Comparison

Chords Trainer vs Poco a Poco

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chords Trainer

Learn to recognize and play musical chords quickly. This app offers a comprehensive chord dictionary and practice modes, including games, to enhance your music learning journey. Improve your understanding of chords represented by symbols, notes, or keyboard layouts.

Highlights
  • Comprehensive chord library
  • Customizable learning options
  • Practice, watch, and game modes
  • Intelligent question generation
  • Real sample sound
  • Chord lookup dictionary
Features
Read full description

This app is to help us get familiar with all kinds of chords so that we are able to recognize or play them as quick as possible, no matter they are represented by chord symbols, music notes in the stave, or keyboard keys. Improving this ability will definitely benefit all aspects of our music learning. Also, the app can be used as a dictionary to look up chords. Main Features: • Cover almost all chords we can encounter • Allow to customize the learning by chords' roots, forms, quality, inversion, and voicing (open or closed position, doubling) • Practice mode to learn at our own pace • Watch mode to learn by watching the "chords movie" • Game mode to challenge ourselves and have fun by winning high score, trophies, and medals • Search mode to loop up chords • Questions generated intelligently based on your performance • Intuitive interface • Studio quality real sample sound

About

Poco a Poco

Improve your music sight-reading with personalized exercises and interactive theory guides. Track your progress and test your skills with daily challenges.

Highlights
  • Personalized practice exercises
  • Interactive music theory guides
  • Progress tracking (daily, weekly, monthly)
  • Daily challenge game
  • Sight-reading skill improvement
Features
Read full description

PRACTICE Start practicing Notes with Poco a Poco and you will see how your sight reading skills are improving over time. EXERCISES The smart algorithms in Poco a Poco will create specially designed exercises targeted to your skill level. THEORY Learn and refresh your music theory knowledge with interactive guides designed for each kind of exercise. PROGRESS Track your daily, weekly and monthly progress to find how you are improving and what you still need to practice. CHALLENGE Play daily challenge game to see how long you can go without making a single mistake.

Screenshots

Chords Trainer4 screens
Poco a Poco4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Poco a Poco at 100% against Chords Trainer's 50%. Poco a Poco also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Chords Trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 8 months). On price, ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Chords Trainer costs $2.99 and Poco a Poco $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Poco a Poco holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Chords Trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Poco a Poco's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chords Trainer ships an update every 2 months, Poco a Poco every 8 months. Both last shipped on October 29, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chords Trainer versus Poco a Poco: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChords TrainerPoco a Poco
Price$2.99$2.99
Rating4.7 (7 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings77
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 8 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.411.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPlearn LLCNotagram, LLC

Customer experience

Chords Trainer

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral14.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral16.7%
Negative33.3%

Poco a Poco

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chords Trainer

No in-app purchases

None

Poco a Poco

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chords Trainer free?
Chords Trainer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Poco a Poco free?
Poco a Poco costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Chords Trainer or Poco a Poco?
Poco a Poco is rated higher. Chords Trainer averages 4.7 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Poco a Poco averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Chords Trainer or Poco a Poco have ads?
Neither Chords Trainer nor Poco a Poco shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chords Trainer or Poco a Poco?
Chords Trainer ships an update every 2 months, and Poco a Poco every 8 months. Most recently, Chords Trainer was updated on October 29, 2026 and Poco a Poco on October 29, 2026.

Other comparisons