Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Tab Lab
Read and write music notation and tablature, together.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. Tab Lab launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Google Music Lab▲129Interactive experiments that use the Web Audio API
2016 · musiclab.chromeexperiments.com · its alternatives →
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across-tabs▲90Easily communicate among browser tabs
2017 · engineering.wingify.com · its alternatives →
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Draw.Audio is a free online music maker. Draw notes on a grid and hear them play back instantly — a browser-based synthesizer, sequencer, and visual instrument.
2024 · draw.audio · its alternatives →
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2023 · webfft.net · its alternatives →
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I'm building a video conferencing app designed to facilitate better remote piano lessons. My hope is to solve a lot of the challenges piano tutors and new students deal with when taking lessons through Skype/Zoom. It leverages WebRTC's data transmission to send media, MIDI state, and (eventually) send sheet music files and other musical data. I'm surprised with how well the MVP has worked and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions!
2024 · keyboardconnect.com · its alternatives →
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Super simple interface for working music
2014 · getworkdonemusic.com · its alternatives →
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My Guitar Tabs▲122The digital notebook for all your guitar tabs.
2023 · my-guitar-tabs.com · its alternatives →
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LightNote▲242An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶
2016 · lightnote.co · its alternatives →
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TabBank▲5A guitar tab editor that makes creating chords/tabs simple
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Beats, a web-based drum machinefree▲160Hello all! I've been an avid fan of Pocket Operators by Teenage Engineering since I found out about them. I even own an EP-133 K.O. II today, which I love. A couple of months ago, Reddit user andiam03 shared a Google Sheet with some drum patterns [1]. I thought it was a very cool way to share and understand beats. During the weekend I coded a basic version of this app I am sharing today. I iterated over it in my free time, and yesterday I felt like I had a pretty good version to share with y'all. It's not meant to be a sequencer but rather a way to experiment with beats and basic sounds,…
Jan 2026 · beats.lasagna.pizza · its alternatives →
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Flat is intuitive music notation software for Mac, Windows, web, iOS & Android. Compose, collaborate, play & print sheet music from any device.
2016 · flat.io · its alternatives →
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Tab Notes▲90Turn your browser new tab into a distraction-free notepad
Aug 2026 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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Keep track of all your musical ideas in one place!
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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2018 · turtle.audio · its alternatives →
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Capture your song ideas with notation, lyrics, and audio
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Tab Notes▲74Make notes on the browser new tab like articles
2022 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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