Comparison

Jazzlore Chords vs Waveguide Flute

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

Head to head
About

Jazzlore Chords

Features
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The chords every jazz musician should know, drawn and played. Most chord apps are encyclopedias โ€” thousands of chords, hundreds of variations, an entry for every alteration you'll never use. Jazzlore Chords is the opposite: a focused reference for the chords that actually appear on every page of every real book. The ones you need to recognize on sight, hear in your inner ear, and voice without thinking. Both notations, side by side. Cmaj7 and Cโ–ณ. C-7 and Cm7. We show you both because the jazz world uses both, and pretending otherwise is how students get confused at jam sessions. Audio for every voicing. Tap to hear the chord played cleanly, in a register that lets you sing the changes back. Staff notation. See the chord written out, not just labelled. Reading is part of the practice. Clean, distraction-free interface. Large, legible, dark by default. Made to sit on top of the piano while you work. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no analytics. The app does one thing โ€” show you the chord, sound the chord, get out of the way. Part of the Jazzlore family of jazz reference apps. Free, open source, ad-free, made for musicians.

About

Waveguide Flute

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Waveguide Flute turns your iPad or iPhone into a physically modeled wind instrument โ€” a Cook/STK-style waveguide flute you play from an on-screen piano roll or a MIDI wind controller (EWI). FEATURES โ€ข Authentic waveguide physical modeling โ€” not a sample library โ€ข Deep Sound page: shape jet ratio, reflection, loop damping, noise, and more โ€ข Expression controls for live performance: blow intensity, breathiness, pitch bend, auto-vibrato โ€ข Built-in reverb with 7 factory spaces โ€ข On-screen piano roll with velocity and breath control โ€ข Full MIDI support โ€” notes, breath (CC#2), pitch bend โ€ข Compatible with Akai EWI and other MIDI wind controllers that send breath and pitch bend โ€ข Remembers your last settings, with one-tap reset to defaults โ€ข Bluetooth MIDI support, plus a configurable Breath Control input (Mod Wheel or custom CC) for keyboard players without a wind controller Play it like a real wind instrument: breathe into the sound, bend pitch, add vibrato โ€” all rendered by a genuine physical model, not recordings.

Screenshots

Jazzlore Chords4 screens
Waveguide Flute2 screens

Verdict

The call

Jazzlore Chords and Waveguide Flute are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters โ€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them โ€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price ยท Rating ยท Positive reviews ยท Number of ratings ยท Update frequency ยท Ads ยท In-app purchases ยท Monetization ยท Best chart rank ยท Devices ยท Requires iOS

CostPrice ยท In-app purchases ยท Ads ยท Monetization

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

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Jazzlore Chords versus Waveguide Flute: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterJazzlore ChordsWaveguide Flute
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyโ€”Every 3 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS16.0 โ€” better17.0
Further details โ€” not scored
Size8 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAurelien FontaineTomonori Yamasaki

In-app purchases

None

Jazzlore Chords

No in-app purchases

None

Waveguide Flute

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Jazzlore Chords free?
Jazzlore Chords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Waveguide Flute free?
Waveguide Flute is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Jazzlore Chords or Waveguide Flute have ads?
Neither Jazzlore Chords nor Waveguide Flute shows ads.

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