SheetScroll and Newzik at a glance
| SheetScroll | Newzik | |
|---|---|---|
| Apps | iPad, iPhone, Mac, Android, Windows, Linux | iPad, iPhone, Mac |
| In a browser | Yes | Yes (Newzik Web) |
| Turns by listening | Yes, with Pro (microphone or MIDI) | Yes (AudioScore, through the microphone) |
| Other hands-free turns | Bluetooth pedals | Bluetooth pedals, facial movements (Premium) |
| Formats in | PDF, photos and scans, MusicXML, MuseScore, Guitar Pro, MIDI, ABC, MEI, Humdrum, chord charts, text tabs | PDF, MusicXML, MIDI; built-in scanner |
| Scans and PDFs | Followed as they are, with no conversion step | LiveScore conversion: playback, transposition, MusicXML and MIDI export |
| Groups | One device listens; everyone's pages turn with it over Wi-Fi, and only the leader needs Pro | Collaborative projects; content and annotations sync in real time |
| Storage | On your device; optional sync through your own cloud or folder | Newzik cloud: 1,000 pieces (Essentials) or unlimited (Premium) |
| Free | The complete reader, no score limit | Up to three scores and 10 LiveScore pages |
| Paid (US) | Pro $5.99 a month, $29.99 a year (2 weeks free) or $79.99 once | Essentials $24.99 once; Premium $9.99 a month or $44.99 a year; Premium lifetime $179 |
Newzik's own site shows euro prices (Essentials €29.99, Premium €49.99 a year or €9.99 a month, Premium lifetime €199). The stores show the price where you live.
How each one turns the page by listening
SheetScroll Pro listens through the microphone, or follows a digital piano's notes over USB or Bluetooth MIDI with no microphone needed. It turns two beats before the end of the page, and you can set more or less warning. It follows repeat signs, first and second endings, D.S. and coda.
SheetScroll is built to turn never early. When two passages sound alike, it holds the page and outlines the places it is choosing between until the music tells them apart. When you stop, go back or drill the hard bars, it finds you again, and tapping the bar you are on tells it at once. A pedal press or a tap always wins.
SheetScroll follows your own PDFs, and photos and scans of paper music exactly as they look on paper, and pairs a scan with a digital copy of the same piece.
Newzik describes AudioScore as listening through the tablet's microphone, comparing what it hears with the score and turning as you near the end of the page. It describes no MIDI input.
Where SheetScroll is ahead
- Native apps beyond Apple: Android phones and tablets (Android 9 or later), Windows (Intel, AMD and Arm) and Linux (.deb, .rpm, AppImage), plus the web.
- Digital pianos over MIDI: it follows the notes themselves, with no microphone needed.
- On the device: sound is analyzed as it arrives and never recorded, stored or sent. No account, no tracking, and it works offline, in airplane mode too.
- Free reader with no limit: every format and view, annotations, setlists, pedal turns and eight free courses.
- Lower prices: Pro is $29.99 a year or $79.99 once; Newzik Premium is $44.99 a year or $179 for life.
- More formats: MuseScore, Guitar Pro, ABC, MEI, Humdrum, chord charts and text tabs as well as PDF, MusicXML and MIDI.
- Practice that listens: loops, hands separately and tempo history.
- Chord charts in any key: transpose, set a capo or switch to Nashville numbers.
- Moving in: brings a forScore or MobileSheets library across with titles, tags and setlists.
What Newzik adds
- LiveScores: conversion of PDFs and scans into interactive scores for playback, transposition and MusicXML or MIDI export; the free version converts 10 pages.
- Cloud projects: content and annotations synced for an ensemble through Newzik's cloud, with access rights.
- Facial movements to turn the page, with Premium.
- Lyrics and chords with the Essentials plan and up.
Which to choose
| If you… | Choose |
|---|---|
| Want the page turned for you on any device you own | SheetScroll |
| Play a digital piano and want it followed over MIDI | SheetScroll |
| Want listening that stays on the device, with no account | SheetScroll |
| Want a free reader for a whole library | SheetScroll |
| Need PDFs converted into scores to play back and export, or a shared cloud for an ensemble | Newzik |
Start with SheetScroll's free reader: it holds your whole library, and Pro's yearly plan starts with 2 weeks free.
Questions
What is Newzik AudioScore?
AudioScore is Newzik's listening page turn. Newzik says it listens through the tablet's microphone, compares what it hears with the score and turns the page as you near the end.
Is Newzik available on Android or Windows?
Newzik lists apps for iPhone, iPad and Mac, and Newzik Web for any computer's browser. SheetScroll has native apps for Android, Windows and Linux as well as Apple devices.
Does SheetScroll need an account or the internet?
No. Listening, reading and following all run on the device, offline too. Only sync, purchases and downloads use the internet.
Is SheetScroll cheaper than Newzik?
Yes. SheetScroll's reader is free with no score limit, and Pro is $5.99 a month, $29.99 a year or $79.99 once. Newzik Premium is $9.99 a month, $44.99 a year or $179 for life in the US App Store.
Can either app follow a digital piano?
SheetScroll follows a digital piano's notes over USB or Bluetooth MIDI, with no microphone needed. Newzik describes AudioScore as using the microphone.
Related
- Page turning appsSheet music apps that turn pages by listening (SheetScroll, Newzik, Smartleggio) or by face and eye gestures (forScore, MobileSheets, SightTune).
- Automatic page turnersEvery way to turn sheet music pages hands-free, from pedals to apps that listen, with the pros and cons of each and how a listening page turner decides.
- Best sheet music appsSheetScroll, forScore, MobileSheets, Newzik, Piascore, Enote and Smartleggio compared by platform, page turning, free tier and price. Checked October 2026.
- PianistsA sheet music app for pianists: it listens through the mic or a digital piano over MIDI and turns the page two beats early, never early. Free reader.
- AndroidA sheet music reader for Samsung and other Android tablets and phones, Android 9 or later. It listens and turns the page, never early. Free reader.
- WindowsA sheet music reader for 64-bit Windows PCs (Intel, AMD, Arm), Surface too. It listens and turns the page, never early. Free reader; Pro by license key.
Sources
- Newzik pricing and platforms, checked October 22, 2026
- Newzik on AI features and AudioScore, checked October 22, 2026
- Newzik's home page (formats, LiveScore, collaboration), checked October 22, 2026
- Newzik on the App Store (US prices), checked October 22, 2026