Comparison

Polychord vs MMP1 Controller

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

Head to head
About

Polychord

Create music with an intuitive interface that makes playing chords easy for everyone. Explore songwriting, strum and solo with confidence, and even add auto-accompaniment. Advanced MIDI features allow integration with popular music production software.

Highlights
  • Play chords from diverse palettes
  • Strum and solo in key
  • Auto-accompaniment band feature
  • MIDI control for DAWs
  • Songwriting tools
Features
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Polychord turns your iPad into a chord instrument — a full band at your fingertips. Nine chord circles hold every chord in your key — arranged so the right one is always under your fingers. Tap a circle to hear it, and the ring around it offers the colors: sevenths, sixths, suspensions. Strum across the keys like a harp. You can't hit a wrong note, and you never have to stop and think. Flip on Auto Accompany and a rhythm section falls in behind you: bass and drums that follow every chord change you make, in styles from folk to funk to krautrock. One finger becomes a band. When something good happens, hit record. Loop, layer, and bounce it to audio, or export multi-track MIDI with chords, strum, bass, arpeggiator, and drums on separate tracks, ready for your DAW. In the studio, Polychord comes with you. The AUv3 MIDI-effect plugin puts the chord grid inside DAWs like Logic Pro that support MIDI effects, and MIDI in and out means it can play — or be played by — everything else you own. Whether you've played for twenty years or never learned an instrument, Polychord closes the gap between imagining music and making it. FEATURES • Nine chord circles covering the full harmony of any major or minor key • Chord palettes for folk, jazz, gospel, bossa nova, soul, cinematic, and more • Strum keys with pitch bend • Auto Accompany: bass lines and drum patterns that follow your chords • Arpeggiator with adjustable direction, rate, and octave span • Built-in wavetable synth with ADSR envelopes, filter, delay, and bitcrusher • Record performances and bounce to audio • Multi-track MIDI export: chords, strum, bass, arpeggiator, and drums on separate tracks • MIDI out to any app or hardware; MIDI in to trigger chords from a keyboard • You can even split your MIDI output to trigger multiple instruments at once in DAWs like Logic • AUv3 MIDI-effect plugin: play the chord grid inside your favorite host • AUv3 works in DAWs like Logic Pro that support MIDI effect plug-ins Polychord is a one-time purchase. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no account. Your music stays yours.

About

MMP1 Controller

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MMP1 Controller is an iPad application that allows remote control of MMP1 Studio Monitor Management System parameters. With the MMP1 app you can easily adjust the monitor system while accurately assessing performance from anywhere in the studio.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: MMP1 Controller at Free against Polychord's $9.99. MMP1 Controller also leads on iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.0). Polychord's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 30 months). On ads, in-app purchases 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

MMP1 Controller is free to download; Polychord costs $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Polychord ships an update every 2 months, MMP1 Controller every 30 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Polychord versus MMP1 Controller: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolychordMMP1 Controller
Price$9.99Free — better
Rating4.4 (39 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings39 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 30 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.010.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppositeYamaha Corporation

Bugs and requests

Polychord

Reported bugs

10 issues
  • App crashes during recording
  • Incompatible with iOS 8+ on older devices
  • MIDI off messages not sent properly
  • Sporadic glitches with Logic Pro and GarageBand
  • Sound occasionally disappears until app restart
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  • Strum keys disappear or become unresponsive
  • Record button resets project
  • Chord release affects all sustained chords
  • Visual glitches on Retina display
  • App not receiving updates for compatibility

Requested features

20 requests
  • Custom chord creation and palette selection
  • Copy and paste functionality
  • Save and load configurations/presets
  • Additional instrument sounds and drum kits
  • Retina display support
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  • Metronome and click track
  • Recording improvements (overdub, undo)
  • Visual chord progression tracker
  • Velocity control via accelerometer
  • Chord builder for custom chords
  • Master tune control
  • Extended chord types (M9, m9, M13, etc.)
  • Slash chords support
  • More scales (bebop, mixolydian, etc.)
  • Strum keys with note labels
  • Full iPad width strum section
  • AUv3 plugin support
  • Inverted chord options
  • MIDI channel routing
  • Audio copy/paste support

MMP1 Controller

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Polychord

No in-app purchases

None

MMP1 Controller

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polychord free?
Polychord costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is MMP1 Controller free?
MMP1 Controller is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Polychord or MMP1 Controller have ads?
Neither Polychord nor MMP1 Controller shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Polychord or MMP1 Controller?
Polychord ships an update every 2 months, and MMP1 Controller every 30 months. Most recently, Polychord was updated on October 24, 2026 and MMP1 Controller on October 4, 2026.

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