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Features at a glance

ScorDial combines a PDF score reader and annotator, a chord-chart editor with transposition, and setlist management for live performance — with full-fidelity sharing between iPad, iPhone and Android.

Scores and charts

  • PDF score library — import, organise, read and annotate PDF sheet music.
  • Chord charts — create and edit charts natively, with sections, repeats, time-signature changes and navigation signs (D.S., al Coda, double bars, final bar).
  • Blank pages, canvas and manuscript paper — create empty A4 pages, free-drawing canvases and blank stave paper inside the app.
  • Scan & photo import — scan paper sheet music with the camera or import photos; they become PDF scores.
  • Chart import — bring in .html, MusicXML and MIDI files as editable chord charts; import .4ss setlists.

Keys and transposition

  • Transposition & key control — transpose with one tap, keep an “Original key” reference, lock keys, and hold different keys for the same song in different setlists.

Full guide to transposition & key locking →

Annotation

  • Annotation tools — pen ink (Apple Pencil, stylus or finger), eraser, text and musical notation directly on scores.
  • Mini staves — draw a resizable five-line stave anywhere on a PDF or chart and place melody notes from the on-screen piano keyboard.
  • Notation rows in charts — insert real notation staves between chord rows, with clef, keyboard-placed notes and hand-drawn markings.
  • Text Mode — type text blocks directly onto pages, with adjustable font size.

Setlists and live use

  • Setlists — build, reorder and search setlists; per-song keys; duplicate songs or entire setlists; navigate song-to-song while performing.
  • Practice tools — metronome with tap tempo, per-song BPM, audio recording and playback, and playback from your local music library.

Files and sharing

  • Sharing & cross-platform — share single songs (.scordial) or whole setlists (.scoreset) via AirDrop, Messages, Mail or Files, with everything intact across iOS and Android.
  • PDF export — export any score, chart or page selection as a standard PDF with annotations baked in.
  • Lighten PDF — flatten heavy, slow PDFs into fast, lightweight versions.
  • Organisation — collections, categories, tags, stars, search and an A–Z index.

Still stuck?

Email us with your device model and what you were doing when it went wrong. A screenshot or short screen recording helps us fix things much faster.

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