Newzik vs Tagly
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
Tagly
Discover and learn barbershop tags with this app. Search through thousands of popular tags, save your favorites to personalized lists, and explore a vast collection.
- Search thousands of barbershop tags
- View most popular tags
- Save favorite tags
- Create personalized tag lists
- Discover new barbershop music
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Tagly is a great way to discover and learn barbershop tags. Search thousands of barbershop tags, view the most popular, and save your favourites to your own lists.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tagly at none against Newzik's 4. Tagly also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 65%) and rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Newzik's advantage is ratings volume (1.6K vs 3). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Newzik sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Tagly asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tagly holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newzik has 1.6K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 65% of Newzik's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tagly's.
Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, Tagly fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Newzik | Tagly |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (1.6K ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 65.4% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.6K — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 208 MB | 27 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Syncsing - Newzik | Peter Bryant |
Customer experience
Newzik
Tagly
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
Tagly
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
Tagly
No in-app purchases
