Notation Pad-Sheet Music Score

It’s not fair, I guess, to review something I haven’t really tried, and I hope the “free version”, isn’t similar to the paid version, because it has that quality of sleaziness, trying to trick you into clicking ads and hiding buttons you need to close ads, and throwing up ads with every operation you try to test. How can I possibly check whether I like the interface of something that throws ads up on the screen constantly, requiring I spend x amount of time watching the ad before I can, say, figure out how to write a note? In my experience, this doesn’t bode well for the experience I would have if I paid. I’d love to pay for a simple notation app and this looks like it might have something like that, buried beneath the advertisements, but it says something that they must benefit so much from these ads that driving potential customers away with a blizzard of adverts makes good business sense. And advertisers must know something I don’t, because I get so annoyed by them that I’d never buy one of those products, and it’s not their fault. Business models these days… seems like a downgrade for customers, right? It’s working for somebody though. Hopefully I’ll find an alternative that cares about customer experience.

As a music therapist and private teacher, I love this app. I write etudes for students, and use it for transcribing, transposing, or arranging songs. There is a bit of a learning curve to it. The only reason I gave it 4 stars is because I would like it to have some more features, and fix an error. The stem of the note for the 3rd line should be written down when played by itself, but on this program it’s written up instead. Sometimes I like to add chord symbols, i.e. Cm7, along with a melody line, but the letters are written so small it’s hard to see. And it gets covered by any notes written above the staff. Also you HAVE to include a tempo marking, quarter note = ?? Bpm, with every score. Sometimes I don’t need to include one and I can’t get rid of it. For the purposes of writing etudes I would like to include a double bar line at the end of every line but can’t seem to figure that out. Little things like that. This app has been a great resource for me. Definitely recommend it!

Love this app. I was watching a vlog on the top songwriting apps and this was suggested as #10. I understand music theory and song progression through learning to playing and playing the violin for so long, but I’ve never created my own music. I’m teaching myself to write music and songs based on my experiential knowledge. This app is amazing for people who can sight read and play an instrument by ear because it so easy to put a note on the page, play it and build on it to make the sound or song as you hear it in your mind. The written notes are placed along a score and helps to remove the necessity of constantly having an instrument available. It’s so easy to use from editing, deleting, adding, saving. It’s so great. Check it out. In my opinion, it’s definitely worth the purchase. It’s not going to create a whole song with the ability to introduce multiple instruments or effects available in a mixing studio. But it’s perfect for creating sheet music verbatim or using it to build the skeleton of a song that you may choose to upload into another program to add Sound FX, vocals, drum beats, etc. I love it. Check it out. I hope I’ve described the app in enough detail on how it’s benefited me in order to know whether it’s a great fit for you.