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Notation Pad-Sheet Music Score App Complaints & User Negative Comments 2024
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✓ Too many pubsToo many ads to try quietly the free version. I deleted right away. give us a break!.Version: 2.1.0
✓ High subscription costFound the cost too high for casual use..Version: 1.8.1
✓ DisappointingThis app is pretty much unusable unless you fork out money for the expensive weekly charge. It won’t even allow me to change the time signature to start creating a piece. So disappointing that most of the basic features are only for those who pay, rather than a few exclusive features..Version: 1.8.6
✓ Stopped working...So I was using this app for a little while and it was working ok, very fiddly, but it did work. I might have given it 3 stars? It kept popping up with a screen saying to get the pro version and to start a trial period which was annoying, but pretty normal for an app which has a pro version cos ya know, they want money... However now, when I go onto the app, that screen pops up immediately and there is no option to click off it, which means I straight up can’t use the app anymore. I’ve tried multiple times and can’t get past it. It doesn’t matter as it has‘t cost be any money, but it’s still pretty bad..Version: 1.8.5
✓ Kinda limitedMeh.Version: 1.9.0
✓ $40 a month!?!Have you lost your minds? Developers like this need are the reason the App Store is flailing..Version: 1.7.6
✓ Delete function doesn’t fully function; Sorely lacks a user manualI don’t know if this is a bug in the Notation app, or what. But, it’s nearly impossible to alter the notes one has written. At most, one occasionally go a step or two backwards. But, beyond that, it’s not at all clear how one would alter a more complex structure one has composed. It’s also not at all clear how one would insert rests before the notes one has already written. The lack of any user manual makes figuring out how to do such things quite daunting. A detailed user manual would be a very welcome addition to the Notation Program — an addition that is sorely needed if one is to be capable of utilizing the program to its full potential. I’m hoping to hear from the author of the program as to how to carry out the functions I’m having a problem with..Version: 1.6.0
✓ Difficult to useThis app is hard to use, and there are ads basically every 20 seconds. Also, there's little you can do without paying. Would not recommend!.Version: 2.1.0
✓ There is better out there for freeThis app is for one thing not intuitive. A digital keyboard would make notation much better, but of course that’s a part of a separate app. Virtually all useful features are behind a ridiculous paywall of $7.99 a week, totaling $415 a year. I tried another app, “Flat”, and was blown away by how many features were included for free, with useful but not necessary upgrades behind a $50 annual subscription. There should be no reason I need to pay $415 a year to be able to do simple things like change the tempo or time signature or even key signature. Seeing apps like “Flat” make this unredeemable..Version: 1.7.1
✓ UnsureNot working yet!.Version: 1.5.7
✓ I like itAfter a bit of getting used to, and some glitches involving getting kicked out of the app when opening a copy of a previously created score (which seems to have cleared itself up), this is fun and mostly easy to use. The cut and paste with window feature is a bit of a pain, and I would really appreciate being able to add lyrics and determine chords, and I'll be looking for an app that does that. I'd like to be able to pick where to start playback, but it's nice to be able to save to a .pdf or .png file. You will have to upgrade in order to add instrument families, vary tempo, and key signatures (instead of having to add accidentals to notes), so I've spent about $15 total. But this has saved me a ton of time over having to write out a manuscript longhand. I don't have PC access right now, so being able to do it on my phone is a kick in the pants..Version: 1.5.7
✓ DisappointedWorked great at first but now it when I open the app it automatically sends me to this subscription page and won’t let me get out of it unless I get the premium.Version: 1.8.1
✓ Good start but needs improvementIt’s really pretty good for on-the-go notating, which is super helpful, but there are some pretty obvious issues that I’d love to see fixed. One- being able to format the systems/lines of music- often it will end with just one enormous measure at the bottom of the page, which looks ridiculous. Two- there doesn’t seem to be a way to add a second line of lyrics for a verse 2. There’s a button for it, but it doesn’t seem to work unless you add in completely new notes for the second verse, which seems pretty silly. I just want to add new lyrics for the same melody as the first verse....Version: 1.6.2
✓ Try a different appI can never hear anything with this app and it is really difficult to use. I would definitely use a different app. Not even worth the free trial. Both me and my music teacher find this app way too complex to use over Sibelius 😑.Version: 1.8.6
✓ How bout money hungryLol you can’t do anything, if you want to use it, you gotta pay 8,99 a month, lol..Version: 1.8.6
