MakeMusic announced the end of Finale today. They encouraged their users to move to Dorico. Dorico is offering their highest tier (Dorico Pro) to users of Finale or PrintMusic for just $149.
Dorico is amazing, and I couldn't agree more that it is the future of music notation.
Today, Finale is no longer the future of the notation industryβa reality after 35 years, and I want to be candid about this. Instead of releasing new versions of Finale that would offer only marginal value to our users, weβve made the decision to end its development.
Effective immediately, we are announcing these changes:
- There will be no further updates to Finale, or any of its associated tools (PrintMusic, Notepad, Songwriter)
- It is no longer possible to purchase or upgrade Finale in the MakeMusic eStore
- Finale will continue to work on devices where it is currently installed (barring OS changes)