Sanshin vs ChordTap Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sanshin
Learn to play the traditional Okinawan Sanshin instrument with this app. It displays finger positions and corresponds to "Kun-Kun-Shi" musical scores in Kanji, making it accessible even for beginners.
- Learn Sanshin finger positions
- Kanji score display
- Beginner-friendly interface
- Okinawan music exploration
- Interactive learning tool
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The "Sanshin" (Sanxian,三線) is a traditional and very popular musical instrument in Okinawa. Okinawa is beautiful islands located on the end of the southwest of Japan. The Sanshin is indispensable to life of people in Okinawa with traditional "Shima-Uta" that means song of islands. The Sanshin looks like the shamisen that is the tradition musical instrument of Japan similarly. But, the performance method of the Sanshin is farther simpler than the Shamisen,and is friendly musical instrument. In this application, proper finger positions will be displayed on the screen with Kanji. These also correspond to scores that is called "Kun-Kun-Shi" written in Kanji. We hope you will enjoy playing the Sanshin even if you have not played a Sanshin. Please try and enjoy it!
ChordTap Lite
This app helps you compose music by playing piano chords without needing to know fingerings or an instrument. It allows you to explore chord progressions and develop your ear training. The simple interface features 288 playable chords across four pages with distinct color schemes for easy navigation and discovery.
- Compose music with piano chords
- Explore chord progressions
- Develop absolute pitch
- 288 playable chords
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Color-coded pages for navigation
- Adjustable screen sizes
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コードの響きで作曲イマジネーションを膨らまそう。 コード運指を覚える必要はありません。 もちろん楽器がなくでも作曲できます。 コード進行で重要なのはどのような変化を感じるか聴こえるかです。 勿論、理論もありますがまずは体感が上達への近道です。 ボタンを押すだけで簡単にコード進行を確認しながら作曲できます。 また、繰返し聴くことにより絶対音感を鍛えませんか？ 音感をトレージングすればミュージックライフがより充実したものになるでしょう。 きっとあなたの大事なツールとなるでしょう。 このAPPは、 ・作曲支援するためのアプリケーションです。 ・288個のボタンを押すとピアノコードが演奏されます。 ・シンプルな画面にできるだけボタンを配置しました。 ・耳でコードを聞き取りしやすいように短めのサウンドになっています。 ・少しリバーブを入れて広がりのある音です。 ・画面デザインの変更と3,5/4/4.7/5.5インチ対応 ・4ページ切替で288キー準備しました。 ・各ページは配色を変えていますので位置を覚えるだけでゲーム感覚で新たな発見。 288button piano chords play M / m / 6/7 / m6 / m7 / M7 / add9 / aug / 7sus4 / dim / mM7 / 7 (9) / M7 (9) / madd9 / m7 (9) / m7 (11) / m7 (b5) 7(#5) / 7(#9) / 7(#11) / 7(13) / 7(b9) / 7(b13) * 12key
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChordTap Lite at Free against Sanshin's $1.99. Sanshin's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.2). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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
ChordTap Lite is free to download; Sanshin costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Sanshin holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 2 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 25% of Sanshin's written reviews are positive against 30% of ChordTap Lite's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Sanshin ships an update every 16 months, ChordTap Lite every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 27, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Sanshin | ChordTap Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 30.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months — better | Every 24 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 11 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc | shuji wakisaka |
Customer experience
Sanshin
ChordTap Lite
In-app purchases
Sanshin
No in-app purchases
ChordTap Lite
No in-app purchases
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