Comparison

ChordMapMidi vs Mediant

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

Head to head
About

ChordMapMidi

This app is a MIDI controller for exploring musical chords and progressions in major and minor keys. It sends note information to other synthesizer apps on your device, making it a portable tool for musicians and educators.

Highlights
  • Explore chords and progressions
  • Major and minor keys
  • MIDI controller functionality
  • Sends note information to synth apps
  • Portable music tool
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ChordMapMidi allows you to explore chords and chord progressions in both major and minor keys, one finger tap at a time. Note: ChordMapMidi is a MIDI controller. It doesn't create sound on its own. It sends note information to synthesizer apps you have on your device. ChordMapMidi is useful for songwriters, MIDI musicians, music educators... especially in places where the only instrument you have is the phone in your pocket. Have fun exploring chords and progressions!

About

Mediant

Generate musically sound chord progressions by selecting a key, mode, and length. Audition, reorder, and export progressions directly to your DAW. Harmonize melodies by drawing or importing them.

Highlights
  • Generate chord progressions
  • Select key, mode, and length
  • Adjust brightness and tension
  • Harmonize melodies
  • MIDI and MusicXML export
  • Offline functionality
  • Producer-friendly voicings
Features
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Chord progressions, on tap. Mediant writes musically sound chord progressions. Pick a key and mode, tap Generate, and get functional progressions — real tonic / subdominant / dominant motion and proper cadences — that you can audition, reorder, and drop straight into your DAW. HOW IT WORKS • Pick a key, mode, length, and voicing, then tap Generate. Mediant offers several progressions, ranked best first — tap Regenerate to cycle them. • Two dials shape the mood: Brightness (major ↔ modal) and Tension — from plain diatonic triads up through 7ths, secondary dominants, borrowed chords, mode mixture, and tritone subs. • Tap any chord to swap it from a full palette, or move, duplicate, and delete. Build a whole progression by hand if you like. • Harmonize a melody: draw one on the grid or import a MIDI or MusicXML file, and Mediant writes the chords underneath it. WHAT'S INSIDE • Producer-friendly voicings — spread pads, close, open, and drop-2 — with smooth voice-leading between chords. • A live chord-symbol notation preview on a staff. • MIDI and MusicXML export — for your DAW, or MuseScore, Sibelius, Dorico, and Finale. • Fully offline. No account, no sign-in, no ads, no in-app purchases. • Private by design — Mediant collects nothing. Your music never leaves your device unless you export it. Mediant is by Songdeed.

Screenshots

ChordMapMidi4 screens
Mediant4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ratings volume: ChordMapMidi at 5 against Mediant's 1. ChordMapMidi also leads on price ($3.99 vs $4.99). Mediant's advantage is device support (3 vs 1). On rating, ads, 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

ChordMapMidi costs $3.99 and Mediant $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for ChordMapMidi against 5.0 for Mediant. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: ChordMapMidi has 5 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
ChordMapMidi versus Mediant: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordMapMidiMediant
Price$3.99 — better$4.99
Rating5.0 (5 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews52.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings5 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 8 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMalcolm MugglinEVAN TRACEN POWERS

Customer experience

ChordMapMidi

All ratings5 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews17 reviews
Positive52.9%
Neutral11.8%
Negative35.3%

Mediant

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

ChordMapMidi

No in-app purchases

None

Mediant

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChordMapMidi free?
ChordMapMidi costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Mediant free?
Mediant costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, ChordMapMidi or Mediant?
ChordMapMidi and Mediant are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 5 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do ChordMapMidi or Mediant have ads?
Neither ChordMapMidi nor Mediant shows ads.

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