Chordal Text vs Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chordal Text
This app acts as a harmony assistant, combining a chord dictionary and calculator. It interprets various text inputs describing chords, such as names, scale degrees, or note names, and then provides a detailed description of the chord's notes.
- Chord dictionary
- Chord calculator
- Text-based chord input
- Chord note description
- Harmony assistant
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Chordal Text is a harmony assistant. A wonderful combination of dictionary and calculator for chords. You enter text naming or describing your chord however you can (chord name, scale degrees, note names, or scale names) and it will describe your chord to the note.
Things
This audio plugin offers a unique tilting equalizer effect, allowing users to easily adjust the balance between highs and lows by turning a single knob. It also provides mid/side processing for enhanced stereo depth and adjustable cutoff frequencies.
- Tilting EQ with main knob control
- Mid/side processing for stereo depth
- Adjustable cutoff frequency
- Boost gain control
- Easy-to-use interface
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Things Flip EQ is an easy-to-use tilting EQ plugin with mid/side mode. Turn the main knob to the right, and you get more highs and less lows; turn it to the left, and lows are boosted while highs are attenuated. You can choose the cutoff frequency of the EQ with the Cutoff control, or increase the gain of the EQ with the Boost button. Things Flip EQ can also be applied to either the mid or side of a stereo signal to further enhance the stereo depth.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Chordal Text at every 2 months against Things's every 28 months. Things's advantage is price ($6.99 vs $9.99) and ratings volume (8 vs 1). On rating, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Chordal Text costs $9.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chordal Text against 4.9 for Things. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things has 8 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Chordal Text ships an update every 2 months, Things every 28 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chordal Text | Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $9.99 | $6.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.9 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 8 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 28 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 16 MB | 15 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Thompson Usiyan | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
Chordal Text
Things
In-app purchases
Chordal Text
No in-app purchases
Things
No in-app purchases
