Comparison

ChordBaker vs Calm Loop

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

Head to head
About

ChordBaker

Create professional chord charts quickly and accurately. This tool focuses on harmony, offering advanced notation and smart rules to prevent errors. Export your creations as PDFs or editable files for various musical applications.

Highlights
  • Build chord charts quickly
  • Harmony-first workflow
  • Advanced notation
  • See chord tones at a glance
  • Transpose instantly
  • Export to PDF or share editable files
Features
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Build harmony-oriented chord charts faster. Whether you’re writing songs, teaching, arranging, or learning covers, ChordBaker helps you create clean, accurate charts in seconds — with tools designed for musicians who think in chords, not lyrics. Features: • Build chord charts quickly • Harmony-first workflow: lyrics optional • Advanced notation (slash chords, sus/maj/add/altered voicings) • See chord tones at a glance • Choose a key and view chord degrees • Transpose instantly • Smart rules prevent impossible or nonsensical chord combos • Export to PDF or share editable files • Clean, print-ready formatting • Great for practice, teaching, rehearsals, or creating setlists You can also use the free web version (core features included) at ChordBaker.com. By using ChordBaker, you agree to Apple’s Standard Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Calm Loop

This app provides a variety of ambient sounds like white noise, rain, and fan sounds to help you relax and sleep. You can mix two sounds, set a fading sleep timer, and use a gentle night light feature. It also includes original ambient music, bedtime stories, and relaxation scripts.

Highlights
  • Mix two ambient sounds
  • Customizable sleep timer with fade-out
  • Background playback with screen off
  • Lantern-style night light
  • Bedtime stories and relaxation scripts
  • Record and use custom sounds
  • Offline playback
Features
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Calm Loop plays steady sounds for sleep: white noise, rain, fan, brown noise and pink noise. Mix two sounds, set a sleep timer that fades out, and turn the screen off. The sound keeps playing. Some sounds are included. The rest come with Calm Loop Pro, a one-time unlock with no subscription, and every Pro sound has a preview so you can listen first. SOUNDS Rain in the woods, distant thunder, soft vacuum, ocean, wind, airplane cabin, fan breeze, brown noise, pink noise, white noise, forest after dark, gentle heartbeat, rain and fireplace, and a slow breathing rhythm. These are some of the 46 sounds, sorted into Nature, Everyday and Noise. MIX TWO SOUNDS Rain under thunder, a fan with brown noise, ocean with wind. Each layer has its own volume, plus a master volume. Save a mix with a name and it's ready tomorrow night. Mark the ones you use most as favorites. A SLEEP TIMER THAT FADES OUT Pick 15, 30, 45, 60, 90 or 120 minutes, or set your own time. At the end the sound fades out slowly instead of cutting off. KEEPS PLAYING WITH THE SCREEN OFF Calm Loop plays in the background, and you can pause it from the lock screen. LANTERN NIGHT LIGHT Turn the screen into a soft night light. Choose a light style, like a lantern, a candle or a moon lamp, pick a color and set how bright it glows. Useful for a 3am feed or a late trip to the kitchen without switching on a lamp. FOR THE NURSERY Set a maximum volume in settings, so the sound in the baby's room stays at or below the level you picked. MUSIC, STORIES AND WINDING DOWN Original ambient music for bedtime, plus bedtime stories and short relaxation scripts, read aloud. The stories and relaxation scripts come with Calm Loop Pro. MAKE IT YOURS Record a sound you already know, like your own fan at home, trim it and use it in a mix. A bedtime reminder on the weekdays you choose tells you when it's time to start winding down. WORKS OFFLINE Every sound comes with the app, so it plays without a connection, on a plane or in a room with bad signal.

Screenshots

ChordBaker4 screens
Calm Loop4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: ChordBaker at every 2 days against Calm Loop's every 2 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. ChordBaker sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Calm Loop sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChordBaker ships an update every 2 days, Calm Loop every 2 months. Both last shipped on October 30, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
ChordBaker versus Calm Loop: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordBakerCalm Loop
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews—50.0% of reviews
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days — betterEvery 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size60 MB180 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTomas FerrariFuture Software Solutions S.R.L.

Customer experience

ChordBaker

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Calm Loop

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

5 purchases

ChordBaker

Subscriptions4
  • ProMonthly$0.991 Month
  • ProYearly$8.991 Year
  • Johann Sebastian$19.991 Month
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  • Johann Sebastian$199.991 Year
One-time1
  • ProLifetime$49.99
1 purchases

Calm Loop

One-time1
  • Calm Loop ProFree

Questions

Is ChordBaker free?
ChordBaker is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Calm Loop free?
Calm Loop is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChordBaker or Calm Loop have ads?
Neither ChordBaker nor Calm Loop shows ads.
Which is updated more often, ChordBaker or Calm Loop?
ChordBaker ships an update every 2 days, and Calm Loop every 2 months. Most recently, ChordBaker was updated on October 30, 2026 and Calm Loop on October 30, 2026.

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