Transposer vs What Chord?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Transposer
Easily transpose song chords and create custom chord sheets for live performances. Generate new progressions using Nashville numbers and save your work for future use. Perfect for musicians on the go.
- Create and save chord sheets
- Transpose chords with arrow buttons
- Multiple pages for live use
- Create progressions with Nashville numbers
- Save chord sheets for future use
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With Transpose-Live, you can now transpose the chords for your favorite songs anywhere, anytime. Features: 1. Create and save chord sheets for songs that you love simply by pasting in the chords you want to transpose 2. Transpose chords with absolute ease simply by pressing the arrows 3. Create multiple pages for use in a live setting 4. Make a new chord progression just by choosing the chords alongside their nashville numbers 5. Save chord sheets for future use!
What Chord?
Identify chord names by their shape on a guitar fretboard. Quickly name chords you're playing or discover new ones by adjusting finger positions. Ideal for musicians who need to name chords for sharing or understanding song structures.
- Identify chord names by shape
- Discover new chord variations
- Name chords for sharing
- Understand chord progressions
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Playing cool chord but have no idea what its name is? You'd like to share your song but not sure how to correctly name the chords you are using? You just have slided one of you fingers up a fret while playing familiar chord and wonder what the chord has now become? It is really simple with WhatChord app! Give it a try!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: What Chord? at 4.8 against Transposer's 3.5. What Chord? also leads on ratings volume (171 vs 10). Transposer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 4 months). On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
What Chord? holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: What Chord? has 171 ratings behind it against 10, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 88% and 87% positive.
Transposer ships an update every 2 months, What Chord? every 4 months. Both last shipped on November 6, 2026.
| Parameter | Transposer | What Chord? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (10 ratings) | 4.8 (171 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 86.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 | 171 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Elliot Koh | Pavlo Ignatov |
Customer experience
Transposer
What Chord?
In-app purchases
Transposer
No in-app purchases
What Chord?
No in-app purchases
Questions
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