Comparison

Air Melody vs Chordopia

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

Head to head
About

Air Melody

This app allows users to create music using their device's motion and on-screen controls. Explore various tones and effects to craft unique melodies. It offers intuitive pitch and dynamics manipulation for a creative musical experience.

Highlights
  • Motion-based pitch and dynamics control
  • Multiple instrument tones
  • Adjustable echo effects
  • Pitch correction options
  • On-screen wheel for octave control
Features
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Dynamics control: - Tilt your iPhone to forward 45deg: ff Pitch control: - Rotate your iPhone to clockwise or counterclockwise 1oct per half rotation(counterclockwise 90deg, clockwise 90deg). Range: 1oct - Rotate big wheel in the screen 1oct per half rotation. Range: 8oct Tone: t: Theremin o: Ondes Martenot s: Strings h: Harmony v: Vox c: Synth Cat Effect: 0: no effect s: Short Echo l: Long Echo vl: Very Long Echo Correct (Pitch correction): 0: no correction s: soft m: middle h: hard

About

Chordopia

This app helps musicians find guitar, ukulele, and mandolin chords. Input a chord name to see diagrams and hear its sound, or create a diagram to identify the chord. It supports custom tunings and generates voicings dynamically.

Highlights
  • Chord diagram generation
  • Chord identification from diagrams
  • Sound playback for chords
  • Support for alternate and custom tunings
  • Dynamic voicing search
  • Extensive chord type library
Features
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Chordopia is a chord finder for guitar, ukulele, and mandolin. Highlights: - It works both ways! You can enter a chord name and Chordopia will show you chord diagrams for many different voicings of that chord. Or you can do the reverse: drag the dots in the chord diagram to different frets, and Chordopia will tell you what the new chord is called. - Sound — Chordopia not only shows you a chord diagram for each voicing, but also lets you hear how it sounds. - Supports alternate tunings such as drop-D and DADGAD, as well as arbitrary custom tunings. - Chordopia is not a fixed chord book of predefined chord diagrams. Instead, it works by searching through all possible combinations of finger positions on your instrument to find the ones that produce the chord you want, all in a fraction of a second. It then ranks them based on how easy they are to play and how good they sound, and shows you the best ones first. - Chordopia knows more than 50 chord types for each of the 12 root notes for a total of more than 600 chords, not counting variants with an out-of-chord alternate bass. The number of voicings varies by chord, instrument and tuning; for example, for a 12-fret guitar in standard tuning, there are more than 100,000 distinct voicings to discover.

Screenshots

Air Melody1 screens
Chordopia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Chordopia at 4.7 against Air Melody's 1.0. Chordopia also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 60%) and ratings volume (60 vs 1). Air Melody's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 7 months) and price ($1.99 vs $3.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Air Melody costs $1.99 and Chordopia $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chordopia holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chordopia has 60 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 60% of Air Melody's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chordopia's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Air Melody ships an update every 3 months, Chordopia every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on September 8, 2026 and August 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 4 level
Air Melody versus Chordopia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAir MelodyChordopia
Price$1.99 — better$3.99
Rating1.0 (1 ratings)4.7 (60 ratings) — better
Positive reviews60.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings160 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 months — betterEvery 7 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#185 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMasao SuzakiWaxing Wave

Customer experience

Air Melody

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive60.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative20.0%

Chordopia

All ratings60 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Air Melody

No in-app purchases

None

Chordopia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Air Melody free?
Air Melody costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chordopia free?
Chordopia costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Air Melody or Chordopia?
Chordopia is rated higher. Air Melody averages 1.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Chordopia averages 4.7 from 60 ratings.
Do Air Melody or Chordopia have ads?
Neither Air Melody nor Chordopia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Air Melody or Chordopia?
Air Melody ships an update every 3 months, and Chordopia every 7 months. Most recently, Air Melody was updated on September 8, 2026 and Chordopia on August 24, 2026.

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