Comparison

Chordex vs Score Creator

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

Head to head
About

Chordex

Explore musical chord theory with this app. It allows you to view chord notes and degrees, play them with a tone generator, or discover chords by highlighting notes on a virtual keyboard. The app intelligently suggests chords based on your input.

Highlights
  • Chord note and degree display
  • Built-in tone generator
  • Chord discovery by note selection
  • Intelligent chord matching
  • Listen to suggested chords
Features
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Chordex places a wealth of musical chord theory at your fingertips. It offers two modes of operation. In the first, you can select a chord and the app will list the notes in that chord, telling you both their names and their degree on the scale. You can also play the chord or individual notes on the built in tone generator. The second mode allows you to highlight notes on a virtual keyboard, while the app lists the chords that contain those notes in an order based on both how well they match and their obscurity. For example, if you select D and F, it is fair to say that D minor is a better fit than A flat diminished 7th, but both are options. Again, this mode lists the notes that make up each of the suggested chords and offers you the chance to listen to them all.

About

Score Creator

Easily compose and edit sheet music on your mobile device. This app simplifies music creation with a text-keyboard-like interface for notes and chords, supports multiple instruments and clefs, and allows for lyric and chord symbol writing. It's ideal for songwriters, teachers, and students.

Highlights
  • Compose music scores with various clefs and symbols
  • Write lyrics and chord symbols
  • Multi-track support for different instruments
  • Playback sound for each instrument
  • Transpose songs and import/export MIDI/MusicXML
  • Export to PDF and audio files
  • Editing assistant features
Features
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Score Creator is a music composition application that is specially designed for mobile platforms. It's a simple but powerful music creation tool that caters to your need to write music on the go. *** The app's user experience is completely optimized to make composing music on mobile devices easier and faster than ever. No more "tapping and zooming" the screen just to add a music note or a chord symbol. No more "dragging and dropping" from the palette just to add a sharp/flat sign. All you need to do to write a song is tap the keyboards (notes and chords) that are designed like a text keyboard. COMPOSING MUSIC IS NOW AS SIMPLE AS TEXTING YOUR FRIENDS! *** Apart from being a songwriting app for songwriters, Score Creator also functions as a music teaching and learning tool for music teachers and students. Teachers can teach students how to read music notation by directly entering music notes into the app and playing back the song, while music students can practice by themselves by notating their favorite songs in the app and playing along with their own musical instruments. *** The app is a perfect tool for writing different types of sheet music, including lead sheets, solo instrument scores, SATB choir scores, sheet music for brass & woodwind bands, and more. *** FEATURES: - Compose music scores. The app supports treble, alto, bass and neutral clefs, with a wide range of notes and music symbols: note lengths, time signatures, key signatures, slurs, ties, dynamics, articulations & ornaments, and more. - Write lyrics. - Write chord symbols. - Multiple tracks with different instruments: piano, guitar, violin, saxophone, drums, flute, horn, tuba, ukulele, mandolin, and more. - Scores for transposing instruments: saxophone (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone), Bb clarinet, Bb trumpet, and more. - Playback sound for each instrument. - Transpose songs into any key. - Import songs from MIDI & MusicXML files. - Change clef, time/key signature and tempo in the middle of a song. - Export songs to MIDI or MusicXML files so that they can be imported into other apps such as Finale, Encore, MuseScore, and Sibelius. The files can be copied to your computer or sent via email. - Send exported MIDI files to other apps on your current device. - Import MIDI files from other apps. - Export songs to PDF files. - Export songs to audio files (.wav, .mp3). - Editing features: multi-note selection, copy & paste, undo & redo, and more. - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PHOTOS. - SCAN SHEET MUSIC FROM PDF FILES. *** End User License Agreement: https://www.termsfeed.com/eula/c6cf438c81097acbfd5a7d51600b6bba *** Privacy policy: The app does not collect or store any kind of personal information.

Screenshots

Chordex2 screens
Score Creator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Score Creator at Free against Chordex's $0.99. Score Creator also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 31 months) and review sentiment (60% vs 33%). Chordex's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 3.5) and in-app purchases (none vs 7). On ads, device support and iOS requirement 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

Score Creator is free to download; Chordex costs $0.99 up front. Score Creator sells 7 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Chordex asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chordex holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Score Creator has 494 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 33% of Chordex's written reviews are positive against 60% of Score Creator's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chordex ships an update every 31 months, Score Creator every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Chordex versus Score Creator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordexScore Creator
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.0 (1 ratings) — better3.5 (494 ratings)
Positive reviews33.3% of reviews60.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1494 — better
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFree with in-app purchases — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB301 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMara FlintTRAN PHUONG

Customer experience

Chordex

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews3 reviews
Positive33.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative66.7%

Score Creator

All ratings494 ratings
Positive59.7%
Neutral15.0%
Negative25.3%
Written reviews615 reviews
Positive60.5%
Neutral15.6%
Negative23.9%

Bugs and requests

Chordex

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Score Creator

Reported bugs

5 issues
  • Sudden loss of data and unsaved work
  • Playback issues, including notes not playing correctly
  • Instrument key signatures not working as expected
  • App crashing on launch or when opening certain scores
  • Inability to edit or modify existing compositions

Requested features

7 requests
  • Add more percussion instruments
  • Implement dynamics, articulations, and expression markings
  • Allow for more than 2 instruments in the free version
  • Improve the drum notation and playback
  • Add support for chords, trills, and other advanced notation
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  • Implement a swing/shuffle feature
  • Improve the transposition and key signature handling

In-app purchases

None

Chordex

No in-app purchases

7 purchases

Score Creator

Subscriptions5
  • One-month full version$4.991 Month
  • Basic user - one year$6.993 Months
  • Three-month full version$10.993 Months
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  • Basic user - one year$20.991 Year
  • One-year full version$32.991 Year
One-time2
  • Basic user - full version$69.99
  • Lifetime full version$98.99

Questions

Is Chordex free?
Chordex costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Score Creator free?
Score Creator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Chordex or Score Creator?
Chordex is rated higher. Chordex averages 4.0 out of 5 from 1 ratings, while Score Creator averages 3.5 from 494 ratings.
Do Chordex or Score Creator have ads?
Neither Chordex nor Score Creator shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chordex or Score Creator?
Chordex ships an update every 31 months, and Score Creator every 10 days. Most recently, Chordex was updated on October 6, 2026 and Score Creator on October 17, 2026.

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