OPS vs Shinnpad

OPS is a management platform for orchestras, bands, and music schools, bringing scores, member records, instrument inventory, accounting, and documents together. Its score library uses OCR to identify scanned scores and create a separate PDF for each instrument part. Member management supports custom fields and groups, bulk imports and exports, and optional user accounts. Instrument records can include loan contracts, repairs and maintenance, QR labels, photos, and waiting lists. The music school module handles enrolments, courses, attendance, grades, report cards, and a parent portal. Accounting follows the French Plan Comptable Général for associations and includes FEC export. Setlists can be shared with a public link or embedded on a website; ensembles can cross-share scores through the Mediathek. OPS Scores is an iPad app with Apple Pencil annotation, offline access, and Bluetooth page-turn pedal support. OPS Mobile for iPhone supports QR scanning, score browsing, inventory and loan management, member lookup, and an accounting overview. The maker says data is hosted on OVH servers in Strasbourg, stays in Europe, and is GDPR-compliant. Events, calendars, and in-product communication are marked as coming soon.

Shinnpad is web-based lesson-management software for independent music teachers. It combines scheduling, student rosters, payments, a parent portal, bookkeeping, and tax-report preparation. Teachers can create rotating A/B or red/green campus days, with schedules shifting around holidays, breaks, and days off. The free Studio plan is always free for up to 10 students and includes manual payment tracking, a read-only parent portal, a public studio site, and manual bookkeeping tools. Studio Pro costs $8.99/mo or $89.99/yr and adds unlimited students, Stripe card payments and autopay, automatic mileage, calendar sync, Schedule C export, and an email suite. Studio Max costs $17.99/mo or $169/yr and adds receipt scanning, an AI deduction finder, an AI year-end tax report, and priority support. Studio Admin costs $19/mo plus $7 for each additional studio. Shinnpad tracks mileage, expenses, and income, but does not file taxes or provide tax, accounting, or legal advice. Records can be exported to spreadsheets.