Chords Maestro vs ScaleMaster Pro
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chords Maestro
Master chords for 7 instruments, including piano and guitar, with this comprehensive reference and learning tool. Explore, hear, and play chords, adapting them to your vocal range or desired key. Ideal for songwriters, teachers, and hobbyists.
- 7 instrument support (piano, guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin, balalaika)
- View chords as notes, tabs, keys, diagrams, and photos
- Hear chords with original instrument sounds
- Adapt chord progressions to vocal range or key
- Left and Right-Handed Support
- High-Resolution Interface
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Unlock your musical potential with Chords Maestro — the complete chord reference and learning tool for beginners and professionals. Master 7 Instruments in One App: Piano, Guitar, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo, Mandolin and Balalaika! Whether you are composing, arranging, or practicing, this powerful app helps you explore, hear, and play chords across multiple instruments with ease. Key Features: + Switch between all the 7 Instruments INSTANTLY (piano, guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, mandolin & balalaika) + View chords as notes (for piano), tabs (for string instruments), keys, string diagrams & photos, and hear them with the original instrument sounds + Adapt chord progressions to your vocal range or desired key + Left and Right-Handed Support + High-Resolution Interface: Clean & professional design Chords Maestro is ideal for: + Songwriters needing quick, accurate chord references + Music teachers and students creating learning materials + Hobbyists building chord sheets or songbooks + Beginners + Digital creators Praised by Musicians Around the World: + “The best app for putting chords on a sheet. Easy to create songbooks with chords and lyrics”. (by Mykindaguy) + “Unbeatable... saves so much work”. (by palo12) + “Essential for every beginner and music lover” (by jsevillamar) + “Great app. Ideal for searching and creating chord sheets”. (by azertyqwerty2014) One-time purchase! No subscriptions! Just powerful, easy-to-use tools to support your music journey! Get Chords Maestro today and start creating your best music!
ScaleMaster Pro
Learn musical scales on your instrument with visual aids and adjustable tempo. Explore different scales, save your practice sessions, and discover new sounds for improvisation. Adapts to various instruments and tunings.
- Learn scales in notation and on instrument
- Adjustable tempo for practice
- Save custom scale documents
- Support for piano, guitar, bass, and more
- Custom tunings
- All common clefs for reading practice
- Scale transposition
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Just started piano lessons? Or maybe you picked up that cool looking headless guitar from an auction site and surprise, it's a baritone and in D! Or perhaps you've been playing violin for a while, but that new piece has you wondering about the harmonic minor scale. And if you picked up a mandolin this time instead of yet another guitar, you certainly want to see how your favorite pentatonic is played on that slim fretboard. Starting out can be rough, but learning continues as our interests evolve and that is fantastic. ScaleMaster is your go-to companion for learning scales on your instrument, and no matter how we look at it, scales will remain an essential part of our musical journey as beginners or professionals. Seeing any scale in music notation and on your instrument at the same time is pretty cool. No need to translate between the two. The notation shows you what to play, and your instrument shows you where your fingers go. Whether you're just starting out or need a quick reference, it's all right there. As you practice, you'll want to speed things up, slow them down. Maybe you've got your fingers organized after a couple weeks of working that harmonic minor mode, or you're working through a tricky passage. Adjust the tempo and keep pushing yourself. Save your scales too, that E Blues scale you've been working on, the exercises for your band's repertoire, or the scales you're exploring for that chord progression that keeps showing up. Each scale document remembers your instrument and where you left off. And that includes positions because for some of us an F Mixolydian scale looks very different in 5th position than it does in 3rd. But as for help with improvising, this is where ScaleMaster really shines. That Bbm7b5 chord keeps coming up, and you're tired of that same old scale. So, find the scales that work. Hear how they sound, and flip back and forth between different possibilities until something clicks. It's not about memorizing every scale, it's about discovering the ones that speak to you and expanding your vocabulary when you need it. If you're a pianist, you get a full 88-key interface. Guitar players get the 24 frets they want. String players can set custom tunings, that detuned E string on your violin, your new five-string banjo, or that Open D tuning for that one song. And when you're ready to work on reading music, switch clefs and practice with the same scales you know by ear. It all connects. • Over 200 scales from around the world • Scale visualization for your instrument in music notation and schematic • Reference instruments: piano, guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass • Scale documents recording instrument, position and more for current and future reference • Universal transposition of any scale or exercise • All common clefs for reading practice • Dozens of tuning presets There are two main pillars to ScaleMaster Pro - reference and play. Finding good scale options for that old major chord is one thing, evaluating their sound another. For that you can generate scale patterns, change their tempo, key and sound to get a taste for what fluency would get you. Reference - as in reference instruments, alternate tunings, sound and notation alternatives and more. Playing along on the other hand is foremost excellent practice. You can slow things down or crank up the speed - ScaleMaster shows you where the notes are and play along if you want it to. Scales are a central topic for us musicians with many periods of interest. For a while we're into pentatonics but then get caught up in blues scales, church modes, exotic scales and more. ScaleMaster helps keep track and lets you sound things out.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ScaleMaster Pro at $4.99 against Chords Maestro's $8.99. Chords Maestro's advantage is review sentiment (55% vs 42%) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Chords Maestro costs $8.99 and ScaleMaster Pro $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | Chords Maestro | ScaleMaster Pro |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $8.99 | $4.99 — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 54.5% of reviews — better | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 56 MB | 167 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Max Schlee | RoGame Software |
Customer experience
Chords Maestro
ScaleMaster Pro
In-app purchases
Chords Maestro
No in-app purchases
ScaleMaster Pro
No in-app purchases
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