days — betterEvery 2 weeks
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS1717.0
Further details — not scored
Size279 MB164 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJack GruberTutteo Limited

Customer experience

Aria

All ratings31 ratings
Positive96.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative3.2%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive87.5%
Neutral12.5%
Negative0.0%

Opuscan

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Aria

One-time1
  • Aria Full Access$9.99
None

Opuscan

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Aria free?
Aria is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Opuscan free?
Opuscan is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Aria or Opuscan?
Aria is rated higher. Aria averages 4.8 out of 5 from 31 ratings, while Opuscan averages 4.3 from 6 ratings.
Do Aria or Opuscan have ads?
Neither Aria nor Opuscan shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Aria or Opuscan?
Aria ships an update every 4 days, and Opuscan every 2 weeks. Most recently, Aria was updated on November 5, 2026 and Opuscan on November 5, 2026.

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