Comparison

Mini Chord Sketch vs Tako Kick

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

Head to head
About

Mini Chord Sketch

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Mini Chord Sketch is a simple chord sheet and practice notebook for musicians. Create songs with lyrics, chords, sections, tempo, key, capo, time signature, and strumming patterns. Use it while practicing guitar or piano, preparing a setlist, sketching song ideas, or keeping your personal chord sheets organized. Features: • Create and edit chord sheets • Organize songs with sections such as verse, chorus, intro, bridge, solo, and more • Add chords above lyric lines • Transpose songs instantly • View active chords used in each song • See guitar chord diagrams • See piano chord diagrams • Set BPM, time signature, capo, and strumming pattern • Use the built-in metronome • Import plain text or ChordPro-style chord sheets • Preview songs in a clean read-only layout • Export and share songs as PDF • Track practice progress per song • Save practice sessions with duration, status, target BPM, and notes • Reset practice progress without deleting the song Mini Chord Sketch is designed to be lightweight, focused, and easy to use. It does not try to replace a full music production app. Instead, it gives songwriters, students, teachers, and hobby musicians a fast way to keep chord ideas and practice notes in one place. Your songs stay personal. The app does not include ads, analytics, or tracking.

About

Tako Kick

This app is an eight-voice generative drum machine that creates complex polyrhythms. Users can independently shape each voice's rhythm and sound, build evolving grooves, and explore synthesized kits. It offers performance controls and the ability to save and share presets.

Highlights
  • Eight-voice generative drum machine
  • Independent voice shaping
  • Synthesized drum kits
  • Evolving groove creation
  • Performance and mixing controls
  • Preset saving and sharing
  • AUv3 instrument support
Features
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What if an octopus could play drums? Tako Kick is an eight-voice generative drum machine excelling in musical polyrhythms. Shape each voice independently, tuning its rhythm and sound across a range of synthesized kits. Build evolving grooves with pattern, density, pitch, accents, and feel controls. Explore each kit’s timbre, and add movement with built-in modulation sources. Keep rhythm and sound independent in each voice's left and right columns - change the timbre without affecting the beat, or change both at once. Performance controls allow interactive mixing/soloing/muting, and global control over drum assignments and pitch. Save and share complete presets to recall your rhythm, tuning, modulation, kit, and mix settings. Presets can be dynamically loaded for another element of in-time performance. Play Tako Kick standalone on iPhone and iPad, or load it as an AUv3 instrument in AUM and other compatible hosts. Sync to the host and use it with MIDI. Tako Kick is a tactile rhythm instrument for finding grooves. Use it to practice drums, get ideas, make beats, or just to have fun.

Screenshots

Mini Chord Sketch4 screens
Tako Kick4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tako Kick at monthly against Mini Chord Sketch's every 3 months. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Mini Chord Sketch ships an update every 3 months, Tako Kick monthly. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Mini Chord Sketch versus Tako Kick: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMini Chord SketchTako Kick
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (5 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—5 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCetin KELESRadii Research

In-app purchases

None

Mini Chord Sketch

No in-app purchases

None

Tako Kick

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Mini Chord Sketch free?
Mini Chord Sketch is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tako Kick free?
Tako Kick is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Mini Chord Sketch or Tako Kick have ads?
Neither Mini Chord Sketch nor Tako Kick shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Mini Chord Sketch or Tako Kick?
Mini Chord Sketch ships an update every 3 months, and Tako Kick monthly. Most recently, Mini Chord Sketch was updated on October 31, 2026 and Tako Kick on October 31, 2026.

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