✓ Pro ad keeps showing upWhenever I try to start a score, it comes up with the premium ad and I don't know how to get rid of it. Please help me..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Ads and review requestsThis app seems good at first glance, but it keeps showing ads out of nowhere, and it says you can only change the background colour if you leave a five star review... also kinda fiddly.Version: 2.0.2
✓ Forced to pay to do anything>Started new project >Placed one note (in the wrong space) >Couldn’t remove it >Exited the project to view the tutorial >Greeted with a subscription request screen that cannot be dismissed, and remains after restarting the app. I spent more time writing this than I was able to in the app..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Can’t get off the screen that is asking for the premiumGreat App, even without the premium feature. But after about 5 minutes, it brings me to a screen that does not have a ‘cancel’ or an ‘x’ to take me off to keep using the app without the premium. The only way to get back to the app without the premium is to delete the app and download the app again. This is probably on purpose, but it certainly is annoying for someone who doesn’t want to pay for anything. If this is you, I don’t recommend this app..Version: 1.8.1
✓ This app is awfulThis has got to be one of the worst apps i’ve ever used with ad pop-ups every time you tap something and not even being able to change the tempo without paying for the subscription? it’s a waste of time getting this “free” app don’t bother unless you wanna pay.Version: 2.1.0
✓ DisappointedWhy does it even say it’s free?.Version: 1.8.6
✓ Subscription??I subscribed 2 weeks ago and this week it’s saying that I “need premium to access these features.” I clicked start now and it said I already had premium!.Version: 1.6.4
✓ Limiting due to cost.Shame this app is so expensive £7.99 is a ridiculous price considering the fact that full professional software would cost less over the annual cost of this..Version: 1.6.6
✓ Mauvais!Gratuit oui... mais peu importe ce qu’on veut faire, ah... faut payer!!!! On ne peut pratiquement rien faire! Vraiment très très basique!!.Version: 1.7.0
✓ Would be amazingGot this app in a rush to write down a bass line for a song I randomly came up with and was actually pretty good!… It’s takes a little looking around because there’s no tutorial or anything, but even then it’s still quite clean and simple to use. until I try to change the time signature. I get met with a “Buy the pro version!” Ad, pretty standard for any and everything online but there’s no option to close out the window. Only a link to purchase it and a link to start the free trial. There’s no way for me to go back to my Notation because of the pop up. Would’ve loved to make this my new notation app but I can’t stand that..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Be very careful!I wanted to just note down a few ideas that I had floating around in my head so I thought I would do this as this app has a high star rating. It seems that people are giving this app a five star rating so they can unlock features of the app. I tapped on a button wondering what it did as all it said was V1, and then moved on to a page which you could not get out of saying that I had to tap the button to start a three month trial then it would be £6.99 a week! This app is full of click bait just waiting for the right person to come along and sign up to it..Version: 1.8.2
✓ Too restrictiveYou need premium to: > Change the instrument > Change the key > Change the time signature > Add more parts > Change the speed And premium is $10 a WEEK! I can literally place notes. Period..Version: 2.1.0
✓ A WASTE (if your instrument is anything but a piano)I purchased this app with high hopes but you literally can't do anything without additional purchases. I was hoping to compose a violin trio and I had to pay extra to change the acoustic piano instrument to violin only to find out that 1.) you can't get rid of the bass clef without paying extra (even if it's in VIOLIN mode) 🙂 2.) you have to pay extra to add in other parts 🙄 Other than that you can't change the time signature or the tempo. SO BASICALLY this app was only made for pianists playing 4/4 at 120 bpm. Also, there's ads everywhere! Seriously! In between going to the settings, menu, and the actual sheet music, there's 3 different ads, which I find very inconvenient..Version: 1.5.2
✓ WowNice.Version: 1.8.1
✓ The most senseless money grabAs far as the premium features of the app are concerned I cannot speak to the quality. The reason for this is that I wanted to try the app first before I did. So I created my first project and went to set the key and found that ‘feature’ paywalled. Further when the screen popped up telling me to pay for the feature there was no option to simply return to the previous screen. I had to close the app completely to get back to my project. After trying to do what I think of as basic functions for a couple minutes I found that they had paywalled everything needed to scribe anything other than Mary had a little lamb. The price is absurd for an app where you don’t even get to opportunity to test drive the before needing to upgrade. Atrocious..