Guitar Tuner vs Chord Transpose
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Tuner
Tune your 6-string guitar with precise reference notes. Supports standard tuning and more. Ensure your device is not on silent to hear the tuning tones.
- Accurate reference notes
- Supports standard tuning (E A D G B e)
- Supports more tunings
- Clear tuning tones
- Device not on silent required
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Tune your 6-string guitar with clear, accurate reference notes. Includes standard tuning (E A D G B e) plus popular alternate tunings. Fast, simple, and reliable.
Chord Transpose
Easily transpose songs to a more comfortable key, displaying both scale and numeric values. Features capo placement suggestions to simplify playing difficult chords. Optimized for iPhone 6 and higher.
- Transpose songs to different keys
- Display scale and numeric values
- Capo placement suggestions
- Simplify difficult chords
- Optimized for newer iPhones
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Ever been on stage or in your room writing songs or just to play the best hit. You find yourself singing along but the key does not fit your vocal ? You don't know how to play these tedious chords that does not even sound great. Transposer strive to make it as easy as possible to transpose from one key to another displaying both keys scale and their numeric value. With Capo On you can choose the hardest key ever and the key you are most comfortable with and Transposer will display the fret number on which your capo should be. Happy Music! *Please note that this app is optimised for iPhone 6 and higher.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guitar Tuner at 4.6 against Chord Transpose's 3.2. Guitar Tuner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (73% vs 43%). Chord Transpose's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 6 days vs every 9 months). On price 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
Both are free to download. Chord Transpose sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Guitar Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guitar Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 3.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guitar Tuner has 3.9K ratings behind it against 5, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Guitar Tuner's written reviews are positive against 43% of Chord Transpose's.
Guitar Tuner ships an update every 9 months, Chord Transpose every 6 days. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Tuner | Chord Transpose |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (3.9K ratings) — better | 3.2 (5 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 72.9% of reviews — better | 42.9% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3.9K — better | 5 |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 12.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 20 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvin Yu | SMICO Consulting (Pty) Ltd. |
Customer experience
Guitar Tuner
Chord Transpose
In-app purchases
Guitar Tuner
No in-app purchases
Chord Transpose
- Remove all Ads$2.99
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