Chord chart editor vs Chord Sheet Writer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chord chart editor
Create, store, and view chord charts for music notation using a markup language or a graphical interface. Access your scores from mobile or web, even offline. Organize songs into setlists for live performances.
- Create chord charts via markup language or GUI
- Cloud storage for scores
- Offline mobile access
- Setlist organization for live performance
- Key transposing
- Character size adjustment
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Chord chart is a form of music notation which only specifies harmonies, rhythms, and some structure information(rehearsal marks, repeats etc...), which is used mainly among session musicians (popular, jazz etc...). Fumenbook is a tool for creating and storing and viewing chord charts. - You can create chord chart using the "fumen" markup language (https://hbjpn.github.io/fumen/) for chord chart or using GUI. The markup language of "fumen" is very intuitive and easy to write. You can write chord chart much faster than to write with GUI once you get used to the grammar.a - Scores are saved in the cloud. You can edit and view from either mobile app or web browser clients. Login is needed to save your scores. - Mobile application can be used even when the internet is offline or unstable. This is useful when you are in the place where internet connection is not available or poor such as live bar at the basement. - Basic features like score, setlist searching, character size change, key transposing. - Set of your scores can be grouped as setlist, which is useful for live performances. - Rendering is as per "fumen" rendering engine.
Chord Sheet Writer
Create and modify musical chord charts with lyrics. This tool helps determine song keys, transpose music, and display chord degrees in various notation systems. It also includes a metronome and sharing capabilities.
- Write and edit chord sheets
- Judge song key
- Transpose songs
- Display chord relative degrees
- Input lyrics
- Auto scroll
- Metronome
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Features: - Write and Edit Chord sheets. - Judge song key. - Transpose the song. - Show chord relative degrees in several notetions. - Input by degrees. - Input lyrics. - Auto scroll. - Metronome. - Share chrd sheets. Notation systems: - Chord names and symbols: C, G, E, Am7 - Roman numerals: I, V, III, VIm7 - Nashville Number System: 1, 5 3M, 6-7 - KANTAN Chord: 1,5,3~, 67 Official web page: https://kantan-music.com/english/chord-sheet-writer
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chord chart editor at none against Chord Sheet Writer's 1. Chord chart editor also leads on review sentiment (88% vs 60%). Chord Sheet Writer's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and device support 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 Sheet Writer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chord chart editor asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 2.4 for Chord chart editor against 2.3 for Chord Sheet Writer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 5 and 3 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 88% of Chord chart editor's written reviews are positive against 60% of Chord Sheet Writer's.
Chord chart editor ships an update every 2 months, Chord Sheet Writer every 10 days. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Chord chart editor | Chord Sheet Writer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.4 (5 ratings) — better | 2.3 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 87.5% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 5 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 26 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Maiko Narita | InstaChord Corp. |
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Chord chart editor
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In-app purchases
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No in-app purchases
Chord Sheet Writer
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