Comparison

All Chords vs Mode Circle

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

Head to head
About

All Chords

Explore a comprehensive library of chords, scales, and arpeggios across various genres and keys. Identify musical positions and fingerings for guitar and piano with a built-in analyzer. Offers a free demo with an optional annual subscription for full access.

Highlights
  • Extensive chord and arpeggio library
  • 66 modern and 61 world music scales
  • Chord and scale identification tool
  • Guitar and piano fingerings
  • Color-coded tone functions
  • Ear and vocal training player
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The complete and ultimate library! Find, browse, learn, compare and analyze chords, scales, voicings and arpeggios from numerous genres in all keys, as well as an identification-tool for simple and complex positions or fingerings. Display for guitar and piano as well as a matrix. Free Demo in key „C“. Completely ad-free. No tracking. In app purchase for full access - subscription 1.- $ per year. Chords • 59 chords and arpeggios (Major, Minor, Dominant 7, Major 7, Sus 2, Sus 4, Diminished, Augmented, Minor 7, Minor 6, 7/9/#11/b13, Power Chords, etc. … • In all guitar positions • Narrow and wide piano fingerings (voicings) • Up to 15 voicings per chord and key • Color-code tones by function or interval (root / third / fifth / seventh / tension) • Select guitar-to-piano (or vice-versa) Scales • 66 scales of modern music and jazz (modern modes, melodic minor modes, harmonic minor modes, harmonic major modes, jazz, blues, bebop, pentatonic scales ...) • 61 world-music scales (Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Jewish, Indian, Roman, ...) • In all guitar positions • Select guitar-to-piano (or vice-versa) Analyzer • Determine chords and scales after entering at least 2 notes on either the guitar or piano
 • Display multiple results • Identification of excerpts from chords and scales • Useful and informative ranking of bass tone, number of tones, and complexity • Direct transfer of the analysis results to normal display mode
 Additional • Left-handed guitar • Change between # and b keys • Display of enharmonic equivalents • Classical notation in the treble clef • 8 basic chords and 6 standard scales for beginners • Systematic display of chords and scales in a matrix
• Intervals at a glance • Comparison of harmonic structure • Adjustable Player for both ear and vocal training • show/hide note names and colored intervals Terms of Use: https://www.allchords-allscales.com/en/general-terms-of-use/ Privacy Policy: https://www.allchords-allscales.com/privacy-policy-app/ ‎

About

Mode Circle

Explore all 12x7 diatonic scales interactively. This app displays and plays selected scales, offering various arrangements and views based on scale tones, fundamentals, brightness, or relationships. It allows for highlighting specific modes or freely selecting any scale.

Highlights
  • Interactive diatonic scale exploration
  • Scale playback functionality
  • Multiple arrangement and view options
  • Grouping by scale tones or fundamentals
  • Arrangement by scale degree or brightness
  • Displaying single diatonic modes
Features
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The Mode Circle is a generalized circle of fifths that can be experienced interactively. It shows all 12x7 diatonic scales that result from the major scale by shifting the root and by choosing the initial note. The selected scale is displayed and can be played back. The Mode Circle offers different arrangements and views of the 84 scales: * Vertical grouping by same scale tones or same fundamentals. * Vertical arrangement by scale degree or brightness. * Horizontal arrangement according to fifth or semitone relationship. * Display or highlight only one diatonic mode (equivalent to major or minor circle of fifths) * or freely select any scale.

Screenshots

All Chords4 screens
Mode Circle4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mode Circle at none against All Chords's 6. Mode Circle also leads on rating (4.6 vs 4.3). All Chords's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months). On price, review sentiment, ratings volume and ads 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. All Chords sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per year. Mode Circle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Mode Circle holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.3. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 6 and 5 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

All Chords ships an update every 3 months, Mode Circle every 9 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
All Chords versus Mode Circle: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAll ChordsMode Circle
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.3 (6 ratings)4.6 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews
Number of ratings6 — better5
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac, Apple TV — better
Requires iOS15.1 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size29 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael SchallmayerDr. Garbers Softwareentwicklung

Customer experience

All Chords

All ratings6 ratings
Positive83.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative16.7%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

Mode Circle

All ratings5 ratings
Positive80.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

6 purchases

All Chords

Subscriptions6
  • Annual subscription$0.991 Year
  • No Budget Subscription$0.991 Year
  • Support - Annual Subscription$3.991 Year
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  • Low Budget Subscription$3.991 Year
  • Standard Subscription$12.991 Year
  • Support Subscription$59.991 Year
None

Mode Circle

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is All Chords free?
All Chords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Mode Circle free?
Mode Circle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, All Chords or Mode Circle?
Mode Circle is rated higher. All Chords averages 4.3 out of 5 from 6 ratings, while Mode Circle averages 4.6 from 5 ratings.
Do All Chords or Mode Circle have ads?
Neither All Chords nor Mode Circle shows ads.
Which is updated more often, All Chords or Mode Circle?
All Chords ships an update every 3 months, and Mode Circle every 9 months. Most recently, All Chords was updated on November 3, 2026 and Mode Circle on November 3, 2026.

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