Clear Chords vs Gelato Synth
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Clear Chords
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Clear Chords is a simple offline live chord accompaniment app for singing. Open the app, choose a key, pick a style and tempo, then tap large chord pads while you sing. It is made for quick musical accompaniment, not complex production. Acoustic Guitar First Clear Chords focuses on acoustic guitar-style accompaniment. Choose steel-string guitar for a bright strumming sound or nylon guitar for a softer fingerpicking sound. Live Chord Pads The main screen gives you large chord buttons for common chords in the selected key. Tap a chord for a short gesture, hold a chord to keep the accompaniment going, or use Lock when you want both hands free. Rhythm Styles Pick from practical accompaniment styles such as Slow Rock, Slow Rock Pinch, Ballad, Boston, Bolero, Rumba, Waltz, Foxtrot, Cha-Cha, Tango, Pop, and Simple Strum. Each style shows its meter and feel, so you can choose the rhythm that fits your song. Features • Offline acoustic guitar accompaniment • Large touch-friendly chord pads • Key selector for common singing keys • Rhythm style selector with meter and feel • Adjustable tempo • Hold or lock a chord to keep playing • Stop button always within reach • Volume control • Steel and nylon acoustic guitar sounds • Clean landscape-friendly layout • No account, no cloud, no complex editor For Singing Practice Use Clear Chords when you want a simple backing instrument for vocal practice, warmups, casual singing, or trying different keys. For Song Ideas Quickly test how a melody feels over common chords without opening a DAW or building a full song arrangement. Clear Chords keeps the experience focused: choose key, choose style, tap chords, and sing.
Gelato Synth
This music creation app makes it easy to play and compose, ensuring every note is in key. Explore a variety of sounds, play chords with a single tap, and record your musical ideas with multi-layer looping.
- Play in key with automatic scale and chord adjustments
- FM synthesis with two oscillators, LFO, and effects
- Chord mode for one-finger chord playing
- Multi-track looping recorder
- Customizable sound library
- Import custom drum hits
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Gelato Synth is a chunky, friendly synthesizer for iPhone. Pick a sound, tap the big pads, and it sounds good straight away, because every note is already in key. NEVER PLAY A WRONG NOTE Choose a key and a scale and the pads rebuild themselves. Every button is a note that fits. Slide across them, hold them, stack them. You cannot hit a clunker. MAKE A SOUND THAT IS YOURS Real FM synthesis with two oscillators, noise, an envelope, a filter, an LFO and effects, all on big sliders you can understand. Watch the wave change on the scope as you move them. Start from one of 52 sounds or from a blank slate. PLAY CHORDS WITH A BUTTON Switch to Chords and the pads become the chords of your key: triads, sevenths, ninths, sus and power chords. Whole chords under every finger. RECORD YOUR IDEA Tap record for a quick take, or set a tempo and a beat and loop it. Add another layer on top with +1, up to eight, each with its own sound. Mute, balance and share the mix. BUILD YOUR LIBRARY Save the sounds you make into My Sounds and they are there next time. Drop your own drum hits into the Files app and the beats use them. WHAT IS FREE Notes mode with every scale, a handful of sounds in each category with all the sliders, and quick record. THE FULL LIBRARY One purchase, yours forever: chord buttons, every sound, the loop recorder with beats and layers, and saving your own sounds. No subscription, no ads, no account. Gelato Synth is made by a tiny team who wanted a synth their friends could pick up without a manual. Questions and ideas: hello@gelatoaudio.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Clear Chords at none against Gelato Synth's 1. Clear Chords also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support 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
Both are free to download. Gelato Synth sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Clear Chords asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Clear Chords | Gelato Synth |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Space 64 LLC | Cerrone LLC |
In-app purchases
Clear Chords
No in-app purchases
Gelato Synth
- Full Gelato Synth$4.99









