MuseScore Studio Alternatives

MuseScore Studio is described as 'Create, notate, and playback music with free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux supporting MIDI, MusicXML, PDF export, and community sharing' and is a very popular music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to MuseScore Studio for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best MuseScore Studio alternative is TuxGuitar, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like MuseScore Studio are Guitar Pro, Avid Sibelius, Dorico and Flat.io.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives are mainly Music Production Apps, but if you're looking for Piano Trainers or Digital Audio Workstations you can filter on that. These are just examples - use the filter bar below to find more specific alternatives to MuseScore Studio.
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Create, notate, and playback music with free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux supporting MIDI, MusicXML, PDF export, and community sharing.

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MuseScore Studio alternatives page was last updated May 31, 2025
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  1. Tabular icon

    Tabular

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    Tabular is a brand new tablature editor that lets you read and write music for guitar, bass, drums and much more. It's the best way to learn new songs, write your own songs and run through practice exercises for nearly any kind of stringed instrument or drum kit.

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    Tabular screenshot 1

    Tabular Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  WYSIWYG Support

    Tabular VS MuseScore Studio

     
  2. TabToolkit icon

    TabToolkit

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    TabToolkit for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch is an incredibly powerful music notation viewer with multi-track audio playback. The app includes an audio synthesis engine that enables you to listen to and control the audio for all instrument tracks individually.

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad
    TabToolkit screenshot 1

    TabToolkit VS MuseScore Studio

     
  4. DGuitar icon

    DGuitar

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    DGuitar is a Guitar Pro (GP4, GP3, GTP) viewer/player that works on Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, Solaris, and any other operating system that has Java Runtime Environment 1.4 or later installed.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    DGuitar screenshot 1
    Discontinued

    The last software release was published on February 20th, 2006.

    DGuitar Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    DGuitar VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    Guitar Pro

    Guitar Pro enables editing tablatures for guitar, bass, and more, with support for piano and drums. It features a realistic audio engine, interactive practice tools, and access to thousands of online tabs, facilitating music comp...

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    Jazz++

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    Jazz++ is a MIDI sequencer/composer. Create your own music.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Discontinued

    Last release Dec. 30, 2008.

    Jazz++ Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Jazz++ VS MuseScore Studio

     
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    QAbc

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    QAbc is a minimal but useful GUI for ABC music composition. This program allow to write music in the ABC syntax and play, preview and print the sheet music.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
    QAbc screenshot 1

    QAbc VS MuseScore Studio

     
  8. MidiYodi icon

    MidiYodi

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    MidiYodi is a cross-platform MIDI Editor for the desktop that allows editing, examination, playback and conversion of MIDI files. MidiYodi provides a rich set of tools to examine and edit the layout, structure and content of a MIDI file.

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    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    MidiYodi screenshot 1

    MidiYodi Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    MidiYodi VS MuseScore Studio

     
  10. Chordsheet Maker icon

    Chordsheet Maker

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    Chordsheet Maker is the quickest and most efficient way to create a chord sheet or lead sheet directly on your iPad. Skip the paper and share it in PDF as soon as it’s done. No complex menus or navigation. All the necessary, in an ergonomic way.

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    • iPad
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    Chordsheet Maker Features

    1.  Export to PDF

    Chordsheet Maker VS MuseScore Studio

     
  11. ABCexplorer icon

    ABCexplorer

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    ABC, a text based music score manager-editor for free. You can copy, transpose or play these songs, import midi-music files, export to midi, to pdf, to web page or to any other printable format.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    ABCexplorer in action

    ABCexplorer Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    ABCexplorer VS MuseScore Studio

     
  12. Musink Lite icon

    Musink Lite

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    Musink is a free music-composition software package that will change the way you write music. Create snippets, scores, books, and MIDI files; export your sheet-music for the Web; never worry about page layouts ever again.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Screenshot of a score in Musink Lite

    Musink Lite Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  WYSIWYG Support

    Musink Lite VS MuseScore Studio

     
  13. SongStuff icon

    SongStuff

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    SongStuff is a software solution for song creating and recording. There are also a music notation module and a beat library in the program. This application is a very useful tool for song writers and music makers.

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • HU flagHungary
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows
    SongStuff screenshot 1

    SongStuff Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  Step Sequencer

    SongStuff VS MuseScore Studio

     
  14. capella-scan icon

    capella-scan

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    Dispatch re-typing of sheet music to a nuisance of the past! Let capella-scan transform your sheet music quickly into a ringing score that is ready for editing and printing. capella-scan has put an end to the laborious task of typing out notes.

    34 capella-scan alternatives

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    • Windows
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    capella-scan VS MuseScore Studio

     
  15. Aered icon

    Aered

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    Aered is a sheet music editor specifically designed for drummers.

    License model

    • Free • Proprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    Aered screenshot 1

    Aered Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Export to PDF
    3.  Export to WAV

    Aered VS MuseScore Studio

     
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