New: Instant Web Share — share any score as a web link with an interactive player. MusicXML export, loop markers, and more. One-time purchase.
Reflow is a tablature and notation editor for guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals. Write tabs, compose songs, import Guitar Pro and MIDI files, and hear everything played back with realistic instruments.
Trusted by thousands of musicians for over a decade.
Instant Web Share
- Share any score as a web link — one tap, no account needed
- Recipients get a full interactive player with audio playback and cursor tracking
- Speed control and loop markers in the web player
- Links expire after 7 days
Import Your Files
- Open Guitar Pro 3, 4, 5, 7, and 8 files (.gp, .gp5)
- Import Standard MIDI files with track mapping and quantization controls
- Import MusicXML files
- Access thousands of tabs shared online
Tablature & Notation
- Guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, and any stringed instrument
- Bends, slides, hammer-ons, pull-offs, harmonics, and all standard techniques
- Lyrics with auto-advance — press Space or Hyphen to chain syllables across beats
- Standard notation stays in sync above the tab staff
- Custom tuning support
Virtual Instruments
- Interactive piano keyboard — tap to enter or preview notes
- Interactive fretboard — see note names, tap to enter notes
- Scale overlay — display any scale on the keyboard or fretboard
Drum Notation
- Full drum kit mapping on a standard percussion staff
- Custom drum mapping editor — assign any MIDI note to any staff position
- Enter beats with keyboard shortcuts, numeric keypad, or tap input
Chord Diagrams
- Built-in library with 89 chord types and voicings
- Add diagrams above any beat
- Chord names display automatically
Multi-Track Scores
- Combine guitar, bass, drums, keyboards, and vocals in one score
- Solo, mute, and adjust volume and pan per track
- Realistic instrument sounds across 128 instruments
- Rack view with per-track controls and custom track colors
Edit While It Plays
- Edit your score during playback — hear changes in real time
- Add notes, adjust dynamics, switch instruments without stopping
Audio & Practice
- High-quality instrument sounds with instant playback
- Loop / A-B repeat — drag markers to loop any section
- Adjustable playback speed from 0.25x to 2x
- Metronome, precount, and playback tracking
- MIDI input from external controllers
View Modes
- Continuous vertical scroll — modern reading experience
- Page view with Fit Page Width
- Free zoom and horizontal scroll
Export & Share
- Instant Web Share — temporary web link with interactive player
- Export to MusicXML, GP5, GP7, MIDI, WAV, M4A, and PDF
- Open your scores in Dorico, Sibelius, MuseScore, or Finale
- Print your scores directly
- Bundled sample songs to explore and learn from
Keyboard Shortcuts
- Full keyboard support on Mac and iPad with hardware keyboard
- Works on all keyboard layouts — AZERTY, QWERTZ, and more
Privacy First
- All data stored locally on your device
- iCloud backup and sync
- No account, no login, no tracking
- Works fully offline
One-Time Purchase
- Free to try — all features available in evaluation mode
- Evaluation watermark and 10-measure export limit
- Purchase once to remove the watermark and unlock full exports
Download Reflow and start creating music today.
I sincerely apologize for the bad review based on the beaming capabilities of Reflow. I have since figured out what I was doing incorrectly with the software. I do wish that the software was a bit more intuitive but it DOES do beaming by using the [+] or [-] keys. I used to be a software developer and I believe that software stands on the ease of use through its interface. I am still learning this app and had trouble even after reading the manual. Anyway, Reflow does create nice looking scores and with a little more manipulation and time I’m sure this software will train me how to use it more effectively. To the software developers... please accept my humble apologies for the previous bad review. You efforts are appreciated. My scores look juvenile at best without the ability to connect notes with beams. Every picture on your app page shows beautiful scores with nice tidy beams. I paid for this to do basic scores on drums for students right from my iPad. I will have to just find another solution. This looks horrible and I feel like you’ve misrepresented the product. Reflow has no business being in the Apple Store for iOS. Shame on you! Seriously. This is a pitiful effort bringing a half thought out effort to the market place. Please disclose your application’s limitations on your Apple Store page for iPad users. This app is of limited value to iOS users.
Developer Response
Hi, of course Reflow can do beaming. If you’re getting trouble with beaming you can always reach me by mail at mail@reflow.app . When you start a fresh new drums score beaming is automatic, maybe there is some misunderstanding. Regards.
