Dorico - Compose Music

🇺🇸 United States
Steinberg Media Technologies GmbH  | 
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Last Update
Oct 13, 2025
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$4.99 - 119.99

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Dorico - Compose Music
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Music Notation & Composer App
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Compose your own music for free with Dorico. Create beautiful music notation for up to eight instruments quickly and easily with the on-screen keyboard, drum pads and fretboard. Play back instantly with the included sounds and shape the performance with powerful MIDI editing tools. When your piece is finished, share it as PDF, audio or MusicXML, or print directly to your AirPrint-enabled printer. Perform using the built-in read mode, and annotate with your Apple Pencil. Dorico is the award-winning music notation and composition software from Steinberg for macOS, Windows, and iPadOS. It’s easy enough to learn and use that it is used by students in schools, and deep enough that it satisfies the needs of the most demanding professionals in the worlds of concert music, music for film and TV, and music publishing. Dorico for iPad is fully compatible with Dorico for macOS and Windows, so you can work on your projects on the move on your iPad and in your studio on your desktop or laptop computer, or share projects with musicians using Dorico on any platform. Dorico’s interface is split into four modes. In Setup mode, you can add and change instruments, create and reorder sections of music (called “flows”), and choose how your music will be formatted for your musicians into layouts. In Write mode, you can input and edit music and other notations using simple, well-organized toolboxes and panels. In Engrave mode (included if you buy a paid subscription to Dorico’s advanced features), you can make graphical tweaks to every item in your project. Finally, in Play mode, you have access to powerful sequencer-style MIDI editing tools, including piano roll and velocity editors. Dorico includes built-in virtual instruments and effects to allow you to play back your compositions, and you can also easily use any compatible Audio Unit plug-in or external MIDI device (with optional subscription or Lifetime Unlock in-app purchase), and tweak playback using the on-screen Mixer. Input music using an on-screen piano keyboard, or by connecting a MIDI keyboard to your iPad directly via USB or using a compatible USB-to-Lightning adaptor. If you have a Magic Keyboard or other external keyboard, you can make use of extensive keyboard shortcuts to work quickly and efficiently. Dorico is free to use, allowing you to write for ensembles of up to four players. Register with your free Steinberg ID to increase the player limit to eight, allowing you to write for ensembles like string or wind quartet, or SATB choir. If you want to take your composition and arranging to the next level, you can buy an optional subscription or Lifetime Unlock in-app purchase to access more features and power: write for ensembles of any number of players, and gain access to Engrave mode, allowing you to make graphical tweaks to individual items anywhere in your project. HIGHLIGHTS • Best automatic engraving of any software • Easy note input using on-screen keyboard, MIDI keyboard, or external keyboard • Intelligently adjusts notation as you write • Any number of movements or pieces in a single project • Automatic layout of instrumental parts • Expressive playback using included sounds and effects • Supports Audio Unit virtual instruments and effects processors • Sequencer-style piano roll MIDI editor • Sophisticated chord symbols, unpitched percussion and drum set notation • Unbarred music, tuplets across barlines, etc. all handled correctly — no workarounds • Transfer to and from other apps via MusicXML, MIDI, PDF, etc. For support, please visit www.dorico.com/forum If you like Dorico, please support us by rating this app in the App Store. Thank you! }
