# Crescendo Music Notation

> Crescendo Music Notation Editor is perfect for writing your own music!

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nchsoftware.crescendo\_free](https://chrome-stats.com/d/com.nchsoftware.crescendo_free)

## Overview

- **ID:** `com.nchsoftware.crescendo_free`
- **Platform:** Android
- **Type:** Android app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** NCH Software
- **Category:** MUSIC\_AND\_AUDIO
- **Downloads:** 120,610
- **Rating:** 3.55 / 5 (633 ratings)
- **Version:** 11.05
- **Last updated:** 2025-06-06
- **First published:** 2014-08-29
- **Publisher country:** US
- **Size:** 23 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-05
- **Store listing:** [Google Play Store](https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nchsoftware.crescendo_free)
- **Website:** [https://www.nch.com.au/notation/index.html](https://www.nch.com.au/notation/index.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://www.nch.com.au/general/privacy.html](http://www.nch.com.au/general/privacy.html)

## Description

Crescendo Music Notation Editor is a user-friendly and intuitive tool designed to help musicians compose and write their own music with ease. Featuring a wide variety of time and key signatures along with numerous notation symbols, this free software is ideal for creating songs, scores, and soundtracks. It serves as an excellent teaching aid for young musicians to learn about music notation and composition.

This free version caters to non-commercial users, offering a fun and straightforward experience for writing musical pieces efficiently. With Crescendo, beginners and professionals alike can quickly turn their musical ideas into fully notated compositions.

## Rankings

- #202,323 — Overall

## Permissions and access

### Permissions

- `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`
- `android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE`
- `android.permission.GET_TASKS`
- `android.permission.INTERNET`
- `android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS`
- `android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`
- `android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO`
- `android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED`
- `android.permission.REORDER_TASKS`
- `android.permission.WAKE_LOCK`
- `android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`
- `android.permission.WRITE_SETTINGS`
- `com.android.vending.BILLING`

## Review summary

Crescendo shows promise with rich notation, MIDI compatibility, and free features, and is valued for its learning potential. However, users report serious reliability and file-management issues: unsaved work, problematic file formats, and confusing pricing. UI/onboarding can be cluttered on small screens, and performance varies across devices/Android versions. These core stability and licensing concerns overshadow the strengths for many users.

### Pros

- Rich notation features including multiple staves and transposition.
- MIDI import/export and playback support.
- Free features and good value with many capabilities available without paying.
- Educational value and a manageable learning curve (about an hour) to learn how to use it.

### Cons

- Data loss or unsaved work due to saving issues (save-as-new) and unreliable saves.
- File handling and compatibility bugs (opening/saving .cdo files, XML imports, and open dialogs).
- Pricing/licensing confusion and subscription problems.
- Onboarding and UX clutter, with some missing UI elements and clunky input.
- Stability/compatibility issues on certain devices/Android versions (crashes or won't run on some setups).

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