SmartScore AlternativesMusic Production & Music Recognition Apps like SmartScore

SmartScore is described as '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' and is a music production app in the audio & music category. There are eight alternatives to SmartScore for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Mac, iPad, Android and iPhone apps. The best SmartScore alternative is MuseScore Studio, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like SmartScore are Avid Sibelius, Dorico, PlayScore and PDFtoMusic.

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  1. MuseScore Studio icon

    MuseScore Studio

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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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • PortableApps.com
    • Haiku
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    • MuseScore Studio is the most popular Windows, Android, Mac & iPhone alternative to SmartScore.

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

    • MuseScore Studio is Free and Open SourceSmartScore is Paid and Proprietary
  2. Avid Sibelius icon

    Avid Sibelius

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    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric support, scanning tools, and expressive playback.

    58 Avid Sibelius alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once or Subscription)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Android
    • iPad
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  4. Dorico icon

    Dorico

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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

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPad
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    Avid Sibelius

    Professional music notation software for Windows and macOS featuring intuitive, task-based score creation, MIDI and onscreen input, up to 16 staves, guitar tab conversion, Magnetic Layout, dynamic parts updates, text and lyric su...

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    PlayScore

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

    5 PlayScore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad
    • Windows
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    • PlayScore is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to SmartScore.

    • PlayScore is Freemium and ProprietarySmartScore is Paid and Proprietary
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    PDFtoMusic

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    You often download score files in PDF format from the Internet, and youd wish to hear them?

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
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  8. ScanScore icon

    ScanScore

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    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.

    5 ScanScore alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • ScanScore is the most popular commercial alternative to SmartScore.

    • ScanScore is Paid and ProprietarySmartScore is also Paid and Proprietary
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    SharpEye

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    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).

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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