iPianoChords vs ChordPolyPad
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iPianoChords
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iPianoChords makes a huge piano chord library with over 2300 chords available to your iPhone. A small and helpful tool for Keyboarder, Piano player or even Guitar players. Video and more info at: http://www.projectizer.de - Learn new songs easy with our massive chord library. Intelligent sorting will allow to find your chord quick and easy. - A perfect day, great new song is born? Just enter the keys and the chord is displayed. Share your song with chord names with others - No fun by learning score reading? The chord snapshot functions saves the current chord as image and you can add it to your personal songbook. - Key features - Huge chord library - Contains chord inversions - Chord playback - Piano sample sounds - Chord filtered by difficulty - Revers chord finder - Root note display - Notes instantly displayed - Alternative chord names - Chord info display - Chord formula infos - Snapshot function for chords
ChordPolyPad
This app is a versatile MIDI chord player that allows users to create and play complex chord sets. It offers extensive customization for pads, MIDI controls, and chord generation, functioning as a standalone app or an AUv3 MIDI effect plugin.
- Standalone app and AUv3 MIDI effect plugin
- 128 pads per preset
- Customizable X/Y MIDI controllers
- Advanced random chord generator
- Internal and external MIDI support
- Chord filtering and quantizing
- Preset manager with in-app purchases
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"ChordPolyPad" is a MIDI chords player that lets you create chord sets using a large internal library, any custom combination of notes, or randomly generated chords. Each preset contains either 8 groups of 16 pads or 2 groups of 64 pads, for a total of 128 pads. In addition to playing chords, each pad can generate customizable MIDI controls on its horizontal and vertical axes, allowing expressive real-time modulation. "ChordPolyPad" can be used as a standalone application or as an AUv3 MIDI effect plug-in. The app supports full internal and external MIDI input and output. An internal sound bank is included for immediate use. The AUv3 MIDI effect plug-in supports multiple instances. A compatible host is required and must support the Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) MIDI effect format. Hosts supporting AUv3 MIDI effect on iOS: Logic Pro, Cubasis, Beatmaker, AUM, Audiobus, NanoStudio, Auria Pro, apeMatrix. Hosts supporting AUv3 MIDI effect on macOS: Logic Pro 10.7 or later. Features: • Standalone application and AUv3 MIDI effect plug-in • 8 groups of 16 pads or 2 groups of 64 pads per preset (128 pads) • Assignable MIDI port and MIDI channel for each pad • Customizable X/Y controller per pad • Per-note velocity control for each chord • Strumming configuration per pad • Copy and paste for pads and groups • Drag and drop chords directly from the library • Chord filtering and quantizing based on the selected scale • Predefined scales and possibility to create custom scales • Advanced random chord generator with diverse musical moods featuring voice leading and context-aware harmonic progressions for naturally flowing compositions • Stop "Audio Background" automatically after inactivity (15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, or never) • Internal sound bank • Receive MIDI notes and control from external devices • Send MIDI to a virtual port usable as MIDI input by other "Core MIDI" compatible apps • Preset manager with support for in-app purchase packs • "Program Change" support • Preset sharing support by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Messages", and other supported services • Native iCloud support • "iCloud Drive" support in the "Files" app on iOS and "Finder" on macOS • Full support for "Windowed Apps" mode on iPad • Undo/Redo Supported MIDI connections: • Virtual "Core MIDI" connections between apps • Any compatible MIDI interface • MIDI over Wi-Fi • MIDI over Bluetooth
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: iPianoChords at $1.99 against ChordPolyPad's $17.99. iPianoChords also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (8.0 vs 15.0). ChordPolyPad's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 23 months) and chart position (#165 vs unranked). On 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
iPianoChords costs $1.99 and ChordPolyPad $17.99 up front. ChordPolyPad sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. iPianoChords asks for nothing beyond the download.
iPianoChords ships an update every 23 months, ChordPolyPad every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on December 3, 2025 and October 26, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iPianoChords | ChordPolyPad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $17.99 |
| Rating | — | 4.6 (51 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 92.1% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 51 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 23 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | — | #165 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 15 MB | 54 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Arnhold | Laurent Colson |
In-app purchases
iPianoChords
No in-app purchases
ChordPolyPad
- Retro Pop$4.99
- Clubwave$4.99
- Liminal Spaces$4.99
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