App Detail » Symphony – Music Notation

What's New

- iOS 13 fixes
- Dark mode support
- General bug fixes

App Description

Symphony is the premiere notation app and notepad for professional musicians, composers, and students alike, allowing to you create anything from piano sheet music to large orchestrations directly on your iPhone.

The Pencil tool allows you to tap anywhere on the canvas to quickly add notes and chords with the multi-staff & multi-voice editor. Powerful editing features like vertical drag to transpose and On-Screen piano lets you compose even more quickly.

Switch to the other Select tool to highlight one or more notes to modify duration, transpose, erase, cut, or paste multiple tracks & bars anywhere you want.

To hear your performance, choose from 100+ acoustic instruments available for live, low-latency, multi-track playback. Import an existing Symphony/SP project or a MIDI/XML file to bring your music collection to life, with an interactive score display & interface optimized for the small screen.

To send your work to a different editor or to a sheet music viewer, Symphony can print your score with AirPrint, share it as a PDF attachment, or as a MIDI, MusicXML, or audio file to DropBox and iCloud Drive.

More Features:

• Write notes using direct touch, an on-screen instrument, a MIDI input device, or even a QWERTY keyboard
• Notate beautifully formatted chord charts & lead sheets using the Chord Symbol and Lyric tools.
• Import MusicXML, MIDI, MXL, or Symphony files
• Export as a PDF, MusicXML, MIDI, AAC, or Symphony file
• Print the score from your iPad with AirPrint
• Edit grace notes and percussion/drum set notation
• Intuitive score and document navigation
• Up to 15 instruments, 45 staves, 4 voices/layers per score
• Record MIDI to notation in real-time using a click track
• Backup & sync scores with iCloud
• Edit tablature and standard music notation
• Large selection of articulations & dynamics in the Expressions menu
• Copy/Paste function can select multiple measures & staves, and cut single or multiple voices/layers
• Unlimited undo and redo
• Customizable stem directions & note beaming
• Transposing instruments & concert pitch options
• Change tempo or clef at any point in the score
• Stream audio or share your screen wirelessly with AirPlay
• Advanced document management support
• Customizable part groupings for SATB and instrument families
• Customizable chord symbol, lyric, and annotation font
• Loop playback between a region selection
• Auto-save


For more info, please visit:

• Product overview: http://symphonypro.net/iphone
• Ask support questions by visiting forums.symphonypro.net
• Like us on Facebook at facebook.com/symphonyapp

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• Symphony iPhone is now a paid app before download:
– Free Edition users who have never upgraded can now enable Symphony: Full Edition by rating or reviewing the app

App Changes

• February 17, 2015 Initial release
• April 16, 2015 New version 3.8.2
• April 16, 2015 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $1.99
• May 04, 2015 New version 3.8.4
• May 10, 2015 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
• May 14, 2015 Price increase: $0.99 -> $4.99
• May 31, 2015 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
• August 17, 2015 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
• December 27, 2015 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
• February 07, 2016 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
• February 27, 2016 New version 4.0.1
• August 17, 2016 New version 4.1.3
• August 17, 2016 Price decrease: $4.99 -> FREE!
• August 20, 2016 New version 4.1.4
• November 09, 2016 New version 4.4.1
• December 11, 2016 New version 4.4.4
• June 15, 2019 New version 5.2.11
• June 15, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
• June 15, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
• June 16, 2019 Price increase: FREE! -> $4.99
• September 28, 2019 New version 5.3
• October 28, 2019 New version 5.3.2
• December 24, 2019 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
• January 14, 2020 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
• July 15, 2020 New version 5.3.7