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Oh, man……..I needed an app to write music on, because I’m a composer. So I looked around, and this seemed like a cool app. So I got it. Well, I was trying to write some music notes down on the paper, and it wouldn’t let me. I had never used this app before, so I clicked the button the said ‘tutorial’ thinking it would help. But no, all it did was say “please sign in.” So I tried doing just that and then did it work? No. It did not. It took me to a place where I have to buy a membership to it, and it didn’t have a X to click to get out of there. So I got completely off of the app. Closed it and everything. Then I got back on. Still same screen, with the pleading robot asking me to buy some stupid membership to it. I guess what I’m trying to say is that, if you have some knowledge with software and/or this app, then feel free to use it, but me, I didn’t know anything about it, so if your like me, I don’t recommend it..Version: 2.1.0
✓ $8/m or be stuck with one optionCan only use one speed, one instrument, one bar structure etc or pay $8/m. Surely there are better pricing options than that.Version: 1.8.7
✓ Can’t Do Anything - Now SolvedEdit: Does anyone know how to put in the notes? I’ve tried dragging, clicking, almost everything and it isn’t working. This app got me really excited, but the first few seconds an ad for a free trial popped up for the pro version of this. This would be no biggie, but there was no way to X out of it and I couldn’t find a way to ignore it. I tried reuploading the app, refreshing my iPad, getting rid of the tab, and nothing worked. I really hope I can get this issue fixed because it seems like it would be a good & useful app. Please have an x button on our free trial pop-up. - Lol, figured it out. It was hard though, for a brain like mine..Version: 1.8.1
✓ No edit function whatsoeverI mean, are you kidding me? I upgraded thinking that would solve a dodgy number of basic functions, despite an apparent usability ... and I’m not a novice user of technology, honestly. This app has no use whatsoever. You can’t edit (change, delete, copy, paste), you can barely do anything having put it down once, badly. Things you alter don’t happen. Shameful disgrace to music and those aspiring to create their own..Version: 1.6.0
✓ ScamLiterally cannot unsubscribe. There is no button anywhere that lets you. The only thing I haven’t tried is the Get VIP button, which is currently non-functioning. Looked for support; the support link links to an ad for the app. Googled support; only found ads for the app. Logging in only lets you change your name. Settings offer background color changes in exchange for 5 star reviews (hence the inflated positive rating), a FAQ with two questions (none related to account payments), the ability to share, a bug report (which I just submitted under the assumption that INABILITY TO UNSUBSCRIBE is an unintended feature), a video tutorial, and little else..Version: 1.6.4
✓ It’s okayIt’s really helpful for my composition work, but there are a lot of seemingly simple features that it lacks that could make it a lot better. For example, I can’t copy and paste measures between sheets of music (and copying/pasting in the SAME song is a real pain.) You can delete notes and rests, but you can’t delete accents, dynamics, repeats, or anything like that. You just have to remove the entire measure. That’s really irritating. Everything it can do really isn’t worth $10... for $10, I would expect more easy-of-use user interface design. It’s pretty simplistic, for the most part. It’s really dumb that adding a key signature to the sheet music isn’t featured in the “free” part of the app. But yeah, I wouldn’t really recommend this to a friend unless they were in great need for a simple music composition software..Version: 1.5.8
✓ Ads make this unusableI couldn’t even start to do anything in this app. Every time I clicked on anything an ad, either for the premium version or just some annoying video ad, would pop up. Also, a couple of things I clicked on took me to the app store. The app claims it can write music for 100+ instruments, but I couldn’t get to anything other than piano. Maybe you have to pay for that? I don’t know. But if you do have to pay for that it should be very clear in the app info. I’m definitely not going to pay for an app that does nothing it claims in the free version..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Easy to use, needs more optionsGreat to use, would be great if you could enlarge the stave and choose how many bars you want. In addition, would be great to have the option to make comments for scales and exercises. Lastly, there isn’t violin features such as fingering numbers and symbols for up and down bows, lower half etc. That would be awesome. I’d would be able to complete my children’s book for violin..Version: 1.8.9
✓ I would do no star if it is availableSeriously ? I can’t get why this app has the average rating of 4 as all you can see from the review is one star. @iTunes , @Apple please due diligence on this before this tarnishes the reputation your rating system. Back to the app, less than 5 sec after I clicked into the app, this promo pop up came out which I tried millions of time to shut down to no avail . Tried all the buttons to avoid the force subscription which leaves me no choice but to put this app into trash can. Maybe that’s where this apps mean to be..Version: 1.8.8
