YouCompose vs Music Sheet®
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
YouCompose
Create original music effortlessly with an AI assistant. This app generates unique compositions using music theory and genetic algorithms, ensuring no copyright issues. It offers a wide range of built-in instruments and flexible editing tools.
- AI-powered music composition
- Original, copyright-free music generation
- 80+ built-in instrument sounds
- Over 85 predefined ensembles
- Multiple creation methods (keyboard, MIDI, grid, score)
- Classical and jazz harmonization
- Advanced editing capabilities
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Meet Aimée, your AI assistant composer, ready to help you create amazing music effortlessly. Aimée: Originality You Can Trust. In the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and creativity, concerns about originality and copyright are paramount. Aimée, the AI-powered assistant in YouCompose, stands out by ensuring that the music she helps you create is entirely original and free from copyright issues. Aimée Doesn't Steal! Aimée's AI isn't trained on existing musical data. Instead, she generates her own unique musical content. This innovation is achieved through the clever use of an expert system that combines music theory with advanced genetic algorithms. As a result, Aimée produces truly original compositions that are not based on or derived from existing works. At the heart of Aimée's originality is an expert system grounded in comprehensive musical theoretical data. This system provides Aimée with a deep understanding of music, enabling her to compose with creativity and precision. Whether you're crafting a symphony or a simple melody, Aimée applies her theoretical knowledge to ensure your music is harmonically rich and structurally sound. Aimée also leverages genetic algorithms, which allow her to evolve and refine musical ideas through a process akin to natural selection. By iteratively improving upon initial ideas, Aimée can explore a vast space of musical possibilities, generating compositions that are both innovative and musically coherent. This approach is crucial in addressing potential copyright infringements. By not relying on pre-existing musical data, Aimée ensures that the music you create with her assistance is genuinely yours. Why Originality Matters? In the realm of music composition, originality is not just a matter of artistic integrity but also a legal necessity. Copyright infringement can lead to significant legal challenges and financial liabilities. Aimée's ability to create original music provides peace of mind, allowing you to focus on your creative process without worrying about potential legal repercussions. Features of YouCompose and Aimée: Built-in Instruments: - 80 instrument definitions with their sounds, including all regular orchestral instruments, keyboards, organs, guitars, basses, chorus, and percussion. - Over 85 predefined ensembles for quick setup, ranging from trios to orchestras. Creating and Editing: - Create melodies using the built-in virtual keyboard, a MIDI keyboard, a grid or score editor, by importing MIDI files, or by asking Aimée to generate them. - Aimée harmonizes your melodies in classical or jazz style, considering your chosen instruments. - Edit compositions by copying, pasting, moving, and deleting movements, segments, and individual notes. - Let Aimée compose a complete symphony or add new movements based on her own or your melodies. - Control harmonization with instrumentation tools, ‘Composition instructions,’ ‘Harmonization Points,’ or leave it to Aimée. - Combine classical and jazz styles within a single piece. - Special tools for entering lyrics, applying melodic transformations, and creating dynamic effects. Sharing and Saving: - Compatible with Audiobus, AudioCopy, and Inter-App Audio for seamless audio recording and integration with other apps. - CoreMIDI compatible for use with MIDI keyboards, sound modules, or synth apps. - Export audio files in MIDI, AAC, M4A, AIFF, CAF, and WAV formats, with M4A files containing iTunes data like ‘artist,’ ‘song name,’ and ‘lyrics.’ - View, print, save or export full scores and individual parts (transposed when applicable) as PDF. - Save compositions to your device, with options to share via iCloud, email, or AirDrop. - Share compositions through email with YouCompose files, audio files, MIDI files, and PDFs of scores and parts. YouCompose also includes several sample compositions featuring well-known melodies, providing a rich starting point for your musical journey.
Music Sheet®
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Music Sheet® let you create music sheets as PDF file or print it immediately, or share the PDF file with AirDrop, Mail, Messages, Notes, etc. with toolbar buttons. You can also click … to customize the toolbar items. Music Sheet® also save your created sheet as .msheet document with undo/redo support. You can share the documents with friends who also installed Music Sheet® or open them later. Music Sheet Types ================= Music Sheet® now supports the following most popular sheets: Standard sheets - Standard No Clef - Standard GClef - Standard FClef - Standard CClef Alto - Standard CClef Tenor - Standard Neutral Clef - Standard Neutral Clef (one line) TAB sheets - TAB - Four String - TAB - Five String - TAB - Six String - TAB - Seven String - TAB - Four String + Treble - TAB - Six String + Treble - TAB - Four String + Bass - TAB - Five String + Bass - TAB - Six String + Bass Grand sheets - Grand - Piano Staff - Grand - Organ Staff - Grand - Piano + Blank - Grand - Piano + Treble - Grand - Piano + Blank + Lyric Line 1 - Grand - Piano + Blank + Lyric Line 2 Ensemble sheets - Ensemble - STAB(soprano, alto, tenor, bass) - Ensemble - STAB(soprano, alto, tenor, bass) + Piano - Ensemble - SAB(soprano, alto, bass) - Ensemble - SAB(soprano, alto, bass) + Piano - Ensemble - SSA(soprano, soprano, alto) - Ensemble - SSA(soprano, soprano, alto) + Piano - Ensemble - SSATB(soprano, soprano, alto, tenor, base) - Ensemble - SSATB(soprano, soprano, alto, tenor, base) + Piano Brass sheets - Brass - Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone - Brass - Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone, Baritone Sax - Brass - Trumpet, Trumpet, Tenor/Alto Sax, Trombone - Brass - Trumpet, Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone, Baritone Sax - Jazz Ensemble - Trumpets x4, Tenor Trombones x3, Bass Trombone Paper Size ========== Music Sheet® support the following standard paper size used in USA and other countries: - US Letter - US Legal - US Ledger - US Tabloid - US Business Card - US Executive - US Jr Legal - ANSI A - ANSI B - ANSI C - ANSI D - ANSI E - Arch A - Arch B - Arch C - Arch D - Arch E - Arch E1 - Arch E2 - Arch E3 - ISO A0 - ISO A1 - ISO A2 - ISO A3 - ISO A4 - ISO A5 - ISO A6 - ISO A7 - ISO B0 - ISO B1 - ISO B2 - ISO B3 - ISO B4 - ISO B5 - ISO B6 Staff Line Weight ================= Music Sheet® support the following line weight for staff. The “Default” is most popular line weight for scale 1.0. You can choose to use thicker line weight for scaled sheet. - Ultralight - Thin - Default - Light - Regular - Medium - Semibold - Bold - Heavy - Black
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: YouCompose at $12.99 against Music Sheet®'s $19.99. YouCompose also leads on device support and iOS requirement (14.0 vs 17.0). On in-app purchases 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
YouCompose costs $12.99 and Music Sheet® $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | YouCompose | Music Sheet® |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $12.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (35 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 35 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | — |
| Ads | No | — |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | — |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 399 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elstar | Ruizheng Liu |
In-app purchases
YouCompose
No in-app purchases
Music Sheet®
No in-app purchases









