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forScore is #12 in Music Paid in United States and charting in 16 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 8 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Full timeline · 31 events
- 🚀forScore: now shown next to Calypso Score: Sheet Music, Paperless Music, Enote - Sheet Music App +5 morethe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️forScore: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- 📦forScore updated to version 15.2.6Bug fixes and minor improvements
- 📈forScore entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · KR
- ✏️forScore: new iPad screenshots· US
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- 📦forScore updated to version 15.2.5This version adds support for Apple’s latest devices, improves Reflow, features a redesigned stamp creator, and includes other minor bug fixes and improvements.
- 📈forScore entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · IT
- 📈forScore entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · CN
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · JP
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · AE
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · SE
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · NL
- 📈forScore entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · FR · Top Paid · Music · GB
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · US
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · KR
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · IT
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · 4 countries
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · FR
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · DE
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · CN
- ✏️forScore: new screenshots10 screenshots (was 10) · BR
- 📦forScore updated to version 15.2.3Bug fixes and minor improvements
- 📈forScore entered the top 10Top Paid · Music · CA
- 🌟forScore featured by Apple: “主打推荐”today · CN
- 📈forScore entered the top 10 in 2 chartsTop Paid · Music · BR · Top Paid · Music · US
- 🆕forScore first spotted by AppInsider#61 in Top Paid · Music · Japan
- 📦forScore version 15.2.2No release notes
- 🆕forScore released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
forScore at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-05. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
forScore is a premium PDF sheet music reader and organizer for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS that enables musicians to go paperless by importing, annotating, syncing, and performing scores with integrated utilities like metronomes and tuners. The app maintains strong paid chart positions in key markets including #4 in South Korea and #13 in the US Music category, while also ranking #51 in the Netherlands All Apps Paid chart, indicating broad international appeal among professional users.
Similar apps: MobileSheets, Piascore, OnBoard
forScore on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
forScore declares it collects no data at all — the rarest and most private label on the App Store.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
forScore downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where forScore's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in forScore before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How forScore makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | forScore Pro subscription | |
| 2 | forScore Pro 30-Day Pass subscription | |
| 3 | Brahms: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 4 | Tchaikovsky: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 5 | Liszt: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 6 | Satie: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 7 | Schumann: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 8 | Händel: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 9 | Beethoven: The Mutopia Collection | |
| 10 | Haydn: The Mutopia Collection |
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| MusicPaid | #12 | |
| MusicPaid | #11 | |
| All AppsPaid | #109 | |
| MusicPaid | #32 | |
| MusicPaid | #21 | |
| MusicPaid | #36 | |
| MusicPaid | #38 | |
| MusicGrossing | #100 | |
| MusicPaid | #21 | |
| MusicGrossing | #76 | |
| All AppsPaid | #167 | |
| MusicPaid | #36 | |
| MusicGrossing | #68 | |
| MusicPaid | #150 | |
| All AppsPaid | #45 | |
| MusicPaid | #51 | |
| All AppsPaid | #160 | |
| All AppsPaid | #105 | |
| MusicPaid | #130 | |
| All AppsPaid | #126 | |
| All AppsPaid | #76 |
Apps near forScore on the chart
Music Paid, around #12.
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisNew ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| 82 | 57% | ▼ -24% | |
| 12 | 8% | ▼ -8% | |
| 9.2 | 6% | ▼ -14% | |
| 8.5 | 6% | ▼ -29% | |
| 7.2 | 5% | ▼ -37% | |
| 5.8 | 4% | ▼ -61% | |
| 4.5 | 3% | ▼ -33% | |
| 3.8 | 3% | ▲ +12% | |
| 3.2 | 2% | ▼ -33% | |
| 2.5 | 2% | ▼ -50% | |
| 2.5 | 2% | – | |
| 2.3 | 2% | – |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about forScore
From the 75 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Long-term users express strong frustration with recent updates that have introduced critical bugs in syncing, annotation stability, and interface usability. While the app's core features like setlists and PDF management remain highly valued by many, reliability issues are causing professionals to consider alternatives.
Mixed (45% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for being easy to use, and its features and content. The main complaints are about recent updates, and crashes and bugs. Recent reviews are more negative than earlier ones.
What people like
- Ease of use: “The keyboard and metronome make it easy to work on long trips”
- Features & content: “Fantastic app that has plenty of useful features”
- Useful: “The preview function is very useful”
- Price & subscription: “Instrumentalist pay attention”
Common complaints
- Updates: “colossal failure of an app update”
- Crashes & bugs: “Bugs only breed more bugs”
- Features & content: “If you are just starting out consider your options”
- Price & subscription: “Sync issues are costing me money”
About forScore
On your music stand or on the go, it's the complete PDF sheet music reading experience that has wowed musicians all over the world for years:
CONNECT
• Copy PDFs from other apps like Safari and Mail and sync them to all of your devices with iCloud
• Import scores from popular cloud storage services and content providers like Musicnotes.com
• Share scores and setlists with colleagues, whether or not they use forScore
ORGANIZE
• Add metadata to your scores for a perfectly browsable, instantly searchable library
• Create smart bookmarks to manage longer files containing multiple parts or pieces
• Group scores manually with Setlists to play through them from start to finish
PLAY
• View full pages in portrait orientation and crop them to better fit your device's screen
• Turn your device sideways for bigger scrolling pages or view two pages side by side instead
• Use Reflow on smaller screens to lay out systems of music end-to-end like a horizontal teleprompter
REFINE
• Annotate by drawing, typing text, or placing common symbols onto the page
• Separate your annotations into layers and show or hide them at any time
• Open scores and setlists in multiple windows or tabs to multitask with ease
SIMPLIFY
• Create links and buttons to handle repeats or perform common actions with a single tap
• Rearrange and duplicate pages of a score to play without jumping back and forth
• Connect your Bluetooth page turner for hands-free navigation
EXTEND
• Access integrated utilities like our metronome, pitch pipe, tuner, and piano keyboard
• Link tracks to scores to loop regions, adjust pitch, and even use them to record and play back your page turns
• Connect wirelessly to nearby devices and coordinate your page turns and program changes effortlessly
There's much more than those highlights, though, so be sure to visit forscore.co to learn all about forScore's incredible features and find out why so many musicians agree that forScore is simply the best!
Note: forScore also offers an optional, annual auto-renewing subscription called forScore Pro that unlocks additional features and content (visit forScore.co/pro for complete details). forScore Pro is a 1-year subscription that renews automatically until canceled. Should you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will then automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Complete terms of service are available on our website at: forScore.co/terms-of-serviceGo paperless.
Latest updates
Store changes
What forScore changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
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