What’s the catch? Reports of unexpected charges — reported by 43 users.
Analyzed automatically from 3 independent signals that had to agree — not a hands-on test, and not human-reviewed.
This analysis describes version 2.14.50 of the app, analyzed 2026-10-04 . The app may have changed since.
The store currently lists version 2.14.50, updated 2026-09-30.
What the analysis found
The catch list 1
Charges we publish at a strength we stand behind: measured from an artefact, agreed by independent sources, or reported by enough users to clear that charge's own published bar.
Context 1
Measured and published because a reader would want to know — deliberately not a charge. The measurement alone does not show a harm.
One source only — shown, not confirmed 6
A single kind of evidence. We publish these because withholding them would be the bigger distortion, and we do not treat any of them as a finding we stand behind.
What reviewers said
Verbatim excerpts from public store reviews, shown as corroborating user reports. They are not Appworthy audit evidence, and a quotation is not proof of the finding it sits under.
Reports of unexpected charges
Won’t Refund — Charged for a FREE TRIAL
some things about this app — I had a very frustrating experience with this app. My child purchased a piece of sheet music listed at $0.99, but I was charged twice for it. A 7-day trial for a quarterly subscription was also pre-selected…
Free trail is a scam — The app said it had a 7 day free trial. When it took my payment information, I was charged immediately and after only one day of having the app, I contacted customer service. They refused to refund me the entire…
Reports that the ads misrepresent the app
Very misleading and scammy — I feel like this is misleading advertising. I downloaded the app specifically because it offered a 7-day free trial, including a 7-day Pro trial. I always cancel free trials immediately so I don’t forget and…
Bad Customer Service — I was recommended MuseScore by a colleague and went to check it out. I clicked on the “free trial” and a pop up with Back to School Specials came up, so I chose the plan I thought would benefit me the most after…
Rip-Off — I paid for a subscription before they changed the subscription structure and now common songs aren’t available on my “level”. This is absolutely a bait and switch.
Aggressive ad load
Greedy — I have been using this app for years and have noticed a pattern that explains the CONSTANT ads and pop ups to upgrade my subscription: this greedy company has done nothing but REMOVE features for certain subscriptions (they have…
Nothing but ads even after paying — Exactly what the title says. Most obnoxious thing ever, highly recommend using a different app
Scammy and buggy — Scammy: I signed up for the free trial, and instead of experiencing the app and services, I felt constantly bombarded by ads to sign up for other services or tiers. I couldn’t access anything or do anything in the free…
Hard to cancel
Scam — Total scam. Subscription cancellation hidden so deep
SCAM!!!! — DO NOT DOWNLOAD! This app is a scam. They will force you to sign up for subscription and make it nearly impossible to cancel! Just read reviews on reddit and you will see all others who have fallen into the trap. Stay far away…
Hidden deceptive subscription practices — You think you’re buying a 1-3 piece of music and then they charge you with a subscription that is impossible to cancel. I’m not a boomer I sign up for free trials all the time and realize when I…
Paywall blocks the basics
Paid — Most of the stuff I wanna play is behind a paywall
The music is there but like it lies to you so what’s the point. — I’m trying to learn piano, I go App Store, I’m like ok I’ll try this one. Happy that it has free sheet music to look at. Wonderful. Every feature is locked behind paywall…
It’s ok — It is an ok try but you have to pay for literally EVERYTHING. I play the flute and there is hardly anything in there for flute.
Trial converts to a charge
Cancelled free trial, got charged $70 anyway — Cancelled my free trial before the week deadline ended. Got charged anyway.
Won’t Refund — Charged for a FREE TRIAL
Bad Customer Service — I was recommended MuseScore by a colleague and went to check it out. I clicked on the “free trial” and a pop up with Back to School Specials came up, so I chose the plan I thought would benefit me the most after…
Upgrade prompts use guilt-trip wording
Free trial is Bait & Switch — Be careful with this app. In order to log in, you’ll think you’re getting a free trial for 7 days. I unsubscribed after 48 hours because I didn’t think this app was right for me. I got charged $129 anyway and…
Greedy — I have been using this app for years and have noticed a pattern that explains the CONSTANT ads and pop ups to upgrade my subscription: this greedy company has done nothing but REMOVE features for certain subscriptions (they have…
Harasses you with misleading advertising after you purchase it — I paid good money for a subscription and every time I launch the app, it harasses me with a hard to close scam pattern advertisement.
What this app sells
From the store listing. Billing terms are read from each purchase’s name — the stores don’t publish them — so treat them as a strong hint, not a disclosure.
Show 8 more purchases we couldn’t categorise
These are really on sale; we just can’t tell from the name whether they recur.
How the automated analysis works
This assessment is produced automatically. Three independent signals are read — user reviews, the store listing and the store privacy disclosure — and each candidate finding is filed under the sources that support it.
No charge stands on one kind of evidence — with one published exception. A finding is either a measured fact that anyone can reproduce (an ad SDK is in the package; every subscription bills weekly; the privacy label omits a tracker we can see), or it is an interpretation — and an interpretation needs independent sources to agree before it reaches the catch list. The exception is a harm only users can see: a charge may publish from reviews alone, as “Reported by N users”, once enough reviewers raise it to clear that charge’s own published bar. That agreement rule is what replaced the human reviewer, not a model’s confidence.
There is no overall score, on purpose. A 0–99 number was published here until 2026-09-15. It was withdrawn because it discriminated too weakly to be the instrument — 44.7% of every pair of apps tied — and because a single number is a verdict where a count is an observation. What publishes instead is a row of measurements, each of which says what was counted and, where we could not look, says that instead.
Findings under One source only are real reports we do not stand behind as findings. They are shown because withholding them entirely would hide a genuine complaint, and labelled because publishing them as charges would be an accusation off a single source.
Several measurements above say “Not assessed” because no artefact we hold can answer them. A human review is what resolves those — and it can remove a favourable band as easily as add one.
Hands-on inspections are not yet open.