✓ Way to monetisedYou can’t press a single button without the $100 pro add coming up with no cancel button, not to mention all the adds. The actual usability might be ok if you could switch clefs and and do other BASIC music composing stuff. I play the viola and you have to pay to use the alto clef which I ridiculous. Don’t use this app, you will be much better off with a manuscript book..Version: 2.1.0
✓ I CANT EXIT THE ADVERTISEMENTWhen I do use this app I am unable to exit the add floor unlimited access.Version: 1.8.6
✓ Waste of time and effortI have no idea what these other people are doing with the reviews but this app stinks. it’s a complete waste of time and energy. u can’t get anything done without it spamming u with “buy our premium version for way too much money and in a week forget that u paid for it and we’ll charge u without u knowing because u forgot about this app and probably deleted it” u literally can’t get anything done and it’s a painfully slow process. also incase u were wondering... yes u basically have to get premium if u want to do anything. can’t even change the beats per min (which is very important). look around a little more and find a better app..Version: 1.8.1
✓ It functions, but barelyThis app is in the very minimalist sense of the word functional, with many stupid design choices and annoying things that could very easily be fixed. For one, when the app shows you the pro subscription screen, there’s no way to click out of other than clicking the ad and going back to the main screen. Secondly, the app doesn’t show rests when notating, and makes it very strange when writing. If you write a note, it won’t show the rest of the measure as rest but simply only show that one note, which is strange. Also, the music doesn’t play when you’re not wearing headphones, which is a strange issue. Not good 2/5.Version: 1.7.1
✓ Good but priceyThe app seems great to write music and listen to them, but to be able to edit the tempo clef etc you have to pay 9.99 a week which is kinda expensive for what you get. The only reason I didn’t rate it a 1 star was because of how good it is and could be, if it wasn’t so expensive..Version: 1.7.1
✓ AvoidI downloaded this partly based on the claims in the description and partly on the star rating, both of which seem to be basically lies on further inspection. It seems to be impossible to change the time or key signature in the free version, which makes it unusable for me..Version: 1.6.8
✓ Free version is useless.Free version functionality does not extend to setting the key or time signature. As such it is actually worse than useless for use in music education, leading students down a blind alley. If the free app doesn’t have basic functionality, remove the free version from the App Store, and sell the functional full version honestly..Version: 1.5.2
✓ Pretty decent for quick ideasFairly intuitive, but the editing functions leave much to be desired. To me, the most annoying feature is that it puts rests in for you if you go to another measure and leave one incomplete, then you have to erase the rests to plug in the rest of your notes. Also, the sounds are real rough and dynamics aren’t well rendered. That said, this is really useful and allows ideas to get down “on paper” very quickly..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Not accessibleImagine my dismay on downloading this highly recommended app only to discover that it’s not accessible to low-vision users who use screen readers. For all the rhetoric of equality and diversity, I frequently find it conspicuous by its absence in the digital world; but I would have thought it were a must in a music app, as it is an activity enjoyed by many people with sight impairments. If something is not accessible to everyone, it shouldn’t be accessible to anyone..Version: 1.8.5
✓ $10 a week!!Every important quality is not available unless you pay the full fee of $10 a week. What annoys me is that it’s posted like a free app and you don’t see the price until installed. $520 a year I’ll buy sebelius!.Version: 1.8.6
✓ VERY disappointingThe instant I download this, it forces me to the premium page which I CANNOT exit out of. I just want to make music, so please fix this..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Baggy, clumsy editing, dubious privacy policyGenerally pretty well executed but some parts made me uninstall pretty quickly. Laying out notes is straightforward until you make a mistake. You can’t select a note and drag it to the correct note. You have to switch to select, select the note and then move it. I can live with that. What is irritating is the keyboard icon is next to the select icon and I kept pressing that by mistake. Instead of opening a keyboard editor, it throws you over to the App Store to download a separate app, which although I did not try it out, for all intents and purposes looks to be almost the same app. Why isn’t that feature just built into the one app? The upgrade nag screens are deliberately hard to dismiss and generally very annoying. I can deal with the clumsy editing, but the keyboard throwing you out to the App Store and the nag screens are very much deliberate design choices. Soft pass. The privacy policy isn’t great. They “obtain or infer demographic information”. They also let Facebook or Google to snoop on you if you need to connect to their services through this app for some reason. Hard pass..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Forcing me to do thisIt tells me to change the background that it needs me to do five stars nope.Version: 1.8.1