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ph5+
23 Nov, 2025
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2025/11/23 ver 6.1.10 画面内の鍵盤が押し込まれたままになる。 和音を何回か押さえていると、鍵盤が押されたまま戻らなくなることが100%発生する。こうなると、一旦ファイルを閉じて再度開くしかない。 同現象は、steinberg のフォーラムにも多数のユーザーからの報告が多数あり、メーカーからの改善する予定との回答(2024年9月付け)があるが、現状では改善されていない。 Doricoは、音符入力が鍵盤からしかできないため、早急な改善を希望します。 回避策 ・外付けMIDIキーボードを接続して使う ・iphone Bluetooth MIDI クライアントになるAUMなどアプリから、Dorico に midi キーボードとして接続 ------ 2025/10/10 ver 6.1→ 解決済みver 6.1.10 ファイルを、開く時に落ちる問題が、次の設定でひとまず回避できた。 設定アプリから アクセシビリティ > 読み上げコンテンツ > 画面の読み上げ → オフにする ※参考は、Steinberg フォーラムからの情報 ※ ver 6.1.10 では、オンでも影響なくなった、 ------ 2025/10/04 ver 6.1 今すぐDoricoフォルダを別のフォルダにコピーして、バックアップを取ることをお勧めします。 ver6.1の起動が不安定で、ファイルの読み込み時点で落ちるため、アプリをアンイストールし再インストールしたところ、全データが消失。 消失までの経緯 アンインストール前に、ファイルアプリでDoricoフォルダと中にファイルがあることを確認済み。再インストールしたところ、Doricoフォルダが消失。新規にファイルを作成したら、新規のファイル1つのみになってしまった。 大量に楽譜データがある方は要注意です。 とにかく不安定。 何度も言いいますが、 今すぐDoricoフォルダを別のフォルダにコピーして、バックアップを取ることをお勧めします。 ipados 18.7.1
Francesco Slowdown
21 Nov, 2025
1
Unnachvollziehbares und willkürliches Verhalten der App. Kostete mich Nerven und Zeit. Leider für einen Monat abonniert. Zum Glück nicht für länger. Habe Dorico vor einiger Zeit schon mal ausprobiert und war damals auch völlig entnervt. Wollte ihr noch mal eine Chance geben, aber jetzt bin ich endgültig durch damit.
dignmean
02 Nov, 2025
2
Out of the box, so to speak, the virtual keyboard keys get stuck making it unusable as input. My main reason for trying this app was to use virtual keyboard for input because don’t want to plug in a midi keyboard since i don’t have space for it on the go. I am using a new Ipad pro.
DrPreston
19 Oct, 2025
3
In brass bands, the tenor trombone is often scored in treble clef. I worked out how to do it. Write a better manual.
Gazabb
13 Oct, 2025
1
Crashes when using, or when opening even after reinstalling.
Roberto Lowree
11 Oct, 2025
3
newer ipad air running ios 26 keeps crashing. I rarely can open a project for more than a few seconds. I’ve tried deleting the app and data and reinstalling it, still with no success.
Deusgt
09 Oct, 2025
1
En esta última actualización al intentar abrir o importar algún algún archivo se sale y no me deja hacer nada mas, prácticamente quedó inservible, por eso le doy solo una estrella pero antes de la ultima actualización funcionaba perfecto y para mi era el mejor programa para escritura musical, espero y solucionen el problema.
DP the second
08 Oct, 2025
3
I have made a move to doing many of my projects and tasks on my iPad. Dorico is a very complete score writing package. I am duly impressed. I have paid for a subscription and the issue that is keeping me from paying the full price for “lifetime” purchase is that the app seems to go through periods of time where it crashes periodically. This usually occurs after an update. Bottom line - I’d like to move score projects to my iPad but I don’t yet have the confidence to do that.
Unikator
08 Oct, 2025
1
Po utworzeniu nowego, pustego projektu, próbuję go edytować; nanosić partie instrumentalne itp. a wtedy program po prostu się wyłącza i nie można nic z tym zrobić. iPad Air (M2)

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Rating:
4.67
Voted: 5.91K
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Categories: Music, Productivity
Size: 968MB
iAP: 4.99 - 119.99 $
App Age: 4 years 5 months
Release Date: Jul 27, 2021
Last Update: Oct 13, 2025
Version: 6.1.10
Version history
6.1.10
Oct 13, 2025
This version includes a number of minor bug fixes and improvements to improve your experience of working with Dorico for iPad.
6.1
Oct 01, 2025
This version includes a number of minor bug fixes and improvements to improve your experience of working with Dorico for iPad.
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