D'Chords vs What Chord?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
D'Chords
Access a vast library of over 7800 guitar chords with detailed fingerings and virtual fretboard displays. Explore chords in various positions, hear them played, and switch between left and right-handed views.
- Over 7000 guitar chords
- Virtual fretboard display
- Multiple fretboard positions
- Strum and hear chords
- Left and right-handed diagrams
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D'Chords is the quintessential hand-held guitar chord library brought to you by D'Addario & Company, Inc., the world's largest designer, manufacturer and distributor of musical instrument accessories. D'Chords is a companion to D'Addario's complete guitar scale and arpeggio app, "D'Scales." The D'Addario D'Chords puts a comprehensive and accurate library of over 7800 guitar chords into the palm of your hand. The D'Chords displays the notes and fingerings on a virtual fretboard, and allows you to view each chord selected in every position up and down the guitar neck. You can even strum the virtual strings to play and hear each chord in pristine audio. The library is separated into Root, Chord Type and Chord Variants, allowing you to navigate to any chord easily and quickly. The D'Chords even has a "lefty mode" for the often-ignored left handed guitarist. Enjoy exploring and expanding your chord vocabulary with this easy-to-use, comprehensive library. FEATURES: - More than 7000 chords in the Library - Displays notes and fingerings on a virtual fretboard - Displays chords in multiple fretboard positions - Strum strings to play and hear chord - Includes left-and right-handed diagrams D'Chords was developed by Audiofile Engineering, a leading developer of audio software for Mac OS X and the iPhone.
What Chord?
Identify chord names by their shape on a guitar fretboard. Quickly name chords you're playing or discover new ones by adjusting finger positions. Ideal for musicians who need to name chords for sharing or understanding song structures.
- Identify chord names by shape
- Discover new chord variations
- Name chords for sharing
- Understand chord progressions
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Playing cool chord but have no idea what its name is? You'd like to share your song but not sure how to correctly name the chords you are using? You just have slided one of you fingers up a fret while playing familiar chord and wonder what the chord has now become? It is really simple with WhatChord app! Give it a try!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: What Chord? at 4.8 against D'Chords's 2.6. What Chord? also leads on review sentiment (87% vs 63%) and ratings volume (137 vs 8). D'Chords's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 13.0). On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
What Chord? holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: What Chord? has 137 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of D'Chords's written reviews are positive against 87% of What Chord?'s.
D'Chords ships an update every 3 months, What Chord? every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | D'Chords | What Chord? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) | 4.8 (137 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 | 137 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D'Addario & Company, Inc. | Pavlo Ignatov |
Customer experience
D'Chords
What Chord?
Bugs and requests
D'Chords
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes on startup
- Chord audio out of tune
- Unresponsive controls
Requested features
5 requests- Ability to create and save custom chords
- Chord progression suggestions
- Interval-based chord voicings
- Capo support
- iPad version
What Chord?
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
D'Chords
No in-app purchases
What Chord?
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is D'Chords free?
Is What Chord? free?
Which has better reviews, D'Chords or What Chord??
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