Autochords vs Chords Trainer
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Autochords
This app serves as a songwriting aid, offering chord progressions and musical inspiration. It allows users to explore different moods and instruments like guitar, piano, and ukulele to find the perfect sound for their songs. Advanced features are available through an in-app purchase.
- Chord progression generation by mood
- Guitar, piano, and ukulele chord diagrams
- Listen to progressions on chosen instruments
- Play along to full progressions
- Alternative progression suggestions
- Customizable progressions (PRO)
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Autochords is the ultimate songwriting cheat sheet and inspiration machine. Learn how to play chords on guitar, piano, and ukulele. Experiment with various music styles. Just pick a mood and Autochords will show you what to play for your main progression. Play along or just have a listen until you find the perfect chord progression for you. Autochords also suggests “Alternative progressions” that you can use for other sections of the song, like a bridge or backing for a solo. ## Features ## • Dozens of different built-in moods to choose from. • Guitar, Piano, and Ukulele chord diagrams. • Listen to how progressions sound on your chosen instrument. • Play along to full chord progressions. With the PRO in-app-purchase: • Unlock even more progressions. • Build and customize your own progressions. • Export to MIDI. • Keep track of your favorites. • Change the tempo. • Switch between color themes. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Chords Trainer
Learn to recognize and play musical chords quickly. This app offers a comprehensive chord dictionary and practice modes, including games, to enhance your music learning journey. Improve your understanding of chords represented by symbols, notes, or keyboard layouts.
- Comprehensive chord library
- Customizable learning options
- Practice, watch, and game modes
- Intelligent question generation
- Real sample sound
- Chord lookup dictionary
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This app is to help us get familiar with all kinds of chords so that we are able to recognize or play them as quick as possible, no matter they are represented by chord symbols, music notes in the stave, or keyboard keys. Improving this ability will definitely benefit all aspects of our music learning. Also, the app can be used as a dictionary to look up chords. Main Features: • Cover almost all chords we can encounter • Allow to customize the learning by chords' roots, forms, quality, inversion, and voicing (open or closed position, doubling) • Practice mode to learn at our own pace • Watch mode to learn by watching the "chords movie" • Game mode to challenge ourselves and have fun by winning high score, trophies, and medals • Search mode to loop up chords • Questions generated intelligently based on your performance • Intuitive interface • Studio quality real sample sound
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Autochords at Free against Chords Trainer's $2.99. Autochords also leads on review sentiment (84% vs 50%) and ratings volume (4.1K vs 7). Chords Trainer's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 4) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 16.4). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Autochords is free to download; Chords Trainer costs $2.99 up front. Autochords sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. Chords Trainer asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Autochords against 4.7 for Chords Trainer. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Autochords has 4.1K ratings behind it against 7, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Autochords's written reviews are positive against 50% of Chords Trainer's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Autochords | Chords Trainer |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.7 (4.1K ratings) — better | 4.7 (7 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4.1K — better | 7 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.4 | 12.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Astrocode Pty Ltd | Plearn LLC |
Customer experience
Autochords
Chords Trainer
Bugs and requests
Autochords
Reported bugs
2 issues- App freezes up when opened
- Chord progressions don't sound as intended for some moods
Requested features
6 requests- Add augmented chords and more chord variations
- Allow creating progressions with more than 4 chords
- Incorporate different time signatures beyond 4/4
- Add chord inversions and more chord types (7ths, 9ths, etc.)
- Expand chord library beyond just diatonic chords
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- Incorporate arpeggio playback and background drums
Chords Trainer
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Autochords
- PRO Weekly$0.997 Days
- PRO Monthly$2.991 Month
- PRO Annual7 Days trial$12.991 Year
- PRO Lifetime$29.99
Chords Trainer
No in-app purchases
