Stew.mp3 vs Chords Explorer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Stew.mp3
This app offers a dedicated listening experience for musicians to curate and share their unfinished music. It provides tools for experiencing and organizing works in progress from creation to potential release.
- Spotify-like listening experience
- Curate unfinished music
- Share works in progress
- Organize music creation
- Experience WIP tracks
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Stew is the app for musicians who want a Spotify-like listening experience for their WIP music. From creation to release, Stew is the best tool for experiencing, curating, and sharing your unfinished music.
Chords Explorer
This app helps musicians, producers, and songwriters generate and refine chord progressions. It offers various tools like a piano keyboard, guitar fretboard, and random chord generator to spark creativity. Progressions can be exported in multiple formats.
- Piano keyboard and guitar fretboard views
- Random chord generator
- Real-time audio playback
- Smart chord suggestions
- Drag and reorder chords
- Custom Chord Builder
- Export to MIDI, WAV, or TXT
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Spark your next chord progression. Select a chord or roll the dice → build and refine → export to MIDI, WAV or TXT. Chords Explorer is a chord progression builder designed for musicians, producers and songwriters who want to quickly find and explore new ideas. Features Piano keyboard and guitar fretboard views Random chord generator to break creative blocks Real-time audio playback with adjustable tempo and sustain Smart chord suggestions based on music theory Drag and reorder chords in the timeline Inversions and voicing options Custom Chord Builder — define your own chord types with any interval combination Export to MIDI, WAV or TXT Community progressions — vote and discover Sharp / flat / auto notation that follows the detected key Available in English, Français, Español, Русский, 日本語 ABC and solfège notation Export, custom chords and real-time MIDI output are a one-time unlock — no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Stew.mp3 at none against Chords Explorer's 2. Chords Explorer's advantage is update cadence (every 8 days vs every 5 weeks) and ratings volume (7 vs 2). On price, rating, ads 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. Chords Explorer sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Stew.mp3 asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stew.mp3 against 5.0 for Chords Explorer. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 7 respectively.
Stew.mp3 ships an update every 5 weeks, Chords Explorer every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 20, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Stew.mp3 | Chords Explorer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 7 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks | Every 8 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 14.4 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bryan Cooper | Loup Vuarnesson |
Customer experience
Stew.mp3
Chords Explorer
In-app purchases
Stew.mp3
No in-app purchases
Chords Explorer
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