An AnthemScore alternative: Ivory, compared
AnthemScore and Ivory side by side: what each one transcribes, where it runs, what it costs, and which one fits what you play.
Facts checked on October 31, 2026, on each product’s own website.
We make Ivory, so read this comparison with that in mind. To keep it fair, every fact about AnthemScore comes from AnthemScore’s own website, checked on October 31, 2026, with the pages listed at the end. We make no claim about either app’s accuracy: the test that counts is your own recording, and both apps let you try one for free.
In short
AnthemScore, made by Lunaverus, is above all desktop software for Windows, macOS and Linux that you buy once, with a web version on subscription. It turns audio files into scores for many instruments, with tablature, and its desktop editions add a full note editor and batch processing. Ivory runs in the browser and on iPhone and iPad, and concentrates on the piano and on songs: it takes YouTube, TikTok and Instagram links, writes piano scores with both hands and lead sheets with chords, and opens every transcription in a practice player.
Side by side
| Ivory | AnthemScore | |
|---|---|---|
| What it transcribes | Solo piano with both hands (Piano mode); songs with vocals or a band as lead sheets with the melody and the chords (Lead Sheet mode, in beta) | Notes, beats and percussion, with the score formatted for the instrument you choose; on the web, also the key, the tempo and the chords |
| Inputs | MP3, M4A, WAV and most audio and video files; YouTube, TikTok and Instagram links | Audio files such as MP3 (desktop); MP3, WAV, M4A, FLAC, OGG, MP4 and MIDI files, or the microphone (web). Its site does not mention links. |
| Length | Files up to 10 minutes and 30 MB; videos from links under 15 minutes | Desktop: full songs with a paid edition. Web: up to 6 minutes per song (Plus) or 10 minutes (Pro). |
| Exports | PDF, MusicXML, MIDI | PDF in every edition; MIDI, MusicXML and ASDT from the Professional edition (desktop); PDF, MIDI and MusicXML on the paid web plans |
| Chords and tablature | Chord symbols on lead sheets of songs; no tablature | Tablature; on the web, chords and arrangements at five levels, from Beginner to Original |
| Editing | A score editor in the browser for piano scores; lead sheets are edited after a MusicXML export | A full note editor in the Professional and Studio editions (notes, measures, time and key signatures, tempo); fixing notes in the browser on the web |
| Practice | Falling notes with 3D hands and finger numbers; speed, loop, transpose; on iPhone and iPad, a Learn mode that listens to you play | Playback slowed down without changing the pitch; looping a section on the web |
| Platforms | Web, and an app for iPhone and iPad | Windows, macOS and Linux; a web version that works in any browser, phones included |
| Free | A preview of every song: the first 8 bars of the score and the first 30 seconds as falling notes; downloads need a credit or a subscription | Desktop trial: the first 30 seconds of each song, 100 transcriptions in total. Web: unlimited 30-second clips, and a 14-day trial with full songs. |
| Paid | €8.99 a month (100 songs a month) or €59 a year; or €4.99 for one song, with a credit that never expires | Desktop, paid once: Lite €30.88, Professional €41.52, Studio €105.41. Web: Plus USD 99.90 a year (30 songs a month); Pro USD 24.99 a month or USD 299.90 a year (100 songs a month). |
AnthemScore’s prices as its site showed them on October 31, 2026, the desktop editions in euros and the web plans in US dollars. Lite and Professional include one year of updates, Studio lifetime updates. Prices change: check both sites before you decide.
Which one fits what you need
Going by what each site describes:
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- Your music is on YouTube, TikTok or Instagram: Ivory takes the link directly. AnthemScore’s site mentions files and the microphone, not links.
- A song with vocals, as a lead sheet: Ivory writes its melody and its chord symbols, in beta. AnthemScore’s web version writes chords and arrangements at five levels.
- Learning the piece at the piano: Ivory opens every transcription in a player with falling notes, 3D hands and finger numbers, and its iPhone and iPad app has a Learn mode that listens to you play.
- Software on your own computer, bought once: AnthemScore runs on Windows, macOS and Linux, and its paid editions transcribe unlimited songs without a subscription. Ivory runs online.
- Instruments other than the piano, or tablature: AnthemScore formats the score for the instrument you choose and offers tablature. Ivory writes piano scores and lead sheets.
- Many files at once: AnthemScore Studio processes audio files in batches. Ivory transcribes one song at a time.
Both have a free way in, so the quickest way to decide is to try the same recording in each.
Sources
AnthemScore’s pages, read on October 31, 2026, and Ivory’s pricing page:
Frequently asked questions
It depends on what you transcribe. Ivory is made for piano recordings and for songs: it takes YouTube, TikTok and Instagram links, writes lead sheets with chords, and opens every result in a practice player, in the browser or on iPhone and iPad. AnthemScore is desktop software you buy once, for many instruments, with batch processing in its Studio edition. Both let you try a recording for free.
Every song gets a free preview: the first 8 bars of the score and the first 30 seconds as falling notes. A credit at €4.99 unlocks one whole song with its downloads, and a subscription at €8.99 a month includes 100 songs a month.
Not for Ivory: it works in the browser on any computer, and there is an app for iPhone and iPad. AnthemScore’s desktop editions are installed on Windows, macOS or Linux; it also has a web version.
Yes, with both. Ivory exports PDF, MusicXML and MIDI for every unlocked song. AnthemScore exports MIDI and MusicXML from its Professional desktop edition and on its paid web plans; its Lite edition saves PDF.
We don’t make that claim: results depend on the recording and on the music, and we make one of the two apps. The fair test is to run the same recording through both free versions and compare the scores.
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