Tones vs ChordTap Lite
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tones
Create music easily with simple tap controls. This app offers a range of high-quality sounds and tempo adjustments, making it accessible for all ages and musical experience levels. Shake your device to clear the sound pads.
- Tap to create music
- High-quality sound selection
- Adjustable tempo
- Add columns for longer tunes
- Shake to clear sound pads
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Tones makes music creation easy for everyone. It really couldn't be any simpler. Even if you can't play a musical instrument, you'll be making cool sounding tunes in no time. You don't need any musical experience at all! Tones is so simple that people of all ages, from young children to adults, can begin effortlessly tapping across sound pads and begin creating fun and interesting sounds that will impress your friends and keep you happily entertained for hours. Features: - Simply tap to activate or deactivate sound pads and start creating music straight away. - Choose from a carefully selected range of high quality sounds. - Adjust the speed of your tune in the tempo menu. - Add extra columns to add length to your music. - Shake your device to quickly and easily clear the display of active sound pads.
ChordTap Lite
This app helps you compose music by playing piano chords without needing to know fingerings or an instrument. It allows you to explore chord progressions and develop your ear training. The simple interface features 288 playable chords across four pages with distinct color schemes for easy navigation and discovery.
- Compose music with piano chords
- Explore chord progressions
- Develop absolute pitch
- 288 playable chords
- Simple, intuitive interface
- Color-coded pages for navigation
- Adjustable screen sizes
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コードの響きで作曲イマジネーションを膨らまそう。 コード運指を覚える必要はありません。 もちろん楽器がなくでも作曲できます。 コード進行で重要なのはどのような変化を感じるか聴こえるかです。 勿論、理論もありますがまずは体感が上達への近道です。 ボタンを押すだけで簡単にコード進行を確認しながら作曲できます。 また、繰返し聴くことにより絶対音感を鍛えませんか？ 音感をトレージングすればミュージックライフがより充実したものになるでしょう。 きっとあなたの大事なツールとなるでしょう。 このAPPは、 ・作曲支援するためのアプリケーションです。 ・288個のボタンを押すとピアノコードが演奏されます。 ・シンプルな画面にできるだけボタンを配置しました。 ・耳でコードを聞き取りしやすいように短めのサウンドになっています。 ・少しリバーブを入れて広がりのある音です。 ・画面デザインの変更と3,5/4/4.7/5.5インチ対応 ・4ページ切替で288キー準備しました。 ・各ページは配色を変えていますので位置を覚えるだけでゲーム感覚で新たな発見。 288button piano chords play M / m / 6/7 / m6 / m7 / M7 / add9 / aug / 7sus4 / dim / mM7 / 7 (9) / M7 (9) / madd9 / m7 (9) / m7 (11) / m7 (b5) 7(#5) / 7(#9) / 7(#11) / 7(13) / 7(b9) / 7(b13) * 12key
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tones at 71% against ChordTap Lite's 30%. Tones also leads on rating (3.5 vs 3.0) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.2). ChordTap Lite's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tones holds the better App Store score, 3.5 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 71% of Tones's written reviews are positive against 30% of ChordTap Lite's.
Tones ships an update every 26 months, ChordTap Lite every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tones | ChordTap Lite |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.5 (4 ratings) — better | 3.0 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 71.4% of reviews — better | 30.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 26 months | Every 24 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.2 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ben Walker | shuji wakisaka |
Customer experience
Tones
ChordTap Lite
In-app purchases
Tones
No in-app purchases
ChordTap Lite
No in-app purchases
