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15.0 Roadmap

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It’s been a busy few weeks and forScore 15 has gotten five updates already, with 15.0.5 rolling out last week. We’re prepping a bigger update with 15.0.6, so we wanted to take a moment to call out some of the changes we’re making and why:

• iPadOS 26 broke a lot of interface elements, including ‘popovers’ which forScore has used since the very beginning to present menus and certain utilities. We introduced sidebar mode a few years ago, and we made it the default with 15.0 since popovers were in a pretty sorry state. Now we’ve managed to work around those issues and 15.0.6 should prevent weird issues like the navigation bar’s left or right items disappearing for no reason. It also brings back the previous behavior of being able to turn pages while viewing the metronome.

• This update also includes a new sharing extension which allows you to import compatible file types into forScore without dealing with iPadOS 26’s frustrating new behavior of opening a new window every time you use the “open in” function from another app. It also finally provides a way to import multiple files at once, something Apple’s APIs have promised for years but never implemented correctly.

• 15.0.6 also fixes some bugs with setlists like new setlists not being created in the current folder, “fresh” filtering not working correctly for setlist contents, and resolves a crash when deleting a setlist entry after using the search function to narrow down results. The setlist creator now also remembers its sorting method and category type when reopened, and it now allows filtering like the main menu does.

• Finally, this version resolves some minor page layout issues, especially when annotating with Apple Pencil.

If you reached out to us about these issues, please know that we heard you, we appreciate your feedback, and we’ll get this update out just as soon as Apple’s App Review approves it. Thank you very much for your help, patience, and support!

App Support

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Hi everyone, Justin here. I’m the one and only person behind forScore and I’m taking a quick break from working on forScore 15 updates to discuss something uncomfortable. Due to ongoing legal action I can’t say much, but the person who previously handled customer support for me stopped responding to tickets for months without my knowledge; he is no longer with the company and I don’t have an immediate replacement.

I’m in the process of rebuilding forScore’s support infrastructure, but in the mean time I’ve had to triage and focus my efforts on bug fixes at the expense of responding to individual reports. This summer has been a lot, from Apple’s major OS redesigns to my own forScore 15 update, and I’m working hard to get issues fixed while also addressing feedback about this big design overhaul.

If you’re a forScore Pro subscriber, you can still submit support tickets and if I think I can help I’ll respond to them personally as I’m able, but it will take time and some tickets will go unanswered. I know this is frustrating and disappointing; I am working hard to fix it as soon as possible and I ask for a little more patience while I create a better long-term solution that ensures everyone can get the help they need.

Sincerely,
Justin Bianco

forScore 15

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Today we’re very happy to announce the release of forScore 15, the latest major update to our sheet music reading app for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro. This update features a dramatic redesign for Apple’s latest OS versions, reworks some of the most commonly-used elements in menus, and includes dozens of other enhancements and significant improvements. As always, this update is totally free for anyone who has ever purchased any version since 1.0. Thank you so much for your support, and a special thank you to our beta testers who helped get this huge update ready for today.


forScore 15

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

iOS 26 Updates

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Today we’re happy to announce the release of updates to all of our Music Box apps, making sure they look and work great on all of Apple’s upcoming OS releases. These updates are totally free, as always, available exclusively on the App Store.


Cue

Available now


Onyx

Available now


TuneWave

Available now


Modus

Available now

Sneak Peek: forScore 15

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This fall Apple is introducing its biggest OS redesign in over a decade, and forScore will be there on day one with much more than a new coat of paint. forScore 15 is a huge update that streamlines and enhances some of the most foundational parts of its browsing experience while also upgrading its design along with the rest of Apple’s OS lineup.

Since almost the beginning, forScore has offered a hierarchical browsing experience with a control bar along the top that showed categories like composers and genres in the root menu, sort options in submenus, and contextual actions when editing a list. This one control had to do three jobs and it led to some design quirks like not being able to show a list of all scores in the root menu.

With forScore 15 that changes: the content bar now lets you switch between lists while the edit and menu buttons give you access to sorting options and editing functions. That gives us more flexibility to put ‘all scores’ and ‘now playing’ items in the main menu, and to add sorting options to other menus that were previously limited by this constraint.

That’s just one part of this huge update though, so be sure to check out the page below to see what else is new like the new grid menu layout, support for the menu bar on iPad, Control Change MIDI messages, tempo metadata and more. And if you’re interested in trying it out for yourself, consider becoming a beta tester.

forScore 15 Sneak Peek  

forScore 14.4

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Today we’re happy to announce the release of forScore 14.4, the latest major update to our sheet music reading app for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro. This free update includes a whole new version of Cue, dozens of additional actions for the Shortcuts app, half-page turn indicators, a new tier of forScore Pro with family sharing, and more. Get this latest big update by clicking the link below, and thanks as always for your support and feedback!


forScore 14.4

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

Fifteen Years of forScore

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This month marks fifteen years since we debuted forScore 1.0 and started an incredible journey that has taken us places we never could have expected. We’ve been so lucky to be able to do what we love for so long, and to have a huge audience of musicians who not only enjoy using our app, but who energize and inspire us with their feedback, encouragement, and support. Thank you all.

Back in 2020 we put together a page celebrating our app’s history, but with so much uncertainty in the midst of a global pandemic it felt like the wrong time to publish it. Instead, we reworked it for this anniversary—click the button below to check it out!

Fifteen Years of forScore  

Sneak Peek: forScore 14.4

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It’s a new year and we’re back with another exciting update packed with features and upgrades musicians everywhere will love. There are dozens of new actions for the Shortcuts app, half-page turn position indicators, a new tier of forScore Pro with family sharing, significant localization improvements, and more.

With forScore 14.4 and Cue 2.4, we’re also introducing a new version of the Cue remote control protocol built atop Apple’s modern networking frameworks. It provides a better experience, from faster discovery of nearby devices to more reliable connections, and the old version of the Cue protocol is still available if you need to connect to devices that haven’t updated (or can’t).

forScore 14.4 and Cue 2.4 are coming soon, but you can try them out for yourself today by becoming a beta tester. Otherwise, be sure to check back soon as we put the final touches on these incredible updates and get them ready for release this Spring.

forScore 14.4 Sneak Peek  

Sepia Mode Changes

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After the release of iOS 18 we began receiving reports that some users were unable to interact with system-provided panels shown within forScore. We recently discovered that this is related to the way forScore provides its Sepia effect and have changed this feature with forScore 14.3.2 to restore all normal functionality. Rather than applying to the entire window, including menus and other panels presented within it, the sepia effect now only applies to elements within forScore’s main view.

The sepia effect is created using standard UI elements and does not, to our knowledge, use them in unintended ways. Until Apple explains any changes they’ve made with iOS 18 or offers updated best practices, this is our only option for avoiding the issue. If we can safely reverse this change in the future, we will do so.

forScore 14.3

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Today we’re happy to announce the immediate release of forScore 14.3, the latest major update to our sheet music reading app for iPad, iPhone, Mac, and Vision Pro. This update brings new widgets, updated icons, better support for accessories and shortcuts, a redesigned split view interface, more actions in the Shortcuts app, hundreds of new stamps for Pro subscribers, and much much more. We’re very excited to be bringing all of these new and updated features to you with this free update for all users. Thank you for your support, now let the music play!


forScore 14.3

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