✓ Annoyingly awful free versionHaven’t even made a score yet, and I’ve already been told that I can only unlock a certain feature by either rating the app 5 stars, or leaving a positive review. That’s kind of insulting. Also you can’t change key or time signature on the free version. Which makes it almost pointless, and limiting for anyone who wants to learn or write music. The paid version may be decent, but I just don’t want to get it now..Version: 1.6.4
✓ An ad machine disguised as a music appSo the actual editing feature is ok when it the screen doesn’t lock up - I’d love to tell you more about the functionality of this app, but it was too busy playing full-screen video ads at me every few clicks. Playback doesn’t actually make a sound. At least half of the buttons, when clicked, will bring up a window demanding you sign up for a subscription that costs more than my phone plan just to use the rest of the features it supposedly has. This sort of software has not changed appreciably since Finale or Sibelius in the early 2000s - why the subscription runaround?.Version: 2.1.0
✓ HorribleOk, so I expected this app to compose music as sheet music through audio of my piano. I accidentally pressed on the pro button, and I can't escape from the page. I tried turning off the app, but it still appeared. DO NOT DOWNLOAD.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Free version is practically uselessThe app is pretty much made so that you need to have the paid version—which is outrageously expensive (7 days free and then $7 a week) for anyone who isn't using the app for business purposes. Without premium there are so many features that aren’t included, you can’t change: key signature, BPM, time signature, instrument etc. Furthermore, every time I open the app, a huge ad forcing me to pay for the premium version pops up, and I cannot get rid of it unless I press “upgrade” and cancel my purchase. It’d be easier to just write letters in my notes app. In conclusion, the free version of the app is completely useless and worthless for anyone who wants to write longer and more complicated compositions, and the paid version is way too expensive in my opinion..Version: 1.8.1
✓ Deleted the app instantlyI wanted to try this out and see if it would suit me, but i couldn’t click out of the “try premium 7 days free then…..” whatever menu, no matter how many times i closed the app. Be more open to people wanting to use it for free..Version: 2.1.0
✓ Okay, but....So. I got this app after literally WEEKS of searching for an app that would let me write lyrics with my music. And I came across this one, and it said that it was great for writing lyrics. I got it and played around with it for a long time, but I could not find anywhere to put lyrics in, and I wasn’t getting much time to look with the “UPDATE TO UNLIMITED” screen popping up in my face EVERY FIVE SECONDS with no way to remove it. Seriously? Maybe I don’t want to pay the $20 for the pro version, okay!?! I’m okay with ads, but this was just annoying. I got the app because it said it was good with lyrics, and yet there was nowhere to put lyrics in once I got there. Does someone know how to put lyrics into this app because I certainly don’t, and the tutorial was no help whatsoever. If there isn’t a way to put lyrics, at least please say so in the app description. Thank you, and have a nice day..Version: 1.7.3
✓ No battery optionThe app has a lot of great options but I wish there was battery so I could make a few pieces for my school..Version: 2.0.0
✓ EasyEasy to use, very good.Version: 1.5.2
✓ RubbishThe only instrument I can find is piano, and I play trumpet, there seems to be no key signatures option and it’s just overall confusing. I can’t even type music..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Usable but plenty missingThe description of this app mentions lyrics, but a separate app is available that also describes lyrics and neither of them appear to do so. It is not clearly described that almost ALL functionality is hidden behind a few separate (!!) In-App purchases. There are a few other things that are limitations: 1: the “pages” do not nicely fill a printed page when exporting to PDF 2: the Transpose function doesn’t do anything but change the audio output when previewing the song - the actual notation remains in the original key! 3: Copy/Paste functionality is pretty simple, and hard to get working right (but repeats/codas seem to work properly when testing using the audio playback) 4: when adding volume or tempo decorations, there is not a way to REMOVE them - resulting in more than one kind of “f f f f ffff fff MF ppppppppp”! 5: crescendo marks are temperamental, difficult to place, and don’t “look right” to me (I can’t think of another way to put it).Version: 1.6.0
✓ Sorry excuse for a music appAs the title says, this seems like a sorry excuse for a notation app if it is to be free. I would hold no grudge if this app did not pretend to be free however even something as simple as changing how many beats in a bar requires subscription. The way that the notation itself works is commendable though..Version: 1.6.4
