OK, unlike other score programs I’ve struggled with, Dorico doesn’t seem to support note entry with Apple Pencil. It doesn’t respond to pencil taps onscreen, nothing. Am I doing something wrong, or does the program lack Apple Pencil support?

Hello, there are a few threads on this, for example this one: [image] Apple Pencil and Dorico Pro Dorico Can Apple Pencil be used for note input in Dorico Pro? I dont seem to be able to use my Apple Pencil for note input on Dorico For iPad. Is Dorico planning i…

Hello and welcome to the forum, @markbohrer56 What’s worse, I have lost my expensive Apple pencil, and I can still input my music into Dorico for iPad.. Just joking, music input via pencil is not (yet) an option on the iPad version of Dorico (nor on the other versions). You can use the onboard pi…

Working away from the piano or synth with an iPad, every other notation program I’ve used allows you to tap notes into place (and multiple notes in vertical chords) with Apple Pencil. (Mine has ridden in a magnetic carrier on my iPad case without getting lost for years.) I only switched to Dorico w…

I use StaffPad sometimes for arrangements, then export musicXML to Dorico if I need it to look nice :slight_smile: (Similar: if I need to type a letter or document, I often use a simple text or markup editor then layout/format in another program to get to PDF.)

Thanks, that’s very helpful. Just paid for StaffPad after looking at reviews, and went through the in app tutorials. Seems pretty great, and much more like writing out a score by hand - only quicker.

My mentioning StaffPad was not meant to be any kind of advertisement for it :slight_smile: as I was assuming you would be using Notion, which works quite well. StaffPad has not been updated for a long while (years) and many users are wondering if it will ever be updated again. I have purchased many …

No note entry with Apple Pencil on iPad Pro M4?

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arco March 15, 2026, 6:31am 2

Hello, there are a few threads on this, for example this one:

No support yet.