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New to IPAD

Posted by utility player on 4/14/2025, 7:50 am

What APP do you guys use on IPAD to put your scores in that you can write on them and save?

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by Me on 4/25/2025, 10:39 pm, in reply to "New to IPAD"

I'm going to join the crowd and say ForScore. In my years of gigging I have used it consistently, and I don't think I've EVER seen an iPad user playing from a different app.
My go to for scanning music is NOT to use my phone or iPad as the files are usually huge and can slow program down when you amass thousands of scores. I scan everything from the Xerox or Ricoh copy machine at school and email it to myself. When I open the email on my iPad, I click share the file and open it in Forscore. A 15-20 page score is usually like 750kb vs. 5-6Mb if I scan with my phone.

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by Mr. Dude on 4/15/2025, 9:43 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

I use Piascore. I'm a huge fan, and it's way cheaper than forScore and does everything I need it to. Recording, built in piano, built in tuner. Built in metronome that remembers the tempos from song to song. You can also send your co-workers pdf's of your score with notes that you wrote in...which is super handy.

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by HCBD on 4/14/2025, 10:28 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

A few suggestions:

ForScore and most robust and feature rich.

However, Newsik is what we use to sync our scores together and each director can make notes which gets synced with other directors. It costs $ to use that feature but it is $25 for a lifetime (Essentials) subscription.

They do have a yearly $50 subscription for a ton more features and accounts, but that's a bit too much for us.

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by Hmm on 4/15/2025, 9:06 am, in reply to "Re: New to IPAD"

I bought ForScore when it first came out and was significantly cheaper. So that's what I have been using. But I recently heard about Newsik and I did not realize it was collaborative. How does that work for your staff? Do you ever feel like you would rather have your own score without everyone elses markings?

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by HCBD on 4/15/2025, 10:50 pm, in reply to "Re: New to IPAD"

You have to pay for each director so they can join in on a collaboration (Newzik Essentials $24.99 one time) but I really like it. There are layers so you can easily hide other directors markings.

Other staff members will make notes on what they are hearing instead of interrupting rehearsal (although sometime we still go that route too) - we can all see each others notes and we all help with each other's band. Periodically we will clear all markings and start fresh so things do not get too cluttered. When I want to just see my own notes, there is a layer I can select to show that. It works well for us, we all have ipads and use them regularly so it works well.

They have $50 a year subscription model that has a ton of other features but I don't think I need it.

That being said I do slightly prefer ForScore and if they came out with that feature and it was reasonable cost, I would probably switch.

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by Me on 4/14/2025, 10:23 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

ForScore works great for me for this.

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by ipad kid on 4/14/2025, 10:20 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

forscore, well worth whatever it costs

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by WW Guy on 4/14/2025, 9:10 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

forScore is the best in my opinion

Re: New to IPAD

Posted by Warhawk on 4/14/2025, 9:01 am, in reply to "New to IPAD"

ForeScore