n vs ChordsVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
n
This music tool offers precise tempo control with a visual wheel or tap input. It supports various time signatures and can run in the background, allowing practice with other instrument apps. Additional features like vibration and camera flash are available via in-app purchase.
- Sample-accurate metronome
- Visual metronome wheel
- Tap tempo input
- Background audio support
- Import/export tempo tracks
- Save and recall settings
- Optional in-app purchase features
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Never miss a beat with the sample accurate n-Track Metronome. Choose your tempo spinning the big metronome wheel or tapping with you finger. Practice with your instrument by setting the metronome to any tempo and time signature you want to use, from classical music to rock rhythms. Main features: • Extreme precision: higher than 1/40000 of a second • Turn the visual mode on to make the wheel flash with the tempo, very useful when you play in noisy places • Activate background audio to leave the metronome on while you play with some other instrument app • You can even easily import and export your tempo tracks to n-Track Studio for iOS, Mac and Windows via iTunes file sharing • Easily save and recall your settings with the touch of a button • The app includes a quick tutorial explaining the main user interface elements. Additional features available via in-app purchase: • Automate tempo and time signature changes, program full songs or exercise by automatically increasing the tempo as time progresses • Enable vibration on the beat • Enable camera flash light to follow the tempo • Add a reverb effect to the metronome sound or boost the metronome volume with an integrated audio limiter effect
ChordsVault
Create, design, and share guitar and instrument chords and songs. This app offers flexibility for transcribers and performers, allowing on-the-fly chord design, reuse, sharing, and transposition to different keys, tunings, and instruments.
- Create and design chords
- Share songs and chords
- Reuse chords between songs
- Transpose songs to different keys
- Support for various instruments and tunings
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ChordsVault is the mobile entry into the ChordsVault portal for creating, designing and sharing guitar (and other instruments) chords and songs. ChordsVault is easy to use but provides great flexibility for songs transcribers and song readers / performers. Unlike many other sites, ChordsVault lets you design chords on the fly, reuse chords between songs, share songs and chords, and transpose songs to different keys, tunings and instruments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ChordsVault at none against n's 1. ChordsVault also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.7) and update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months). n's advantage is ratings volume (121 vs 1). 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. n sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ChordsVault asks for nothing beyond the download.
ChordsVault holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: n has 121 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
n ships an update every 6 months, ChordsVault every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | n | ChordsVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (121 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 121 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 8.1 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | n-Track S.r.l. | Volicsoftware, Inc. |
Customer experience
n
ChordsVault
In-app purchases
n
- n-Track Metronome Pro$2.99
ChordsVault
No in-app purchases









