iReal Pro vs CleverJazz
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iReal Pro
This app provides a virtual band accompaniment for musicians to practice with, offering realistic sounding instruments and a variety of styles. It also functions as a digital chord chart book, allowing users to create, edit, and share their own song charts.
- Virtual band accompaniment
- Create, edit, and share chord charts
- Thousands of downloadable songs
- Chord diagrams and scale recommendations
- Practice exercises and transposition
- Export charts and audio
- Cloud synchronization
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iReal Pro is two things musicians love in one app: a realistic backing band that plays along with you, and a huge free library of chord charts you can pull up anytime — at practice, at a jam session, or on a gig. Need to transpose a song for a singer? Done. Want to practice with a full rhythm section behind you? Hit play. Named one of TIME Magazine's 50 Best Inventions and trusted by thousands of students, teachers, and pros at schools like Berklee College of Music — iReal Pro has been helping musicians get better since 2008. BAND • 50 accompaniment styles — Swing, Bossa Nova, Blues, Funk, Rock, Bluegrass, Reggae, Latin, Gypsy Jazz, Country, and more • Customize each style with acoustic or electric piano, Fender Rhodes, guitars, upright or electric bass, drums, vibraphone, organ • 40 additional styles — blues, salsa, Brazilian — available as in-app purchases BOOK • Download thousands of free chord charts shared by the iReal Pro community • Create your own charts in minutes with the built-in editor • Organize charts into playlists for gigs, sets, or lessons PRACTICE • Adjust tempo, loop difficult sections, transpose to any key • Automatic tempo increase and key cycling for focused practice • Global Eb, Bb, F, and G transposition for horn players REFERENCE • Guitar, ukulele, and piano fingerings for any chord • Tap any chord in your chart to see how it's played • Scale suggestions for improvisation SHARE • Share charts and playlists with other iReal Pro users • Export charts as PDF or MusicXML • Export backing tracks as audio or MIDI files • Sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac with iCloud FOR TEACHERS • Create playlists of exercises or tunes for students • Use in the classroom, over live stream, or while screen-sharing lessons We're a small team of musicians who built this app because we needed it ourselves. We hope you enjoy using it as much as we do.
CleverJazz
This app helps musicians develop jazz fluency with a comprehensive library of chords, scales, and licks. It features smart transposition, proficiency tracking, and daily practice analytics. Includes ear training, metronome, tuner, and Circle of Fifths for structured learning.
- Jazz chord, scale, and lick library
- Smart transposition
- Proficiency tracking
- Daily practice analytics
- Ear training tools
- Metronome, tuner, Circle of Fifths
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Practise jazz with a band at your side. CleverJazz gives pianists, guitarists, sax and trumpet players standards, licks, scales and chords: import a tune and piano, bass and drums play it with you; record yourself over the band; learn a jazz lick in about a minute. No account needed. STANDARDS: PLAY WHOLE TUNES WITH A BAND - Import iReal Pro links, forum playlists and MusicXML (.mxl too), several files at once, or write a chart yourself - A jazz rhythm section: piano (nylon guitar for bossa and samba), upright bass and drums in 10 grooves, with a walking bass that follows the changes - A mixer row per track: chords, bass, drums and click, each with its own switch, level and sound, plus reverb and swing - Tap the record button and the band counts you in while you record; hear the take at once with the chart following, then rename, share or save it - Your own sheet music: photograph or scan it, or add photos and PDFs; it stays on your device. Swipe between chords and sheet, or see both on an iPad on its side - Browse by composer, style, key and form, with a multi-pick filter - Pro: any key; arpeggio and scale layers; key and function marks on every bar; hold a chord to see the scales for those bars LICKS - Official licks grouped by player, tune, progression, style, tension and era, with a multi-pick filter - Hear the melody, the melody with the band, or the band alone, at any tempo and swing - A lick in about a minute: listen, play along, use it; then review what's due or go on to the next one, and resume if you leave halfway - Record yourself and compare; parts written for Bb, Eb, F and G instruments - Search by player, source and tag, and upload your own licks - Pro: every lick in all 12 keys SCALES AND CHORDS - 70+ scales and nearly 90 chord types with notes, degrees, formulas and notation, all playable; scales run up to the octave - Chord diagrams on a keyboard or a guitar chord box with every note's degree; every chord on C is free - Pro: chord diagrams in the other eleven keys, the modes reference and Chord Finder TRAINING AND TOOLS - Ear training for intervals, chord quality and scales; advanced levels and the analysis page are Pro - Chord test, and a Circle of Fifths in fifths or fourths (writing any chord or scale out in all 12 keys is Pro) - Full-screen metronome with time signatures, per-beat accents and three sounds - Full-screen tuner: cents only, the screen turns green when you are in tune; A0 to C8, hears a double bass, A4 adjustable (440 Hz by default) FOLDERS AND PROGRESS - Favourites, playlists, lick and tune recordings and your sheet music in one Folders tab; recordings are kept with no time limit - Your practice streak on the home screen, a daily reminder at the time you choose, and the last 7 days of history (all of it with Pro) BUILT FOR IPHONE AND IPAD iPad has a layout of its own, with licks and standards in the sidebar and a stand bar holding the metronome and tuner. Light and dark themes, Chinese and English. CLEVERJAZZ PRO Pro unlocks everything marked Pro above, plus full history and unlimited playlists (free accounts keep one). Monthly and yearly auto-renewing subscriptions are available; prices are shown in the App Store. A free trial is available to eligible users. Subscription terms: - Payment is charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase - The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period; your account is charged for renewal within 24 hours before the period ends - Manage or cancel in your Apple ID subscription settings after purchase - Any unused part of a free trial is forfeited when you purchase a subscription Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://cleverjazz.com/privacy-2.html
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: CleverJazz at Free against iReal Pro's $21.99. CleverJazz also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 83%) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). iReal Pro's advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (11K vs 5). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
CleverJazz is free to download; iReal Pro costs $21.99 up front. iReal Pro sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and CleverJazz sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
iReal Pro holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: iReal Pro has 11K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 83% of iReal Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of CleverJazz's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
iReal Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, CleverJazz weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iReal Pro | CleverJazz |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $21.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (11K ratings) — better | 4.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #5 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.6 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 179 MB | 311 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Technimo LLC | 维华 孟 |
Customer experience
iReal Pro
CleverJazz
Bugs and requests
iReal Pro
Reported bugs
3 issues- Occasional skipping or timing issues with playback
- Trouble with registration and login process
- Compatibility issues with newer devices or operating systems
Requested features
7 requests- Add ability to write rhythm notation
- Integrate with Real Books
- Improve sound quality and add more instrument options
- Add melodies and lyrics support
- Improve chord editing and customization
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- Add more styles and grooves
- Improve sync and backup functionality across devices
CleverJazz
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iReal Pro
- Blues style backing tracks$6.99
- Salsa style backing tracks$6.99
- Brazilian backing tracks$6.99
CleverJazz
- CleverJazz Pro Monthly3 Days trial$5.991 Month
- CleverJazz Pro Yearly7 Days trial$34.991 Year
- Clever Jazz Lifetime$49.99









