Comparison

Chordyne vs Songometry

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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)
Features
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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.

About

Songometry

Features
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YOUR MUSIC TOOLKIT Songometry brings 29 practical tools into one focused workspace for musicians, songwriters, guitarists, composers and producers. TEMPO & RHYTHM Practise with an audio-clocked metronome, tap a tempo, convert BPM to milliseconds and calculate delay or reverb timing. Convert bars to time, plan tempo changes and calculate sample time-stretch ratios. CHORDS, KEYS & GUITAR Transpose chord progressions, calculate capo positions and compare likely keys. Explore chord progressions, identify chords from notes, browse scales and modes, navigate the Circle of Fifths and analyse progressions with Roman numerals. Check how a song fits a vocal range. AUDIO & PRODUCTION Tune one note at a time with the microphone tuner and reference tones. Analyse an audio file locally for tempo and key estimates. Convert frequency and note values, calculate pitch-related playback ratios and estimate audio file sizes. SONGWRITING & RELEASE PLANNING Calculate song duration, build a section timeline and follow a release metadata checklist. Model royalty and streaming revenue, publishing splits and release break-even targets with clear assumptions. Core tools work offline and no account is required. Audio analysis happens on your device. Tempo, key and revenue estimates are references to check against your music and actual circumstances. Free download with advertising for eligible adults and an optional one-time Remove Ads purchase. No subscription. Users under 18 and users who leave their age unspecified receive no ads. Advertising, purchases and Restore Purchases require an internet connection. The app interface and tool guidance are currently in English. Game interface in English.

Screenshots

Chordyne2 screens
Songometry4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chordyne at none against Songometry's 1. Chordyne also leads on ads (none vs shown) and device support (3 vs 1). On price, update cadence and iOS requirement 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. Songometry sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Chordyne asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chordyne ships an update every 10 days, Songometry every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Chordyne versus Songometry: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordyneSongometry
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 10 daysEvery 9 days — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.016.0
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndreas WendorfAlexis Glorieux

In-app purchases

None

Chordyne

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Songometry

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$7.99

Questions

Is Chordyne free?
Chordyne is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Songometry free?
Songometry is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Chordyne or Songometry have ads?
Songometry shows ads; Chordyne does not.
Which is updated more often, Chordyne or Songometry?
Chordyne ships an update every 10 days, and Songometry every 9 days. Most recently, Chordyne was updated on October 24, 2026 and Songometry on October 17, 2026.

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