Comparison

TargetTones vs ChordFlowWiz

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

Head to head
About

TargetTones

Learn to play lead guitar with confidence by jamming over professionally recorded backing tracks. The app highlights target notes over chords to guide your improvisation, offering a full band experience with various genres and keys.

Highlights
  • Jam over professional backing tracks
  • Target notes highlighted over chords
  • Full band experience
  • 500+ guitar backing tracks
  • Real-time chord diagrams
  • Fretboard visualization
Features
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Finally play solos and lead guitar with confidence. TargetTones puts you in a real band immediately. Choose the band genre and key, then jam over professionally recorded backing tracks. The app highlights target notes over each chord so your improvisation always sounds musical. TargetTones Pro — The Band: Play with a full band using 500+ guitar backing tracks across blues, rock, country, jazz and more. Real-time chord diagrams, chord progressions, and continuously updated target notes help you improvise with confidence. Try it free for 7 days, then only $4.99/month if you choose to subscribe. Cancel anytime. Always Free: Even without a subscription, TargetTones gives you a powerful reference tool. See the target notes for any chord, in any key, across every scale and mode — with tabs, note names, and full fretboard visualization. The knowledge is always yours.

About

ChordFlowWiz

Explore and practice guitar chords with an extensive library featuring clear finger diagrams. Discover chord relationships, substitutions, and build custom sets. Offers a metronome and practice modes for musicians of all levels.

Highlights
  • 100+ guitar chords with finger diagrams
  • Search and filter by root note or quality
  • Capo and Chords in Key tools
  • Chord Progression Player with metronome
  • Custom Chord Builder
  • Scale Viewer
  • PDF Export
Features
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ChordFlowWiz is the guitar chord library that gets out of your way. Find any chord in seconds, see exactly where your fingers go, hear how it sounds, and learn which chords belong together. FIND ANY CHORD INSTANTLY • 160+ chord diagrams across all 12 roots and 14 chord types: major, minor, 7th, major 7th, minor 7th, sus2, sus4, diminished, augmented, add9, 6th, minor 6th, 7sus4 and minor 7flat5 • Search by name, with sharps or flats: "Bb" and "A#" both work • Filter by root note and chord type, and jump back to recently viewed chords • Save favourites for one-tap access SEE IT. HEAR IT. • Clear diagrams with finger numbers, open and muted strings, barres and fret position • Tap to hear any chord strummed • Left-handed mode flips every diagram CAPO MADE EASY Set a capo anywhere from fret 1 to 11 and see what every chord actually sounds like. UNDERSTAND THE MUSIC • Key Finder shows every chord in any major or minor key, with Roman numerals • Each chord shows its notes, the chords in its key and related chords, plus a transpose tool GO FURTHER WITH PRO One-time purchase. No subscription. • Chord sets: build setlists for your songs and practice routines • Progression player: loop a set from 40 to 200 BPM with a practice countdown • Custom chord builder: tap the fretboard to create and save your own voicings • Strum and arpeggio playback • Alternate voicings for selected chords • Scale viewer: major, minor, pentatonic and blues positions on the fretboard • Smart chord substitutions: relative minors, tritone subs and passing chords, each explained in plain English • Metronome with tap tempo, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4 and 6/4 time signatures, and an audible click • PDF chord sheet export to print or share BUILT FOR YOUR DEVICE Designed for iPhone, iPad and iPhone Duo, with Dark Mode, Dynamic Type and VoiceOver support. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account, no ads and no tracking. ChordFlowWiz doesn't collect your data.

Screenshots

TargetTones3 screens
ChordFlowWiz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ChordFlowWiz at every 3 days against TargetTones's weekly. TargetTones's advantage is ratings volume (4 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). On price, rating, 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. TargetTones sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $4.99 per month and ChordFlowWiz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for TargetTones against 5.0 for ChordFlowWiz. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 1 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

TargetTones ships an update weekly, ChordFlowWiz every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
TargetTones versus ChordFlowWiz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTargetTonesChordFlowWiz
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (4 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings4 — better1
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemiumFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size42 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFretTracks Labs LLCJames Roche

Customer experience

TargetTones

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

ChordFlowWiz

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

TargetTones

Subscriptions1
  • FretTracks Pro Access - The Band$4.991 Month
1 purchases

ChordFlowWiz

One-time1
  • ChordFlowWiz Pro$2.99

Questions

Is TargetTones free?
TargetTones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is ChordFlowWiz free?
ChordFlowWiz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, TargetTones or ChordFlowWiz?
TargetTones and ChordFlowWiz are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 4 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do TargetTones or ChordFlowWiz have ads?
Neither TargetTones nor ChordFlowWiz shows ads.
Which is updated more often, TargetTones or ChordFlowWiz?
TargetTones ships an update weekly, and ChordFlowWiz every 3 days. Most recently, TargetTones was updated on October 30, 2026 and ChordFlowWiz on October 31, 2026.

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