Comparison

Polychord vs Percussion Pack

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

Percussion Pack

Explore 8 exclusive world music percussion instruments with high-definition live sound. Professionally recorded for authentic sound reproduction, this app is perfect for both casual fun and professional recording or live performance.

Highlights
  • 8 exclusive world music percussion instruments
  • High-definition live sound quality
  • Professionally recorded sounds
  • Mobile recording capabilities
  • Live performance ready
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This incredible app gives users 8 exclusive world music percussion instruments with high-definition live sound quality. Each instrument was professionally recorded to give users the ability to play from their mobile device and recreate each instruments sound in its true form. You are able to use these instruments and sounds for recording or live performance purposes whether it's professionally or just for fun!

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Polychord at 75% against Percussion Pack's 0%. Polychord also leads on rating (4.4 vs 1.0) and ratings volume (39 vs 2). Percussion Pack's advantage is price ($0.99 vs $9.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Polychord costs $9.99 and Percussion Pack $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Polychord holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Polychord has 39 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 75% of Polychord's written reviews are positive against 0% of Percussion Pack's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Polychord versus Percussion Pack: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPolychordPercussion Pack
Price$9.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.4 (39 ratings) — better1.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews74.8% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings39 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS15.012.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB23 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAppositeGuido Diaz

Customer experience

Polychord

All ratings39 ratings
Positive84.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative15.4%
Written reviews147 reviews
Positive74.8%
Neutral11.6%
Negative13.6%

Percussion Pack

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews6 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

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

Percussion Pack

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Polychord

No in-app purchases

None

Percussion Pack

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Polychord free?
Polychord costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Percussion Pack free?
Percussion Pack costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Polychord or Percussion Pack?
Polychord is rated higher. Polychord averages 4.4 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while Percussion Pack averages 1.0 from 2 ratings.

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