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forScore 14.2

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Today we’re proud to announce the immediate release of forScore 14.2, the latest major update to our sheet music reading app for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and now Vision Pro. Available across four platforms—all included in a single up-front purchase—it’s the most flexible and powerful version yet. The experience on Vision Pro is unlike anything we’ve ever made, and we think it’s the start of a stunning new way for musicians to edit, organize, and play from their sheet music in their own space or immersed in spectacular environments.

Thanks so much to our beta testers, and to all of you for continuing to support forScore and allowing us to keep providing significant updates like this year after year. We couldn’t do it without you.


forScore 14.2

Available now for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro

Sneak Peek: forScore 14.2

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A few weeks ago we discussed our plans for visionOS, and at the time we expected to make forScore available in iPad compatibility mode while we assessed the practicality of a native visionOS experience. After just a few days with Apple Vision Pro, we’re now ready to fully commit to this platform and we’re updating our plans to prioritize a native visionOS version of forScore.

Today we’re very excited to be able to give you a preview of forScore 14.2, coming soon to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and visionOS. We’re also proud to be able to offer this version as a universal purchase, so it’ll be available to all existing customers free of charge.

forScore 14.2 will be released soon, but you can try it out for yourself today by becoming a beta tester. Otherwise, be sure to check back soon as we put the final touches on this incredible update.

forScore 14.2 Sneak Peek  

visionOS Roadmap

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Apple’s latest platform, visionOS, will soon be making its debut with the launch of Vision Pro and we’ve spent a lot of time since its announcement last summer exploring how our apps might fit into this new space. Although we’ve done a lot of work to tailor forScore’s experience to this unique device, the tools we’ve been given haven’t quite given us enough information to commit to a day one native release of forScore for visionOS.

Instead, we’ll be making forScore available running in iPad compatibility mode—essentially the same forScore you know and love, but running on Vision Pro and constrained to a window that closely matches an iPad’s aspect ratio in either portrait or landscape orientation. Once we’ve gotten our hands (or our faces, really) on this new device we’ll be making adjustments and refining things to see how much further we can push.

Until then, here’s a first glimpse at forScore’s native experience on visionOS. We’re very excited to see where this platform goes and we look forward to announcing more soon.

forScore 14.1

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We’re happy to announce the release of forScore 14.1, the latest major update to our sheet music reading app for iPad, iPhone, and Mac. This version includes an all-new interactive pitch pipe widget, displays up to five pages side-by-side in landscape window sizes, adds the ability to share files securely and for a limited time, introduces button labels, and more.

Thanks as always to our beta testers, and to all of you for continuing to support forScore and allowing us to keep providing significant free updates like this.


forScore 14.1

Available now for iPad, iPhone, and Mac

Onyx 4.1

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Today we released a few updates, including Onyx 4.1 which introduces an all-new interactive widget for iOS 17, iPadOS 17, and macOS 14 Sonoma. Much like the legacy Today View widget, it features a grid of buttons that lets you hear a note with just a tap. Unlike the old version, however, this widget can be used on the home screen, Today View, iPhone StandBy, iPad lock screen, and Mac desktop. It supports the three most common widget sizes so you can put it wherever you like.

We also just released Cue 2.1 which improves Dual Page mode when running beside forScore 14.1 (due for release early next week) by adding support for custom button/link accessibility sizes and forScore’s new button labels feature. Finally, we released TuneWave 2.0.2 which optimizes its shortcut widget for iPadOS 17.

These updates are free and all available now for iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS, so be sure to check them out today!


Onyx

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Cue

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TuneWave

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Sneak Peek: forScore 14.1

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Our latest major update to forScore is coming this fall, and today we’re unveiling a few of the new features and improvements you can expect to see. Version 14.1 allows you to view up to five pages side-by-side, introduces an all-new pitch pipe widget, makes it easier to share sensitive files, enhances buttons with labels and more functionality, revamps the setlist editor for a better experience in compact layouts, and more.

forScore 14.1 will be released later this year, but you can try it out for yourself today by becoming a beta tester. Otherwise, be sure to check back soon as we put the final touches on this incredible update.

forScore 14.1 Sneak Peek  

Podcast: Launched

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Last week Justin sat down with Charlie Chapman to discuss forScore’s origin and the experience of building and maintaining an app that has become an incredible success story and is used by so many musicians all over the world. Listen to this episode at launchedfm.com or search for it using your preferred podcast player.

Gear Shop

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As recent events have shown, running a business as an independent app developer is a risk when your product depends on third parties—whether that’s a service or an app store gatekeeper like Apple. Nothing is certain, so it’s important to celebrate your successes and share the joy of having created something good.

In that spirit, today we’re happy to announce that we’re opening a gear shop to sell forScore-branded merchandise for a limited time. Most of these products are print-on-demand, so the profit margins are slim and the quality may vary, but we’re primarily doing this to commemorate forScore, not to make money.

Thank you to everyone who has supported forScore over the past thirteen years and counting, it’s an incredible privilege to be able to work on it every day. We hope you enjoy these mementos and that they might brighten your day just a little bit.

Podcast: iPad Pros

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For today’s episode of the iPad Pros podcast, Justin spoke with Tim Chaten about forScore’s history, his approach to development, and how the evolution of the iPad lineup and its accessories has created incredible new opportunities for innovation. You can find the episode at iPadPros.net or by searching for it using your favorite podcast player.

Apparel

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To celebrate the release of forScore 14 and its brand new icon, we’ve created a few clothing items over at Cotton Bureau so you can wear some of forScore’s iconic logos for the first time ever and show off your support. We’ve never done anything like this before but we had fun putting these together and we’ve got more merchandise planned, so be sure to check back soon for more!