PineThink Score
PineThink Score turns songs into MIDI and displays their notes on a piano roll for editing and practice.
What PineThink Score is
PineThink Score turns songs into MIDI and displays their notes on a piano roll for editing and practice. It detects tempo and key, and its practice player can slow playback without changing pitch. The app also separates vocals, drums, bass, and other instruments, with WAV export for stems and a vocal-free instrumental. MIDI output can be dragged into any DAW; Premium adds MusicXML export, which the maker says opens in MuseScore, Finale, or Sibelius. Score runs on macOS and Windows. Transcription and stem separation run on the user's PC, and music is not uploaded. The Free plan costs nothing, requires no account, and allows personal-use stem splitting one track at a time. Premium costs $5.99 a month after a 14-day trial and adds batch queue, MusicXML export, commercial use, and AI agent access (MCP). A PineThink account is required for the Premium trial and subscription. The app needs internet for activation and periodic subscription checks, then works offline between checks.
Good
- Detects tempo and key.
- Slows playback without changing pitch.
- Separates instruments and exports WAV files.
- Processes audio locally without uploading music.
Watch out
- Free stem splitting is limited to one track at a time.
- Commercial use requires Premium.
- Premium requires an account.
- Internet is needed for activation and subscription checks.
Who it suits
Score may suit musicians learning songs by ear, creating MIDI or sheet music from recordings, isolating parts, or making karaoke stems. Its free tier is for personal use, while work or business use requires Premium.
Verdict
Score combines transcription, practice tools, and stem separation in a desktop app for macOS and Windows. The free tier has a one-track-at-a-time limit for stem splitting; batch queue and commercial use require Premium.
Plans and prices
From PineThink Score's own pricing page, checked 8 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | Personal use · one track at a time · no account · MIDI transcription, tempo/key detection, piano roll, practice player, per-instrument transcription, stem splitting |
| Premium | $5.99 a month | MusicXML sheet music export · batch queue · commercial use · AI agent access (MCP) · $5.99 a month after the free trial; cancel anytime |
The facts
Each one read from PineThink Score's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Money
- Account and trial
- The free tier needs no account; a PineThink account is required for the 14-day Premium trial and subscription.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Free tier limit
- Free personal-use stem splitting is limited to one track at a time; batch queue is a Premium feature.checked 8 Oct 2026
What it does
- Audio features
- It detects tempo and key and includes a practice player that slows playback while keeping pitch unchanged.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Commercial use
- Using Score for work or business requires Premium, according to the maker.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- MIDI output can be dragged into any DAW, and MusicXML is supported by MuseScore, Finale, and Sibelius.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The maker describes use cases including learning songs by ear, making sheet music from recordings, isolating a part, producing MIDI, and creating karaoke stems.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Internet requirement
- The app needs internet to activate and periodically confirm a subscription, then works offline between check-ins.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Local processing
- Transcription and stem separation run on the user's PC, and music is not uploaded.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy telemetry
- PineThink says its apps send anonymous usage statistics without content, and users can turn them off in app settings.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- PineThink Score transcribes songs into MIDI and shows notes on a piano roll for editing and practice.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Sheet music
- Premium exports MusicXML that the maker says opens in MuseScore, Finale, or Sibelius.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Stem separation
- It separates vocals, drums, bass, and other instruments, and can save the stems and a vocal-free instrumental as WAV files.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Maker
- PineThink is the brand of Pinethink LLC, which the privacy policy identifies as a Tennessee limited liability company.checked 8 Oct 2026
Alternatives to PineThink Score
- 1
Guitar2Tabs
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI8.1Free plan - 2
Klangio Transcription Studio
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI8.1Free plan - 3
Sing2Notes
Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI8.0From $14.99 a month - 4
AnthemScore
Free planWebLinuxmacOSWindows7.9From $8.33 a month - 5
Songscription
Free planiOSWebAPI7.8From $99.90 a year - 6
MuScriptor
Free planOpen sourceWebAPILinuxmacOS7.7Free plan