Comparison

forScore vs Random Chord

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

forScore

This app digitizes sheet music, offering organization, annotation, and playback tools for musicians. It allows for easy import, library management, and hands-free navigation, enhancing the performance experience.

Highlights
  • PDF sheet music reading
  • Cloud sync and import
  • Library organization and search
  • Annotation tools
  • Hands-free page turning
  • Integrated metronome and tuner
Features
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Go paperless. Get organized. Download and play something new in seconds. With forScore for iOS, iPadOS, macOS and visionOS, your scores have never been better—it’s everything you can do with paper and so much more. As seen in Apple keynote addresses and retail stores worldwide! On your music stand or on the go, it's the complete PDF sheet music reading experience that has wowed musicians all over the world for years: CONNECT • Copy PDFs from other apps like Safari and Mail and sync them to all of your devices with iCloud • Import scores from popular cloud storage services and content providers like Musicnotes.com • Share scores and setlists with colleagues, whether or not they use forScore ORGANIZE • Add metadata to your scores for a perfectly browsable, instantly searchable library • Create smart bookmarks to manage longer files containing multiple parts or pieces • Group scores manually with Setlists to play through them from start to finish PLAY • View full pages in portrait orientation and crop them to better fit your device's screen • Turn your device sideways for bigger scrolling pages or view two pages side by side instead • Use Reflow on smaller screens to lay out systems of music end-to-end like a horizontal teleprompter REFINE • Annotate by drawing, typing text, or placing common symbols onto the page • Separate your annotations into layers and show or hide them at any time • Open scores and setlists in multiple windows or tabs to multitask with ease SIMPLIFY • Create links and buttons to handle repeats or perform common actions with a single tap • Rearrange and duplicate pages of a score to play without jumping back and forth • Connect your Bluetooth page turner for hands-free navigation EXTEND • Access integrated utilities like our metronome, pitch pipe, tuner, and piano keyboard • Link tracks to scores to loop regions, adjust pitch, and even use them to record and play back your page turns • Connect wirelessly to nearby devices and coordinate your page turns and program changes effortlessly There's much more than those highlights, though, so be sure to visit forscore.co to learn all about forScore's incredible features and find out why so many musicians agree that forScore is simply the best! Note: forScore also offers an optional, annual auto-renewing subscription called forScore Pro that unlocks additional features and content (visit forScore.co/pro for complete details). forScore Pro is a 1-year subscription that renews automatically until canceled. Should you choose to subscribe, payment will be charged to your iTunes Account upon confirmation of purchase. Your subscription will then automatically renew unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. You can manage your subscriptions in your iTunes Account Settings after purchase. Complete terms of service are available on our website at: forScore.co/terms-of-serviceGo paperless.

About

Random Chord

Practice musical improvisation with randomly generated chord progressions. Customize key, chord types, duration, and time signatures for personalized exercises. Supports various playback styles and includes a mixer for custom sound.

Highlights
  • Random chord generation
  • Customizable chord pools
  • Adjustable chord duration and loop settings
  • Support for different time signatures
  • Diatonic, Chromatic, Modal, and Custom modes
  • Multiple playback styles (Rock, Pop, Swing, etc.)
  • Integrated mixer for sound control
Features
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„THIS IS HOW YOU LEARN CHORDS!“ ** Random Chords is a standalone subpart of our app ‚Improvisation Trainer‘. Feel free to try the features of Random Chords using the free version of Improvisation Trainer. ** Practice your voice or instrument skills with RANDOMLY GIVEN CHORDS according to your settings, with a great music-playback engine and incredible possibilities to shape up! for example: give and play me random chords in the key of F-major.  or: give and play me random chords of the type „min7“. or: give an play random chords of the types „dom7“, „7(#11)“, „maj7“ and „dim7“; or: give me 4 random chords -  then transpose them up by a half-step each 4 bars. RANDOM CHORDS is a great practicing companion for both beginners and professionals in music out of every music field.  RANDOM CHORDS is a indispensable tool for music teachers and provides an ultimate platform for practicing harmonic and melodic instruments. Just get started with one of our presets to give you an idea about the endless possibilities the app can do! • practice improvising on your favorite chords • chords get randomly chosen out of a defined chord pool • define your own chord pools specially designed for your needs • set the chord duration for each chord (i.e., 2 bars) • set a loop to create perfect practicing exercises for you • DIFFERENT TIME SIGNATURES • tell the app in which meter you want to improvise (3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 7/8, …) • 3 MODES • DIATONIC MODE: practice improvising only within a specified key • CHROMATIC MODE: practice your skills on all bass notes of the chromatic scale • MODAL MODE: chord symbols will randomly change, but only on one bass note • CUSTOM MODE: practice your chords on personally specified root notes (i.e., C and F) DIFFERENT PLAYBACK STYLES • choose from a variety of different playback styles: Rock, Pop, Swing, Bossa-Nova, Disco, Country and many more • choose your individual playback tempo SAVE AND SHARE YOUR SETTINGS • you can save all your custom settings to get started quickly • you can easily share the settings with friends, students or other people using e-mail MIXER INCLUDED • with the included mixer, you can decide to only hear chords, bass, or drums and create your unique mix! EAR TRAINING • You can also use the app as a ear-training program. Just define which chords you want to be played and don’t look at the display or use our „only time“ preset!

Screenshots

forScore4 screens
Random Chord4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Random Chord at 100% against forScore's 50%. Random Chord also leads on price ($2.99 vs $24.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 11). forScore's advantage is update cadence (every 9 days vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (43K vs 2). On ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

forScore costs $24.99 and Random Chord $2.99 up front. forScore sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $14.99 per year. Random Chord asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Random Chord holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: forScore has 43K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of forScore's written reviews are positive against 100% of Random Chord's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

forScore ships an update every 9 days, Random Chord every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard9 real differences · 2 level
forScore versus Random Chord: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterforScoreRandom Chord
Price$24.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.8 (43K ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews49.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings43K — better2
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
Best chart rank#9 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — betteriPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB70 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperforScore LLCAppicDesign

Customer experience

forScore

All ratings43,219 ratings
Positive96.0%
Neutral1.6%
Negative2.3%
Written reviews902 reviews
Positive49.8%
Neutral11.5%
Negative38.7%

Random Chord

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

forScore

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Disappearing annotations
  • Unreliable page turning
  • Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
  • Unresponsive touch controls

Requested features

5 requests
  • Ability to cut and paste sections of scores
  • More flexible page turning controls
  • Customizable metronome
  • Improved backup and restore functionality
  • Easier sharing of annotated scores

Random Chord

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

10 purchases

forScore

Subscriptions1
  • forScore Pro$14.991 Year
One-time9
  • Brahms: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Haydn: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Händel: The Mutopia CollectionFree
Show 6 more
  • Liszt: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Satie: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Schumann: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Tchaikovsky: The Mutopia CollectionFree
  • Beethoven: The Mutopia Collection$0.99
  • forScore Pro 30-Day Pass$2.99
None

Random Chord

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is forScore free?
forScore costs $24.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Random Chord free?
Random Chord costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, forScore or Random Chord?
Random Chord is rated higher. forScore averages 4.8 out of 5 from 43K ratings, while Random Chord averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do forScore or Random Chord have ads?
Neither forScore nor Random Chord shows ads.
Which is updated more often, forScore or Random Chord?
forScore ships an update every 9 days, and Random Chord every 3 months. Most recently, forScore was updated on October 16, 2026 and Random Chord on October 13, 2026.

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