Comparison of scorewriters

Comparison of scorewriters

This is a comparison of music notation programs.

General information

Name Developer(s) Latest stable release License Supported formats Cost (USD) WYSIWYG Editor Operating System Support
Score support Sound support Print support
Crescendo NCH Software .97 Proprietary mxml No pdf Free Yes Windows
Denemo Jeremiah Benham, Nils Gey, Richard Shann 0.9.0 GPL denemo, xml, mxml midi pdf, ly, png Free WYSIWYM with real Notes Linux, Windows
Frescobaldi  ?  ? GPL ly midi pdf Free Yes Linux
GNU LilyPond Han-Wen Nienhuys, Jan Nieuwenhuizen 2.12.3 GPL ly midi pdf, ps, png Free No Cross-platform
Impro-Visor Bob Keller 4.11 GPL ls midi ls Free Yes Linux, Mac, Windows
MuseScore Werner Schweer 1.1 GPL v2 mscz, mscx, xml, mxl, md, bww, ove, mgu, sgu, cap, kar midi, wav, flac, ogg pdf, png, ps, svg, ly Free Yes Linux, Mac, Windows
MusiXTeX Daniel Taupin, Ross Mitchell, Andreas Egler 1.15 GPL TeX No dvi, ps, pdf Free No Linux, Mac, Windows
NoteEdit Jörg Anders 2.8.1 GPL ? midi ? Free Yes Linux
Rosegarden Chris Cannam, Richard Bown, Guillaume Laurent 10.02 GPL ? ? ? Free Yes Linux
TuxGuitar Julian Gabriel Casadesus 1.2 LGPL tg, ly, xml midi pdf Free Yes Cross-platform
Power Tab Editor Brad Larsen 1.0.0.175 Proprietary ? ? ? Free ? Windows
Capella Capella-software 6.0 Proprietary cap, mxl midi bmp, jpeg, tiff, png, tga, pcx $200 Yes Windows
Encore GVOX 5.0.2 Proprietary enc, mus, mto, rhp, mxl midi, mff, mts pdf $400 Yes Mac, Windows
Finale MakeMusic 2011 Proprietary mus, xml midi, wav, mp3, aiff jpeg, png, tiff, eps $600 Yes Mac, Windows
Guitar Pro Arobas Music 6.0 Proprietary gpx, gp3, gp4, gp5, gtp, ascii, mxl midi, wav png, pdf $60 ? Linux, Mac, Windows
Igor Engraver NoteHeads 1.7 Proprietary ? ? ? $300 ? Mac, Windows
Mozart David Webber 11 Proprietary mz, xml midi bmp, emf, gif, jpg, pbm, png $155 Yes Windows
Mus2 Utku Uzmen (Data-Soft Ltd.) 1.1 Proprietary mus2 AIFF, MIDI, Wave BMP, JPEG, PDF, PNG, SVG $40 Yes Mac, Windows
MusEdit Doug Rogers, Yowza Software 4.0.2 Proprietary ? ? ? $80 ? Windows
MusiCAD Musys Software 3.1 Proprietary ascii midi pdf $55 ? Windows
Notion NOTION Music 3.0 Proprietary mxl, xml midi, wav ? $250 Yes Mac, Windows
NoteWorthy Composer NoteWorthy Software 2.1 Proprietary nwc midi ? $50 Yes Windows
Overture Geniesoft 4.1.0 Proprietary ove midi ? $350 Yes Mac, Windows
Sibelius Sibelius Software 7.0 Proprietary sib, xml midi ? $600 Yes Mac, Windows, RISC OS
SmartScore Pro Musitek Corporation 10.2.6 Proprietary mxl midi pdf $400 ? Mac, Windows
Name Developer(s) Latest stable release License Supported formats Cost (USD) WYSIWYG Editor Operating System Support
Score support Sound support Print support

See also

v · d · eScorewriters
Open source
Denemo • Frescobaldi • GNU LilyPond • Impro-Visor • MuseScore • MusiXTeX • NoteEdit • Rosegarden • TuxGuitar
Freeware
Proprietary
Capella • Encore • Finale • Guitar Pro • Igor Engraver • Mozart • Mus2 • MusEdit • MusiCAD • Music Write • NOTION • NoteWorthy Composer • Overture • SCORE • Sibelius • SmartScore
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