Comparison

Piano Kit vs Piano Chords Master

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

Head to head
About

Piano Kit

This app provides a comprehensive tool for exploring piano chords and scales. It features a large preset library, allows users to create custom fingerings, and offers playback of individual notes and chords. It's useful for learning, composing, and practicing music.

Highlights
  • Extensive preset chord library
  • Create custom chord fingerings
  • Play notes and chords
  • View scales and matched chords
  • Export MIDI files
  • Backup and restore data
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The most excellent Piano Chord Form tool in the world, in your pocket! You can search almost chord form and display it. Piano Kit has enough huge preset library. And you can create your original fingering forms. Piano Kit supports Slide Over and Split View on iPad, and provides the appropriate display and operation for iPhone and iPad. Piano Kit has very large preset library, but you can view a target chord form so easily! You can directly select a chord form by smooth scrolling Chord Picker or focus on a little chord forms by typing a part of chord name. You can search by various Enharmonic Equivalents. If you tap the top piano keyboard, Piano Kit play each note. And if you select a chord in the list or cell, play chord any times. Favorites Tab allows to memory your favorite chord forms. And Sheet has 4 octave keyboard and allows to view more than one chord, so it’s especially convenient for you to confirm chord forms in specific song. Sheet support Black and White mode, it looks like chord forms paper sheet. Display doesn’t dim during working. It can be trusted to think other thing or play songs. And you can handle multiple songs by “Export Native File” feature. Make Tab allows you to create your original chord forms. You can handle them as like preset library completely. Of course you can add new chord form similar to existing chord form using Reproduce Form function easily. And you can slide decided chord form to left or right. So you’ll be able to add chord forms changed Root note in succession. Suggest Form function offers randomly new chord form contains selected notes. And Guess Chord Name function suggests chord names by decided chord form or selected notes on 1 octave keyboard. Scale Tab allows to show many popular scales. And also you can find matched chords with a scale you selected. You can toggle setting Note Name / Interval for each note. You can back up data you’ve created to Mail, Dropbox, box and others. And you can restore it at any time. And also, you can export Sheet Chord Forms as SMF(Standard MIDI File) to Mail, Dropbox, box and others, so you will be able to use as Chord Progression if you import it to your DAW. By the way, Piano Kit exports Chord Name as Marker. If you handle Sheet by Piano Kit only, “Export Native File” function is very easy. Even if some sheet chord forms don’t exist in Library Tab, Native File can be imported to Sheet exactly. It is like function open and save multiple songs. Quick working and most beautiful Piano Chord Form app “Piano Kit” is very useful for you, exactly! Advanced Option : When you’ll buy this low price add-on, you can use more Chords and Scales. It will provide a complete set usually. You can read full function description at support page. http://therootage.com/iphone/piano-kit-en/

About

Piano Chords Master

This app allows users to create and play songs by setting chords for each bar on a virtual keyboard. It supports various chord types and input methods, including MIDI, and offers transposition features for practice. Unlock all chord patterns and sounds with an in-app purchase.

