StaffPad Alternatives

Create, play back and print beautiful sheet music with free and easy to use music notation software MuseScore. For Windows, Mac and Linux.

Sibelius is a virtual score creation tool which allows composers to easily create new piano scores, developed by Avid.

Dorico redefines the gold standard in scoring software.

Finale, the world standard for music notation software, lets you compose, arrange, notate, and print engraver-quality sheet music.

Create, play and share your tabs

GNU LilyPond is a computer program for music engraving.

Online collaborative music score editor

freemium $6.99 / Monthly (Flat Power)

With forScore, your sheet music has never been better—it’s everything you can do with paper, and so much more.

Rosegarden is a powerful audio, MIDI and score editing and sequencing environment for musicians.

Frescobaldi is a LilyPond sheet music text editor.

PrintMusic is a music notation software from Finale for those people who are beginners and don’t want a high-end interface for music notation.

Polyphonic Music Recognition Software. Neuratron AudioScore Ultimate music transcription software.

MobileSheetsPro is the ultimate sheet music reader for Android tablets. Install this trial version to experience freedom from having to lug around books and binders and the ability to access any score in your library in seconds.