✓ Sound FixI like the app so far however I can’t hear what I’m doing and it’s very bothersome for me. Is this supposed to happen there’s a play button but I can’t hear anything when I press it..Version: 1.7.3
✓ Worst app everCan’t believe there are so many of fake 5-star reviews in this page. Subscribe ad jump out for every 10 seconds and if you buy the "full-version", there is no writing function for you. Just stay away with this app..Version: 1.6.8
✓ It’s okayHow do I add more than one appoggiatura to a note?.Version: 1.8.5
✓ Don’t botherWould be OK except for the incessant ads on the free version. Limited to a single key signature in any song and a very, very basic list of chord names to select from- eg there are no m7b5, 7#11, 7#9, 7b9, 7b13, b9b13 etc chord symbols. Not sure about the subscription version but too frustrated to try..Version: 1.7.1
✓ Scandal!You need to pay to use. 8.99$/ week... Musicians are not rich!.Version: 1.8.6
✓ There’s no subscription cancel buttonIve been using the app on my iPad. I’ve been trying to cancel my subscription but there just isn’t a way to do it. When you put your bank details in it says “to cancel just click cancel subscription in settings” but there is no cancel subscription button in settings. If you go to “app support” it takes you to an internet page that tells you what the app does and how to download it. If you look at FAQ there is nothing about cancelling subscription. It was a useful app but I’m just not using it enough to warrant paying for it but there seems to be no way of stopping them taking my money.Version: 1.6.5
✓ AnnoyingYou can not do a thing on this app without a full screen ad. After stumbling around in settings and only finding ads for buying more, I am deleting this app and will not recommend it..Version: 1.8.5
✓ Free version is ok but...For the premium version you need to subscribe and pay 9.99 a week, a week! Very steep price. For that price you may as well just purchase finale or sibelius. The reason people go to the app store is low costs..Version: 1.6.4
✓ TerribleI really loved this app until I noticed that in the treble clef that the B’s stem was up and it’s supposed to be down once you get to the middle of the staff. And I was mad I didn’t want to make music with mistakes I’m 13 and I still know that and another thing is that when I have my dynamics or I have a certain note sometimes a slur, accent, or a staccato touches that note and becomes more messy I deleted the app ever since and if it was better I would get it back I remember there were some other errors but I can’t remember since I haven’t been on here in a long time Get noteflight it’s way better.Version: 2.1.0
✓ DisappointingI own a flute, and the only reason I really downloaded this app was because I had begun messing around and creating my own little tunes. I just wanted to keep track of them, not lose something special to me, y’know? Well, I trued to watch a tutorial, and it told I had to pay. So I skipped that and went to the creating part. I figured out how to place notes, but everything else was hard to figure out. I couldn’t find eight notes, change most things with out a weekly payment, but what frustrates me the most was that I couldn’t figure out how to listen to the song played on a flute! Is there even a way to change instruments? I deleted a few minutes after and started browsing again. Please make it, I don’t know, cheaper?? Easier to follow? Just fix it..Version: 1.8.1
✓ The adsI’m not sure if this is just me, but I often get background music from the advertisements, even if they aren’t supposed to be playing. It interrupts me when I am listening to my music. Apart from that, this is a very good app compared to the other score creating apps I have used in the past, and would recommend, provided the background music gets sorted out.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Mediocre at bestI got this to help me take my music writing to a professional level. It’s quite glitchy and frustrating. When you go to edit, you have to know immediately after you’ve made the error or change your mind. It’s supposed to be easy, but it doesn’t reliably do the actions your expecting to do. It could be intuitive if it consistently worked. I was hoping that if I hovered over the icons it would tell me what action I was dealing with. I can’t write lyrics or vocals on this program, unless I’ve missed that. The tutorials are very basic. Not at all what I needed to help me with the more advanced and detailed work in need to perform. I’m sure this is fine for amateurs, or very basic work, but it isn’t anything like what I’m used to with Finale..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Far too idiosyncraticThis app works, once you figure it out, but it's far too weird for the $8/week (!) subscription price. It applies very rigid rules: no chord on a rest; no redundant accidentals; etc. Jazz is often written with no key signature, using accidentals for every note, and may use a "reminder" natural on the same note in the next bar. And jazz chord changes are usually on the first or 3rd beat, even if the melody bar begins with a rest. You cannot apply these conventions in the app. The chord symbols are microscopic. Half the icons are actually app store links to other apps by the author; not likely to try them after this experience. I finally figured out how to delete a chord symbol, by selecting it and using the controls to change it to null. Similarly, you can edit a note duration by selecting a different duration in the menu, then selecting the note with the cursor. Of course, there's no internal documentation, just this really fast, silent video, so it's difficult to know how to do things..Version: 1.7.6
