PlayScore Alternatives

PlayScore is described as 'uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR) to let you scan sheet music and play it on your phone or convert to MIDI or MusicXML' and is a music recognition app in the education & reference category. There are five alternatives to PlayScore for Windows, Mac, Harmony Assistant and Melody Assistant. The best alternative is SmartScore. Other great apps like PlayScore are ScanScore, SharpEye, NEURATRON PhotoScore and OMeR.

PlayScore alternatives are mainly Music Recognition Apps but may also be Music Production Apps. Filter by these if you want a narrower list of alternatives or looking for a specific functionality of PlayScore.

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PlayScore

Freemium • Proprietary
Music Recognition App

Android
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Android Tablet
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PlayScore uses advanced optical character recognition (OCR) to let you scan sheet music and play it on your phone or...

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SmartScore
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
6 alternatives to SmartScore
Scan, edit and transpose your music in just minutes. There is simply no faster way to get printable music into your computer. Band arrangements, operas, hymns, musicals, orchestral parts and scores appear on-screen in editable and playable form within seconds after scanning.

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ScanScore
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
Music Production App
Windows
5 alternatives to ScanScore
With ScanScore you can scan sheet music and have them played to you. For scanning, you can use a smartphone, a tablet or a conventional scanner. Via the MusicXML interface you can export your notes to almost any music program and edit them further.

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SharpEye
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
Windows
6 alternatives to SharpEye
SharpEye Music Reader converts a scanned image of printed music into a MIDI file, a NIFF file, or a MusicXML file. It allows direct scanning from TWAIN compatible scanners. (Most scanners are TWAIN compatible).
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SharpEye Features
1. OCRExtract the text from a screen capture or file and paste it into another document for edits.
Image recognition
Discontinued
Not compatible with modern OSes.
NEURATRON PhotoScore
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
Windows
5 alternatives to NEURATRON PhotoScore
Music scanning & PDF to notation software.

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OMeR
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Paid • Proprietary
Music Recognition App
Music Production App
Mac
Windows
Harmony Assistant
Melody Assistant
3 alternatives to OMeR
OMeR is the printed music recognition add-on for Melody Assistant or Harmony Assistant.

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