Comparison

Chord Memo vs Beat

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

Head to head
About

Chord Memo

Compose and arrange music by writing and playing back chords. Practice singing or instruments like guitar and piano with this tool. It offers features for fine-tuning timing, exporting to MIDI, and changing instruments.

Highlights
  • Enter chords with dedicated keyboard
  • Control tempo, beat, and modulation
  • Playback entered chords
  • Display chords as degree names
  • Save notes with name and description
  • Export MIDI file
  • Change instrument
Features
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It's an app that lets you write chords and play them right back! Use it for composing and arranging music, as well as for practicing singing, guitar, piano, etc. Functions: - Enter chords with the dedicated keyboard (including slash and tension chords) - Control tempo, beat, and modulation - Playback the entered chords - Display chords as degree name (I, VI, ...) - Save notes with name and description - Playback with swing - Export MIDI file - Change instrument - Playback with metronome - Place chords fine timings - Copy/paste chords - Zoom score

About

Beat

Features
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Make a beat with Loops or with your mouth. Watch it paint. Beat-Splash turns your voice into art. Beatbox, hum, clap, or drop in loops from the built-in library — then watch every kick, snare and melody explode across the canvas as paint. No instruments. No music theory. If you can go "doof doof," you can make something amazing. THREE WAYS TO PAINT • Eruption — every beat detonates a fountain of paint that splashes, splatters and piles into a glorious mess • Pendulum — swinging paint funnels trace hypnotic spin-art loops, steered by your beat • Photo Reveal — pick a photo and your track splatters it into view, color by color. Sky-blue paint only sticks to sky. BUILD YOUR BEAT • 7 layers: drums, bass, beat, synth, melody, FX and vocals • Record with the mic or drop in loops — everything auto-syncs to your tempo • Big hits paint big. Quiet parts paint soft. The music is the brush. MAKE IT YOURS • Curated color palettes, or build and save your own • Record a video of your session — art and music together • Save still artworks and editable tracks to your gallery Free forever: create without limits and share your videos. One single purchase unlocks everything — every loop, saving to your gallery, and watermark-free exports. No subscriptions, ever. Your track is the artist. Press record and let it paint.

Screenshots

Chord Memo4 screens
Beat4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chord Memo at none against Beat's 1. On price, 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

Both are free to download. Beat sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chord Memo asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Chord Memo versus Beat: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChord MemoBeat
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKiichi Itoadam rogan

In-app purchases

None

Chord Memo

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Beat

One-time1
  • Full Unlock$1.99

Questions

Is Chord Memo free?
Chord Memo is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Beat free?
Beat is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chord Memo or Beat have ads?
Neither Chord Memo nor Beat shows ads.

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