Paperless Music

At a glance

• Editor score
  6.9 / 10
• Pricing
  90-day trial
• Best for
  Apple users organizing their own sheet music
• Free plan
  No
• Access model
  Purchase
• Facts checked
  4 Oct 2026

• Where it wins

  • Organizes scores with collections, sections, smart folders, and metadata search
  • Offers annotations and page turns via pedals, gestures, links, or audio markers
  • Includes audio tools, sharing, a tuner, tone generator, and metronome

• Where it doesn't

  • Apple-only: supports iPhone, iPad, Mac with Apple silicon, and Apple Vision
  • Manages user-imported scores; it does not sell a score catalog
  • Full Access requires a one-time in-app purchase after the 90-day trial

Our verdict on Paperless Music

Paperless Music is a library and score viewer for musicians who want to manage their own sheet music, guitar tabs, fake books, and scores. It runs on Apple platforms and is aimed at solo musicians and small setups that need more than a basic PDF viewer. Users can import PDFs, scan music, or add images from Photos, then organize files into collections, sections, and smart folders. Metadata search and filtering help navigate a personal library; the app is not a storefront for buying scores.

Its performance tools are a particular strength. Scores can be annotated with drawing, highlighting, text, symbols, and shapes, while page turns can be triggered by Bluetooth pedals, facial gestures, links, or audio-synced markers. Users can attach or record audio, adjust tracks, and set page turns to follow audio. A second device can extend the score view, and the built-in tuner, tone generator, and metronome support practice. Apple ecosystem connections include iOS Files, Dropbox through iOS Files, Apple Music, AirDrop, and Apple Pencil. This combination suits musicians who want their library and performance workflow in one app.

The published offer is a 90-day trial followed by a one-time Full Access in-app purchase; the App Store lists that purchase at $9.99. Full Access provides the full app. That purchase model is straightforward for someone who expects to keep using the same score-management workflow, but buyers seeking an included catalog of purchasable music should look elsewhere. Platform coverage is also a real boundary: Paperless Music is for Apple users, including Mac with Apple silicon, rather than musicians who need a cross-platform library. Choose it for organizing and performing from scores you already have; skip it if you need a score shop or non-Apple support.

Paperless Music pricing

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Paperless Music fact sheet

Paperless Music integrations

Paperless Music lists 5 integrations on its own site.

• iOS Files
• Dropbox (through iOS Files)
• Apple Music
• AirDrop
• Apple Pencil

Alternatives to Paperless Music

• IIMSLPA free-first score library with browsing, downloads, melody search and recordings.9.2
• JWJ.W. Pepper ePrintA pay-per-title score service with print, PDF, and offline mobile options.9.1
• MMusicnotesA licensed score shop with practical tools for organizing and practicing music.8.9

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Reviewed by iTechGuides Editors · Editorial team · Updated Oct 2026

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