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DeveloperStaffPad Ltd.
CategoryMusic
Price4,490.00 RUB
Released
Rating★ 3.9 (45)
Version1.6.8
Age rating4+
First seen by us
25 Sep 2026
25 Sep 2026📦Updated to version 1.6.8📦Updated to version 1.6.7🆕First spotted by AppInsider🆕Released on the App Store
Full timeline · 7 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️StaffPad: needs a newer iOSiOS 14.5 → iOS 15.0
- 📦StaffPad updated to version 1.6.8StaffPad 1.6.8
Faster
- Scores open much faster, especially large ones
- Faster layout and scrolling in large scores
- Closing scores with many versions is faster
Playback
- Glissandi on instruments without glissando samples no longer play notes that are too short or disappear
- Portamento on instruments without portamento samples is now simulated
- Naturale or Nat now also reset articulations
Fixes
- Scores with damaged beams or slurs can now be recovered instead of failing to open
- Number and letter keyboard shortcuts work again
- Crash when finishing a lasso selection on some scores
- Crash when pasting lyrics with extension lines into the last bar
- Crash when audio could not be started while opening a score; StaffPad now shows a message instead
- Renaming and deleting scores on iPads set to a language other than English
- Deleted scores reappearing in the library when iCloud is off
- The library and home lists sometimes disappearing after returning from a score when search was active
- A second AirPrint job printing nothing until StaffPad was restarted
- Videos that could not be resized by pinching
- Long pressing the playhead in the ruler no longer opens bar numbering
- The top bar sometimes showing a cut-off palette strip, with no way to get back home
- Cancel and OK on the in their usual order
- Clearer message whened because of iCloud or low storage… more - 📦StaffPad updated to version 1.6.7Playback
- Fixed playback sometimes staying silent, or starting late, after pressing play.
- Berlin Harps glissandi now play back.
Crash fixes
- Fixed a crash when removing the only bar of a score that has a chord staff.
- Fixed a crash when pasting into a selection that includes audio parts.
- Fixed a crash when dragging a note far above or below its staff.
- Fixed crashes when beams are created from handwriting recognition or realtime transcription.
- Fixed a crash when using undo while entering lyrics.
- Fixed a crash when using undo or redo while the Instruments page is open. Undo and redo are now unavailable on that page.
- Fixed crashes when cancelling an audio export, or when closing the score during an export.
- Fixed a crash on the welcome screen related to iCloud templates.
Export
- Exporting MusicXML no longer interferes with the open score.
Text
- Fixed Insert Text sometimes showing no text field or keyboard.
Library and iCloud
- Deleted and converted scores now go to Recently Deleted.
- iCloud scores and templates now appear as soon as they finish downloading.
- Library search results now always match what was typed.
Settings and UI
- The tuning frequency in Settings now always shows the selected value.
- The welcome screen no longer flickers when switching apps.
Score safety:
- Disabled sqlite in-memory ACUUM completely for now. Which tries to shrink the score files.
- Large scores could get corrupted if killed half-way by the iOS watchdog
- Added way to recover broken scores after a failed conversion… more - 📦StaffPad: first update in 1077 days
- 📦StaffPad updated to version 1.6.6- StaffPad launches on iOS 16 again
Playback and export
- Fixed notes going silent after being moved up or down by one step
- Dynamic Mastering is now applied to MP3 and WAV exports, so exports sound like playback
Editing
- Fixed a freeze when pasting more than one bar
- Chords from the context menu are inserted on the right staff
- Chord entry continues in a newly inserted bar on notation staves
- Improved recognition of rhythm dots
- Improved recognition of wide crescendos, and the hairpin tool no longer defaults to diminuendo
- Double-tapping a video staff toggles the video window reliably again
- Restored the keyboard shortcuts for rewind, fast forward, the eraser toggle, hold eraser (E) and sketch (D)
- Text being edited stays visible above the keyboard, and undo while typing works correctly
- Fixes for let ring and for cancelling transcription
Files
- StaffPad v1 scores can be imported again
- Scores that cannot be opened or imported now show a clear message and point you to support instead of failing silently
- Saving is faster for scores with audio or video
Connectivity
- ScoreSync shows a message instead of crashing when it cannot start or stops unexpectedly
Stability
- Fixed crashes when opening presets for an instrument whose library was removed, entering chords, editing staves, dragging audio fades and loops, closing scores, and returning to the app after it was in the background… more - 🆕StaffPad first spotted by AppInsider#47 in Top Paid · All Apps · Japan
- 🆕StaffPad released on the App Store
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Rating
3.9 ★
45 ratings
Measured
StaffPad on the App Store
App details
App ID
1442074103
Publisher
StaffPad Ltd
On the store since
Feb 2020
6 years on the store
Minimum OS
iOS 15.0+
Devices
iPad
Content rating
4+
Languages
14
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Size
1113 MB
Also listed in
Productivity
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Not charting right now. | ||
Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Rating
3.9 ★
45 ratings
Measured
Ratings
45
Measured
About StaffPad
MADE FOR COMPOSERS
-------------------------
StaffPad is designed for composers who want to write music effortlessly, using music notation and audio. Write your music using Apple Pencil, and the app will transform your writing into beautifully typeset notation that can be edited, played back, printed and shared. Record or import audio directly onto your score and edit it intuitively with Apple Pencil. Magically convert your real piano playing or existing recordings into notation using advanced on-device machine learning. Add video, smart symbols and use world leading sample libraries and mix your score with a suite of studio effects. From basic idea to a full film score; StaffPad is the easiest, most powerful and most intuitive way to compose music on iPad.
