Chordial vs Guitar Scales
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chordial
This app provides a comprehensive guide to musical scales and chord charts for various stringed instruments. It allows users to explore every possible chord and scale, with customizable instrument and tuning options. The application also offers a companion experience on Apple Watch.
- Chord and scale charts for guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele, bass
- Customizable instruments and tunings
- Interactive fretboard with note playback
- Right- and left-handed fretboard display
- Editing mode for creating custom chords and scales
- Apple Watch companion app
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Chordial is a complete guide to scales and chord charts for guitar, banjo, mandolin, ukulele and bass guitar. Every possible chord can be displayed on every instrument, in any tuning. Tap a note to show and play the chord or scale. The fretboard can display both right- and left-handed orientations. Use the Editing mode to create an unlimited number of instruments, tunings, chords, and scales. This app does not display "standard" chord charts; it computes the note positions based on the key, showing every possible place for each note. Use this information to decide where you want to play each chord or scale. The full application also runs on the Apple Watch, with all of the standard instruments, tunings, chords, and scales, but no editing mode. Swipe left or right across the frets to display or dismiss the menus.
Guitar Scales
Visualize musical scales on your instrument's fretboard. Explore over 48 built-in scales, create your own, and customize tunings. Ideal for beginners and experienced musicians to learn theory and practice solos.
- Fretboard scale visualization
- Over 48 built-in scales
- Custom scale creation
- Instrument tuning customization
- Left-handed mode
- Note playback and sound options
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Guitar Scales + is the easiest way to see scales on the fretboard while playing guitar, bass and ukulele. You can choose from over 48 build in scales, create your own and customize the tuning of your instrument. With excelent playback support, you can work out solos, or just play around on the fretboard. Whether you are are a beginner, want to learn music theory, or are a veteran player, Guitar Scales +is the perfect app for you. FEATURES - Show any scale in any key on the fretboard - Supports guitar, bass and ukulele - See over 48 build in scales - Create your own scales - Choose different tunings or create your own - Support for tunings with more strings - Change to left handed fretboard - Dynamic number of frets - Show intervals and octaves for every note - Choose which accidentals should be shown - Play any scale by tapping the notes - Supports multiple guitar sounds (nylon, steel, clean, jazz, overdrive, distortion) - Supports multiple bass sounds (finger, pick, acoustic) - Support for dark and light mode SUPPORT Please feel free to contact me any time if you have questions or suggestions. Alos, leave a rating if you like the app, it means a lot to me! support@getstringtheory.com TERMS & PRIVACY https://www.getstringtheory.app/terms.html https://www.getstringtheory.app/privacy.html
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Verdict
Chordial and Guitar Scales both sit at 5.0 stars, but that hides the real split: 100% of Chordial's written reviews are positive against 75% of Guitar Scales's. Chordial also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). Guitar Scales's advantage is ratings volume (33 vs 7). On price, rating, 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. Chordial sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Guitar Scales sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Chordial against 4.9 for Guitar Scales. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 7 and 33 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 100% of Chordial's written reviews are positive against 75% of Guitar Scales's.
Chordial ships an update every 3 weeks, Guitar Scales every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chordial | Guitar Scales |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better | 4.9 (33 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 7 | 33 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 19 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Jim Haungs | Denis Andrasec |
Customer experience
Chordial
Guitar Scales
In-app purchases
Chordial
- Free VersionFree
- Instruments$0.99
- Tunings$0.99
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- Scales$0.99
- Tip the Developer$0.99
- Combo Pack$1.99
- Editing - Pro Feature$4.99
Guitar Scales
- Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Yearly Subscription$17.991 Year
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