Comparison Guide

3
Special symbols No Yes
Split multirests in parts No Yes
Staves Up to 4 Up to 16 per system Unlimited
Stemlets (half-stems)
and feathered beams
No Yes
Tuplets Duplets (2:3) to
sextuplets (6:4)
Duplets (2:3) to
nonuplets (9:8)
Any (such as 2, 7, 44:31, and
even nested tuplets)
Playback Sibelius | First Sibelius Sibelius | Ultimate
Advanced notation interpreta-
tion
No Yes
Edit MIDI data
(not on iPad)
No Yes
Includes Sibelius Sound
Libraries
(single 900 mb sound library
for all tiers on iPad)
No Sibelius Sounds
(10 GB library) provides
high-quality samples for most
common instruments
Sibelius | Ultimate Sounds
(36 GB library) provides a full
range of professional-quality
orchestral, jazz, pop, marching
band, and percussion
Loop playback
(not on iPad)
No Yes
Half-speed playback
(not on iPad)
No Yes
Espressivo 2.0
(not on iPad)
No Presets only Customizable rhythmic feel
Live Tempo (tap tempo)
(not on iPad)
Limited—playback only Record, edit, clear, and play
back Live Tempo
Playback markings on
specified repeats
(not on iPad)
No Yes
Playback of hairpins Fixed Adjustable
(Fixed on iPad)
Playback of ritardandi and
accelerandid)
Fixed Adjustable
(Fixed on iPad)
Playback fermatas Fixed Adjustable
(Fixed on iPad)
Words that affect playback
(such as legato)
Fixed Editable
(Fixed on iPad)
Notation Sibelius | First Sibelius Sibelius | Ultimate