WRITE NATURALLY
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Write your score with the fluidity of natural handwriting. Use touch and Apple Pencil to quickly edit your notation. Transpose, repeat and structure your score with intuitive gestures and tools. Customise the tempo with a unique tempo staff (or import a tempo map from a MIDI file), add chords either manually or automatically with the chord staff. You can even copy music written in StaffPad into other apps, simply using the normal copy and paste functions.
HEAR YOUR MASTERPIECE
----------------------------
With a groundbreaking playback engine and over 55 included instruments, StaffPad is ready to perform your written piece instantly. Add industry-standard sample libraries, adapted and customised for StaffPad, from some of the world's leading sample developers. This is a leap forward for composers working at the highest levels.
SHARE WITH SCORESYNC
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Once you're ready to perform or record your work, tap the ScoreSync button in StaffPad and your score is instantly shared across a Wi-Fi network to any device running the free StaffPad Reader app (available in the App Store). The Readers present each individual musical part beautifully formatted, update in realtime with any changes you make to your score, handle automatic page turns, and play back in perfect time with a synchronised metronome, for capturing the perfect recording every time.
IMPORT AND EXPORT
---------------------------
StaffPad imports and exports MusicXML and MIDI files for easily working with other music apps. You can also export your playback as WAV, AAC or MP3. You can import audio files into your score, with support for most major audio formats.
WORK WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO
--------------------------------
For the first time, you can seamlessly mix audio with your notated score. Record directly onto the score canvas using your device's in-built microphones, or import loops, Tempo map freeform/rubato performances using the tempo staff. Add shine to your production with a suite of studio quality DSP effects, and polish with precise automation.
PIANO AND MIDI CAPTURE
---------------------------
Record your real piano and convert it into notation. Don't have a rea
-------------------------
StaffPad is designed for composers who want to write music effortlessly, using music notation and audio. Write your music using Apple Pencil, and the app will transform your writing into beautifully typeset notation that can be edited, played back, printed and shared. Record or import audio directly onto your score and edit it intuitively with Apple Pencil. Magically convert your real piano playing or existing recordings into notation using advanced on-device machine learning. Add video, smart symbols and use world leading sample libraries and mix your score with a suite of studio effects. From basic idea to a full film score; StaffPad is the easiest, most powerful and most intuitive way to compose music on iPad.
WRITE NATURALLY
-------------------
Write your score with the fluidity of natural handwriting. Use touch and Apple Pencil to quickly edit your notation. Transpose, repeat and structure your score with intuitive gestures and tools. Customise the tempo with a unique tempo staff (or import a tempo map from a MIDI file), add chords either manually or automatically with the chord staff. You can even copy music written in StaffPad into other apps, simply using the normal copy and paste functions.
HEAR YOUR MASTERPIECE
----------------------------
With a groundbreaking playback engine and over 55 included instruments, StaffPad is ready to perform your written piece instantly. Add industry-standard sample libraries, adapted and customised for StaffPad, from some of the world's leading sample developers. This is a leap forward for composers working at the highest levels.
SHARE WITH SCORESYNC
---------------------------
Once you're ready to perform or record your work, tap the ScoreSync button in StaffPad and your score is instantly shared across a Wi-Fi network to any device running the free StaffPad Reader app (available in the App Store). The Readers present each individual musical part beautifully formatted, update in realtime with any changes you make to your score, handle automatic page turns, and play back in perfect time with a synchronised metronome, for capturing the perfect recording every time.
