Comparison

Newzik vs B Flat

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

B Flat

Improve your music sheet reading skills with this app. It offers tailored exercises for beginners and advanced users, focusing on speed and accuracy. Track your progress with detailed statistics and enjoy a stress-free learning environment.

Highlights
  • Beginner and professional support
  • Treble and bass clef support
  • Misread notes displayed more often
  • Solomisation support
  • No time limit
  • Sound generator with SoundFonts
  • Extensive statistics
Features
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••• Apple TV version comes free when you purchase this iOS app! ••• The B Flat app will help you learn and improve your music sheet reading skills - whether you are a beginner, music student or professional musician. Beginners will benefit from the integrated wikiHow article for learning sheet music reading and the special exercises for first-time users. Advanced users can significantly increase their sheet music reading speed. Compared to similar apps, B Flat has no timeout. Instead, depending on the needed time, a time bonus will be given. To practice in this way makes learning to read sheet music more enjoyable for beginners and thus they will succeed faster. Advanced users in turn have the incentive to complete the exercise more quickly. B Flat remembers misread notes and will display them more often. This increases the learning effect. The results are clearly presented with statistical charts so the learner will easily recognize their strengths and weaknesses, as well as their progress. B Flat brings its own tone generator based on SoundFonts. It can play displayed notes, as well as user entries. Instruments can be expanded with your own SoundFonts using iTunes File Sharing or iCloud Drive Features : - Suitable for both beginners and professionals - Support for treble and bass clef - Misread notes are displayed more frequently - Support Solomisation (Do, Re, Mi, Fa ...) - No time limit, thus stress-free learning - Support for all key signatures - Sound generators on SoundFont basis. - Extendable with your own SoundFonts - Extensive statistics - Various settings

Screenshots

Newzik4 screens
B Flat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Newzik at Free against B Flat's $2.99. Newzik also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 2). B Flat's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and review sentiment (81% vs 66%). On rating and 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

Newzik is free to download; B Flat costs $2.99 up front. Newzik sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. B Flat asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for Newzik against 4.5 for B Flat. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Newzik has 1.5K ratings behind it against 2, 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 81% of B Flat's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, B Flat every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Newzik versus B Flat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNewzikB Flat
PriceFree — better$2.99
Rating4.6 (1.5K ratings) — better4.5 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews65.7% of reviews80.8% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.5K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeks — betterEvery 5 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size208 MB58 MB
Age rating+44+
DeveloperSyncsing - NewzikMAMP GmbH

Customer experience

Newzik

All ratings1,518 ratings
Positive88.7%
Neutral4.2%
Negative7.1%
Written reviews426 reviews
Positive65.7%
Neutral8.7%
Negative25.6%

B Flat

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive80.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative11.5%

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

B Flat

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

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
None

B Flat

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Newzik free?
Newzik is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is B Flat free?
B Flat costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Newzik or B Flat?
Newzik is rated higher. Newzik averages 4.6 out of 5 from 1.5K ratings, while B Flat averages 4.5 from 2 ratings.
Do Newzik or B Flat have ads?
Neither Newzik nor B Flat shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Newzik or B Flat?
Newzik ships an update every 3 weeks, and B Flat every 5 months. Most recently, Newzik was updated on September 22, 2026 and B Flat on September 24, 2026.

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