iWriteMusic SE
iWriteMusicProject Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
iWriteMusic SE is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by iWriteMusicProject. Rated 4.4/5 from 145 ratings. Requires iOS 16.0. Updated September 14, 2026.
- Rating
- 4.4
- 145 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 19 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 14
- 2026 · v3.6.12
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About iWriteMusic SE
Music Writing is easy and fun when you use iWriteMusic! Ever wished you could quickly create sheet music in your small free time? Ever thought smartphones were too small to create sheet music? iWriteMusic enables efficient sheet music creation even on small smartphone screens. Unlike other cramped and cumbersome apps, it is designed meticulously for small screens,comprehensive suite of essential tools for concerts, lessons, and music classes! Best fit for professional musicians, music teachers and students. For songwriters, composers and arrangers. For both singers and instrumentalists (piano, violin, cello, guitar, flute, saxophone, trumpet, drums, etc.). Great for writing down ideas, creating lesson materials, creating lead sheets, or creating scores and parts for chorus groups, choirs, chamber orchestras, jazz bands, Latin bands, orchestras, and more. For daily practice, rehearsals, concerts, iWriteMusic will help you enrich your musical life! Check out 8 reasons to choose iWriteMusic SE (Special Edition) 1. You can understand this app almost instantly! Because of Truly Intuitive and Extremely Simple user interface, you barely need to read pages of manuals nor watching numbers of instruction videos. Unlike Finale, Sibelius and other similar apps, you just have a few things to learn to be able to use this app pretty well. 2.Double your productivity with our Highly Efficient Input System. If you’re already familiar with notation apps and looking for faster & more efficient entry system, try our innovative One-Flick Entry System along with Traditional Entry System to get your job done in no time! What is Traditional Entry System? - The choices will appear with ToolBox. - Select a value and the location separately. - Recommended to those who are not yet familiar with any music notation apps. What is OneFlick Entry System? - The choices will appear when you touch the screen. - Select a location and the value at once. - The selection will change as you slide your finger to left/right. - Recommended to those who are familiar with music notation apps and looking for faster and more efficient entry system. 3. Creates beautiful sheet music - absolutely professional quality! - rich options for page layout adjustment - easy parts creation - easy score/parts management - direct print-out via AirPrint 4. Supports most of major notation elements - multi-track writing - multi-voice writing - percussion/drums notation - chord symbols and lyrics - multi-bar rest - time change - key change - clef change - tempo change - grace note - articulations and dynamics marks - easy song transpose - partial transpose and many more! 5. Useful playback options for practice - mixer with solo, mute and voice select - loop and swing options 6. Data & sheet music sharing - exports/Imports iWriteMusic data file - exports PDF or JPG - exports Standard MIDI file which can be imported by other apps such as GarageBand 7. Extremely Compact Size (15 MB) You can save your device storage space for photos and other apps. 8. Best of all, it's Free! Yes, it's Free and Over 1.4 Million people all over the world has created music with this app family. Let's get started now! Note: This is for iPhone (iPad version sold separately) ATTENTION: Latency during playback and drawing may occur by device capacity or number of tracks and background applications. Limitations on SE (Special Edition): 1. Water mark appears on page views and printouts. 2. Can’t save more than 5 songs. 3. Can't play more than 30 seconds at a time. 4. Can't import iWriteMusic data file. (export only) 5. Can't export Standard MIDI file.
Ratings & reviews
4.4
145 ratings
What’s new
Version 3.6.12 · Updated September 14, 2026
Fixed several issues. This update also includes an important notice about changes coming in version 3.7.0: • The paid edition of iWriteMusic will transition to a free download with feature-based in-app purchases. • This legacy free edition will continue to receive bug fixes and OS compatibility support for the time being, but no new features will be added. • MusicXML Export will be available as an in-app purchase in the new unified edition. The new unified edition is currently planned for release in mid-November 2026. To receive future features, we recommend moving to it when it becomes available. Please see the in-app notice for more information.
App privacy
The developer, iWriteMusicProject, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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| App | Rating | Price | Last updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| iWriteMusic SE | 4.4 / 5 (145 ratings) | Free | September 14, 2026 |
| Staventabs: Compose & Notate | 3.8 / 5 (70) | Free | Sep 26, 2026 |
| Composer Pro-Sheet Music Maker | 4.5 / 5 (684) | Free | Sep 23, 2026 |
| Piano+ - Sheet Music Composer | 4.3 / 5 (655) | Free | Aug 1, 2026 |
| Score Creator: compose music | 3.5 / 5 (493) | Free | Sep 16, 2026 |
| MIDI Score | 4.0 / 5 (151) | Free | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Notion: Music Notation & Tab | 3.1 / 5 (71) | Free | Aug 18, 2026 |