# Piano Chords and Scales — user reviews > 374 indexed App Store user reviews of Piano Chords and Scales by Sincere Apps, rated 4.80/5 from 9,171 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piano-chords-and-scales/id714086944/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/piano-chords-and-scales/id714086944.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7,960 · 4★ 777 · 3★ 204 · 2★ 87 · 1★ 143 ## What do users think of Piano Chords and Scales? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 🚀 Great app, great value for money - 👍 Useful for learning piano - 👍 Helpful for music production - 👍 Intuitive and easy to use - 👍 Comprehensive chord and scale library - 👍 Useful for composing and songwriting **Cons** - 🐛 Bugs and glitches in desktop and mobile versions - 💰 Expensive for full version - 🤔 Some features not as intuitive as expected **Commonly reported bugs** - Chord and key selection not working as expected - Composition mode issues with adding and arranging chords - Incompatibility issues with newer devices and OS versions **Most requested features** - Add two-octave scale display - Improve chord progression composition workflow - Integrate MIDI output for DAW integration - Add more chord and scale options - Improve key modulation in composition mode - Add search functionality for saved compositions ## Newest reviews (16 of 374) ### 2/5 — Good app with ZERO support *2026-06-07, version 8.7* Emailed a few times to get explanation why certain features don’t work. Completely ignored! ### 3/5 — Bring back old features *2026-05-20* I bought the full version of this app a while ago. I think it’s really useful. But I wish that the developers didn’t take away the Roman Numeral/Functional Harmony symbols in the composition feature. Roman Numerals are very helpful. I also wish they kept the copy and paste feature. There used to be a LOT of control that users could exert over the composition section. I could switch entire sections with each other. I also used to be able to start playback from a specific section in the composition rather than having to always start from the beginning. I think this app was perfect a few years ago, I don’t know why they made all these unnecessary changes by taking good features away. Many are this praising this app little do they know it used to be even more robust before…and that’s what I paid for. ### 3/5 — Dom *2026-04-19, version 8.9* Can’t write songs in Mixolydian ### 4/5 — This app has the potential to be so much better *2026-03-21* I love this app so much, i bought the premium version and it has been helping me a lot to learn, i'm so happy with it. However there's a couple things that can be better. For example in the exercises in the "chord entry" section, would be awesome if you guys put the sound of the final chord, and on the "quiz" part. Also something like put the name of every note makes it easier to learn. There's a little problem with the notation "fixed-do" because on the exercises it gets mixed with the english notation. It would be nice to have them separately if we decide to learn one on the other. And i think that's it. I really enjoy this app, but like i said, just a couple things🥰 ### 5/5 — Great and worth it! *2026-02-04, version 8.5* The free version is good and the upgrade is great. It’s reasonably priced too. ### 5/5 — Best app ever for piano chords, scales *2026-02-02, version 8.5* Simple, clear and all what you need “chords, scales, circle of 5th and others” in one clean design app, keep the good job. ### 5/5 — Excellent 👌🏻🔥 *2026-01-28* Je recommande à 100% cette application ! Elle est très efficace pour les musiciens ou compositeurs. Idéal pour trouver la tonalité (gamme) d’un morceau quand on a des notes, ou des accords (ou pour les trouver). 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🔥🔥🔥 ### 5/5 — Feature Request *2026-01-27, version 8.5* Can you add key signature option to the quiz? ### 5/5 — The key that unlocks everything!! *2026-01-20, version 8.4* Sensational!!! ### 5/5 — Amazing *2026-01-18, version 8.4* Great app ### 5/5 — Your The Best piano ever *2026-01-18* Love Theo ### 3/5 — Good app *2025-12-20* But I hate that everything needs a PRO account. On android there was an app called Pocket Composer, it had way more features and it was free ffs ### 5/5 — Great app *2025-12-16* A very good application that help learning and working with chords and scales, with in a sleek interface. Easy to navigate, hearing chords, composing. More over, support by the dev is top notch and replies are fast. ### 5/5 — Shockingly high quality app *2025-12-15* This is one of those rare apps that is equally functional for the specific use as it is delightfully well designed as a user interface (UX). I’m a very new piano player and this will be at my side at every single practice session. When I haven’t known what to practice, I can always find a new scale to learn here. ### 5/5 — Extremely Helpful! *2025-11-27, version 8.4* I’ve been playing piano for 60 years. I don’t play by reading music. I play by ear, but I like chord theory, and this app helps me identify chords I’ve been playing all my life, but didn’t know the names. ### 5/5 — Ótimo app para estudar *2025-11-26* Usei ele para estudar formação de acordes ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Melodic minor *2026-08-09, version 8.8* Why did you chang3 the app it is to small and busy ### 1/5 — Dark Pattern *2026-03-07, version 7.0* On Mac, I clicked the lock icon and it prompted me to subscribe. The X button didn’t let me close the prompt, and I couldn’t close the app either. It seems like an attempt to force me to subscribe. Other reviews mention the same, so it’s clearly intentional. ### 1/5 — Terrible Update *2026-03-02, version 8.7* Why change the ui when it was simple and perfect before. ### 1/5 — stay away from wasting your time with this app *2026-01-23, version 7.0* when subceribtion come up ,it´s ´dose not move and how ever i prassed x buttom it was not work . i ain´t got lie this add cost lot of money . this is not worth it . ### 1/5 — App does not function properly *2025-07-04, version 8.1.1* App doesn’t Work and when i try and open it the screen stays frozen. ### 1/5 — Basic scale training incorrect *2025-05-07, version 7.0* D maj scale actually skips a note. What a joke. ### 1/5 — Melodic minor *2025-02-18, version 8.0.4* Why did you change this ,it is c d eb f g a b c. Ascending and c Bb Ab gm fm eb descending ### 1/5 — why is it off pitch? *2024-08-01, version 7.6.1* is there a way to fix that? ### 1/5 — It gets me confused… *2024-02-26* Confusing, won’t let me ummm… (something) I can’t explain it. ### 1/5 — very glitchy *2024-02-22, version 7.0* I really like this app for the most part but it stopped working after 30 minutes :/ ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Most helpful app for songwriting *2026-07-21, version 8.10* This app is so perfect in its simplicity. It’s the best app I’ve been able to find for songwriting and learning scales and chords ### 5/5 — The pocket chord list *2026-07-07, version 8.8* When you forget the chord’s pattern this app is always on point. ### 5/5 — 解锁全部内容 *2026-06-30, version 8.8* 那也解锁全部内容 ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-05-26, version 8.7* I can’t believe this app is free. It provides so much. ### 5/5 — 解锁全部内容 *2026-04-01, version 8.7* 那也解锁全部内容 ### 5/5 — Super appli *2026-03-31* Très bon pour l’entraînement des accords … un jeu pour apprendre les accords .. c’est très bien fait ### 5/5 — Outstanding explanation of chords and scales *2026-03-21, version 8.7* Thank you so much for this app. It gives me a full understanding within the depth of chords and scales. Are there any other tutorials or online explanation and trainings tutorials so I can learn deeper how to use this app ### 5/5 — MARAVILHOSO! *2026-03-15* Que app excelente! Tem tudo que você possa imaginar aqui! Todas as ferramentas necessárias! Nota 10! ### 5/5 — Fantastic tool *2026-02-17, version 8.6* Great tool for musicians ### 5/5 — Super stabile App *2026-02-08* Macht Spaß damit zu üben, sehr intuitiv aufgebaut --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*