IMPORT AND EXPORT
---------------------------
StaffPad imports and exports MusicXML and MIDI files for easily working with other music apps. You can also export your playback as WAV, AAC or MP3. You can import audio files into your score, with support for most major audio formats.
WORK WITH AUDIO AND VIDEO
--------------------------------
For the first time, you can seamlessly mix audio with your notated score. Record directly onto the score canvas using your device's in-built microphones, or import loops, Tempo map freeform/rubato performances using the tempo staff. Add shine to your production with a suite of studio quality DSP effects, and polish with precise automation.
PIANO AND MIDI CAPTURE
---------------------------
Record your real piano and convert it into notation. Don't have a rea
Latest updates
1.6.8
StaffPad 1.6.8
Faster
- Scores open much faster, especially large ones
- Faster layout and scrolling in large scores
- Closing scores with many versions is faster
Playback
- Glissandi on instruments without glissando samples no longer play notes that are too short or disappear
- Portamento on instruments without portamento samples is now simulated
- Naturale or Nat now also reset articulations
Fixes
- Scores with damaged beams or slurs can now be recovered instead of failing to open
- Number and letter keyboard shortcuts work again
- Crash when finishing a lasso selection on some scores
- Crash when pasting lyrics with extension lines into the last bar
- Crash when audio could not be started while opening a score; StaffPad now shows a message instead
- Renaming and deleting scores on iPads set to a language other than English
- Deleted scores reappearing in the library when iCloud is off
- The library and home lists sometimes disappearing after returning from a score when search was active
- A second AirPrint job printing nothing until StaffPad was restarted
- Videos that could not be resized by pinching
- Long pressing the playhead in the ruler no longer opens bar numbering
- The top bar sometimes showing a cut-off palette strip, with no way to get back home
- Cancel and OK on the in their usual order
- Clearer message whened because of iCloud or low storage
1.6.7
Playback
- Fixed playback sometimes staying silent, or starting late, after pressing play.
- Berlin Harps glissandi now play back.
Crash fixes
- Fixed a crash when removing the only bar of a score that has a chord staff.
- Fixed a crash when pasting into a selection that includes audio parts.
- Fixed a crash when dragging a note far above or below its staff.
- Fixed crashes when beams are created from handwriting recognition or realtime transcription.
- Fixed a crash when using undo while entering lyrics.
- Fixed a crash when using undo or redo while the Instruments page is open. Undo and redo are now unavailable on that page.
- Fixed crashes when cancelling an audio export, or when closing the score during an export.
- Fixed a crash on the welcome screen related to iCloud templates.
Export
- Exporting MusicXML no longer interferes with the open score.
Text
- Fixed Insert Text sometimes showing no text field or keyboard.
Library and iCloud
- Deleted and converted scores now go to Recently Deleted.
- iCloud scores and templates now appear as soon as they finish downloading.
- Library search results now always match what was typed.
Settings and UI
- The tuning frequency in Settings now always shows the selected value.
- The welcome screen no longer flickers when switching apps.
Score safety:
- Disabled sqlite in-memory ACUUM completely for now. Which tries to shrink the score files.
- Large scores could get corrupted if killed half-way by the iOS watchdog
- Added way to recover broken scores after a failed conversion
1.6.6
- StaffPad launches on iOS 16 again
Playback and export
- Fixed notes going silent after being moved up or down by one step
- Dynamic Mastering is now applied to MP3 and WAV exports, so exports sound like playback
Editing
- Fixed a freeze when pasting more than one bar
- Chords from the context menu are inserted on the right staff
- Chord entry continues in a newly inserted bar on notation staves
- Improved recognition of rhythm dots
- Improved recognition of wide crescendos, and the hairpin tool no longer defaults to diminuendo
- Double-tapping a video staff toggles the video window reliably again
- Restored the keyboard shortcuts for rewind, fast forward, the eraser toggle, hold eraser (E) and sketch (D)
- Text being edited stays visible above the keyboard, and undo while typing works correctly
- Fixes for let ring and for cancelling transcription
Files
- StaffPad v1 scores can be imported again
- Scores that cannot be opened or imported now show a clear message and point you to support instead of failing silently
- Saving is faster for scores with audio or video
Connectivity
- ScoreSync shows a message instead of crashing when it cannot start or stops unexpectedly
Stability
- Fixed crashes when opening presets for an instrument whose library was removed, entering chords, editing staves, dragging audio fades and loops, closing scores, and returning to the app after it was in the background
Store changes
What StaffPad changed on its store page: name, icon, screenshots, price, size, languages, requirements.
Needs a newer iOS
iOS 14.5 → iOS 15.0