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What is MusicPad?

MusicPad is an iPad app that offers you a pen-and-paper experience with the music you handwrite. Designed to be used with the Apple Pencil it packs many handy features well integrated with Apple's ecosystem.

 

It's great for musicians, composers, arrangers, producers, students, educators, and basically anyone who enjoys handwriting music.

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What MusicPad can do…

Instant Tools

Switch quickly between pens, erasers and the selector from one streamlined picker. Including support for Apple Pencil gestures.

Custom Pages

Shape your pages to fit the way you think and write. Adjust layouts and configurations for sketching, notation, planning, or structured compositions.

Share Effortlessly

Export and share your work whenever you are ready. Send pages, ideas, and scores out of MusicPad with minimal friction.

Easy Navigation

Browse your score page on the sidebar or in fullscreen. Move faster through your sketches, drafts, and larger works.

Smoother Zoom

Zoom in for detail and out for structure with greater fluidity and control. Writing, editing, and reviewing feel more natural at every scale.

Perfect Integration

Built for iPad and Apple Pencil, MusicPad feels right at home in the Apple ecosystem. It works naturally with the tools and gestures you already use.

Flexible Staves

Set up the stave layout you need for the music you are writing. From simple ideas to complex scores, the page adapts to your workflow.

Bookmarks & Grids

Mark important pages for quick return, and enable grids when you need extra structure. These tools help you organise both free sketches and more precise layouts.

Musician's Companion

From first ideas to handwritten scores, MusicPad supports the full creative path. A workspace for composers, songwriters, students, and musicians.

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All-in-one in-app purchase

MusicPad is free to download and use with limitations.

 

If you are happy with the app and want to support future developments, one in-app purchase gives you access to create unlimited pages per document, customise pages and staves, navigate pages, export to PDF and more.

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MusicPad for Education
Hundreds of teachers already use it in their classrooms.
With MusicPad for Education*, institutions can benefit by licensing
MusicPad through Apple's Volume Purchase Program.
Tablet Learning

* MusicPad for Education does not (and will not) offer in-app purchases and does not allow family sharing. Only educational institutions are encouraged to purchase MusicPad for Education. Individuals will get all current and future features on the regular MusicPad version.

Some MusicPad Notes

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