Comparison

DataCifra vs Charango

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

Head to head
About

DataCifra

Organize chord sheets, build setlists, and manage your music library offline. Features include smart transposition, hands-free scrolling with Bluetooth pedals, and an integrated recorder. Perfect for musicians performing live or in rehearsals.

Highlights
  • Organize chord sheets by tags
  • Build and reorder setlists
  • Smart transposition with key signature adjustment
  • Hands-free scrolling with Bluetooth pedal support
  • Integrated song recorder and backing track import
  • One-tap import from chord websites
  • Flexible export options (PDF, TXT, DTCX)
Features
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Your setlist, always ready. Offline. No subscription. No ads. DataCifra is the iPhone and iPad app professional and amateur musicians use to organize chord sheets, build setlists, and play with confidence on stage, at rehearsal, or at church. Your chord sheets, setlists, transposition, scrolling, recordings, and other essential features work offline — with no ads interrupting your flow. CHORD SHEETS ORGANIZED BY TAGS Classify your songs by Gospel, Rock, Pop, Worship, or any category that makes sense to you. Combine filters and find any chord sheet in seconds. Favorite the ones you use most. SETLISTS IN THE RIGHT ORDER Build your lists in show, rehearsal, or worship order. Duplicate, drag to reorder, and navigate between songs with swipe or Bluetooth pedal. Export your full setlist as PDF. SMART TRANSPOSITION Change the key and the app automatically chooses between sharps (#) and flats (b) based on the actual key signature. No more wrong enharmonic conversions. BUILT FOR PLAYING A redesigned chord-chart viewer optimized for iPhone and iPad, with portrait and landscape modes, full screen, fast navigation, transposition, continuous scrolling, and page mode. Connect a Bluetooth foot pedal or external keyboard for hands-free control. YOUTUBE & BUILT-IN RECORDER Keep reference videos and audio connected to each song. Add YouTube videos, record rehearsals or ideas directly in the app, and import MP3 or M4A audio files for practice or backing tracks. SMART IMPORT Import songs from Files or supported websites using the built-in import center. Paste a link and DataCifra can automatically extract information such as title, artist, chords, and lyrics from supported websites. You can also import DTCX, DTC, TXT, ZIP files and full backups. FLEXIBLE EXPORT Export as formatted PDF, clean TXT, native DTCX, or full list in ZIP. Share via AirDrop, Telegram, WhatsApp, email, or any app. FULL-FEATURED EDITOR Chord shortcut bar on keyboard, artist suggestions while typing, and automatic saving every 10 seconds. SECURE BACKUP Manual backup with included recordings or online backup of your songs. Send by email or save to Files. Keep your collection protected. LIGHT & DARK MODE Switch with a tap. The chord chart and interface adapt instantly — dark mode is perfect for dimly lit stages. DETAILS THAT MATTER • Real-time search by title, artist, or lyric excerpt • Font size adjustable and remembered per song • Alphabetical index for large collections • Previous/next navigation with swipe or pedal • Duplicate songs and lists • Configurable sound and haptic feedback • Accessibility support • Integrated help • Import and export to DataCifra on Windows (Portuguese-Brazilian version sold separately) ONE-TIME PURCHASE — NO SUBSCRIPTION Pay once, use forever. No recurring charges, no hidden "Pro" tier, no ads. All features included. Built for musicians who mean it.

About

Charango

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Tune the charango, play it and learn it, all in one app. The tuner shows you the headstock and marks the peg to turn, four courses take you from holding it to real huayno and cueca, ten practice drills train your ear, hands and timing, 168 chords show you how each one sits on the charango's five courses, and a songbook of 37 songs puts them to work. Then it hands you the instrument. In Simulation the charango is on your screen: strum across the strings, or touch one to pluck it. • Tuner: the headstock on screen with the peg to turn marked, a live needle that never flashes "in tune" early, and nine tunings: temple natural, temple diablo, the transposed temples, and the ronroco and walaycho sizes • Songbook: 37 songs, huaynos, carnavalitos, pasillos, zambas and more, with the chords for every bar and a play-along • Learn: four charango courses (46 lessons), from your first strum to repertoire-level idiom • Practice: ten drills: ear training, melodic dictation, fretboard, intervals, chord changes, timing, rhythm, scales, sight reading and a strum trainer with Andean rhythms (huayno, saya, cachimbo, rin chilote, the repique and the chasquido) • Chords: 168 chords (12 roots, 14 types), up to three fingerings each, and Fingering: every grip finger by finger, with a drill to form the shapes • Simulation: a charango you can play, pluck a string, strum all ten or palm-mute the chasquido • Tools: metronome, drone, scales, chord and scale, circle of fifths, capo and transpose, practice recorder, overtones and String Health • 12 colour palettes, light and dark themes, left-handed mode Everything is included: no subscription, no account and nothing to buy inside the app. It all works offline, and Charango collects no data: see the App Privacy section on this page.

Screenshots

DataCifra4 screens
Charango4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Charango at every 2 weeks against DataCifra's every 6 weeks. DataCifra's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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

DataCifra costs $7.99 and Charango $7.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

DataCifra ships an update every 6 weeks, Charango every 2 weeks. Both last shipped on October 26, 2026.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
DataCifra versus Charango: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDataCifraCharango
Price$7.99$7.99
Rating4.6 (61 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews85.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings61 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 weeksEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB38 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEdson Pieczarka JrByteHaven Studios

In-app purchases

None

DataCifra

No in-app purchases

None

Charango

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is DataCifra free?
DataCifra costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Charango free?
Charango costs $7.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do DataCifra or Charango have ads?
Neither DataCifra nor Charango shows ads.
Which is updated more often, DataCifra or Charango?
DataCifra ships an update every 6 weeks, and Charango every 2 weeks. Most recently, DataCifra was updated on October 26, 2026 and Charango on October 26, 2026.

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