Avid Sibelius Alternatives

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 Dorico, Guitar Pro, Rosegarden and Symphony Pro.

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Avid Sibelius alternatives page was last updated May 5, 2025
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  1. EasyABC icon
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    EasyABC allows you to edit and play abc files. It supports conversion from MusicXML and MIDI to ABC. The latter uses a custom implementation (midi2abc is not used) in order to produce very readable ABC output. Direct midi input is supported for people with a midi keyboard.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

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    • SE flagSweden
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    EasyABC VS Avid Sibelius

     
  2. TablEdit icon
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    TablEdit is a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and sheet music (standard notation) for guitar and other fretted, stringed instruments, including mandolin and bass.

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    • FR flagFrance
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows

    TablEdit Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    TablEdit VS Avid Sibelius

     
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    Power Tab Editor is a free tablature authoring tool created by Brad Larsen for Windows. It is used to create guitar, bass and ukulele tablature scores, among many others. The current version uses the *.ptb file format.

    46 Power Tab Editor alternatives

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Discontinued

    The latest version (1.7) is from 2007.

    Power Tab Editor Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Power Tab Editor VS Avid Sibelius

     
  4. MusiCAD icon
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    The main feature of music notation software should be the facility to produce high quality sheet music the easy way; enter music notes as simple as possible, using either PC-keys, mouse, or a MIDI-keyboard.

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    • NL flagNetherlands
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Windows

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    Music note writing and composing software A simple and intuitive way to write musical notation, Crescendo allows composers to write, save and print their music compositions on their computer. Arrange your own professional quality sheet music.

    License model

    • Free PersonalProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • AU flagAustralia

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android

    Crescendo Music Notation Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    Crescendo Music Notation VS Avid Sibelius

     
  6. Reflow icon
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    Reflow is a music notation app that runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac. It is a 100% Native app that supports iCloud sync and latest Mac OS X features such as Versions, Autosave and Fullscreen.

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    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Reflow Features

    1.  Drums

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  7. DaCapo Editor icon
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    DaCapo Editor is a free Open Source music sheet editor which allows to easily create nice looking partitions. It is available as a web application as well as a desktop application for Windows, MacOS and Linux.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • DE flagGermany
    • European Union flagEU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Self-Hosted

    DaCapo Editor Features

    1.  Support for MIDI

    DaCapo Editor VS Avid Sibelius

     
    • DaCapo Editor is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Avid Sibelius.

    • DaCapo Editor is Free and Open SourceAvid Sibelius is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Graphical Notation is an app for music creation and graphical notation using Artificial Intelligence.

    License model

    • FreeProprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    CalmusNotation Features

    1.  AI-Powered

    CalmusNotation VS Avid Sibelius

     
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    Do you have a sound card? Do you have a musical instrument? Scolily allows you to create scores while playing!.

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Scolily Features

    1.  Sheet music transcription

    Scolily VS Avid Sibelius

     
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