Comparison

WavePad vs Chordalyst Piano

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

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About

WavePad

This professional audio editing software allows for easy recording, editing, and applying effects to music and voice. Create high-quality audio with clear sound, manipulate waveforms, and enhance recordings with various filters and effects. Ideal for journalists and professionals who frequently record audio for business purposes.

Highlights
  • Record and edit music and voice
  • Apply various audio effects
  • Waveform editing
  • Supports multiple audio formats
  • Background recording
  • Cloud storage integration
Features
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音楽や音声の録音、編集、エフェクト挿入、送信などが簡単にできるプロ仕様の音声編集ソフトです。WavePadを使えば音楽やボイスなどをクリアな音質で録音し、簡単に編集やエフェクト挿入を行うことでよりハイクオリティな音声を作成することができます。音声の波形を使って編集を行うので、音声の切り貼りはもちろん、ハイパスフィルタを挿入して音質をよりクリアにしたりと言った様々なエフェクト挿入も簡単に行うことができます。ジャーナリストなどビジネスで音声を録音する機会が多い方などは、WavePadを使って録音することで、必要な音声だけをよりクリアな音質で保存・送信することができます。 ・WAVEやAIFFなど数多くの音声ファイルフォーマットに対応 ・切り取り、コピー、貼り付け、挿入、トリミングなどの編集機能 ・音声の増幅や正規化、エコーやリバーブなど多彩なエフェクトを搭載 ・複数の音声ファイルを開いた状態での作業が可能 ・自動トリミングや音声起動録音など様々な自動化に対応 ・8000~44100hz、8~32ビットのサンプルレートから選択 ・画面がオフの状態でもバックグラウンドで録音を継続 ・GoogleドライブやDropboxアカウントを使ったアップロードやダウンロード こちらのバージョンのWavePadは7日間の無料お試し版です。お試し期間終了後も全ての機能をお使いいただく場合は月額制ライセンスのサブスクリプションをご購入ください。

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Chordalyst Piano

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Chordalyst Piano helps you learn piano chords, scales, and accompaniment from chord symbols and beautifully engraved scores. Practice on the on-screen keyboard or with a Bluetooth/USB MIDI keyboard. Course Practice contains 61 sections—12 Beginner, 14 Intermediate, and 35 Advanced—covering keyboard and chord names, inversions, scales, progressions, two-hand playing, quarter- and eighth-note patterns, broken chords, arpeggios, and accompaniment patterns. Waltz, Octave, and Ballad patterns are included. Questions you do not pass return automatically for review. Basic Practice lets you focus on chords, inversions, ten named scale types in all 12 tonics, progressions, two-hand playing, rhythm patterns, broken chords, arpeggios, and accompaniment. Broken-chord choices include Bass then Upper Chord, Alberti, Waltz, Octave, and Ballad patterns. Genre Practice offers representative progressions and scales for J-pop, Rock/J-rock, Anime/Game/Vocaloid, K-pop, Western Pop, Classical, Hip-hop/Rap, Jazz, Enka/Kayōkyoku, and R&B/Soul. Song Practice includes nine pieces grouped by difficulty: Ode to Joy, Pachelbel's Canon, WTC Book I Prelude No. 1, Für Elise, Gymnopédie No. 1, The Entertainer, Turkish March, Clair de Lune, and Maple Leaf Rag. Auto Advance plays the melody from each correctly performed chord up to the next chord point. Import your own Standard MIDI Format 0 or 1 file, including directly from Files or another compatible app. Chordalyst Piano converts notes, durations, rests, chords, independent voices, beams, ties, and mid-song key, meter, and tempo changes into a MusicXML piano grand staff. If the MIDI contains no chord markers, chord names are inferred from its notes. Use piano playback, a gold position cursor, automatic scrolling, and separate melody, chord, and metronome volumes. Automatic conversion and chord inference may not reproduce every choice in a source score. Import only MIDI files you created or are authorized or otherwise legally permitted to use. Saving, engraving, playing, or exporting does not transfer copyright or other rights; confirm any additional permissions required before publishing, distributing, or sharing the material. Features • On-screen keyboard and external MIDI keyboard input • Automatically progressing courses from beginner through advanced • Ten Basic Practice areas for chords, scales, accompaniment, and genres • A wide range of chords, including major, minor, seventh, diminished, suspended, augmented, extended, and slash chords • Practice material in all 12 chromatic roots, including sharps and flats • Nine included pieces grouped by difficulty • Import, save, engrave, infer chords from, and play your own MIDI files • High-quality MusicXML grand staff with automatic position following • Separate display controls for chord tones, keyboard guides, note names, piano notation, and recommended fingering • 1 BPM tempo control and a song-synchronized metronome with an animated pendulum • Progress tracking through mastery levels • Learning records and practice settings saved on your device All features are available for the first seven days. After the trial, Beginner Course, 01 Chord Practice, and Song Practice remain available. Purchase Full Access to unlock Intermediate and Advanced Courses and Basic Practice 02–10. No user registration, ads, or third-party behavioral analytics are used. Learning records and settings are processed on your device and are not collected by the developer.

Screenshots

WavePad4 screens
Chordalyst Piano4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Chordalyst Piano at every 2 days against WavePad's every 2 months. WavePad's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads, 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

Both are free to download. WavePad sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $2.99 per month and Chordalyst Piano sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

WavePad ships an update every 2 months, Chordalyst Piano every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 6 level
WavePad versus Chordalyst Piano: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWavePadChordalyst Piano
PriceFreeFree
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS11.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB22 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNCH SoftwareKoji Hasegawa

In-app purchases

1 purchases

WavePad

Subscriptions1
  • 月額制ライセンス7 Days trial$2.991 Month
1 purchases

Chordalyst Piano

One-time1
  • Full Access$19.99

Questions

Is WavePad free?
WavePad is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chordalyst Piano free?
Chordalyst Piano is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do WavePad or Chordalyst Piano have ads?
Neither WavePad nor Chordalyst Piano shows ads.
Which is updated more often, WavePad or Chordalyst Piano?
WavePad ships an update every 2 months, and Chordalyst Piano every 2 days. Most recently, WavePad was updated on November 3, 2026 and Chordalyst Piano on November 6, 2026.

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