Best Musescore Apps

4.6😞(78K ratings)

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Access a vast library of free sheet music for various instruments and genres. Learn and practice music with an interactive player, tempo control, and practice modes. Enhance your skills with video courses and premium features.

What We Love

🚀 Great app for finding sheet music
👍 Huge selection of songs and genres
🎼 Useful practice mode with adjustable speed and metronome
💡 Ability to save favorite songs

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy and unstable, often crashes or freezes
🔒 Confusing and deceptive subscription model
👎 Poor customer service and refund policies
💸 Overly aggressive monetization tactics
📱 Inferior mobile app experience compared to website

Flat: Sheet Music Maker & Tabs by Tutteo Limited

Compose, Notate & Play Scores

Strong Contender

4.6😐(6.8K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Create, edit, and play sheet music and guitar tabs with this intuitive composer app. It offers a wide range of instruments, notation tools, and collaboration features. Import and export in various formats, and share your creations with a large community.

What We Love

🚀 Easy to use
👍 Great for beginners
🎨 Lots of customization options
🎶 Extensive instrument selection
💡 Collaborative features

Room to Improve

🐛 Buggy and glitchy
🔒 Limited free features
💰 Expensive subscription
🔊 Poor audio quality
📏 Rigid layout and formatting

Sibelius by Avid®

Music Notation and Scoring App

Worth Considering

Musicnotes: Sheet Music Reader

4.2😐(1.8K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

Professional music notation software is now available on mobile devices. Create, edit, and hear your compositions anywhere with a full suite of tools optimized for touch and stylus input. Seamlessly sync across platforms and access different feature tiers to suit your needs.

What We Love

👍 Easy to use and intuitive
🚀 Useful for composing on the go
💡 Good for making quick edits to existing scores
🎨 Stylish and professional-looking app

Room to Improve

🐛 Crashes and freezes frequently
🔒 Difficulty unlocking full version and accessing features
💰 Subscription service is very expensive
🔇 Limited sound library and poor playback quality
📁 Unreliable saving and file management

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Interactive sheet music playerKey transposition toolAnnotation and markup

Access and play a vast library of digital sheet music. Practice with interactive tools, transpose keys, and annotate scores. Organize your music into set lists for lessons, rehearsals, or performances.

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Notation Pad-Sheet Music Score

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Real-time collaborative editingMusicXML, MIDI, PNG, and PDF exportHigh-quality playback sound

Create, edit, and play sheet music with this comprehensive notation editor. Compose original pieces, transcribe existing music, and even collaborate in real-time. Ideal for musicians of all levels, from beginners learning notes to experienced composers.

Full Notation Music Scanner

Scan music from photos and PDFsPlayback with scrolling notationAdjust volume, instrument, and transposition

Scan sheet music from photos or PDFs and have it played back. Adjust instruments, tempo, and transposition. Export your scores as MusicXML and MIDI for further editing.

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Scan printed sheet music with cameraPlayback from photo library or PDFTap to play specific measures

Instantly listen to scanned sheet music with this app. It recognizes musical notation and plays it back on your device with various instruments and adjustable speeds. Learn music by hearing it come alive from the page.

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Write music & scan sheet music

Compose music scores with various clefs and symbolsWrite lyrics and chord symbolsMulti-track support for different instruments

Easily compose and edit sheet music on your mobile device. This app simplifies music creation with a text-keyboard-like interface for notes and chords, supports multiple instruments and clefs, and allows for lyric and chord symbol writing. It's ideal for songwriters, teachers, and students.

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Composer Pro-Sheet Music Maker

Compose Music Score & Writer

Keyboard-style note inputSupport for up to 8 partsOver 100 instruments

Compose music scores with ease using a familiar keyboard layout. This app supports multiple parts, a wide range of instruments, and various musical symbols, making it suitable for both beginners and experienced musicians.

Turbocharge your sheet music

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This app digitizes sheet music, offering organization, annotation, and playback tools for musicians. It allows for easy import, library management, and hands-free navigation, enhancing the performance experience.

PDF sheet music readingCloud sync and importLibrary organization and search

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Notion: Music Notation & Tab

Compose anywhere

Traditional musical notationGuitar tablatureIntuitive touch interface

Create dynamic musical compositions using traditional notation or guitar tablature. This app offers an intuitive touch-based interface, realistic playback with orchestral samples, and cross-platform syncing. Share or export your creations in various formats.

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Drum Snap: Music to Drum Score

AI transcribe drum notations

Audio/video importAutomatic drum track isolationSmart drum transcription

Transform audio and video into clear drum notation with automatic BPM detection. This tool helps musicians, producers, and students transcribe rhythms into sheet music, with local saving and flexible export options.

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Shazam: Find Music & Concerts

Identify Songs, Live Shows

Instant music identificationConcert discoveryOffline song recognition

Instantly identify music playing around you or in other apps. Discover nearby concerts, lyrics, and videos. Access your music history and get personalized recommendations.

Scorelio: Sheet Music Player

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Mute parts, loop & metronome

Real-time score rendering with cursorPer-part mute, solo, and volume controlA-B looping for practice sections

This app allows musicians to read, listen to, and practice sheet music from their phone. It offers features like part muting, looping, a metronome, and synchronized backing tracks. Designed for practice, it supports various file formats and works offline.

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Sheet Music Reader Halbestunde

Scan & Learn to Read Notes

Accurate sheet music scanningEffortless transpositionVirtual instrument display

Transform sheet music into an interactive learning experience. Scan, transpose, and practice with virtual instrument displays and customizable tools. Ideal for musicians of all levels to improve their skills.

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SM Music Reader

Read MusicXML filesScreen reader compatibilityBraille music translation

This application allows users to read and play sheet music in MusicXML format. It offers features for both sighted and visually impaired individuals, including screen reader support and braille translation. Access a vast online library of scores and manage your favorites.

Metronome & Tuner by MyAR

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Pro's piano, guitar companion

High precision metronomeInteractive string instrument tunerAdjustable tempo from 1-999 BPM

This app offers a high-precision metronome and an interactive tuner for string instruments. It provides a wide range of tempo adjustments, beat accent modes, and sound options, along with support for numerous instruments and auto/manual tuning modes.

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PaperWave: Sheet Music

Score reading with zoom and scrollingPerform Mode for distraction-free practiceBuilt-in metronome

This app is a digital sheet music reader and practice assistant for musicians. It allows importing, organizing, and annotating scores, with features like a metronome and a distraction-free performance mode. Enhance your practice and performance with smart tools for musicians.

Etude - Sheet Music Player

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Practice, Loop & Play Along

Instant score playbackTempo and loop controlOn-score annotation

This app transforms sheet music into an interactive practice tool. Hear scores played back instantly, adjust tempo, loop difficult sections, and annotate directly on the page. It also includes audio file playback with pitch and tempo manipulation, plus a chromatic tuner and chord tools.

Metronome &Tuner, ProMetronome

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Tap Tempo, Beats, guitar tuner

Sample-accurate metronome timingReal-time chromatic tunerStructured training modes

This app offers a precise metronome with sample-accurate timing and customizable rhythms, alongside a chromatic tuner for various instruments. It includes structured training tools and setlist playback, with MIDI control for hands-free operation during practice and performance.