Chordyne vs KAGARIBI
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chordyne
Create music instantly by pressing chords, with an accompanying band that follows your lead. Record ideas, experiment with moods, and understand music theory intuitively. Perfect for both beginners and experienced musicians.
- Instant chord-based music creation
- AI-powered band accompaniment
- On-the-go recording and looping
- Multiple musical moods and styles
- Intuitive music theory insights
- Cross-device compatibility (iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch)
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The moment it finally clicks. There is a song in your head. Between you and it: learning chords, drilling scales, getting your fingers to obey. By the time you could play it, the idea is long gone. Chordyne turns that around. Pick a chord with your left hand. Play with your right. Everything you touch fits. There are no wrong notes, because none of them are on the surface. Ten seconds in, you sound like someone who has been doing this for years. YOU PLAY, THE BAND FOLLOWS Bass, drums and arpeggios lock onto the chord under your finger. You change it, they come with you, in time, with nothing to set up first. One finger turns into a whole arrangement. YOUR IDEA SURVIVES THE RIDE HOME The best hook shows up on the bus, on the sofa, at half past one in the morning. Record a loop, let it run, stack the next part on top. Four song sections you jump between while you play. What was humming a minute ago is a track now. YOU START HEARING WHY MUSIC WORKS Under every pad sits the role that chord plays in the key. You never have to read it. But one day you notice it anyway, and suddenly you know why that one change in the chorus hits so hard. The borrowed chords are right there for the moment you want to catch people off guard. ONE TAP, A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT MOOD Warm eighties synths. Jazz voicings where every chord sounds like a bar at midnight. A Persian set with notes a piano does not even have. You pick a feeling, and the rest falls in behind it. ALWAYS WITHIN REACH On the iPhone on your commute. On the iPad when you mean business. On the Apple Watch for the melody that arrives while your phone is in your pocket. BUILT AROUND YOUR HANDS Keys you still hit when the bus brakes. Nothing flashes, nothing nags, nothing wants an account from you. Open it, press a chord, go. Whether you have played for thirty years or never held an instrument: after the first minute you will not want to put it down. Made in Germany by Akustikrausch.
KAGARIBI
This music creation tool allows users to shape and understand sound with a powerful synthesizer and an integrated sound anatomy feature. It offers extensive sound design capabilities, MIDI support, and advanced tuning options for both standalone use and as an AUv3 instrument.
- Dual oscillators with analog waveforms and wavetables
- Extensive modulation matrix and effects suite
- Integrated Sound Anatomy for sound explanation
- Support for MPE and MIDI 2.0
- Advanced tuning systems beyond 12-TET
- Offline WAV export
- Live Safe mode for reduced audio dropouts
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Play a sound. Shape it. Understand why it sounds that way. KAGARIBI is a free synthesizer for iPhone and iPad with no ads, tracking, account, or network connection required. Play it standalone or load it as an AUv3 instrument. CREATE YOUR SOUND • Two oscillators with analog waveforms and six wavetable families • Up to seven-voice unison, FM, ring modulation, and hard sync • Six filter types, three envelopes, two LFOs, and an eight-slot modulation matrix • Drive, phaser, chorus, delay, reverb, compressor, and limiter • Arpeggiator and four performance macros UNDERSTAND IT — SOUND ANATOMY Sound Anatomy reads the patch you are playing and explains why it sounds the way it does. Connect what you hear to unison, filters, envelopes, LFOs, effects, and more—without leaving the instrument. PLAY AND PRODUCE • 30 factory presets • Multitouch keyboard, Hold, and Arpeggiator • MPE and MIDI 2.0, plus USB and Bluetooth MIDI input • AUv3 host automation for 95 parameters • One preset library shared between the app and AUv3 • A/B comparison, search, favorites, and a recoverable trash • Offline 48 kHz / 24-bit WAV export BEYOND 12-TET Explore 16 included tunings—from just intonation and Pythagorean to Japanese scales, 19/24/31-EDO, and Bohlen–Pierce. Import Scala .scl and .kbm files and set reference pitch from A=415 to 466 Hz. READY FOR LIVE PLAY Live Safe watches real-time processing headroom and adjusts the voice limit when needed to reduce the risk of audio dropouts. Choose Studio or Offline HQ when the session calls for more detail. Your data stays on your device. KAGARIBI includes no third-party ad SDKs, tracking, or network transmission.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: KAGARIBI at every 2 days against Chordyne's every 10 days. On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Chordyne against 4.5 for KAGARIBI. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively.
Chordyne ships an update every 10 days, KAGARIBI every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chordyne | KAGARIBI |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (2 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 10 days | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Andreas Wendorf | Code and DESIGN inc. |
Customer experience
Chordyne
KAGARIBI
In-app purchases
Chordyne
No in-app purchases
KAGARIBI
No in-app purchases









