Hum vs JustChords
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Hum
Capture and organize all your songwriting ideas in one place. This app combines lyric writing, note-taking, and audio recording. Keep your creative output sorted by various tags and backed up to Dropbox.
- Lyric writing
- Note-taking
- Audio recording
- Tagging and sorting
- Dropbox backup and sync
- Built-in tuner
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Hum combines lyric-writing, note-taking, and audio recording into a single app for capturing and organizing all your songwriting ideas. Hum keeps your lyrics and song ideas organized and sortable so you never lose anything again. Hum keeps everything backed up and in sync with Dropbox. • Tag and sort any of your lyrics and riffs by key, tuning, tonality, color, and mood. • Share your ideas via email or iMessage. • Import audio from other apps. • Keep a page of notes for each song, separate from your lyrics. • Play your ideas straight from the library—no need to tap into a song to audition your ideas. • Keep organized with folders • Keep your library backed up and in sync with Dropbox. • Stay in tune with a built-in tuner. If you’ve enjoyed using Hum, please leave a review.
JustChords
Organize your song library with chord charts and lyrics. Create or import songs, sync across devices, and build setlists for live performances. Supports various music notations and audio playback.
- Chord chart and lyric editor
- Import songs from online sources
- iCloud device syncing
- Setlist creation and sharing
- AirPlay lyric projection
- Audio player and recorder
- Support for multiple music notations
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JustChords is your complete tool for cataloging chord charts and lyrics. Create charts from scratch, import them from files, or pull them from online sources — building a library that's always with you, synced across iPhone, iPad and Mac via iCloud. Use JustChords standalone or as an AUv3 plugin in your favorite DAW. FEATURES • Setlists, with sharing and collaboration • Song editor is based on ChordPro and supports chords & lyrics, note sheets (PDF), chord beats, guitar tabs and ABC notation • Change Key, Capo, Piano Transpose, Rewrite into key • Metronome & Tuner • Autoscroll • Guitar, ukulele and piano chord diagrams, including alternate tunings • Audio player & recorder. Attach your tracks from Apple Music, Spotify, YouTube, URL or local file • Project lyrics or a dedicated stage display via AirPlay, with rich configuration options • Bluetooth / MIDI pedal support • Chord Beats — visualize chord duration right in your chords & lyrics, send chord notes over MIDI as they play, and trigger predefined MIDI messages on section changes • Tonic Pad — an ambient backing pad matched to your song's key • PlayTogether — keep your whole band in sync live, hands-free
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: JustChords at Free against Hum's $2.99. JustChords also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.7) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Hum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 7) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.5). On 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
JustChords is free to download; Hum costs $2.99 up front. JustChords sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Hum asks for nothing beyond the download.
JustChords holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: JustChords has 348 ratings behind it against 44, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 81% of Hum's written reviews are positive against 94% of JustChords's.
Hum ships an update every 2 months, JustChords every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Hum | JustChords |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (44 ratings) | 4.9 (348 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 81.1% of reviews | 94.2% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 44 | 348 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 67 MB | 65 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Just Hum | Marek Palka |
Customer experience
Hum
JustChords
Bugs and requests
Hum
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
JustChords
Reported bugs
11 issues- App crashes when importing songs from online sources
- Pinch zoom feature stopped working
- Songs disappearing from library
- App unable to load songs from library in certain conditions
- Multi-column view not functioning on iPad
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- PDF export inconsistently includes/excludes metadata
- Control+S keyboard shortcut non-functional on iPad and desktop
- Choppy scrolling between songs
- Tagging system filters incorrectly (excludes songs with multiple tags)
- Songs won't open when tapped (reported on iPhone 8 with iOS 16.7.4)
- Sticky notes placement requires manual adjustment
Requested features
8 requests- Apple Pencil direct annotation with eraser capability
- Standard tag filtering logic (show songs with selected tags)
- