Composia vs Horucco
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Composia
Create and practice music theory with this app. It offers tools for composing, generating sheet music, and exporting your work to MIDI or PDF. Learn concepts like keys, scales, chords, and part writing.
- Music theory concepts (Keys, Scales, Chords)
- Composition creation
- Sheet music generation
- MIDI and PDF export
- Real-time pinch zoom for sheet music
- Part writing tool
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Create compositions and practice music theory with Composia. Export your creations to MIDI or PDF. Composia is a project I started in order to apply music theory concepts - and help me learn them. There are a number components that I've had to build: theory, database, sheet music generation, menu system, and synth. - Theory So far I have programmed in Keys, Solfege, Scales, Chords, Phrases, Figures, Compositions and Part Writing. Getting the part-writing to work was very challenging. It doesn't follow the rules 100% in order to allow the user some more freedom to create. - Database I had to create a way to store compositions in such a way to retain context and allow AI to use for generation in future versions. - Sheet Music Generation The most difficult part so far has been the sheet music generation & exporting with realtime pinch zoom. At first I thought it wouldn't be SO complicated but turns out allowing for 4 voices and all the variations of notes and rests is very tricky. There is still a lot to do but it's at least stable now. - Menu System Since I had to keep creating different menus to test various aspects I decided to go with a "neuron" menu system. This was also a giant pain to build but has made things easy once it was put into place. - Synth This is currently the weakest part of the project, but it produces a basic sound for the notes. I decided to use overtones to make a note sound louder. The louder the note the more overtones are attached.
Horucco
This app listens to music and identifies chord progressions, then provides tools to understand, edit, and demo them. It offers AI-powered explanations, next-chord suggestions, and customization options for songwriters and musicians.
- Instant chord detection from songs
- Guitar and piano chord visualizations
- AI harmony analysis and explanations
- Next chord suggestions
- Drag-and-drop progression editor
- Full chord customization
- Transpose to any key or scale
- Export to MIDI and WAV
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Unleash harmony. Write songs faster. Jam ideas. Horucco listens to songs and instantly turns what you hear into playable chords — then helps you understand, expand, and demo them with intelligent tools. What You Can Do with Horucco • Get chords from songs (instant detection) Play a song and Horucco identifies the chord progression for you — ready to learn, tweak, and reuse. • Play the chords on guitar & piano See guitar shapes and piano voicings for every chord so you can play along right away. • AI teacher for progressions An AI coach explains what’s happening in the harmony (functions, tension/release, common moves) so you learn while you play. • Next-chord suggestions Stuck? Horucco can suggest the next chord to keep your progression moving. • Build, edit & arrange progressions Drag & drop chords into a timeline. Rearrange, extend, or delete with ease. • Full chord customization Change root, mode, extensions, octave, voicing — and go “out of key” for more adventurous progressions. • Transpose to any key or scale Shift the entire progression (or single chords) to any key instantly. • Quick demos in a few taps Play your chords with different instruments and patterns to create fast sketches and ideas. • Browse ready-made chord sets Explore curated progressions and saved chord packs to spark new songs. • Export to MIDI & WAV Bring your progressions and demos into your DAW or share them anywhere. Who It’s For Songwriters & composers who want to create faster Producers who want a theory-aware tool outside the DAW Hobbyists & learners who want to understand harmony by doing No matter your level, Horucco adapts to you. Turn music you love into chords you can play — and build new songs from there. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://www.horucco.com/appprivacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Horucco at 74% against Composia's 0%. Horucco also leads on ratings volume (20 vs 2). Composia's advantage is rating (4.5 vs 4.1) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, 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. Composia sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Horucco sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $8.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Composia holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Horucco has 20 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of Composia's written reviews are positive against 74% of Horucco's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Composia | Horucco |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) — better | 4.1 (20 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 73.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks | Every 4 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 14 MB | 243 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | PDJ Apps | Daniele Sidoli |
Customer experience
Composia
Horucco
In-app purchases
Composia
- Full Version$4.99
Horucco
- Horucco Subscription Monthly$8.991 Month
- Horucco Sub Annual Free Trial3 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Horucco Subscription Annual$39.991 Year









