Piano Chords and Scales vs StringMaster Uke
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Piano Chords and Scales
Explore chords, scales, and progressions to compose music. Visualize musical structures on a virtual piano and staff, with interactive tools and audio playback. Ideal for musicians of all levels seeking inspiration and understanding.
- Chord and scale collections
- Song composer with recommendations
- Virtual piano and staff views
- Audio playback
- Interactive circle of fifths
- MIDI in/out support
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Chords and Scales let you explore chords, scales, and chord progressions and compose songs intuitively and interactively. It is helpful for musicians, from beginners to experts, and allows you to understand musical structures and find inspiration. All chords and scales can be played ascending, descending, and harmonically and are shown on virtual piano and staff. The root note and inversion of the chords can easily be changed. App also includes a song composer that allows you to easily layout chord progressions and recommends chords based on selected scales. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Features Large chord collection; Large scale collection; Chord progressions collection; Song composer with chord recommendations Audio playback support for everything; Piano view for chords and scales Staff View for chords and scales Find chords by the root and inversion, notes on the staff or piano keys; Find scales by the root or piano keys; Interactive circle of fifths; MIDI in and out support; Scale fingerings for both hands. Simple and intuitive. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- User Reviews I'm a piano teacher of 15 years and have more and more students who want to play chords and improvise. This app is a perfect resource for them. I like it because it's thorough but, at the same time, straightforward. I am new to piano and familiar with some scales and chord progressions, but this app will help me to understand and explore various combinations. I pair this app with additional learning material online to help me fully understand the math/science behind music. This app is excellent for understanding scales, chords, chord progressions, and the circle of fifths. I like the easy-to-use interface. It only includes standard scales and chords. I have another app with many complicated and confusing scales that I've never heard of, much less can pronounce. I just wanted something to show me the standard scales and chords, which this app does. It also sounds like a chord or scale. It gives you so much when you’re stuck composing. I’m relatively new to music theory, and this makes everything I’ve been learning about chords super clear. I have taught piano for 33 years. This is the best app for any level of the student. It is so easy to use; kids love it when I use the iPad in their lessons. Piano Chords and Scales Privacy Policy: https://www.chordsandscales.app/privacy.html Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
StringMaster Uke
This app is a comprehensive tool for ukulele players of all levels, offering features like chord building, scale visualization, and a built-in tuner and metronome. It aids in learning notes, songwriting, and exploring alternate tunings.
- Chord building and detection
- Scale visualization
- Chromatic tuner
- Metronome
- Fretboard learning
- Songwriting assistance
- Alternate tuning support
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Introducing StringMaster Uke, part of the StringMaster family of applications that represent the pinnacle of advanced music applications for iPad and Mac, tailored for musicians ranging from relative beginners to seasoned ukulele players. The StringMaster family has five versions catering to diverse needs with StringMaster Uke providing most of the features of the Pro version, with the exception of instruments other than Ukulele, Instrument Comparison, Fretlight Guitar support and the Jam/MIDI capability, though in app upgrades are available for these features. Unlock a world of possibilities with support for chord building and detection, chord tones, scales, and songwriting, backed by a chromatic tuner, metronome, fretboard learning, flexible alternate tuning and capo support, and more. Explore the robust capabilities of StringMaster Uke: * Play and discover chords and fingering with natural tones. * Display and play scales, including scale runs up the fretboard. * Visualize chord notes, suggested fingering, and Chord Tones. * Utilize the unique Note Finding capability to learn notes and their relative positions on the fretboard. * Benefit from the integrated Chromatic Tuner and Metronome, playable in the background. * Leverage StringMaster's chord-naming algorithms based on finger positions. * Unleash your creativity with the Song Writer, recommending chord progressions and facilitating songwriting. Experience the next level of musical exploration and education with StringMaster Uke – where versatility meets excellence. Join the global community of musicians who have made StringMaster their go-to app for musical innovation. Download StringMaster Uke now and elevate your musical journey to new heights!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Piano Chords and Scales at Free against StringMaster Uke's $8.99. Piano Chords and Scales also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and ratings volume (9.3K vs 2). StringMaster Uke's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.8) and review sentiment (100% vs 87%). On ads, in-app purchases 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
Piano Chords and Scales is free to download; StringMaster Uke costs $8.99 up front. Piano Chords and Scales sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month and StringMaster Uke sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
StringMaster Uke holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Piano Chords and Scales has 9.3K ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 87% of Piano Chords and Scales's written reviews are positive against 100% of StringMaster Uke's.
Piano Chords and Scales ships an update fortnightly, StringMaster Uke every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on November 9, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Piano Chords and Scales | StringMaster Uke |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $8.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (9.3K ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 86.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 9.3K — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly — better | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 163 MB | 178 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Sincere Apps | Great Apptitude Pty Ltd |
Customer experience
Piano Chords and Scales
StringMaster Uke
Bugs and requests
Piano Chords and Scales
Reported bugs
3 issues- Chord and key selection not working as expected
- Composition mode issues with adding and arranging chords
- Incompatibility issues with newer devices and OS versions
Requested features
6 requests- Add two-octave scale display
- Improve chord progression composition workflow
- Integrate MIDI output for DAW integration
- Add more chord and scale options
- Improve key modulation in composition mode
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- Add search functionality for saved compositions
StringMaster Uke
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Piano Chords and Scales
- Unlock all features$1.991 Month
- Unlock all features weekly$1.997 Days
- Unlock all features$4.991 Month
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- Unlock all features$5.991 Year
- Unlock all features7 Days trial$11.991 Year
- Unlock all features yearly$11.991 Year
- Unlock all features yearly7 Days trial$14.991 Year
- Full Unlock Lifetime Special$9.99
- Full Unlock Lifetime$24.99
- Unlock all features lifetime$34.99
StringMaster Uke
- Enable All Instruments$6.99
- StringMaster Pro Upgrade$8.99
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