ScoreCloud

What ScoreCloud does

ScoreCloud, operated by Doremir Music Research AB (headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden), develops music notation software that converts audio input — singing, humming, whistling, or instrument playing — into written sheet music. The company targets musicians, singer-songwriters, music teachers, students, choir and band leaders, and professional composers/arrangers who need fast transcription without manual note entry. Its technology is grounded in 25+ years of music cognition research originating in doctoral work at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm and digitized in collaboration with KTH Royal Institute of Technology, combining a rule-based music cognition model with AI-driven polyphonic audio recognition and source separation to infer pitch, rhythm, meter, key, phrasing, and voice structure from audio.

The product suite comprises four components: ScoreCloud Studio (desktop notation editor for Windows/Mac with audio/MIDI input and full editing), ScoreCloud Songwriter (automatic lead sheet generator with vocal/instrument separation, YouTube import, and audio file import), ScoreCloud Express (iOS mobile app for monophonic melody capture from voice/humming), and My ScoreCloud (cloud-based sync, sharing, and collaboration platform). Revenue is generated primarily through a freemium subscription model (FREE up to 10 songs; PLUS at $5.99/month; SONGWRITER at $11.99/month; PRO at $20.99/month, with annual discounts) and secondarily through technology licensing and APIs to third-party application developers. Distribution is product-led via direct desktop downloads from scorecloud.com and the iOS App Store, with horizontal segmentation across musician personas rather than enterprise vertical specialization.

Name

ScoreCloud

Legal name

Doremir Music Research AB

Website

https://scorecloud.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ScoreCloud (Doremir Music Research AB) is a Stockholm-based developer of AI-powered music notation software that automatically converts audio input — singing, humming, or playing — into sheet music for musicians, songwriters, teachers, and ensembles.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Music Notation Software

NAICS

Software Publishers (513210)

SIC

Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Music Notation & Scoring Software (MPAIAIAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

AI Music Creation & Assistive Tools (Generation, Separation, Mastering) (MPAIAIAG), Music Education & Practice Software (Ear training, tutors, metronome tools) (MPAIAIAJ)

Keywords

• Music notation software
• Audio to sheet music
• Automatic lead sheets
• Polyphonic audio recognition
• Music transcription tools

Headquarters

HQ city

Stockholm

HQ country

Sweden

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Subscription Revenue: Tiered subscription model with four levels: FREE (limited to 10 songs, watermarked prints), PLUS ($5.99/month or $59/year - unlimited songs, no watermark, local saving), SONGWRITER ($11.99/month or $119/year - audio file import, YouTube import, lead sheet generation), and PRO ($20.99/month or $149/year - all features including batch MIDI analysis). Subscriptions are the primary revenue stream.
2. Technology Licensing: Doremir Music Research AB licenses its underlying technology (signal processing, audio analysis, music analysis and cognition) to third-party application developers through APIs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ScoreCloud sells a suite of music notation software that automatically converts audio input—singing, humming, whistling, instrument playing, or MIDI—into written sheet music. The product line includes ScoreCloud Studio (desktop notation editor for Windows/Mac), ScoreCloud Songwriter (lead sheet generator with vocal/instrument separation and YouTube import), ScoreCloud Express (iOS mobile app), and the My ScoreCloud cloud platform for syncing, sharing, and editing scores across devices.

Product overview

ScoreCloud is a music notation software suite comprising three desktop and mobile applications: ScoreCloud Studio (full notation editor for Windows/Mac with polyphonic audio recognition, MIDI input, and manual note entry), ScoreCloud Songwriter (automatic lead sheet generator with vocal/instrument source separation, YouTube import, and accompaniment patterns), and ScoreCloud Express (iOS mobile app for capturing melodies by humming or singing). All products are backed by DoReMIR's music cognition technology based on 25 years of research. The suite uses a subscription model with a FREE tier (limited to 10 songs), PLUS ($5.99/month), SONGWRITER ($11.99/month), and PRO ($20.99/month) plans. Songs sync via the My ScoreCloud cloud platform, which also enables web-based sharing and collaboration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ScoreCloud Studio: Desktop music notation software for Windows and Mac that creates sheet music from audio and MIDI input, with full notation editing capabilities including multi-staff layouts, articulations, dynamics, repeats, and exports.
• ScoreCloud Songwriter
• ScoreCloud Express

Products and services

• ScoreCloud Studio Desktop music notation software for Windows and Mac that converts audio recordings and MIDI input into sheet music with polyphonic audio recognition, manual note entry, multi-staff layouts, articulations, dynamics, chords, lyrics, exports to PDF/MusicXML/MIDI, and overdub recording for multi-part arrangements. Free up to 10 saved songs.
• ScoreCloud Songwriter Desktop software that converts recordings of voice and instrument into lead sheets with melody, lyrics, and chords. Features automatic vocal/instrument source separation, YouTube URL import, audio file import (MP3, WAV), and built-in accompaniment patterns; 10-day free trial.
• ScoreCloud Express Mobile app for iPhone and iPad that notates musical ideas by singing, humming, or whistling a monophonic melody; songs sync to the user's ScoreCloud account for expansion in ScoreCloud Studio. Includes a HD iPad port and an upfront fee with up to 10 saved songs.
• My ScoreCloud Cloud-based account management and song storage platform that enables song sync across devices, online score editing, sharing via interactive web player, song collection management, and collaboration features for classes, bands, and choirs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Transcription from humming, singing, or playing into notation in seconds

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability4 records

Feature6 records

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Flat.io: Flat.io is a cloud-based collaborative music notation platform with web and mobile apps, directly comparable to ScoreCloud's My ScoreCloud cloud-sync model and education-market focus.
• MakeMusic (Finale): MakeMusic's Finale was a dominant professional notation suite; though now discontinued, its user base and workflow patterns overlap almost entirely with ScoreCloud Studio's professional tier.
• Steinberg (Dorico): Steinberg's Dorico is a leading professional music notation software, directly competing with ScoreCloud Studio and Songwriter in the score-editing and arrangement market for composers and arrangers.
• Avid (Sibelius): Sibelius, owned by Avid, is one of the most widely used music notation programs in education and among professional composers — a head-to-head competitor with ScoreCloud Studio for the same end users.
• Noteflight: Noteflight (owned by Hal Leonard, the largest music education publisher) is a web-based notation platform competing with ScoreCloud Studio and My ScoreCloud, particularly in the music education segment.
• MuseScore: MuseScore is the leading open-source music notation software and competes directly with ScoreCloud Studio on the same free/paid dynamic — its open-source nature puts pricing pressure on ScoreCloud's subscription tiers.

Emerging players

• AIVA: AIVA is an AI music composition assistant that generates scores and tracks. It overlaps with ScoreCloud on the AI music creation workflow and competes for the same prosumer songwriter audience with adjacent capabilities.
• LALAL.AI: LALAL.AI provides AI-based audio source separation (vocal/instrument stems) — a core technical capability also used inside ScoreCloud Songwriter — making it a partial-overlap emerging competitor.
• Moises AI: Moises offers AI-powered source separation and music analysis (instrument/vocal stems, chord detection), overlapping with ScoreCloud Songwriter's separation and auto-chord features but positioned for music practice rather than notation.

Broad incumbents

• LANDR: LANDR is a broader AI music production platform offering mastering, distribution, and now AI-driven production tools. It overlaps with ScoreCloud on AI-assisted music creation while being a larger, more diversified player.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/scorecloud
• Facebookfacebook.com/scorecloud
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/doremir-music-research

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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