NABP vs Chord Creatures
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NABP
Manage your pharmacy career efficiently. Access your e-Profile, track continuing education, and stay informed on regulations and news. Simplify compliance and foster career growth.
- Access e-Profile
- Track continuing pharmacy education (CPE)
- Verify license information
- Monitor CPE credit requirements
- Export CPE transcripts
- View NABP Verify credentials
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Managing your pharmacy career has never been easier. With the NABP app, you can quickly access your e-Profile, stay on top of your continuing pharmacy education status, and keep up to date about the latest pharmacy regulation and practice news. Make compliance simple and career growth seamless. With the NABP app, pharmacists can also: • Add, update, and verify license information within their NABP e-Profile dashboard. • Track all CPE activity from a single, streamlined dashboard. • Verify what type of CPE credits they need to meet license renewal requirements. • Export detailed CPE Monitor® transcripts to send to boards of pharmacy. • View their NABP Verify credentials and digital badges. Download the NABP app and log in with your NABP e-Profile credentials. Don’t have an e-Profile account yet? No problem. Pharmacists and technicians can create their free NABP e-Profile account on the NABP mobile app.
Chord Creatures
This app makes guitar practice fun for children by turning it into a game where they play songs with animal friends. Parents can set practice goals and customize available characters. The app uses the microphone to provide feedback on played chords.
- Gamified guitar practice
- Animal character companions
- Parental goal setting
- Microphone chord recognition
- Customizable creature availability
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Chord Creatures helps families practice guitar. Kids play songs as animal friends in a small village. A grown-up area lets a parent set goals and which creatures are available. The app can listen through the microphone to hear guitar chords while you practice. There are no ads to children. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://lamontagne1982.github.io/chord-creatures-privacy/privacy.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chord Creatures at 5.0 against NABP's 4.5. Chord Creatures also leads on update cadence (every 4 days vs every 5 weeks) and device support (3 vs 1). NABP's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (657 vs 1). On price, ads and iOS requirement 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. Chord Creatures sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. NABP asks for nothing beyond the download.
Chord Creatures holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NABP has 657 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NABP ships an update every 5 weeks, Chord Creatures every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NABP | Chord Creatures |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (657 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 21.2% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 657 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 159 MB | 269 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NABP | Daniel LaMontagne |
Customer experience
NABP
Chord Creatures
Bugs and requests
NABP
Reported bugs
12 issues- App freezes on login screen after recent updates
- Login credentials not recognized despite password reset
- Face ID won't enter password
- App randomly closes when tapping
- FaceID settings don't enable upon login
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- 2FA via text message settings not functional
- Date range for CPE monitor doesn't support future dates
- Internal error messages on login attempts
- App crashes on iPhone 6
- White text on white background in dark mode
- Verification code sent but app doesn't recognize user
- App won't load after update
Requested features
7 requests- Save default date range view per user
- Retain renewal period dates and CE requirements
- Universal iPad support and landscape mode
- Ability to save user information without constant re-entry
- Simplified transcript search on website
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- Include ACPE continuing education programs in app
- Universal North America-wide CE tracking system
Chord Creatures
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
NABP
No in-app purchases
Chord Creatures
- Plus Monthly$4.991 Month
- Plus 3 Months$14.493 Months
- plus_yearly$29.991 Year
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