Comparison

ChordTrans vs Things

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

Head to head
About

ChordTrans

Easily transpose chords and simplify difficult ones for guitar and E-piano players. This app offers tools to change song keys with or without a capo and find compatible keys for your music.

Highlights
  • Chord transposition
  • Simplify difficult chords
  • Capo simulation
  • Song key transposition
  • Key finder
  • E-piano transpose examples
Features
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Transpose chords, useful for guitar an E-Piano players This app contains the most useful and unique tools for guitar players. You can easily convert (transpose) chords. You can make difficult chords simpler. FEATURES: • Capo Using a capo to make difficult chords simpler without changing the song key. • Song transpose Transpose the song key (without using the capo). • Key transpose You can transpose the song key from its originate to another key without changing the chords (using only the capo). • Key finder Find the next compatible keys to your song chords. • Transpose by E-Piano Example for transpose +3 set capo in this App to 3 for transpose -5 set capo in this App to 12-5=7

About

Things

This audio effect plugin offers a voice-optimized compressor inspired by a vintage German radio broadcast instrument. It provides a simple one-knob interface for achieving loud yet smooth vocal tones, with optional tube gain saturation and a euphonic EQ for authoritative bass.

Highlights
  • Voice-optimized compressor
  • One-knob simplicity
  • Vintage German radio broadcast design
  • Tube gain saturation
  • Euphoric EQ for bass boost
Features
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Things - Voice is a simple one-knob "throw it on and it sounds good" compressor for voice-over and vocals. Based on our channel strip Dials it gives you everything you need to make your voice loud yet smooth. The compressor is an unusual and complex design from a German 1950 radio broadcast instrument. If you desire to get even closer to that unit's vintage tone, add authentically modded tube gain with the saturation button. For an authoritative bass boost we have added a rather euphonic EQ that excites just the right frequencies. This is the seventh plugin in our ongoing collaboration with Berlin musician and video personality Hainbach.

Screenshots

ChordTrans4 screens
Things1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ChordTrans at 100% against Things's 0%. ChordTrans also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 25 months) and price ($1.99 vs $6.99). Things's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.3). On ratings volume, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

ChordTrans costs $1.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Things holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of ChordTrans's written reviews are positive against 0% of Things's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChordTrans ships an update fortnightly, Things every 25 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ChordTrans versus Things: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordTransThings
Price$1.99 — better$6.99
Rating4.3 (4 ratings)5.0 (8 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings48 — better
Update frequencyFortnightly — betterEvery 25 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better12.0
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB29 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKamran SaberihaghighiAudioThing Ltd.

Customer experience

ChordTrans

All ratings4 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Things

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChordTrans

No in-app purchases

None

Things

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChordTrans free?
ChordTrans costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Things free?
Things costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChordTrans or Things?
Things is rated higher. ChordTrans averages 4.3 out of 5 from 4 ratings, while Things averages 5.0 from 8 ratings.
Do ChordTrans or Things have ads?
Neither ChordTrans nor Things shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChordTrans or Things?
ChordTrans ships an update fortnightly, and Things every 25 months. Most recently, ChordTrans was updated on November 6, 2026 and Things on November 3, 2026.

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