1. MuseScore StudioTop pick
Best for: Musicians, students and teachers who want full-featured notation software without paying
Open sourceWindows, macOS, Linux
57.5
score / 100
Why switch from ScoreCloud
Free, open-source notation editor with MIDI input; you enter notes yourself but get full engraving control.
Pros
- Completely free with no feature limits
- Note entry by mouse, computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard
- MusicXML and MIDI exchange with other notation programs
- Large community, handbook and translations into many languages
Cons
- Best playback sounds come through the separate MuseHub/MuseSounds download
- Big version jumps have changed layouts and broken older plugins
- Mobile apps are for viewing and playback, not full editing
How this score is calculated
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Clicks (90 days) ×0.150
Freshness ×0.15100
Votes ×0.150
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