✓ Terrible would give negative starsThis app was so bad I would give it negative stars if I could. Had no idea how to use it and every button told me to get a new app or pay. SO BAD!.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Too many ads and the subscription page keeps popping up but can’t close it.Too many ads and the subscription page keeps popping up but can’t close it..Version: 2.1.0
✓ OkAs soon as you want anything other than a piano grand staff, you need to start paying.Version: 1.5.2
✓ ChargedI had deleted this app before the one week trial was over and still got charged for it. I would appreciate it if I could be given an email to see if I could get my money back. Thanks.Version: 1.8.2
✓ Really frustratingThe sheer amount of ads that comes up is ridiculous. The number of time that “sign up for premium” pops up is also infuriating. It’s also bewildering why a button in the app leads to the App Store for a download of another app by the same developer. It made me think I needed another app to fully work this one which was weird. Then the second app also leads you to a third app, at which point is just absurd since both the apps are not worth your time. One of the most non-intuitive composing apps. Move on, don’t waste your time..Version: 1.8.5
✓ Ok but hard to get helpI really like being able to use my iPad to put down & listen to what I’m hearing in my head. The problem I’m having is that it’s not easy to edit the score. Stability is a problem, as Sometimes an action works fine but the same action may not work the next time & instead will mess up that measure. I have questions like: How do I add lyrics? Why do some notes become grayed out so I can’t make changes later? The support is almost non-existent (no answers in the Q&A; nothing on the developer website; the video tutorial goes too fast & has no audio to help vision impaired users). I can’t even find any answers on Google. It takes a long time to do a simple part because I’m pretty much on my own trying to figure things out that should otherwise be easy. UPDATE: thanks for answering some of my questions. I have other questions. Is there a way to select/copy/paste measures so I don’t have to re-enter all of those notes again? Why are some sounds (like pan flute) volume so low? I shouldn’t have to lower all the other sounds way down just to hear it/.Version: 1.8.5
✓ If I can I’d give it no starThe app does not allow me exit the subscription page. It sucks..Version: 2.1.0
✓ I would give it 0 stars if possibleThis app is horrible, I was looking for a free app that I could find sheet music for Clarinet and Piano and I have heard great things about this app and some people said it was free for them. When I got onto the app it took me to this page and then 10 seconds later the subscription page. I was really disappointed that I couldn’t get more time to explore..Version: 2.1.0
✓ OverpricedSeems like a decent app from simply using the free version. But the price of £6.99/WEEK is really prohibitive.. feel like 6.99/month would get more bites. Or a one off purchase fee..Version: 2.1.0
✓ AnnoyingThis app is almost on the same level as the latest version of Marco Polo. This app showed a lot of promise as a basic and free version, but it hounds you to upgrade to a paid version and you basically cannot do anything outside 4/4 time. One should at least have some of the standard times, like 2/4 and 3/4 as part of the basic package. At least you aren’t limited in the actual writing of the music-which I fully expected with how it grubs for an upgrade. On top of it all, it has ads that pop in somewhat frequently. Thus, my title to this review..Version: 1.8.5
✓ Please add a search bar to downloadsGreat app, very useful but a bit limited. However, please add a search bar to the downloads section as I want to find a certain song, but I can’t because I have to scroll through all of the downloads and that way I can’t find my desired song.Version: 1.7.1
✓ I’m stuck on this page help 😓I need this app so bad but whenever I go onto it it keeps asking me to “go pro” or something like that which is fine but I can’t get off the page unless I delete the app and reinstall it! Please fix it!.Version: 2.1.0
✓ Turn back. Can’t even access basic functionality without a subscription.Can’t even do something as little as change the tempo in the free version. I hit tempo and got a full screen pop-up begging me to start a free trial of the pro version (which, of course automatically turns to a $6.99/week subscription after). There’s no X or way to get rid of that screen unless you start the free trial. Even if you close the app and reopen it it goes straight to that screen so you can’t even test things out. I’ll never support this business model where it’s made to appears like there’s a free version (which is expected to be limited in functionality), but it turns out to be *completely crippled* version that pushes you towards a subscription, and even the most basic functions are behind a paywall. I wish Apple would do a better job at screening this crap. Might be a good app. I’ll never know because I’m not supporting this bait-and-switch business model..Version: 1.8.5
