Chordial vs Chords Finder
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chordial
Access thousands of chord diagrams for guitar, ukulele, banjo, and mandolin. Learn fingerings, hear how chords sound, and view diagrams in right or left-handed formats. New instruments and tunings are added regularly.
- Thousands of chord diagrams
- Multi-instrument support
- Audio playback for chords
- Right/left-handed diagrams
- Fingerings and variations
- Downloadable chord packs
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Guitar Chords, Ukulele Chords, Banjo Chords and Mandolin Chord Chart Library. Lookup and learn chords for your instrument by accessing thousands of chord diagrams across multiple instruments using Chordial's unique and simple interface. Using the three tiered wheel simply dial up the chord diagram you want to see. Chord diagrams are complete with fingerings and multiple variations for each chord are provided. Click on the chord to hear what it should sound like on your selected instrument. Chords diagrams are presented in right or left handed form Chordial currently supports the following instruments: Guitar: EADGBE Ukulele: GCEA Banjo: GDGBD Mandolin: GDAE More instruments and tunings are being introduced all the time via automatic downloadable chord packs. If you want to see a particular instrument or tuning covered just contact us from with the app or email us at feedback@chord-detector.com and we will get straight onto it.
Chords Finder
Quickly identify piano chords by inputting notes. Features a new quiz mode to accelerate music theory learning and chord mastery.
- Chord identification from notes
- Chord Quiz feature
- Music theory learning
- Chord mastery
- Note input
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ChordFinder quickly identifies all possible chords from the notes you input. The new Chord Quiz feature accelerates your chord learning, making it even easier to master music theory!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Chords Finder at 4.6 against Chordial's 4.1. Chords Finder also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 72%) and update cadence (every 10 days vs every 2 months). Chordial's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and ratings volume (56 vs 14). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Chordial sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Chords Finder sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Chords Finder holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 4.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 56 and 14 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Chordial's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chords Finder's.
Chordial ships an update every 2 months, Chords Finder every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chordial | Chords Finder |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.1 (56 ratings) | 4.6 (14 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 71.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 56 — better | 14 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 10 days — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 76 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Simon Hopkin | Sen Lin |
Customer experience
Chordial
Chords Finder
Bugs and requests
Chordial
Reported bugs
9 issues- App crashes on launch
- Black screen and returns to dashboard
- Fatal crash when attempting to open
- Doesn't work on iOS 14
- Doesn't work on iOS 11
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- No longer works after iOS upgrade
- Incorrect fret locations for some chords
- App doesn't open when clicked, shuts down immediately
- Crashes immediately upon load (iOS 13.1.1)
Requested features
10 requests- Add support for more banjo tunings (eg. double C, drop d, sawmill)
- Add Bass Guitar support
- Show notes of chords on each string
- Add chords for different tunes on banjo
- Add more chords
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- Add a tuner
- Lay out chords in the 'circle of 5th'
- Choose to play notes of each chord together or individually
- Add better themes or color schemes
- Add dark mode option
Chords Finder
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chordial
- Remove Advert Tier 1$0.99
- Remove Advert Tier 2$1.99
- Remove Advert Tier 3$2.99
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- Remove Advert Tier 4$4.99
- Remove Advert Tier 5$9.99
Chords Finder
- Remove Ads$2.99
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