Scan a Score — Ultimate Piper

From paper to playable

Pick a PDF from your files, or take a photo of a tune in a book, and Ultimate Piper reads it into a fully playable score in seconds — every note, gracenote and barline picked out automatically. No typing it in bar by bar.

Once it's in, it's a first-class tune: play it back with realistic pipes, follow along as you play, edit any note, or share it with your band.

Scanning is free to use — each imported tune counts toward your free 15-tune library, the same as any tune you add. Upgrade to Premium for unlimited tunes.

A stack of prescribed pipe tune PDFs the model was trained on

Trained on the real thing

Our AI recognition model was trained on more than 130,000 staves of pipe music, so it understands the notation pipers actually use — doublings, throws, grips, taorluaths and all — not just generic sheet music.

And it all happens on your device. There's no upload, no server round-trip and no waiting in a queue — your music never leaves your phone.

PDF & Photo

Import from a PDF, a scan, or a photo straight from your camera or photo library. However the music reached you, bring it in.

On-Device & Private

The AI runs entirely on your device using a bundled model — nothing is uploaded, so it works offline and your music stays yours.

Reads the Full Notation

Notes, gracenotes and embellishments, barlines, time signatures and repeats — plus the title, composer and tune type from the heading.

Review and Refine

Every scan is saved straight to your library, ready to play. Have a quick side-by-side against the original, fix any note that needs it, or just delete it if it's not what you wanted — even the best reader can miss the odd mark.

Works on iPhone, iPad, and Mac

Scan on any device — your imported tunes sync everywhere via iCloud.

Requires iOS 26, iPadOS 26, or macOS 26.