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StaffPad

Compose and arrange music with intuitive digital notation.

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StaffPad is a music composition app that lets you write music notation in your own handwriting, record and import audio, edit with touch, and hear playback with realistic sounds. The free StaffPad Reader app connects to StaffPad and displays individual parts in real time across multiple devices over Wi-Fi, with annotations and playback in sync.

12 alternatives to StaffPad

Ranked by how well each tool replaces StaffPad: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

  1. Flat

    Music notation software for composing, collaborating, and publishing sheet music.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    65 out of 100 matchContact sales

  2. Soundtrap

    Music Production, made simple.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    63 out of 100 matchContact sales

  3. MuseScore Studio

    Free music notation software for Windows, Mac, and Linux.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    62 out of 100 matchFree

  4. BandLab

    Cloud-based music creation platform for musicians and fans to collaborate.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    61 out of 100 matchFree

  5. LilyPond

    Music notation for everyone.

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    60 out of 100 matchFree

  6. Astropad

    Pro tech for the Apple ecosystem

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    57 out of 100 match$8.33/mo

  7. Denemo

    Free music notation program for GNU/Linux, Mac OSX and Windows

    Covers 0 of 15 key features and is open source.

    Free planOpen source
    54 out of 100 matchFree

  8. Suno

    AI music generator

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    44 out of 100 match$8/mo

  9. Guitar Pro

    The best tab maker and reader to create, play and share sheet music

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    43 out of 100 match$2.50/mo

  10. Utilvo

    Merge, convert, and compress PDFs, images, and OCR online.

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    41 out of 100 matchFree

  11. Samply

    Your music matters, how you share it should too

    Covers 0 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    40 out of 100 match$5/mo

  12. NotesHub

    Cross-platform, Markdown-based note-taking app

    Covers 1 of 15 key features.

    Free plan
    39 out of 100 matchFree