Comparison

SL Air vs Autograph Notation

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

Head to head
About

SL Air

Enhance your audio with this AUv3 effect, designed to add brightness, presence, and stereo width. Achieve a polished top-end for vocals, drums, samples, and full mixes with intuitive controls and a motion display.

Highlights
  • Controlled brightness (Air & Lift)
  • Smoother high-frequency detail (Silk)
  • Stereo expansion (Wide)
  • Polished finish (Glow)
  • Audio-reactive motion display
  • Factory and user presets
  • AUv3 support
Features
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SL Air is a streamlined AUv3 audio effect for adding brightness, presence, stereo width and a polished top end to vocals, drums, samples and mixes. • Air and Lift for controlled brightness • Silk for smoother high-frequency detail • Wide for stereo expansion • Glow for a polished finish • Audio-reactive motion display • Factory presets and local user presets • AUv3 support for compatible iPad music hosts Works as a standalone preview app and as an AUv3 effect in GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, BeatMaker 3 and other compatible hosts.

About

Autograph Notation

Features
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Autograph turns handwriting into engraved music notation. Write a note with Apple Pencil and it becomes a properly engraved note right where you wrote it: on the staff, at the right pitch, in the right place in the bar. WRITE THE WAY YOU THINK • Handwrite notes, rests and more with Apple Pencil • Or tap to place notes, type with the number keys, or play them in from a MIDI keyboard. Every method makes the same edits. • Pencil writes, finger scrolls and zooms, so the page never gets in your way NOTATION THAT LOOKS PUBLISHED • Engraved with the Bravura music font • Automatic beaming, spacing, accidentals and page layout • Multiple voices, chords, ties, slurs, tuplets, grace notes and rolled chords • Time and key signatures, clefs, dynamics, articulations and repeats • Lyrics, including multiple verses, and chord symbols • Piano and multi-staff scores HEAR IT AND SHARE IT • Play your score back and follow along bar by bar • Export to PDF for printing • Import and export MusicXML and MEI, to work with other notation software PAY ONCE Autograph is free to download. Every feature is unlocked for 28 days. After that, a single one-time purchase keeps editing unlocked for good, with no subscription. Reading, playback and export stay free forever, so your scores are never locked away. Autograph works on iPad, and supports the first-generation Apple Pencil.

Screenshots

SL Air3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Autograph Notation at Free against SL Air's $6.99. SL Air's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

Autograph Notation is free to download; SL Air costs $6.99 up front. Autograph Notation sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SL Air asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
SL Air versus Autograph Notation: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSL AirAutograph Notation
Price$6.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size15 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVIACHESLAV ZHILTSOVTimothy Williams

In-app purchases

None

SL Air

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Autograph Notation

One-time1
  • Unlock Editing$29.99

Questions

Is SL Air free?
SL Air costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Autograph Notation free?
Autograph Notation is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do SL Air or Autograph Notation have ads?
Neither SL Air nor Autograph Notation shows ads.

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