Notion

awesome app thanks very much, my needs are simple, this covers it and much more. plus privacy ! !

I've been using this app for a while and wish I never updated it. The quavers in guitar tab mode now look like goal posts, and the vertical line passes through the beam. Please fix this. The old version of Notion was perfect before the major update two years ago. Since that update, I found the app not as user-friendly and have stopped using it.

I download notion as I’m looking for a good notation app to use one my iPad. On the surface this seems like a very good app but I’m never going to know as I have not been able to save any files.

Sadly, the updates have destroyed the app. I’m a long time user who paid over $100 AUD for extra instruments etc. Best app I’ve ever used for music. But the updates over the last two years seemed to have destroyed basic functionality. I can’t move notes up and down without adding unwanted accidentals, I only get three copy and pastes per session before this ‘feature’ stops working. I reached out for help but navigating the website and logging in is not clear enough. Now looking into other apps. Sorry to go.

I’ve given Notion for iPad a try for about five weeks now, I haven’t been able to get a single usable chart out of it. All I need is a lead sheet with chords and occasional notation, but it seems that’s just way too hard for this app. Random crashes, inability to export PDF, weird formatting errors that leave chords, lyrics and titles just hanging in midair with seemingly no way to delete or edit. Needlessly complicated menu system which almost completely ignores the convenience of the touch screen or Apple Pencil, this just looks like a desktop app very hastily shoehorned into a tablet, with very little proper testing. Attempted to get hold of the developers to give feedback, but no success, they don’t seem interested at all. Avoid avoid.

Been using Notion for a week or so after years of using MuseScore on PC and Mac. I would very much love to ditch my laptop and go with all-iPad, and a music notation app was one of the last pieces of the puzzle. Sadly, I can’t make that move quite yet, at least not with Notion. Start with the positive: the interface is pretty good, took a bit of time to get used to, but that’s fine. Playback function easy to use, good selection of instruments, adding staves is easy. Unfortunately: keeps crashing. All the time. Still haven’t succeeded in saving a single file where I want it, which is Dropbox. Screen keeps glitching and hanging in a weird way which requires restart, problems adding key signatures, and very very confusing Apple Pencil options. Also, I’m a working bass player, there are no tablature options for anything other than six-string guitar that I can find, which is a big omission compared to the competition. Worst part? No option that I can find to give feedback! I hate that I have to go to a public review option to do so, I’d much rather send feedback directly, but if the option isn’t there, then I’m sorry but I have to air it publicly. Has potential, but very undercooked, feels like a Beta version at best.

Love the app. Very happy with it. However, the copy paste feature often doesn’t work. You need to reload the score to get it working again. The updates are good. Just have to get used to them. Thanks Update: now copy is not working at all. Hoping for a bug fix soon! Second update: I have logged in and tried to send a help ticket as you told me to below but a message keeps telling me I need to activate my account. There are no instructions anywhere telling me how to do this. The app was excellent before. Why did you change things? I’m a music teacher who needs to write charts weekly. This program was excellent. Now it’s not usable. What a waste of money. I spent over $100 AUD on the sounds but I can’t copy and paste? Can I revert to the original version?

Since the new update the TEXT parts on Ipad is not working. Can you please look into it? Thanks

Love the app. Very happy with it. However, the copy paste feature often doesn’t work. You need to reload the score to get it working again. The updates are good. Just have to get used to them. Thanks Update: now copy is not working at all. Hoping for a bug fix soon!

V 3.0.4 - I can no longer enter chord symbols above the stave without adding notes in as well. This will double the time it takes me to make a simple chord chart which is my main reason for using the app. Another example - suppose I have a whole note melody in a bar & two or three chords going with it? The app makes this impossible to enter. A significant downgrade in useability, please fix asap.