Comparison

StrumForge vs Reflection

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

Head to head
About

StrumForge

Instantly generate countless guitar chord progressions and practice with built-in scales, tempo, and grooves. Explore various chord types and fingerings, and play along with integrated drum patterns. Designed for musicians to focus on playing and songwriting.

Highlights
  • Generate over 425,000 chord progressions
  • Play along with chord diagrams in tempo
  • Solo over progressions with scale diagrams
  • Lock or randomize key
  • Choose chord types (open, barre, triads, power)
  • Built-in drum groove and tempo control
  • Left-handed chord diagram support
Features
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StrumForge brings chord progressions, drum grooves, exercises, scales, triads, and arpeggios together in one practice app. Work on chord changes, build your timing and technique, and practice improvisation with interactive diagrams and built-in playback. Instantly generate over 1 million unique, theory-based chord progressions across every key. Customize your practice loop, choose your guitar sound and rhythm, and play along at your own pace. No ads. No account required to get started. CHORD PROGRESSIONS • Generate theory-based progressions instantly across every key • Choose 2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 chords for focused loops or longer practice sessions • Select your key, mode, chord types, tempo, and guitar sound • Lock individual chords, change their voicings, or replace them manually • Explore open chords, barre chords, triads, and power chords • Add sevenths, suspended chords, and add9 chords • See chord shapes outlined on your scale diagram during playback or chord preview • Build your own progression to practice specific chord changes RHYTHM & DRUMS • Play along with sampled drum grooves that bring your practice to life • Unlock the full collection of 20 grooves with Pro, including rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 • Customize drum parts from light to busy, add fills, and choose a metronome click • Choose guitar strumming patterns independently of the drum groove • Adjust guitar and drum volumes to suit your practice • Save drum settings and guitar strum with each favorite progression TRIADS & ARPEGGIOS • Explore every triad inversion and how shapes connect across the fretboard • Play along with the Triad Trainer to practice changes in time • Learn moveable arpeggios through CAGED chord shapes • Follow animated TAB that highlights each fret as it plays • Adjust playback tempo, direction, and rhythm to suit your practice EXERCISES & RIFFS • Build technique with hundreds of original guitar drills and riffs, from beginner to advanced • Practice picking, scale sequences, legato, slides, bends, blues, and more • Follow guitar playback with synchronized TAB and an animated fretboard • Adjust tempo and key, loop exercises, and use a count-in and metronome • Filter by difficulty, technique, and type, and save your favorites • Tap the lightning bolt to preview Exercises; Pro unlocks the practice controls SCALES & FRETBOARD • Improvise over progressions with matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams • Explore CAGED scale shapes individually or across the full fretboard • Choose note or interval labels and highlight triads or characteristic intervals • Move diagrams to your preferred fretboard position • Explore chord shapes with interval, note, or suggested finger-placement labels • Use left-handed diagrams in portrait or landscape UNLOCK STRUMFORGE PRO • Unlimited progression generation and longer progressions • Musical styles for mood-based generation • All drum grooves, customizable kits, fills, and independent guitar strumming • Triad Trainer and Arpeggio Trainer with animated TAB • Exercises with hundreds of drills and riffs, synchronized TAB, and guitar playback • Advanced scale tools and individual CAGED scale shapes • Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions with scale and rhythm settings • Sync favorites and preferences across devices with an account • Track practice automatically with session stats and streaks • Guitar tuner with popular alternate tunings and reference tones • Metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions, swing, and saved presets • Additional 12-string, overdrive, and arpeggiated guitar sounds • Dark mode and saved practice preferences From focused technique drills to exploring the whole fretboard, StrumForge helps you put music theory into practice—and discover ideas for your own songs along the way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Reflection

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Reflection turns your phone or tablet into a live view of the chords you play, the moment you play them. It's designed for standalone use with a MIDI instrument or piano, or for use with the free Reflection plugin for your DAW. Reflection shows you a giant, easily readable display of the chords you're playing, as you play them, even from across the room. Perfect for anyone with multiple instruments. SEE AND LEARN CHORDS - See and learn chords as you play - Look up any chord by tapping, typing, or your voice - See chords as piano or guitar notation - Play with several instruments and a metronome CONNECT YOUR MUSIC - Connect a MIDI keyboard directly to your phone or tablet - Or use the free Reflection plugin in your DAW with Reflection for Mac or Windows, to mirror what you play to your phone over Wi-Fi - Join another Reflection user, like a teacher, to see what they're playing. Try the code DEMO.

Screenshots

StrumForge4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: StrumForge at 3 against Reflection's —. StrumForge also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 17.0). On price 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. StrumForge sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days and Reflection sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
StrumForge versus Reflection: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStrumForgeReflection
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (58 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings58 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 days—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS15.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size69 MB73 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAdam SpainAdam Baker

In-app purchases

4 purchases

StrumForge

Subscriptions3
  • StrumForge Pro Weekly7 Days trial$2.997 Days
  • StrumForge Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • StrumForge Pro Annual$24.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime Pro$49.99
1 purchases

Reflection

One-time1
  • Reflection Pro$14.99

Questions

Is StrumForge free?
StrumForge is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Reflection free?
Reflection is free to download, with in-app purchases available.

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