Comparison

Chords vs Easy Note

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Chords

This music trainer helps you learn piano, guitar, and ukulele by practicing notes, intervals, chords, and scales. It offers exercises to master music theory, solfeggio, and harmony, with options to use a MIDI keyboard or microphone for interactive learning.

Highlights
  • Learn musical intervals
  • Master piano and guitar chords
  • Study musical scales and modes
  • Practice with MIDI keyboard
  • Recognize notes by ear via microphone
  • Learn music theory and solfeggio
Features
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How to memorize piano or guitar chords? How to learn to build musical intervals? How to learn scales and modes? Chords is your music trainer to help you learn piano, guitar or ukulele sheet music. By doing the exercises, you will be able to remember the names of notes, intervals, chords, scales. You can practice piano chords and scales using a MIDI keyboard. If you want to learn ukulele or guitar chords, you can use a microphone. Our application can recognize notes by ear. We offer you three basic exercises in mastering music theory: Musical intervals. In the classes on building musical intervals, you will master the basics of musical theory, solfeggio and harmony. You will learn how to quickly build musical intervals from any note. Get used to recognizing notes and musical intervals by ear. Our app, like a real music teacher, will give you musical tasks throughout the day. Chords for piano and guitar. You will learn major, minor, triad, and seventh chords. You can watch jazz, blues guitar chords. As you practice, you will have the opportunity to use a MIDI keyboard or microphone so you can learn guitar tabs or learn piano chords. Musical modes and scales for piano and guitar. Knowledge of musical scales and modes is required for every musician. You will learn natural, harmonic, melodic major and minor scales. Remember the Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian musical modes. Memorize the notes and rules for constructing musical scales. Studying music theory, solfeggio, harmony, will help you compose songs, write blues and jazz improvisations and melodies. Solve chord progressions. Build guitar tabs. Train your ear for music. Learn to read sheet music. Play musical intervals. If you study independently, with a music teacher, do exercises for the piano, guitar, then you will become a successful musician.

About

Easy Note

Practice reading music notes with an on-screen keyboard or your own instrument. The app listens and checks your accuracy, offering adjustable tempos and key signatures. Includes a song library and import options for further practice.

Highlights
  • Instrument note recognition
  • Adjustable tempo
  • Transposable key signatures
  • Metronome
  • Note-by-note or full song practice
  • Song library
  • Import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files
Features
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Easy Note is an app that helps you practice reading music notes. You can practice with the on-screen keyboard or with your own instrument (the app listens to you while you're playing and checks if you play the correct notes). * FEATURES: - Practice in different tempos. You can adjust the tempo of the songs to the speed that are suitable with you. - Practice in different key signatures. You can transpose each song into different keys to practice. - Background music that makes it more interesting to practice. - Metronome that helps you play in time. - Two practice modes: practice note by note separately, or practice playing the song at the correct tempo. - Note recognition by micro. You play the notes with your instrument then the app checks if you play correctly or not. - Song library with many popular songs. - Import more songs. You can import MusicXML, MIDI, Score Creator files into the app for further practice.

Screenshots

Chords4 screens
Easy Note4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chords at none against Easy Note's 1. Chords also leads on ratings volume (58 vs 1) and review sentiment (68% vs 50%). Easy Note's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.6) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Easy Note sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chords asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Easy Note holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chords has 58 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Chords's written reviews are positive against 50% of Easy Note's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chords ships an update every 9 days, Easy Note fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Chords versus Easy Note: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordsEasy Note
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (58 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews68.1% of reviews — better50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings58 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterFortnightly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB118 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexey OvodTRAN PHUONG

Customer experience

Chords

All ratings57 ratings
Positive89.5%
Neutral5.3%
Negative5.3%
Written reviews47 reviews
Positive68.1%
Neutral12.8%
Negative19.1%

Easy Note

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

Chords

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Easy Note

One-time1
  • Easy Note - Full version$4.99

Questions

Is Chords free?
Chords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Easy Note free?
Easy Note is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chords or Easy Note?
Easy Note is rated higher. Chords averages 4.6 out of 5 from 58 ratings, while Easy Note averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Chords or Easy Note have ads?
Both Chords and Easy Note show ads.
Which is updated more often, Chords or Easy Note?
Chords ships an update every 9 days, and Easy Note fortnightly. Most recently, Chords was updated on November 7, 2026 and Easy Note on November 3, 2026.

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