Comparison

Newzik vs Quartet 3

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

Head to head
About

Newzik

Digitize your sheet music with AI-powered tools. Listen to your scores, collaborate with musicians in real-time, and transpose PDFs instantly. Access your music library from any device with cloud storage.

Highlights
  • AI music recognition for scores
  • Real-time collaboration with musicians
  • PDF score transposition
  • Embedded metronome, tuner, and recorder
  • Bluetooth pedal compatibility for hands-free page turning
  • Cloud storage for music library access on any device
Features
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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

About

Quartet 3

Enhance your jazz performance and practice with live studio recordings of jazz standards. Mute your instrument to play along, change keys, adjust tempo, and loop sections for focused learning. Features animated chord diagrams and playlist creation for seamless practice sessions.

Highlights
  • Live jazz standards play-along
  • Mute your instrument
  • Change key and tempo
  • Loop sections for practice
  • Animated chord diagrams
  • Multi-app playlist creation
  • Multitrack export
Features
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Practice and perform jazz standards on another level with Quartet. And with a host of brand-new features, the top-selling jazz play along apps just got even better. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Volume 3 includes another 100 stunning jazz standards recorded exclusively by 6 of the world’s best jazz musicians. All ‘live’ studio recordings with intros, endings and top line solos. Whether you play jazz piano, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums…simply mute your instrument from the Quartet for the ultimate jazz play along. And for jazz singers too, each edition of Quartet is an unrivalled collection of jazz backing tracks powerful enough to gig with. Change key on the fly. Speed up or slow down the audio seamlessly. Loop sections and slow them right down for practice. Select the number of repeats. Choose from preset mixes or create your own custom mix using the new onboard mixer. Arrange each song exactly the way you want it with the new automated ‘Arranger’ feature. Add a touch of reverb and you’re good to go. Improve your skills with full screen animated chord diagrams for Piano, Guitar and Ukulele. Search the entire Quartet song library (700 songs) by composer, style, BPM, associated artist and more. Build and share multi-app playlists and easily export PDF chord charts for every song. Export your stereo mix or export the multitrack if you want to develop the high quality separated parts in GarageBand or whatever DAW you use. Either way, all recordings are offered to you royalty-free giving you endless creative possibilities. The 100 jazz standards in Quartet Volume 3 include improvisations in the style of… ‘After You’ve Gone’, ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’, ‘At Last’, ‘Baubles, Bangles & Beads’, ‘Blueberry Hill’, ‘Blues’ (in all keys), ‘Breezin’’, ‘Chameleon’, ‘Down by the Riverside’, ‘Freedom Jazz Dance’, ‘How Long Has This Been Going On?’, ‘Ladies in Mercedes’, ‘On the Street Where You Live’, ‘Second Time Around’, ‘Someone To Watch Over Me’, ‘Summer Knows’, ‘Só Danço Samba’, ‘Too Marvelous for Words’, ‘Who Can I Turn To?’, ‘With a Song in My Heart’… and 80 more. Install Quartet on all of your iOS devices plus your Mac devices (M series only) at no extra cost. Ready to take your jazz standards to another level? Hear more at www.quartetapp.com Featured artists on Quartet Volume 3 Guitar Nigel Price Nigel has recorded with many big-name artists, performing on over 50 albums, most recently Van Morrison’s studio album ‘Keep Me Singing’. A former member of The James Taylor Quartet, Nigel was voted the UK’s ‘Best Guitarist’ in the 2016 British Jazz Awards and is “…probably the most dynamic and gifted guitarist on the British jazz scene today” [All About Jazz]. Trumpet Steve Fishwick Steve has performed and recorded with many leading European jazz musicians including Sir John Dankworth, George Mraz, Dado Moroni, Claus Raibler, Tony Lakatos and the WDR big band. In the USA, Steve has performed and recorded with Anita O' Day, Ron Carter, Jimmy Heath, Peter Erskine, Eric Harland, Scott Hamilton, Herb Geller Saxophones and Flutes Andy Panayi Credits include Shirley Bassey, Jessye Norman, Paul McCartney, Seth MacFarlane, Elaine Paige, Elvis Costello, Georgie Fame, Helen Shapiro, Madeline Bell, Patty Austin, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Billy Cobham Piano Graham Harvey Credits include Incognito (MD), Stacey Kent, George Benson, M People, Hamish Stuart, The Jones Girls, Philip Bailey, Chaka Khan, The BBC Big Band, Madeline Bell, Jocelyn Brown, Mica Paris, Sir Cliff Richard Bass Geoff Gascoyne Credits include Jamie Cullum (MD), Sting, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Mari Wilson, Paloma Faith, Georgie Fame, Gloria Estefan, Guy Barker, Charlie Watts, Benny Golson, Jacqui Dankworth, John Martyn, Eartha Kitt Drums Sebastiaan de Krom Credits include Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Dave Holland, Jamie Cullum, Guy Barker, Wynton Marsalis

