Stuck in the past – Musicnotes: Sheet Music Player Review

Musicnotes has a lot of potential. It’s been around for awhile which begs the questions.. 1) Why do I still have to connect to my Mac, open iTunes and click the add button to get scores into Musicnotes. Why are you supporting “Open in...”, and Share, which have been around for awhile now? If I’m composing in Notion iOS or Symphony Pro, and I need to mark up a PDF version of the score, I don’t have time to go to my Mac. What if I’m not at the same location as the Mac Pro that is machine my iPad is linked to? 2) Why do I HAVE to have an account to use Musicnotes? Again, if my main purpose for Musicnotes is to mark up PDF scores that I’ve created, why would I want to log in to a server that serves no purpose for me? Btw, the guest account doesn’t work for me. I click on guest, and there are no controls that actually allow me log in. What am I missing? Not supporting “Open in..” and forcing the user to create an account to use the program is outmoded. True, many users may share or get sheet music via an account. But why, in 2017 with iOS 11 is this a prerequisite for using the app? Not being able to use the app I’m not sure if it supports MusicXML or if it can play back imported MusicXML files, or if Musicnotes uses a proprietary file format, but if this app does import and playback MusicXML files, (or by some chance it’s actually playback PDF files via some vector to MIDI or XML converter, it would be a big shame that I can’t use “Open in...” and not have to create an account. I still haven’t found the perfect XML playback/PDF markup iOS app for my own scores which is too bad because it seems like the most obvious need that composers, music theory teachers and performers need.
Review by articcircle888 on Musicnotes: Sheet Music Player.