Musician Tools

BandScore

Score Player and Editor

Free + in-app purchase

Practice and play with audio, scores, and your band—on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

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See BandScore in action.

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Key Features

Built for practice and rehearsal on iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Free version includes up to 5 songs.

Audio playback with adjustable speed and pitch.
Import Guitar Pro, MusicXML or MIDI scores and play along to audio or Apple Music.
On-device stem separation plus band network sync for nearby devices.
Edit scores, lyrics and chord sheets (Full version; score editing on iPad and Mac).

Free version

Start practicing with your library.

Included at no cost

Up to 5 songs.
1 audio file per song.
Simple mode and Advanced mode playback features below.

Platforms

iPhone, iPad, and Mac.
English, German, French, and Spanish.
Songs sync via iCloud across your Apple devices.

Main features

Choose your mode and stay in control.

Simple mode

Import audio files to create songs.
Audio player with adjustable playback speed and pitch (transpose or fine-tune).
Set markers and play ranges for looping.
Import lyrics and view them in sync with playback.
Organize songs into sets, including last played and recent sets.
Tours, function search, settings filter, Siri, and Shortcuts.

Advanced mode

Import scores: Guitar Pro (GPX/GP2/GP3/GP4/GP5/GP/GP7), MusicXML, or MIDI.
Add an audio playback file or an Apple Music track.
Display the score as guitar tab, regular staff, percussion staff, percussion tab, piano staff, or piano tab.

Score player (Advanced mode)

Scrolling score with play position and note highlighting.
Adjust playback speed and audio pitch.
Loop playback; optional count-in.
Define one or more play ranges (start/end).
Optionally play score notes with the built-in MIDI player.

Lead sheet (Advanced mode)

Scrolling sheet with lyrics and chord symbols.
Play along with the audio track.

Player version (In-App Purchase)

Unlock rehearsal-ready collaboration tools.

Unlimited library + playlists

Manage unlimited songs (device and iCloud storage restrictions apply).
Multiple playback files (audio tracks) per song.
Assign songs to one or multiple playlists.

Recording

Record from a connected instrument.
Mix your recording with the song playback tracks for playback and export.
Add audio processing (volume, pan, EQ, compressor, reverb) for the recording.

Band network (Advanced mode)

Connect nearby BandScore devices.
Sync song selection and play start/stop.
Send songs, play settings, and messages to peers.

Audio separation

Split audio on device into vocals, drums, bass, piano, and other stems (no cloud, no extra fee).

Page-turn keys

Page-turn keys or a Bluetooth pedal for transport control in lead sheet and player.
Define commands for keys in Settings.

Full version (subscription or one-time purchase)

Deep editing, tempo mapping and lyric tools.

Create & structure

All features from the Player version.
Create new songs from scratch using the score editor and chord list editor.
Add, delete, or merge song parts.

Score editing (iPad and Mac only)

Add, delete, copy, paste measures, notes, and chords.
Transpose, quantize, bends, slides, hammer-ons/pull-offs.
Chord signs, lyrics, and comments.
Align tempo from detected transients and beats.
Cut, delay, or insert silence in audio.
Markers and MIDI program or control changes.

Lyric editor

Edit lyric text and times on the beat grid.
Follow playback or align times to the vocals.
Import from internet, LRC, or text; extract from audio (macOS/iOS 26).
Also available on iPhone.

Chord list editor

Sections and section order in text or grid.
Transpose, find and replace, key, and chord names.
Import chord sheets (chord and lyric lines).
Retrieve chords from the score across parts.
Also available on iPhone.

Export & MIDI

Export BandScore files, MIDI, PDF (score, lead sheet, lyrics), LRC, and more.
Send defined MIDI controls while playing.
Song parts and export are also available on iPhone.

Mac

Menu bar, shortcuts, context menus, and extra windows.
Command-click or Shift-click to select songs.
Score selection details in its own window.

Purchases & privacy

Tied to your Apple ID across devices.

Licensing

Purchases work across your devices tied to the same Apple ID.
Score editing is on iPad and Mac only.
Lyric editor, chord lists, song parts, and export are also on iPhone.

Optional analytics

Opt-in anonymous usage analytics may collect sparse product-interaction events to improve the app.
Song titles and chat message content are not collected.
Change this in Settings. See the privacy policy.