Appmuse

This would be great if it worked better. Problem is, it makes all sorts of bad recognition errors that are very difficult to correct. It wastes more time than it saves, just to fix the errors. There should be a way to edit the score easily like with cut copy and paste, replace, etc., so that writing recognition errors can be quickly corrected. Instead I often find the need to erase a whole bunch of stuff and redo it. Some stuff cannot be corrected practically. In summary, the concept is great, especially with the Apple Pencil. The problem is, recognition is terrible, even when it should be plainly clear. Show more

It’s a great idea, but it doesn’t work at all. Quarter notes and rests look nothing alike. Eighth notes look nothing like quarter rests, whole notes look nothing like quarter rests. The only pitches it recognizes, and not even constantly are c and d below the treble. The ap is a great idea and I prefer notating by hand, but it just doesn’t work. An idea isn’t a product. Show more

It looks like this app was abandoned like 3 years ago.

I used to use NotateMe on a Samsung Galaxy Note a few years ago, and remembered it being a little aggravating to learn how to write so the app could understand, but basically useable and useful for transcribing before doing the rest of the work in Sibelius. I installed the free version on my iPad Pro, expecting it to have hopefully improved and to work reasonably well with the Apple Pencil, but..... ugh. It’s such a pain! I have trouble writing dotted rhythms because it doesn’t recognize my dots, no matter how big or small I try to draw them. If I want to write 16th or 32nd notes I sometimes have to try over and over and over to draw the beams, because it doesn’t recognize them; or some of the notes under them just disappear for no reason I can see; or extra partial beams get added in random places; or accidentals or extra slurs or extra rests in other voices show up out of nowhere. I have to make note stems absurdly long to get it to work, except that for beamed groups that go between the top and bottom of the staff I start running out of space in the writing area, which is oddly skinny given how much screen space there is available. Sometimes I have to write the same thing six times in a row before I get it to say what I want. I think my handwriting at this point would satisfy any theory teacher I’ve ever had, and the app still can barely decipher it. It also crashes a lot, no matter what I quit out of in the background. And it has stopped playing back from the edit view, and will only play back from the formatted score now. The only reason I give it two stars instead of one is that for music with only a single voice and no complicated rhythms it’s OK. The only reason I’m still using it is that I’m trying to transcribe a Bach violin partita in order to ultimately arrange it for a different instrument and I don’t feel like hunting down another app. Show more

I’m hesitant about spending $40.00 for the upgrade. The basic version has numerous funky glitches; notes and symbols appearing that I didn’t write, etc. good luck getting the app to correctly place a note above or below the basic 5 line stave. It’s a true test of patience. You’ll get used to erasing an entire measure for a silly reason that moving notes around won’t cure. Very frustrating. Show more

Dear App Creator, Please update the app to conform with iOS 11 parameters.

Demo version is a very poor excuse of an app. Imagine how much worse the full version with all "functions" will turn out.

The best app I've found for Apple Pencil to write music by hand. I love that! I've been transcribing by hand for 15 years. My handwriting is good. I've written scores for marching band and jazz bands by hand, but now NotateMe Now cannot read my handwriting. The sensors are not picking up the Apple Pencil as fast as apple's drawing apps. I look forward to Sibelius or Finale adding an Apple Pencil feature, or to NotateMe Now (& others) catching up to the user interface. For now, I like writing in NotateMe Now fairly well. I look forward to less hold-ups when I have to erase and draw again, and again, and again. Please hurry with updates! We are all excited to write music by hand & you have a great start!!! Show more

Amazing...but has some flaws. It can become frustrating

I've been using this app for I think 3 years now, first on my Android Samsung Note with S pen which I love it. However recently bought a iPad Pro and the results are the same if good if not better! *I the key to getting the best results from this app is having the right apparatus when entering notes; Android S Pen, Apple Pen and Notate me recommends another to use on tablets... too. Enjoy!! Show more

5/17: I tried the app again in hopes that after a year it was usable for drum notation and I could buy the real thing. Nope. While pen recognition is much faster, the app doesn't get cymbal hits (maybe 1/10), even when I use their little symbol guide icons. I also wrote a bass drum note, and it added a flat symbol next to it. I didn't realize drums had flats....very disappointing that this app still is awful for drum notation, even after all this time. My original review below stands (aside from the slow input). App is awful. There’s no support, the user guide doesn’t help at all. I’m trying to add in drum notation, and the only thing I can get it to recognize are quarter notes. If I try drum style 8th notes (with the bar), they disappear from the screen. I even watched a 3rd party video, and it doesn’t work. Also very very slow to recognize input from the stylus. i downloaded this since if I liked it I would’ve bought the full program, but with no support, and just extreme frustration, that’s not going to happen. Show more

bad

The idea of writing sheet music directly into an app and having the ability for it to play back is wonderful. However, this app sets you up for frustration. It is not user friendly. It's a fun toy, not a real workflow tool. Show more

Doesn't notate correctly. Alignment of notes is flawed. Unintuitive. Waste of time!

Its supposed to recognize standard music notation and convert it to printable legit music. It is SO bad at recognition. Something simple like quaternotes and eighth notes in 2/4 - should be simple. NOT! It changes four eighth notes to a single sixteenth note double stop! I try to erase, it becomes a hairpin crescendo. It does consistently ask me if i want to buy the upgrade to get additional features. How about this: make it work on the most fundamental levels and people will buy it. Right now its a ipad toy for. Too bad its not created by professional musicians who understand how musicians write. Maybe a little beta testing would benefit? Just a waste of time now...... can I say something positive? YES: SO VERY GLAD this test-version did not cost any money. I'd be so ticked off if I payed for this laughably terrible app! Show more

Crash every time when I try to use photo scan even after reboot. Unable to use this app for what I need. Deleted.

I can't use the photo score now feature. It's very inconvenient. App can't read notes. Difficult to use. Tedious. Not worth your time.

The writing portion of the program works and so does the learning portion. However the proper sounds don't work. Instead they all sound the same, and they all sound like a sign wave. Every so often the actual sound kicks in. It has potential but needs work Show more

Why did you guys give up on the app? You were supposed to work hard and make it better! SO MANY BUGS! Can't use it any more it's just another frustrating app from the bunch!! Wake up and start fixing it!!!! In the meantime stay away from this app!! Show more

Most features are not available in the FREE version so you have NO IDEA if you even want to buy this App!!!!!! How about a time-sensitive FULL VERSION of the App!??!?! Maybe they'd sell more. This app seems disappointing. The initial "LEARN" process is SLOOOOOW and the clunky interface....am I missing something!??!?! I wanna give you guys my $40 but you're making it easy to walk away!!! Show more