Built for the classroom
Music notation that works on
every school device.
No installs. No IT tickets. QuickStave runs in the browser — on Chromebooks, iPads, lab computers, and students’ phones. Team plans give your department admin controls and exports from $40/seat/year — with no eligibility verification required.
Sound familiar?
“We can’t install Sibelius on Chromebooks.”
QuickStave is a web app. If it has a browser, it runs QuickStave. Chrome OS, iPadOS, Windows, macOS, Linux — all the same experience.
“The school won’t approve another software budget.”
At $40/seat/year, a class of 30 costs less than a single Sibelius licence. No eligibility paperwork, no reseller quoting — just a credit card or purchase order.
“Students can’t finish assignments at home.”
Every score syncs to the cloud, with 5 GB per member. Work follows the student, not the device. Start in the lab, finish on a phone.
“Submitting work is a nightmare.”
Students share a link from any device — free. Because your teachers are on a Team, they can open it and download a clean, watermark-free PDF or MusicXML to mark and archive. No “I can’t open .sib files.”
“Group composition projects are chaos.”
Students invite each other with a free co-edit link and write together in real time — no emailing files back and forth, no confusion about whose copy is newest.
Real-Time Group Composition Projects
A shared composition assignment used to mean a group chat full of file attachments and nobody sure which version was final. In QuickStave, a group opens one shared score and writes it together, live — every note visible to the whole group as it happens, free on every plan. See the full real-time collaboration page for how it works in detail.
Can students collaborate on a composition assignment in real time?
Yes. Any student can invite groupmates with a free co-edit link, and everyone works in the same score at once — no emailing files back and forth, no confusion about whose copy is newest.
Do students need a Team account to collaborate?
No — real-time co-editing is free for any signed-in user on any plan, including Free. A Team plan adds admin controls and exports for a department, not collaboration itself.
Can a teacher watch a group compose without joining as an editor?
Yes. Share for Viewing generates a separate read-only link, so a teacher (or anyone) can watch a group's score update live without becoming an editor.
How many students can co-edit one score?
You choose a seat limit when creating the edit-invite link, so a two-person pair project and a whole-class arrangement both work.
Does group composition work on Chromebooks?
Yes — the whole editor, including real-time co-editing, runs in the browser with no install, exactly like the rest of QuickStave.
Plans & Pricing
Students can explore the editor for free. For classroom workflows — admin controls, exports, and centralized billing — you’ll want a Team.
Free
$0/forever
Individual students and hobbyists exploring notation on their own.
- Unlimited scores & staves
- Full editor & playback
- MusicXML & MIDI import
- Music scanning (OMR)
- PDF export (with watermark)
- 50 MB cloud storage
- Share, embed, & collaborate live
Team
$40/seat/year
Departments, studios, and any group that needs to share and manage scores together. Minimum 5 seats.
- Everything in Free
- 5 GB cloud storage per member
- Watermark-free PDF & print
- MusicXML & MIDI export
- Centralized billing
- Invite members via link
- Admin & role controls
- Adjust seats any time
Prices shown in USD. You’ll see your local currency at checkout. See all plans including Pro for individual professionals.
Built for Teaching & Learning
Features that matter in the music classroom.
No Installs, No IT
No account required to start. Students open a URL and write music immediately. Sign in later to join a team and save to the cloud.
Chromebook-First
Canvas-based rendering runs smoothly on low-powered devices. No WebGL required. No heavy DOM. Just fast notation.
Built-In Playback
Students hear their work instantly. Great for ear training, composition exercises, and self-assessment.
No Eligibility Verification
No student IDs, no paycheck stubs, no third-party verification. Private teachers, community groups, and homeschool co-ops welcome. Anyone who wants a team gets team pricing.
Works on Any Device
Desktop, tablet, phone. Students can practise notation on the bus, at home, or in the rehearsal room.
Collaborate in Real Time
Whole sections or ensembles co-edit a score together, live, at no extra cost — ideal for group composition and arranging assignments.
Professional Quality
SMuFL/Bravura engraving means students learn from correctly formatted notation — not the approximate output of educational toys.
Try QuickStave in your classroom
The editor is free to explore. When you’re ready for admin controls and centralized billing, set up a team from $40/seat/year.
Want to discuss QuickStave for your school or district? [email protected]