Comparison

Otonic vs ChordBloom

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

Head to head
About

Otonic

Enhance your musical abilities with a comprehensive ear training application. Features a level editor for personalized learning experiences and progression tracking.

Highlights
  • Fully featured ear training
  • Level editor
  • Progression editor
  • Personalized learning
  • Music skill enhancement
Features
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Otonic is a fully featured Ear Training app with a level and progression editor.

About

ChordBloom

Features
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ChordBloom turns music theory into a garden. Chords bloom as petals around the key you're in — tap to hear them, wander to neighboring keys, and watch harmony make sense visually. EXPLORE HARMONY BY TOUCH Diatonic chords, the circle of fifths, relative and parallel keys, tritone substitutions, modal interchange — each view lays the theory out as petals you can play. Long-press to cycle extensions (7ths, 9ths, 13ths), choose close, open, or spread voicings, and phrase chords as blocks, strums, or arpeggios. REAL SYNTHESIS, ON DEVICE A full SuperCollider synth engine runs right on your phone alongside classic synth voices — warm pads, plucks, bells, keys, and ambient textures. Every note is synthesized live, and it all works completely offline. AI IMPROVISATION Let the built-in improviser play melodies over your chord changes while you drive the harmony. SAVE YOUR PROGRESSIONS Collect chords into palettes and build progressions you can come back to. MIDI OUTPUT — OPTIONAL UNLOCK Turn ChordBloom into a chord controller for your whole studio: a one-time in-app purchase unlocks BLE MIDI to hardware synths and CoreMIDI to DAWs and other iOS music apps. No account. No ads. No data collected.

Screenshots

Otonic4 screens
ChordBloom3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Otonic at 12.0 against ChordBloom's 16.0. On price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Otonic sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and ChordBloom sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Otonic ships an update every 5 days, ChordBloom every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 6, 2026 and October 2, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Otonic versus ChordBloom: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterOtonicChordBloom
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews66.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 daysEvery 4 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAlexander BlackwellJames Hurlbut

In-app purchases

3 purchases

Otonic

One-time3
  • Otonic Pro$6.99
  • Otonic Essential$19.99
  • Otonic Pro$39.99
1 purchases

ChordBloom

One-time1
  • MIDI Output$4.99

Questions

Is Otonic free?
Otonic is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChordBloom free?
ChordBloom is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Otonic or ChordBloom have ads?
Neither Otonic nor ChordBloom shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Otonic or ChordBloom?
Otonic ships an update every 5 days, and ChordBloom every 4 days. Most recently, Otonic was updated on October 6, 2026 and ChordBloom on October 2, 2026.

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