Comparison

Sunday Keys vs Chord Scribe

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

Head to head
About

Sunday Keys

This app provides a comprehensive worship keyboard rig for iPad, allowing users to access and organize their sounds, patches, and setlists. It supports AUv3 instrument plugins and offers powerful audio and MIDI effects for live performance and service preparation.

Highlights
  • AUv3 instrument plugin hosting
  • Organized sound, patch, and setlist library
  • Touch-optimized interface
  • Powerful audio and MIDI effects
  • Tonic Pad Player for ambient pads
  • MIDI hardware and Bluetooth support
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The Sunday Keys App is the best way to access your favorite resources from SundaySounds.com using just your iPad and now supports hosting your favorite AUv3 instrument plugins! Login to your existing SundaySounds.com account to access your available content and enjoy an optimized Sunday Keys experience, designed for churches, built for iPad. *****You'll need an existing SundaySounds.com account to use the Sunday Keys App. If you don't have any purchased resources you can still login with an existing Sunday Sounds account and try out the App in demo mode. Additional SundaySounds.com content will be made available over time within the Sunday Keys App. Sunday Keys features powerful workflows for fast preparation of your worship services and reliable live performance with on the fly flexibility and control. Featuring an interface designed for touch, quickly browse the ready to play Patches or create exactly what you need by easily layering Sounds together across the keyboard. The App is designed specifically for the needs of worship teams, so it's easy to stay organized. Easily browse your favorite Sounds, Patches, and Setlists from the User Library with full support for custom folders and built-in search tools. Setlist Sharing makes it easy to send a Setlist to a friend or member of your worship team with just a tap. Sunday Keys will deliver reliable performance and incredible results for your worship team, allowing you to take your live worship keys rig to the next level, all from your iPad. Based on your content from SundaySounds.com choose from a growing library of individual Sounds and ready to play Patches with more content to be added regularly.* Browse a wide selection of incredible Sounds including grand, upright, and felt pianos, warm and evolving pads, strings, synth leads, bass, and more. You can now also host your favorite AUv3 instrument plugins inside Sunday Keys, making this App the ultimate host for your favorite plugins! Sunday Keys features a full suite of audio effects including stereo Delay, lush Reverb, Chorus, Tremolo, Rotor, Overdrive, and more plus powerful midi effects including an Arpeggiator, Easy Chord, and a full midi Sequencer, all available for both the internal Sound Library and applying to AUv3 instruments as you'd like. Use the Tonic Pad Player to glue together your band and cover any transition with gorgeous background ambient pads. You have full control over the drone's sound, crossfade time, and tone so you'll always fill just the right amount of space. Use the Tonic Pad on the fly or easily program seamless changes per Patch as you move through your Setlist. Connect any class-compliant Midi hardware and an audio interface to the App and enjoy tactile control via full Midi Learn functionality. Bluetooth and Network Midi are also fully supported! Detailed information on Midi and Audio connections can be found here: https://support.sundaysounds.com/hc/en-us/articles/5874902996247 Download Sunday Keys to get started with an all new way to play worship keys. *Content will be added to the Sunday Keys App as it is available. The core Sunday Keys Sound Library will be prioritized as additional Sounds and Patches are added. Once the full library is available the Sunday Keys Sound Library will receive monthly updates according to the terms of our license agreement available at SundaySounds.com

About

Chord Scribe

Features
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Keep your chords and lyrics together with Chord Scribe. Writing and saving songs is free. Organize your song ideas in one place and keep your music ready for practice. Chord Scribe Pro adds: • Unlimited saved set lists • Song reordering and navigation through a set • PDF export for songs and full set lists Pro is available through monthly or yearly auto-renewing subscriptions, or a one-time lifetime purchase. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your App Store account settings. Privacy policy: https://www.barbedwireglovegames.games/chord-scribe/privacy-policy Terms of service: https://www.barbedwireglovegames.games/chord-scribe/terms-of-service

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sunday Keys at none against Chord Scribe's 3. Chord Scribe's advantage is update cadence (every 2 days vs every 3 weeks). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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. Chord Scribe sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Sunday Keys asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Sunday Keys ships an update every 3 weeks, Chord Scribe every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Sunday Keys versus Chord Scribe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSunday KeysChord Scribe
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (117 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews70.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings117 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPad, MaciPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size201 MB37 MB
Age rating4+17+
DeveloperLoop CommunityAustin Anderson

Bugs and requests

Sunday Keys

Reported bugs

8 issues
  • App crashing on iPad
  • Drone not working reliably
  • Core audio error on iPad
  • Sound library installation issues
  • App not running on older macOS versions
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  • UVI plugins sometimes fail to load
  • App glitching and closing mid-service
  • App reappearing after deletion

Requested features

10 requests
  • AUv3 plugin support for Logic Pro and GarageBand iOS
  • Sampler/looper functionality
  • Loop player
  • MIDI monitor on main screen displaying chords
  • Ability to use third-party plugins
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  • HD Pianos sound library
  • Graphical EQ
  • Pitch bend wheel/lever
  • Song-specific patches with more editing flexibility
  • Assign controllers to more parameters (tremolo speed, envelope attack, etc.)

Chord Scribe

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Sunday Keys

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Chord Scribe

Subscriptions2
  • Chord Scribe Pro Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Chord Scribe Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
One-time1
  • Chord Scribe Pro Lifetime$99.99

Questions

Is Sunday Keys free?
Sunday Keys is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chord Scribe free?
Chord Scribe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Sunday Keys or Chord Scribe have ads?
Neither Sunday Keys nor Chord Scribe shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Sunday Keys or Chord Scribe?
Sunday Keys ships an update every 3 weeks, and Chord Scribe every 2 days. Most recently, Sunday Keys was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chord Scribe on October 8, 2026.

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