Henle Library

• 10 Credits — $0.99
• 100 Credits — $9.99
• 1000 Credits — $79.99
• 200 Credits — $19.99
• 22 Credits — $1.99
• 300 Credits — $29.99
• 500 Credits — $49.99
• 55 Credits — $5.99

Last verified 5 Aug 2026

2.9 91 ratings · App Store

1. 4/5Great performance app, 80% of the way there

   The Henle Library is a very good. I use it for piano and harpsichord on my 12.9” iPad Pro. I’ve been using a different PDF-based app for a year, and the Henle’s rendering is significantly easier to read then even a good PDF. The sizing controls are great. Even though I have all the music I play on open source PDFs, it was worth it to me to purchase it in the Henle Library because it is easier to read and play, and I can get trustworthy urtext editions. The fingerings are generally reliable. I play all the time in two-page mode fitting as much of the music on the screen as possible, and I don’t have a problem reading the score. I use a foot controller to turn pages. The Henle Library is only about 80% of the way, there, though, lacking features I find very useful in other music reading apps. - In two page mode, I really want to be able to turn only one page at a time so I can see the next page while still playing the current page. This also lets me choose the most opportune time to turn pages, which is an issue because using two pedals makes it difficult to hit the page turn pedal. - I really don’t like the hi-lighter transparency level and would like to set it myself. It’s not usable with the current transparency. If these issues were fixed this would be an enthusiastic five stars. As is, this is great for learning a piece, but for performance I’m likely to use my other app that lets me turn the page when I want to.

   Steve Bryson · 5 Aug 2026

2. 3/5The sound of silence

   [update to previous review] After some delay I finally got the credits I purchased last year and could begin test the app. Thank you Henle support for getting my issue resolved—and thank you for the extra credits! ***** The good stuff ***** The app is very smooth and responsive and (after a short learning curve) easy and intuitive to navigate. Scores are legible and the ability to annotate without a physical pencil is amazing. (If only we had this 40 years ago!) Based on the urtext complete Beethoven quartets the cost is very competitive with printed scores: $64 for the set vs. $153 from Amazon—almost a 60% discount. And you don’t need to lug a backpack full of scores around. ***** Not-so-good/needs work ***** Scores are scans of printed editions sliced into staves, not digital vectors. This has some knock-on effects: Supported zoom levels appear to be limited (via SCORE SETTINGS > Stave Spacing). Changing orientation to landscape shows a higher resolution rendition, but only 1-2 staves vs. 4-5 in portrait. You will want the largest tablet screen you can get. Print quality is … terrible. The score images (printed on a 600 DPI PostScript laser printer) suffer from severe aliasing and are pretty much useless. If you need hard copy buy the excellent printed edition. But then you’ll need to transcribe all your annotations by hand. And get a fat backpack to lug the paper. ***** Summary ***** If you need to schlep a large collection of scores around the campus and don’t have the budget of the Hamilton production this app is made for you. The annotation capabilities will be an invaluable layer of frosting on your cake. If you cherish high-quality musical typography and need paper scores the Henle app will disappoint.

   bolongonese · 5 Aug 2026

3. 3/5Great Quality but Troublesome Print Layout

   I’m a professional classical musician. The quality of the score is as always among the highest in the industry. The app is in general smooth to use despite the paying-for-credits thing is not as intuitive. However, there’s a major issue for me that’s almost a deal breaker: the multi-movement scores only produce single movements within a collection, and while it might be easier to locate, this approach completely ruin the printing layout. I dig everywhere and didn’t seem to find an option for “printing the whole piece”; instead, I was only able to print through individual movement. So, for instance, for Schumann’s kinderszenen, I’d have some pages with only one line of music. I seriously hope the developer can add that feature.

   Lilian T. 19 · 5 Aug 2026

4. 3/5Needs work

   The formatting is pretty, undeniable. The concert/performance mode is nice as well, and the customizations to spacing and sizing are nice. The issue is compatibility with writing and generally marking the scores. If you begin marking near one line and veer into the margin of another line, the mark will not record in the adjacent line. The eraser function is also extremely bad. Unless it’s just very unintuitive and I’m using it wrong, it feels so bad to try and erase marks. You’d expect to be able to scribble over marks with the eraser and make things disappear but 9/10 times that doesn’t happen. For an ecosystem that charges nearly as much for digital scores as they do for their very high quality physical copies, the software needs to be top tier. This software is not top-tier.

   Ebay is Trash · 5 Aug 2026

5. 3/5Really deserves improvement

   The concept is fantastic. The implementation is only halfway there. Just started using it and already finding little annoyances that pile up with the result that it tend to get in my way as I play. The score annotation, for example: whenever I make a small highlight of a single note (sometimes to identify the melody so I know to sound those notes a bit louder) the app draws an additional highlight dot as I lift the pen or my finger from the screen. This obscures the note far too much and is just otherwise ugly. Another necessary improvement is the ability to have multiple copies of the same score for different annotations (practice vs performance) OR to allow multiple layers of annotation to display at once and then assign layer groups to quickly select which layers are displayed. I really want this app to be improved, as it is such a fantastic concept that musicians really need. It’s such a shame that something like this doesn’t enhance my playing but rather gets in the way because of little oversights in design.

   stucklog · 5 Aug 2026

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