With the new update, some needed features were added like actually opening and editing old "compositions" also new update makes it much more user friendly. The program at first was a bit confusing and uncomfortable and definatly wasn't worth the ten dollars that I paid. With the new update... Its still not worth the ten dollars because it needs some more work like having an actual piano for playback or other instruments and being able to make chords (playing more than one note at a time) but otherwise its a great concept.

Been waiting for a notation/composing app for the iphone. This seems to be the only real option currently available. There seems to be quite a few bugs and interface problems with this app, almost too many to list, but based on the significant positive changes from 1 to 1.1, I am hoping that they will continue to refine this app. The concept is strong and there are some really nice touches like being able to email a copy of your score, however I would love to seem some changes and additions: Better playback samples, the ability to play keyboard without notation (for trying out ideas before notes are recorded), and various bug fixes. I am still happy I picked this up and am looking forward to more improvements.

It's a great app I would use a lot, however there are a few flaws that need to be fixed befor I would recommend it to anyone. there are buttons for creating chords and triplets, but it is unclear as to how to use these functions; they appear to be brackets that have no effect of the music, and if there was a function for allowing the manipulation of notes such as dotted notes and tied notes that would be great. other than that, great app

+a full range keyboard

At first, this app looked great, though it was a little pricy. Once I downloaded it, however, I found several faults: the playback sound is terrible quality, you cannot input notes with your fingers, and the control buttons in the upper right hand corner are too small to use effectively. I am hoping that a future version of this app will have fixed these issues.

I imagine for this being one of if not the first app of it's kind it's an awesome start. However, I really don't think this app is worth the price it is now without undergoing a major overhaul. If this app combined what I've seen other music apps do, like Pianist (multi-track polyphony / dual keyboards / record & playback), Sampler (symphony orchestra samples), & Band (bass / drums / multi-track recording), along with this apps notation / midi capabilities, this app could seriously be the king iPhone composer app. This app has massive potential to be king. As it is now, I think it's just not quite up to the price. Yet.

This app is horrible. You cannot successfuly write music on this

This is a quick and easy to use step sequencer with on-sceen keyboard. Ultimately, I need it to be able to export MIDI files, that I can further develop with a desktop notation program such as Finale. This program currently exports a .wav file and the notation as a postscript (.ps) file, via email. I have been able to use the postscript file to generate a MIDI file, but only with the help of other software. Specifically, I use Ghostwriter to open the poscript file, then a PDF writer. The resulting PDF file can be read by Smartscore X which can then produce either a MIDI file, or a MusicXML file for further editing. Although this is a multistep process, none of the steps are laborious and because this application produces a clean postscript file, the conversion provides 100% accuracy every time. The playback capability on the iPhone is sufficient for proofing before I start the conversion process. Besides a MIDI export, my wishlist for a future version would also include tied note capability. 5 *'s for providing a unique and workable capability. The cost is reasonable to me for the capability. My thanks to the developer.

I bought it thinking "yeah could be what im looking for" turns out ITS NOT....ots to hard to make a song and you can have 3rds or 4ths like you can with other PC music writing program so i have asked for my money back...'

I want my money back.....

i like this app but it crashes alot and when i try to play my songs it doesn make any noise

Either not updated for iPhone OS 3.0 or not actually capable of editing saved work; it crashes every time I try, even right after a power-off and on. And utterly useless for serious work until it can at least export to MIDI or Music XML.

Crashes frequently whether you've saved your work or not. A lot of wasted time. An app this pricey ought to be flawless.