Newzik vs Score Wizard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Newzik
Digitize your sheet music with AI-powered conversion, playback, and transposition. Collaborate with other musicians in real-time and access your library across all devices. Includes essential performance tools like a metronome and tuner.
- AI music recognition for scores
- Real-time collaboration with musicians
- PDF score transposition
- Embedded metronome, tuner, and recorder
- Bluetooth pedal support for hands-free page turning
- Cloud storage for library access on any device
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Go paperless and discover the power of digital sheet music with our musical pdf reader. Listen to your scores thanks to our AI, collaborate instantly with your band, and benefit from all the tools you need in just one app. Approved by 400K+ users. > AI MUSIC RECOGNITION FOR YOUR SCORES Import your PDF sheet music or scan your scores and convert them to LiveScores, using our artificial intelligence. You can then listen to your score, generate playback for your musical practice, and export it to musicXML. > COLLABORATE WITH OTHER MUSICIANS Newzik is the best collaborative tool for teachers, bands, choirs and ensembles. Broadcast your scores and annotations in real-time with other musicians, and always remain up-to-date. > PDF TRANSPOSITION Transpose your PDF scores in one click. Newzik’s AI rewrites your scores for you. > ALL THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO PERFORM Newzik offers embedded metronome, tuner and recorder. The app is compatible with bluetooth pedals, for hand-free page-turning. > YOUR SCORES ACCESSIBLE ON ANY DEVICE With Newzik, your music is safe: your library is stored in the Cloud. Thus, you can access it on any device. > OUR PRICING Trial Version: Try Newzik for free with your 3 first scores, and convert up to 10 pages into LiveScores using our AI. Newzik Essentials - One-time purchase: Store up to 1000 parts in the Newzik Cloud and access them on any device. Newzik Premium - Yearly subscription: Enjoy all the features of Newzik without limits: unlimited storage, unlimited LiveScore conversions, unlimited collaborative projects. Try it for free. Your Newzik Pro subscription will be billed to your Apple ID at the date of purchase, and renewed automatically unless you cancel 24h before the renewal date. > WHICH INSTRUMENTS CAN USE NEWZIK? Any musician of any level using sheet music can benefit from Newzik. For instance, this app is for you if you play one of the following instruments: Piano Singing Violin Saxophone Guitar Flute Have a question or suggestion? Send us an email at contact@newzik.com General Terms and Conditions of Use: https://newzik.com/en/general-terms
Score Wizard
This app is a PDF reader designed for musicians that automatically turns pages by listening to your performance. It also offers tools to clean up scanned sheet music, convert photos to PDF, and organize your music library.
- Intelligent score following listens to playing
- Automatic page turning
- Clean, crop, and straighten scanned music
- Import from IMSLP
- Convert photos to PDF
- Bluetooth pedal and gesture controls
- Music-optimized video conferencing
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Focus entirely on your performance while Score Wizard handles the rest. Designed by a pianist for professional musicians, this intelligent PDF reader listens to your playing and turns pages automatically – no pedals, no distractions, just your music. HANDS-FREE PAGE TURNING: No more Bluetooth pedals. The app follows your performance in real-time with reliable, concert-tested score following. Just play – Score Wizard keeps up. PRISTINE DIGITAL SCORES: Instantly clean, crop, and straighten scans. Import from IMSLP with a single tap or convert photos to PDF. TOTAL ORGANIZATION: Manage your library via the iPadOS Files interface with seamless iCloud, Dropbox, and Google Drive sync. Build setlists for gigs, bookmark key pages, rearrange pages with drag-and-drop. ANNOTATE WITH PURPOSE: Mark up your scores with music symbols, highlights, and notes. Your annotations travel with your PDFs. VERSATILE CONTROLS: Prefer a pedal? Bluetooth page turners are fully supported – and so are regular hand gestures and even eye blinks. Use whatever works for your setup. THE VIRTUAL STUDIO: Enjoy unlimited, music-optimized video conferencing with best-in-class audio for lessons. Write assignments on score-attached text notes. Also available on Mac. Import, annotate, and organize your library at your desk – then perform from your iPad on stage. Score Wizard – Your Library, Your Way.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Newzik at Free against Score Wizard's $7.99. Newzik also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 12). Score Wizard's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (83% vs 65%). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Newzik is free to download; Score Wizard costs $7.99 up front. Newzik sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Score Wizard asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Newzik against 4.5 for Score Wizard. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newzik has 1.6K ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 65% of Newzik's written reviews are positive against 83% of Score Wizard's.
Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, Score Wizard monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newzik | Score Wizard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) — better | 4.5 (12 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 12 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Syncsing - Newzik | Ron Regev |
Customer experience
Newzik
Score Wizard
Bugs and requests
Newzik
Reported bugs
4 issues- Frequent crashes when opening new scores
- Incorrect tempo and pitch playback
- Inability to properly import and read certain music file formats
- Syncing issues between devices and lost data
Requested features
5 requests- Add support for sorting music by genre, origin, or type
- Improve live score playback accuracy, especially for jazz and swing styles
- Implement a dark mode option for better visibility
- Allow more flexibility in organizing and rearranging setlists
- Provide a desktop app or better web integration
Score Wizard
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Newzik
- Newzik Pro (monthly)$9.991 Month
- Newzik Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
- Newzik Essentials$24.99
- Newzik Premium (lifetime)$179.00
Score Wizard
No in-app purchases