Screenshots

Newzik4 screens
Quartet 34 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Newzik at Free against Quartet 3's $16.99. Newzik also leads on ratings volume (1.6K vs 22). Quartet 3's advantage is review sentiment (90% vs 66%). On rating, update cadence, ads and 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Newzik is free to download; Quartet 3 costs $16.99 up front. Newzik sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month and Quartet 3 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Newzik against 4.7 for Quartet 3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newzik has 1.6K ratings behind it against 22, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 66% of Newzik's written reviews are positive against 90% of Quartet 3's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, Quartet 3 monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 23, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Newzik versus Quartet 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewzikQuartet 3
PriceFree — better$16.99
Rating4.6 (1.6K ratings)4.7 (22 ratings) — better
Positive reviews65.6% of reviews90.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.6K — better22
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 — better16.6
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB528 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSyncsing - NewzikUK Music Apps Ltd

Customer experience

Newzik

All ratings1,528 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.1%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews433 reviews
Positive65.6%
Neutral8.5%
Negative25.9%

Quartet 3

All ratings18 ratings
Positive88.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative11.1%
Written reviews20 reviews
Positive90.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.0%

User reviews

Newzik

From 1.6K App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Great app for musicians
  • 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface
  • 💡 Useful features like tuner, metronome, and live score playback
  • 🚀 Reliable and stable performance
  • 👍 Excellent customer support

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Occasional crashes and bugs
  • 🐛 Inaccurate live score playback, especially for rhythms and dynamics
  • 🐛 Limited free version with restricted features
  • 🐛 Compatibility issues with older devices
  • 🐛 Unreliable page turning with Bluetooth pedals

Quartet 3

From 22 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Superb tool for drum teachers
  • 👍 Huge selection of styles and tempos
  • 👍 Ability to mute drums for playing along
  • 👍 High-quality audio recordings
  • 👍 Intuitive and easy to use interface

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

Quartet 3

No bugs or feature requests surfaced in reviews.

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Newzik

Subscriptions2
  • Newzik Pro (monthly)$9.991 Month
  • Newzik Premium (Yearly)7 Days trial$44.991 Year
One-time2
  • Newzik Essentials$24.99
  • Newzik Premium (lifetime)$179.00
5 purchases

Quartet 3

One-time5
  • Upgrade song$0.99
  • Buy 10 tokens$8.99
  • Buy 20 tokens$14.99
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  • Buy 50 tokens$22.99
  • Upgrade all songs$39.99

Questions

Is Newzik free?
Newzik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Quartet 3 free?
Quartet 3 costs $16.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Newzik or Quartet 3?
Quartet 3 is rated higher. Newzik averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.6K ratings, while Quartet 3 averages 4.7 from 22 ratings.
Do Newzik or Quartet 3 have ads?
Neither Newzik nor Quartet 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Newzik or Quartet 3?
Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, and Quartet 3 monthly. Most recently, Newzik was updated on October 24, 2026 and Quartet 3 on October 23, 2026.

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