TinyPitch vs Chord Borrower
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TinyPitch
This app provides a portable pitch pipe directly on your Apple Watch. Easily play any note from the chromatic scale with adjustable volume and intuitive controls for octave shifts and instrument selection.
- Play chromatic scale notes
- Adjustable volume
- Multiple instrument sounds
- Octave up/down controls
- Tap to play/stop notes
- Digital Crown volume control
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"Tiny Pitch is by far the best pitch pipe app for the Apple watch." -Pixiepepper56, 5-star review "It is simple enough for elementary students to use yet crafted with attention to the most subtle details useful to pros." --SternVocalStudio, 5-star review "The only pitch pipe I'll ever need." -JacobMusic100, 5-star review -- TinyPitch is a pitch pipe that lives on your wrist. Give a choir its starting note, check your own pitch, or find a key without digging your phone out of your pocket. TAP TO PLAY Every note of the 12-tone chromatic scale is on one screen. Tap a note to start it, tap again to stop, or let it fade out on its own. THREE INSTRUMENTS Press and hold any note to choose piano, clarinet, or a pure tone. THREE OCTAVES, AND IT REMEMBERS Swipe up on a note for the octave above, down for the one below. Your choice stays until you change it — including the next time you open the app — so you are not resetting it after every note. The keypad shades to the left when you are in the low octave and to the right when you are in the high one, so you can always see where you are. VOLUME IN YOUR FINGERTIPS Spin the Digital Crown, while a note is playing or between notes. Loud enough for a whole choir, or quiet enough that only you hear it with the watch held to your ear. ONE TAP FROM YOUR WATCH FACE Add the TinyPitch complication to any face, including the modern Infograph faces, and your starting note is one tap away. No phone required once it is installed. No account, no ads, no subscription.
Chord Borrower
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Chord Borrower — Modal Chord Progressions Borrow chords from any mode. Build progressions that sound nothing like everyone else's. Chord Borrower turns your phone into a modal chord instrument. Pick a key, and instantly play the seven diatonic chords of that scale — then stack on chords borrowed from Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, harmonic minor, melodic minor, and every other mode hiding inside your key. Tap through rows of chord buttons to hear how a single root note sounds across completely different modal colors, and build progressions no ordinary chord app could give you. Play in any key, any mode Choose a major or minor key, and your primary row lights up with its seven diatonic triads. Add up to six more rows, each pulled from a different mode built on that same root — the full set of major-scale modes, plus the modes of harmonic and melodic minor. Compare Ionian against Mixolydian, or drop into Phrygian dominant, all without changing key. Shape every chord your way Tap a chord button, then dial in its quality — 7th, 9th, 11th, 13th, sus2, or sus4. Each button remembers its own setting, so you can build a progression where every chord has its own color and extension, exactly as you shaped it. Choose your voice Play everything through piano, kalimba, acoustic guitar, or synth — warm, musical presets that make every chord (and every borrowed mode) sound great. Designed to inspire A single clean screen, pastel colors, soft rounded buttons, and a friendly, uncluttered layout keep the focus on your ears, not the interface. Whether you're a songwriter chasing a fresh progression, a music student exploring modal theory, or just someone who loves the sound of an unexpected chord, Chord Borrower makes modal harmony playable, visual, and fun.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TinyPitch at $0.99 against Chord Borrower's $2.99. On ads, in-app purchases, device support 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
TinyPitch costs $0.99 and Chord Borrower $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | TinyPitch | Chord Borrower |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 43 MB | 186 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Matthew Schwartz | Aaron Wilford |
In-app purchases
TinyPitch
No in-app purchases
Chord Borrower
No in-app purchases
Questions
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