Comparison

Klassian vs ARC Score

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

Head to head
About

Klassian

Features
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Don't turn pages. Watch them turn. While you play, your hands are spoken for. A pedal is one more thing to carry, and a nod or a blink can throw off your posture. With Klassian you look at the corner of the page, and it turns. Keep both hands on your instrument. GAZE PAGE TURNS - The right spot to turn is different in every piece. Klassian finds where the music ends on each page and places the trigger zone for you. - Preventing accidental turns mattered as much as accuracy. Your gaze has to settle in the zone, and after a turn it must leave and come back before the next one. - Tune the dwell time and the size of the zone yourself. - It keeps adjusting to you as you play, so it holds up better when your seat, your stand height, or your posture changes. THE CAMERA FEED NEVER LEAVES YOUR IPAD All gaze processing happens on the device. Your face and the camera feed are never stored and never sent. Even in a hall with no internet, reading and turning work exactly the same. VIEWER AND ANNOTATION - Pen, highlighter, eraser, stamps and text notes, just as you would on paper. - A tap on the bar below fans the pages out. They glide beneath your fingertip and settle where you stop. - Two-page spreads, portrait and landscape, and Split View. PERFORMANCE ROUTE A score doesn't always move straight ahead. It goes back, skips ahead, returns again. Set the markers once and Klassian follows repeats, D.C., D.S. and codas for you. LIBRARY Scores arrive in any format. Each gets a cover, and together they become a library, sorted into folders and searchable by composer and instrumentation. You can also search public domain scores from inside the app and add them to your shelf. SCHEDULE AND PRACTICE - Share or paste a booking message and Klassian finds the date, time and venue and adds them to your calendar. The fee, too. - Share a calendar with your teacher or your ensemble, and no one has to ask who is free when. - The metronome, the recorder and white noise are built in. Your practice log starts when you do and stops when you finish. - How many times you were on stage this month, how much you were paid, and what you are still owed, all on one screen. ON IPHONE Scores on iPad, schedule on iPhone. Your data syncs automatically, and one subscription covers every device. REQUIREMENTS iPad Pro (2018 or later), iPad Air (3rd generation or later), iPad mini (5th generation or later) and iPad (8th generation or later). No pedal, no remote. Try it first, then decide. The first month is free. SUBSCRIPTION Klassian Pro and Klassian Max are offered as monthly or annual subscriptions. Your local price is shown in the App Store before you subscribe. Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase. A subscription renews automatically unless it is cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period, and you can manage or cancel it in your Apple Account settings. Any unused portion of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription. Terms of Use: https://klassian.com/en/terms Privacy Policy: https://klassian.com/en/privacy

About

ARC Score

Features
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ARC Score is a sheet music app for editing printed notation, adding annotations, and reading scores while you play. Edit with Apple Pencil on iPad or your finger on iPhone. On iPhone, use one finger to write, erase, and select, and two fingers to pan and zoom. Import PDF or image scores, or create a score from blank staff paper. Turn on printed-content editing to erase or move printed markings while preserving staff lines. Annotate with the pen and highlighter, and save your favorite colors and widths as quick tools. Write notes and rests on the staff of a new or imported score with Music Pen. Recognized handwriting becomes printed notation based on where you wrote it. Add dots or flags to revise it, or use Undo to return to the original handwriting. This does not automatically transcribe an entire existing score. Recognition results depend on handwriting and score quality. Key features β€’ Import PDF and image scores β€’ Staff-paper templates with or without a title area β€’ Save personal PDFs as templates: repeat one selected page or use the complete PDF β€’ Edit printed content while preserving staff lines β€’ Convert handwritten notes and rests with Music Pen β€’ Ordinary pen, highlighter, eraser, freeform and rectangular selection β€’ Undo and Redo β€’ Folders and setlists β€’ Add, duplicate, reorder, and delete pages β€’ Portrait, landscape, and two-page reading β€’ Automatic saving and work recovery Hide the tools in reading mode while keeping system information such as the time and battery visible. Tap or swipe to turn pages, and use performance lock to reduce unintended actions. ARC Score supports Korean, English, and Japanese. Open App Language in settings to change the language in system settings. Printed-content editing and staff detection work best with clear PDFs and images. Results may vary with low-resolution scans and photographs. Access plans Keep up to five library scores for free, with viewing, ordinary annotations, basic management, saving, and export. A multi-page score counts as one library item. Tutorial scores do not count toward the free limit. No ARC Score account or login is required. Monthly and lifetime access provide the same current benefits: printed-content editing, Music Pen, and unlimited library scores. Prices vary by country or region. Check the price and terms shown in the app and Apple's purchase confirmation before buying. Monthly access is an auto-renewable subscription. Eligible subscribers receive a 14-day free trial, followed by the monthly charge unless cancelled. To avoid renewal, cancel in your Apple Account subscription settings at least 24 hours before the next billing date. Lifetime access is a one-time purchase with no automatic renewal. Buying lifetime access does not automatically cancel an existing monthly subscription. After a trial or subscription ends, existing scores and edits remain available for viewing, ordinary annotations, saving, and export. Scores above the free limit are retained. In free access, you can add a new score only when fewer than five library scores are stored. New printed-content editing and Music Pen use require active access. Use Restore Purchases to verify an existing purchase. Privacy Policy: https://arc-score-support.jzrtcmkrj4.chatgpt.site/privacy Terms of Use (Apple Standard EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Klassian4 screens
ARC Score3 screens

Verdict

The call

Klassian and ARC Score are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Klassian sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $12.99 per month and ARC Score sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Klassian versus ARC Score: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterKlassianARC Score
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyβ€”Every 2 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.018.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size107 MB15 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerkyujin chosang hoon lee

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Klassian

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Monthly1 Month trial$12.991 Month
  • Max Monthly1 Month trial$24.991 Month
  • Pro Yearly1 Month trial$99.991 Year
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  • Max Yearly1 Month trial$189.991 Year
2 purchases

ARC Score

Subscriptions1
  • ARC Score Monthly14 Days trial$1.991 Month
One-time1
  • ARC Score Lifetime Access$17.99

Questions

Is Klassian free?
Klassian is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ARC Score free?
ARC Score is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Klassian or ARC Score have ads?
Neither Klassian nor ARC Score shows ads.

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