Writing a score for Piano
1anonymous
It has been a few years since I have used Reflow. I used to use it a lot and am now getting reacquainted with it. There seems to have been quite a few changes. Using it on a grand staff is a bit more difficult, I’m sure I will get used to it, but there are changes that are not intuitive for someone writing a score for piano. Also, the button for sharps is not working. I hope you put out an update that fixes this soon.
Disappointed
AlienMindProbe
I purchased Reflow a few years ago through the App Store. It was never great but worked well enough to transcribe drum scores and be able to view them on a screen. Now, a few years later, I open the app to use it again and see that it has changed to a subscription model. Despite having purchased it already, not all of the previous functions are available to me anymore — unless I pay for a subscription. I understand why the change was made but I am still disappointed. I don’t use Reflow enough to justify paying for yet another subscription so I guess I am back to writing out drum scores with pencil and paper.
Developer Response
Your purchase should never have been gated. Legacy App Store buyers are unlocked automatically, and in March 2026 we dropped the subscription tier entirely — Reflow is one-time purchase only again.Open Reflow with the Apple ID you originally bought under and tap "Restore Purchase" — your lifetime unlock should come back automatically.For transparency: every Reflow purchase going back 15 years is grandfathered. We've since added optional pro features (music fonts, Clips, Design Mode) that new buyers can purchase separately, but legacy users can skip those and use Reflow with no restrictions.We've added quite a bit since — better drum editing, rebuilt audio engine, MIDI import. Worth another look.Your original purchase stands — and always did.
It’s improved, but it still has problems...
Rateorama 123
This is your long-time Reflow user again, back all the way from Version 2. Thanks a lot for fixing my problems with version 15.2, especially the ones dealing with volume dynamics! However, we still have these problems to deal with:– Text on a staff shows if you’re in page view, but it DOES NOT APPEAR if you’re in horizontal view, which I use all the time!– If you use an instrument with a grand staff and add some notes to the staff, or some dynamics, you get a RIDICULOUSLY large gap between the top staff and the bottom staff (even if none of the notes are on ledger lines) and there’ll also be more space than necessary between the bottom staff and the bottom of the page (in horizontal mode).– I increased the tempo of a section of measures, which started with two tied whole notes, to be DOUBLE of that of the previous section, and the tied note played for the length of two tied whole notes at the tempo BEFORE the actual tempo change instead of at the correct tempo!– If you’re in page mode and have a lot of stuff on the page at once (e.g. a full band’s worth of staves), the page content does NOT resize to fit the page (or vice versa), meaning that you can easily have parts that are clipped off or even removed entirely by the bottom of the page!– Occasionally, when I’m in Edit mode and go to the instruments panel and click on an instrument’s info button, the app will crash. Note that I’m currently using iOS 13.3 on an iPhone 6S+.– Having more variety of bends would be nice on the mobile version.– Could you note (if you haven’t already) how long a double-dotted note should be in relation to a normal note in the user manual? I think it should be the note length plus 3/4 of that note’s length, but I’m not certain. NOTE: Double-dotted quarter notes still render as a quarter note plus an eighth note PLUS a dotted sixteenth!– If you change a stringed instrument’s tuning (e.g. tune all the strings down by a half-step), it doesn’t automatically transpose the tablature notes to their original correct pitches. In case someone wants to keep the same fretting (with this new, different pitch), this should be an option.– We still can’t change the tempo marking midway through a measure; only at the start of it.The good news is that this time around, the number of problems are far fewer than in 15.2. However, they should still be checked out when you guys get the chance, particularly the first five I listed here.Thanks for your consideration and support!
Developer Response
Hi,First of all, I'd like to thank you sincerely for this highly constructive feedback. Be sure that every single item you're pointing out has been written down right now and I will address all of them according to my priority list. Some of the problems you mentioned will be fixed as soon as I can as they're clearly defuncts.Thank you also for being a long time Reflow user, getting feedback from you is so valuable and gives me a boost to take Reflow to the next level.If you've got more ideas or suggestions, feel free to post them on our newly installed forum at https://talk.reflow.app I will be happy to discuss some of your ideas and exchange with you.Sincerely,Sebastien
Fixes and Improvements
- Fix crash entering notes on a standard staff with an out-of-range line
- Fix crash compiling MIDI when a crescendo ends past the last bar
- Speed Trainer: start rate now applies on the first iteration
- iPhone: cursor control preferences (Joystick / D-Pad per orientation, plus joystick sensitivity). Landscape defaults to D-Pad again.
- Selection capsule: full pill is clickable
- Quick Tips in the New Document dialog are now platform-specific
- Hardened a few latent array-subscript crashes
Version 26.4.1
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