Tonality Visualizer vs ChordScope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tonality Visualizer
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Tonality Visualizer is an interactive polar-pitch map that displays musical notes on a rotating disk. You can connect a MIDI keyboard or open a MIDI file — every note appears in real time. The app helps you see harmony, motion, and chord relationships, even without formal music theory. Main Features •MIDI Input: visualize notes directly from your keyboard or MIDI device. •MIDI File Playback / Trainer Mode: play or practice chord by chord. •Live Sound Option: enable/disable the built-in synth for input playback. •Physics-based Disk Rotation: the disk moves naturally according to musical torque. •Simple UI: switch between water-fixed / disk-fixed anchors, toggle UI visibility, bilingual JP/EN. Perfect for music learners, creators, and anyone who wants to “see” sound. Privacy No data collection. All processing happens locally on your device. License Open-source under the MIT License. Source code available on GitHub. Supported Formats •.mid / .midi files (Format 0 / 1) •CoreMIDI device input
ChordScope
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ChordScope visualizes harmony in real time from MIDI input. Connect a MIDI keyboard or controller and play. ChordScope detects the chord you’re playing and highlights the corresponding notes on a one-octave piano keyboard. Notes that belong to the chord’s scale are shown clearly, making harmonic relationships easy to understand at a glance. Ideal for musicians, composers, and learners, ChordScope provides immediate visual feedback to help you explore chords and progressions as you play.
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Verdict
Tonality Visualizer and ChordScope are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.
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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Tonality Visualizer | ChordScope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 39 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yusuke Yoshida | Timo Seeberger |
In-app purchases
Tonality Visualizer
No in-app purchases
ChordScope
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tonality Visualizer free?
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Do Tonality Visualizer or ChordScope have ads?
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