Comparison

ChordSaver vs Pedal Book

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

Head to head
About

ChordSaver

Features
Currently charting
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ChordSaver turns any chord chart on the web into a clean, stage-ready song your whole band can play from โ€” no more squinting at cluttered tab sites or fighting with ad-covered pages mid-set. IMPORT ANY SONG IN SECONDS Paste a link from Ultimate Guitar, Cifra Club, or almost any chord/tab site, and ChordSaver strips out the ads, tablature, and stray text automatically โ€” leaving just the chords and lyrics, cleanly aligned and ready to play. Chords are detected and color-highlighted automatically, even in tricky notations, and in Spanish, Portuguese, and English chord sheets. BUILD YOUR SHOWS Group songs into Shows โ€” one per gig, rehearsal, or set list. Reorder songs with a tap, and copy or move any song between shows when your setlist changes. Add a new song mid-rehearsal and the list scrolls right to it. PLAY WITH CONFIDENCE ON STAGE โ€ข Auto-scroll glides through the song at your speed โ€” swipe anytime to jump ahead or back without breaking the flow. โ€ข Stage Mode goes full-screen with high-contrast text built for stage lighting, and keeps your screen awake for the whole set. โ€ข Jump to the previous or next song in your show without ever leaving the reader. โ€ข Transpose on the fly and zoom the text to whatever's comfortable from where you're standing. EDIT EVERYTHING YOUR WAY Didn't come out perfect? Open the built-in editor to fix the text, chords, or song info by hand. Title and artist swapped on import? One tap fixes it. Made a change you regret? Revert to the original imported version anytime. SHARE A WHOLE SHOW WITH YOUR BAND Send an entire show โ€” every song, every chord, every order โ€” to your bandmates in one share. Everyone shows up with the exact same setlist, so nobody's scrambling for the right key or the right song order at soundcheck. A GUITAR TUNER, BUILT RIGHT IN Tune up without leaving the app. Built for iPhone and iPad, with a clean dark interface designed for rehearsal rooms and stage lighting alike. ChordSaver โ€” your chords, ready for stage.

About

Pedal Book

Features
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Your pedal settings, saved for good. Dial in a tone on an analog pedal and it's gone the moment you touch the knobs again - unless you write it down, or try to remember it. Pedal Book fixes that. Build a digital copy of your analog pedals, and dial in the settings to match your favourite sounds, then save for later! -- HOW IT WORKS -- BUILD YOUR OWN PEDALS - Replicate your analog pedals by taking a photo or building them from scratch - Place knobs, footswitches, toggles, sliders, and labels exactly where they appear on your pedals - Start from a classic stompbox preset with a working on/off LED - Unlock sparkle, metallic, and hand-painted finishes with Premium CAPTURE YOUR SETTINGS - Match knob, switch, and slider settings to your actual guitar pedals - Save the tone to your library to access whenever needed - Add what guitar, amp, and other gear you used - Organize tones into folders you'll actually use - Unlock unlimited tones with premium SAVE YOUR SIGNAL CHAIN - Lay out your pedals on a pedalboard to save entire signal chains - Create different pedalboards for different occasions (i.e. gig, home, studio, etc...) TRACK YOUR GEAR - Log every guitar, amp, and pedal you own - Tie your gear directly to the tones you save YOUR DATA STAYS YOURS - No account, no sign-up, no cloud - Everything stays on your device โ€” nowhere else Free to use, with room to grow: Free tier - 3 Pedals, 5 Tones, 1 Pedalboard. Pro tier - 10 Pedals, 25 Tones, 3 pedalboards. Premium - Unlimited Pedals, Tones, and Pedalboards + NO ADS + Custom Pedal Finishes. Just want the ads gone? That's available on its own too.

Screenshots

ChordSaver4 screens
Pedal Book4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Pedal Book at Free against ChordSaver's $2.99. Pedal Book also leads on update cadence (daily vs weekly). ChordSaver's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and ads (none vs shown). On device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.

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

Pedal Book is free to download; ChordSaver costs $2.99 up front. Pedal Book sells 4 one-off in-app purchases. ChordSaver asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChordSaver ships an update weekly, Pedal Book daily. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences ยท 2 level
ChordSaver versus Pedal Book: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordSaverPedal Book
Price$2.99Free โ€” better
Update frequencyWeeklyDaily โ€” better
AdsNo โ€” betterYes
In-app purchasesNo โ€” betterYes
Best chart rank#176 โ€” betterโ€”
DevicesiPhone, iPad โ€” betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.0 โ€” better17.6
Further details โ€” not scored
Size2 MB32 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJuan ToranMalcolm Lowy

In-app purchases

None

ChordSaver

No in-app purchases

4 purchases

Pedal Book

One-time4
  • Remove Ads$1.99
  • Premium Upgrade$3.00
  • Pro$6.99
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  • Premium$9.99

Questions

Is ChordSaver free?
ChordSaver costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pedal Book free?
Pedal Book is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do ChordSaver or Pedal Book have ads?
Pedal Book shows ads; ChordSaver does not.
Which is updated more often, ChordSaver or Pedal Book?
ChordSaver ships an update weekly, and Pedal Book daily. Most recently, ChordSaver was updated on October 29, 2026 and Pedal Book on October 31, 2026.

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