Highlights
  • Set chords per bar
  • Chord tone and sound confirmation
  • Identify chords by pressing keys
  • Full song playback with BPM
  • MIDI keyboard support
  • Chord transposition
  • Save and load songs
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This app supports chord piano playing. You can set the chord for each bar and check the chord tone and chord sounds on the keyboard. You can also play a song (all bars). We hope this app will help you practice songs that are composed of chords, such as pop music and jazz. ================================ Ver.3 New features: - Applying the concepts of "Bar" and "Song" (all bars). - "Bar" can contain a single chord or silence (N.C.). - "Song" can have any number of bars (previous version: 16). - Supports both portrait and landscape orientations. *If you would like to use the specifications of the previous version, please use 'Piano Chords Master [Classic]'. ================================ [ Main Features ] - Set a chord per bar (including silence (N.C.)) - Add bar editing features (Single: add, delete, paste; Range: cut, copy, delete multiple bars) - Display the chord tone of the selected chord (root, triad, 7th, tension, on-base) on the keyboard - Confirm the sound of the selected chord - Identify the chord when you press a key and display the chord name - Playback of song (all bars) (specifies BPM) - Save/load song (all bars) [ Convenient Features ] A variety of chord input methods: - Set from the key/chord selection view - Set from the on-screen keyboard - Set from a MIDI-compatible keyboard (Core MIDI compatible) Convenient chord registration method: - Simply select a common chord progression (e.g., 1-6-2-5) and add it to a bar. - Select from presets (e.g., blues, jazz standards) and register them as templates for new songs. Edit chords: - Transposition (change the key of the entire bar) Keyboard UI: - 6-octave keyboard (C2 - C7) - Adjustable keyboard width MIDI features: - Supports MIDI message (note on/off) transmission - Supports Bluetooth MIDI connection * To enter and display all chord patterns, including tensions (b9, #9, 11, #11, b13, 13), In-app purchase is required. * There are 28 sounds in total (9 are available by default). To use them all, In-app purchase is required.) [ Chord type ] M, 7, 7(b5), 7(#5), 6, 6 9, 9, add9, M7, M9, M7(b5), M7(#5), m, m6, m6 9, m(#5), m add9, m7, mM7, m7(b5), m7(#5), m9, mM9, aug, dim, dim7, sus4, 7sus4, 9sus4, M7sus4, M9sus4, sus2, 7sus2, M7sus2 (To use below, you need In-App Purchase.) 7(b9), 7(#9), 7(#11), 7(b13), 7(13), 7(b9 #11), 7(b9 b13), 7(b9 13), 9(#11), 9(b13), 9(13), 7(#9 #11), 7(#9 b13), 7(#9 13), M7(#11), M9(#11), M7(13), M9(13), m7(11), m7(13), m9(11), m7(b5 11), m7(b5 13)

Screenshots

Piano Kit4 screens
Piano Chords Master4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Piano Chords Master at Free against Piano Kit's $2.99. Piano Chords Master also leads on rating (4.5 vs 2.0) and ratings volume (66 vs 1). Piano Kit's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, 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

Piano Chords Master is free to download; Piano Kit costs $2.99 up front. Piano Kit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Piano Chords Master sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Piano Chords Master holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Chords Master has 66 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Piano Kit's written reviews are positive against 65% of Piano Chords Master's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Piano Kit ships an update every 2 months, Piano Chords Master every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 7, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Piano Kit versus Piano Chords Master: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPiano KitPiano Chords Master
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating2.0 (1 ratings)4.5 (66 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews65.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings166 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS18.116.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB11 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHidenori MatsuokaLoop-Sessions.LLC.

Customer experience

Piano Kit

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Piano Chords Master

All ratings66 ratings
Positive87.9%
Neutral4.5%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive65.2%
Neutral8.7%
Negative26.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Piano Kit

One-time1
  • Advanced Option$1.99
5 purchases

Piano Chords Master

One-time5
  • All sounds are available$0.99
  • Save chords list / seq data$0.99
  • Available sending MIDI message$0.99
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  • All chords are available$1.99
  • Always remove banner ads.$7.99

Questions

Is Piano Kit free?
Piano Kit costs $2.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Piano Chords Master free?
Piano Chords Master is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Piano Kit or Piano Chords Master?
Piano Chords Master is rated higher. Piano Kit averages 2.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Piano Chords Master averages 4.5 from 66 ratings.
Do Piano Kit or Piano Chords Master have ads?
Piano Chords Master shows ads; Piano Kit does not.
Which is updated more often, Piano Kit or Piano Chords Master?
Piano Kit ships an update every 2 months, and Piano Chords Master every 6 weeks. Most recently, Piano Kit was updated on September 7, 2026 and Piano Chords Master on September 21, 2026.

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