ECD Tunes vs Live Chords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ECD Tunes
This app provides a digital library for English Country Dance musicians, allowing them to organize and access sheet music. It supports various file formats and lets users create and share event schedules.
- Digital sheet music library
- Supports PDF, GIF, TIF, PNG
- Add custom music volumes
- Capture images via camera
- Create and share events
- AirDrop and email sharing
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ECD Tunes is meant for English Country Dance musicians. It contains a copy of the Blue and Red Barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of music by creating ZIP archives of PDF, GIF, TIF, and PNG files. Users can also capture images using their iPad's camera and image library. Events can be created and shared via AirDrop, email, and file sharing apps. You can find instructions for this app at http://www.TransportedProductions.com/iDeas
Live Chords
This app listens to music and automatically identifies the chords being played. It's a useful tool for musicians looking to learn songs by ear or understand musical structure.
- Real-time chord detection
- Listens to music and identifies chords
- Useful for learning songs
- Helps understand musical structure
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Magically guess the current playing chord as you hear it!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Live Chords at Free against ECD Tunes's $40.99. Live Chords also leads on device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (6.1 vs 17.6). ECD Tunes's advantage is rating (4.0 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On 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
Live Chords is free to download; ECD Tunes costs $40.99 up front. Live Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. ECD Tunes asks for nothing beyond the download.
ECD Tunes holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 2.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 6 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of ECD Tunes's written reviews are positive against 33% of Live Chords's.
| Parameter | ECD Tunes | Live Chords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $40.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (3 ratings) — better | 2.8 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 35 months | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 6.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 41 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Transported Productions | Major Seven Lab |
Customer experience
ECD Tunes
Live Chords
In-app purchases
ECD Tunes
No in-app purchases
Live Chords
- Remove ads$0.99
