D'Chords vs ToneWoodAmp remote
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.
ToneWoodAmp remote
This app provides a user-friendly interface to control a four-channel mixer for guitar effects, EQ, and dynamics. Easily create, manage, and share custom guitar profiles and effect presets, with unique features like soloing individual effects and flexible routing options.
- Four-channel mixer interface
- Adjust effect levels and parameters
- EQ and Dynamics control
- Solo function for effect preview
- Series and Parallel routing
- Save, recall, and share guitar profiles
- Save, recall, and share effect presets
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The new app features a user-friendly interface that simulates a four-channel mixer. This allows you to easily adjust all four effects, EQ, and dynamics controls easily, and create, manage, and share guitar profiles and effect presets, and access app-exclusive features. With the new app, you can: - Adjust all effect levels and parameters - Adjust overall device volumes - Adjust EQ and Dynamics - Unique SOLO function to preview a single effect - Mute / Unmute single FX or the whole unit - Quickly adjust Series and Parallel routing - Save, Recall, Update, and Share unlimited guitar profiles - Save, Recall, Update, and Share unlimited song or effect presets - Use Factory Presets - Access unique app-only functions - Use it on stage and master your tone - See battery status
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: ToneWoodAmp remote at 5.0 against D'Chords's 2.6. ToneWoodAmp remote also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 63%) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 3 months). D'Chords's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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.
ToneWoodAmp remote holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of D'Chords's written reviews are positive against 100% of ToneWoodAmp remote's.
D'Chords ships an update every 3 months, ToneWoodAmp remote every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and July 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | D'Chords | ToneWoodAmp remote |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.6 (8 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.1% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 8 — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | D'Addario & Company, Inc. | HONZ Technologies LLC |
Customer experience
D'Chords
ToneWoodAmp remote
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
ToneWoodAmp remote
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
D'Chords
No in-app purchases
ToneWoodAmp remote
No in-app purchases
Questions
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