The Best Avid Sibelius AlternativesTop Music Production Apps like Avid Sibelius

Avid Sibelius is described as 'Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS with intuitive tools for score creation, MIDI input, guitar tab conversion, and dynamic parts' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Avid Sibelius for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, Linux, iPad and iPhone apps. The best Avid Sibelius alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Avid Sibelius are Guitar Pro, Rosegarden, Dorico and Impro-Visor.

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Avid Sibelius alternatives page was last updated May 5, 2025
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  1. MuseScore Studio icon
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    Compose, arrange, and share music using free, open-source software for Windows, Mac, and Linux with integrated playback, fast note entry, MIDI, MusicXML, PDF support, multilingual UI, and direct connection to an online sheet music community for sharing scores.

    71 MuseScore Studio alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • CY flagCyprus
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku

    Top MuseScore Studio Features

    1.  WYSIWYG Support
    2.  Transpose
    3.  Music XML Support
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Export to PDF
    6.  Automatic positioning
    7.  Support for MIDI
    8.  Works Offline
    9.  Portable
    10.  SMuFL support
    11.  Support for Android Things

    MuseScore Studio VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about MuseScore Studio as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Top Positive Comment
    Guest
    Feb 23, 2017
    4

    Very good and freeware. It allows me to write my music, export it in midi format file and upload it to Reaper DAW. It also allows me to import any midi I recorded within Reaper and instantly have a music score to share with fellow musicians.

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    Positive Aug 11, 2020
    1

    Musescore is fully functional Also has lots of add-ons and import / export formats.

    Guest
    Positive May 27, 2020
    1

    Already very good but with lots of potential as it is being rapidly developed and expanded

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    • Almost everyone thinks MuseScore Studio is a great Avid Sibelius alternative.

    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. Guitar Pro icon
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    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 composition and transcription.

    67 Guitar Pro alternatives

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  Works Offline
    3.  Ad-free
    4.  Virtual Instrument
    5.  Music Sequencer

    Guitar Pro VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about Guitar Pro as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Guest
    Positive Nov 20, 2016
    1

    While it's more geared towards guitar, you can easily write scores for any instrument.

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    • Most users think Guitar Pro is a great Avid Sibelius alternative.

    • Guitar Pro is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • Guitar Pro is the most popular commercial alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • Guitar Pro is Paid and ProprietaryAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
    • Guitar Pro is LightweightAvid Sibelius is not according to our users
  3. Rosegarden icon
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    Rosegarden is a well-rounded audio and MIDI sequencer, score editor, and general-purpose music composition and editing environment.

    105 Rosegarden alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Country of Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • BSD

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Music Looper
    2.  Support for MIDI
    3.  Piano Roll

    Rosegarden VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about Rosegarden as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Guest
    Positive Oct 27, 2018
    1

    Record and playback midi & audio easily. Scoring is a little more difficult

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    • Almost everyone thinks Rosegarden is a great Avid Sibelius alternative.

    • Rosegarden is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. Dorico icon
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    Compose or publish music notation, produce teaching materials or learn the language of music — Dorico lets you make beautiful music, fast.

    17 Dorico alternatives

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    • FreemiumProprietary

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    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad

    Properties

    1.  Intuitive Interface

    Features

    1.  Support for MIDI
    2.  WYSIWYG Support
    3.  Engraving options
    4.  MIDI Keyboard Input
    5.  Guitar support
    6.  Music XML Support

    Dorico VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about Dorico as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Kambro
    Positive Jan 4, 2018
    1

    Interface very performed : an excellent 21th century application.

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    • Almost everyone thinks Dorico is a great Avid Sibelius alternative.

    • Dorico is Freemium and ProprietaryAvid Sibelius is also Freemium and Proprietary
  5. Impro-Visor icon
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    Impro-Visor is a music notation program designed to help jazz musicians compose and hear solos similar to ones that might be improvised.

    64 Impro-Visor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    The latest update is from 2019.

    Impro-Visor Features

    1.  Export to MIDI
    2.  Export to XML

    Impro-Visor VS Avid Sibelius

     
  6. LilyPond icon
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    GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving. One of LilyPonds major goals is to produce scores that are engraved with traditional layout rules, reflecting the era when scores were engraved by hand.

    49 LilyPond alternatives

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    • FreeOpen Source

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Customizable

    Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Cross-Platform
    3.  Sheet music transcription

    LilyPond VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about LilyPond as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Guest
    Negative Jan 31, 2020
    0

    hard to use, and unpractical

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    • Most users think LilyPond is a great Avid Sibelius alternative.

    • LilyPond is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. Band-in-a-Box icon
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    Band-in-a-Box is an intelligent automatic accompaniment program. You can hear and play along to many song ideas and go from "nothing" to "something" in a very short period of time with Band-in-a-Box as your "on demand" backup band.

    62 Band-in-a-Box alternatives

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    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    Band-in-a-Box Features

    1.  Support for VST Plugins
    2.  Music Sequencer
    3.  Generative acompaniment
    4.  Accompaniment

    Band-in-a-Box VS Avid Sibelius

     
    Comments about Band-in-a-Box as an Alternative to Avid Sibelius
    Guest
    Positive Jan 11, 2017
    0

    it anticipates what musicians needs to make music and provides it. it's incredibly easy to use. Produces professional results and it keeps getting better every year. this is understandable when you consider that musicians created the programs

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    • Band-in-a-Box is Paid and ProprietaryAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
  8. Flat.io icon
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    Flat lets you write sheet music with your friends in real time with a nice music notation editor.

    22 Flat.io alternatives

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    • FreemiumOpen Source

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    Country of Origin

    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Flat.io Features

    1.  Real time collaboration
    2.  Collaborative writing

    Flat.io VS Avid Sibelius

     
    • Flat.io is the most popular Web-based alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • Flat.io is Freemium and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
  9. Frescobaldi icon
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    Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor. It aims to be powerful, yet lightweight and easy to use. Frescobaldi is Free Software, freely available under the General Public License.

    40 Frescobaldi alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Frescobaldi VS Avid Sibelius

     
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