NotateMe App Reviews

Needs more blank options. Practically useless if you cant write in your own time signatures and bar lines. Its frustratingly impossible to write unmetered music. Has the potential to be a great application but only is useful for people writing simple music. Not all music is in common time.

Downloaded current version of NotateMe to my brand new iPad Air with high expectations. Was disappointed to experience how difficult it was to use. With my new stylus I set out to write a short 4 part chorale. Forget it! Lowering my expectations drastically I tried to write a C major scale in quarter notes. Way too cumbersome. Great idea but its got a long way to go to be considered a serious mobile app. Until then hand me down my pencil and paper. I generously gave 2 stars for effort not for performance.

I can see this going very far in the music world :) I cant wait for more updates! A couple of things if personally like to see: -Updated to iOS7 interface -Copy and paste tool -When you erase a note for it to not leave the white scribble -control of midi playback volume for each instrument -measure numbers on every line when there are multiple instruments (rather than just the first instrument) -easier way to make triplets and tied notes Cant wait to see where this goes! :)

Very cool concept, but needs a lot of work to be useful. No undo, at least I cant find it. No real manual. Still very buggy. Copy paste function a bit clunky. I do like the idea and am impressed with softwares concept. Needs more work.

Great idea, but poor execution. This app is very glitchy. A pen and paper works much better.

The long-awaited update has finally come. I have been messing around with the new features for a bit, and it have to say that I am really impressed. The one update that I was waiting for was a pedal marking, and I love how the new stamped icons work. My biggest recommendations for this feature would be to have a resizable option and a scrollable pane on top and bottom for more stamps. The resizable feature would help for cresc/decr. Another option that I was thinking about that might fix this would be to have the preview page editable with the following features: movable staffs for optimization, movable slurs (something that is a little buggy when switching from edit to preview modes), a bigger selection of playback tools, and the resizable tool. I have also experimented with the import option, And I have to say that I was pretty impressed with how much it was able to retain. The biggest problem that I had was when I imported a thick solo piano score, and the line was so thick that it was bigger than the bottom panel of the edit mode. This made some of the features of the piano score smushed, while some couldnt even be seen. I know that this is a new feature, and Im counting on you guys to work this out with maybe being able to resize the bottom panel of the edit mode apart from the zoom in/out feature. One last thing that I wanted to add about this feature was that I had a little bit of a hard time trying to do it all on my ipad, as .xml files are hard to save or open right off the internet to Dropbox. But, this is probably something that the internet browser has to fix. I just thought that I would add that it cant be done solely away from a computer just yet. I also got a chance to check out the new percussion staff and was impressed with the amount of sounds that you could fit in, above, and below the staff. Overall, great job guys. If I have any more recommendations or bugs, Ill be happy to send them through an email that you provided.

Very difficult to use. Doesn’t respond easily. Can’t make slash marks for creating rhythm charts.

I really like the convenience of being able to leisurely create lead sheets without breaking out the MIDI keyboard into a computer I hardly use. This new version recognizes accidentals much better, though it still has occasional issues with sharps. Hopefully it will continue to improve and become even more useful.

This is a cool gimmick but it does not work. Basic notes work, but anything remotely complex is complete frustration. Something as simple as adding accidentals or notes below the staff makes me want to jump off the roof. I would wait until you see better reviews before dropping some big dollars.

This is the most frustrating, useless, and expensive music notation app available. It will take you hours to input the simplest of melodies. Not worth it.

I was frustrated at first but I kept at it. The software has to learn as you use it. Its very handy; Im in a choir and its great for isolating the SATB parts.

I cant believe I paid for this app, it doesnt work

I am a music theory student who uses this app to write my school pieces... The newest update has ruined so many features on the app... The new eraser tool is a pain...you cant erase just where you want anymore... The new recognition engine changed up my entire score... I had it perfect before the update and now I have to go back and fix it before I turn in my score tomorrow.... I think you guys should back track...

Im trying to go paperless and this brings me one step closer. Im still using muse score to finish the piece after exporting XML to Dropbox. This is by far the best notation app for iOS. The things Id change is add the ability to write special instructions hand written on the "finished" score, add customized page formatting (breaking lines, spacing lines, and deleting instrument names), and increase the size of chord symbols. ALSO! It would really be helpful to be able to import .xml files for further editing.

This app does it all in an extremely intuitive fashion..highly recommended for anyone delving into composition/arranging tasks. A stylus is a definite plus..

The reviews said this app was crap.. I didnt listen and got what I deserve. The "photo score recognition" sorta works, but by the time you would make the necessary changes, you might as well have done it all by hand. The editing on this seems primitive and difficult to use. Ill stick to "Symphony Pro". I would love to have my $70 back but this is america, you dont get your money back when you purchase crap in america.

I’ve been waiting for an app like this ever since the first iPad came out. I’ve been infinitely frustrated with the input methods of notation programs, tablet or desktop alike my entire composing career. How great and efficient would it be to input notes naturally like you would writing on a piece of paper, instead of having to learn a complicate system? This app does it. While I don’t think it replaces a full notation program or sequencer, and (the built in sounds are really bad) work can be easily exported to other programs, making this the best choice of input method for those who actually know and prefer to write notation by hand, yet want to use the power of computing to increase the efficiency of manifesting their ideas. Hopefully we will see continued improvement. This app is the answer to my prayers.

The scores dont play!!!!

App works great -- Happy with the quality. Im planning on buying Photo-Score but its a bit too pricey.. will totally buy if they have a temporary promotional discount!

First great thing; it does recognize handwriting. First problem; it takes tremendous patience to teach the program. It is MUCH quicker to put pencil to paper, or to use Sibelius or Notion (an excellent tablet and desktop notation program) directly. But, if you are patient, and you need to be composing or arranging with your iPad at your local cafe, you cant do better than this app.