✓ Pretty useless.First, I should admit that I have only tried the free version. EVERYTHING you could possibly want to do costs extra though. All of those little costs add up. Might as well drop the $15 and buy an actually good music notation app, rather than download this free one and get charged for every little thing you could possibly want to do. Also, It’s super tedious to try and use. I’m a pretty small person yet even my fingers couldn’t seem to hit the tiny buttons on this app. It’s also really not intuitive at all. Trying to figure out how to do simple things like erase notes, add double bar lines, or switch between rhythms is confusing and time consuming. I hate this app. I don’t think it’s good for anything. Absolutely useless..Version: 1.5.5
✓ OkIt was great until it started asking me if i wanted a free Trial now it sums completely and utterly..Version: 1.8.6
✓ Don’t waste your time on this.This app claims to be a music notator yet you have to buy a separate staff if you want anything other than a piano grand staff - shame on you for wasting my time. While using this app you will incessantly have to fight off numerous commercials for audiobooks - it also turns out you have to buy a bunch of other features that one would normally expect in a notating application.Version: 1.6.0
✓ Are you crazy ?Got 20 second out of it before it ask me for 9$ a week ! That’s 468 dollars a year !!. ARE YOU CRAZY ?.Version: 1.8.4
✓ Hahahahaha 9$ a weekWhat a scam.. Honestly. Barely works to start with, then you need to pay 8.99$ a WEEK to use this bad app...Version: 1.9.0
✓ Why. Why are there no real drums.This might actually be a decent app. But I wouldn’t know. Because the only thing that I got this app for was writing in percussion clef. So I bought all the god forsaken extras (ten bucks just to EDIT TEMPO?!) and all of the percussion instruments because I *assumed* there would be a kit option. Even though it wasn’t listed as “kit” or anything, I put my faith in the “synth drums” instrument, because a lot of synths that have a drums setting can do almost anything I would possibly need. Then I found out that “synth drums” is literally just one tom pitched up and down. It’s literally just a piano with some slight attack to it. It serves as nothing but an insult to (highly) paying customers. Sigh. All I know is that Noteflight better get it together and release a mobile app or I’m going to continue being a sad little girl. Please introduce at least a basic drum kit. For real, look at Noteflight’s drum notation software and take some notes. If you add FX cymbals (china, splash, bells, swishes, etc.) I will literally leave Noteflight entirely behind and use this app exclusively. All I need is a decent kit. Can we get a percussion clef, please?.Version: 1.5.7
✓ Unusable without handing over cash!Opened it up for the first time and simply tried to write the 3/4 time at the beginning of a blank sheet and it wouldn’t do anything or accept it without upgrading to the professional version. Therefore is useless and unusable..Version: 2.0.2
✓ Notation PadVery good once you learn how to use it, but a bit hard to use when you’re learning how to use it. Also not having the premium features makes it harder for key signatures and tempo. Overall pretty good..Version: 1.5.2
✓ Easy to use, VERY difficult to printI downloaded this app in order to arrange music for my choir, and I was very impressed by the options available to me. After a couple of days I purchased the $7.99 A WEEK package in order to have more musical liberties, and it was worth the $16 to be able to use those features for 2 weeks. Once I was done arranging the piece, I was VERY disappointed to learn I had spent $16 for TWO WEEKS of a service only to have it print with a notation pad watermark. I can simply buy a copy of music off of any website for $3-$7 and it will have nothing but a small note in fine print to indicate the service it came from. It is unacceptable to make your customers pay a ridiculous amount of money each week only to leave them with marked copies of music that THEY composed. I recommend finding a different app for a musical outlet..Version: 1.6.5
✓ Can’t even try it out?I assumed since there is an unlimited access version that there would be a limited access version to see if I liked it. There isn’t and you have to pay to even give it a shot, so I’ll try a different app. How disappointing. If I would have been able to try it, I might have ended up buying it. Response: it wouldn’t let me try anything for free. The screen to pay took over the entire app with no way to get rid of it. But the quick reply by the dev was polite, so deserves a star boost..Version: 1.8.2
✓ Scam! Delete app immediately!When I just got the app, I didn’t know how to use it. So, I pressed on tutorial and then a page that said turn to pro popped up. I didn’t want to have the pro version I just want to be able to write music! But... And this is a big but... When that page pops up you cannot cancel it. There is no cross! Delete app immediately because this is a scam! I hope they fix that now because this comment may change the future of this app..Version: 1.8.6
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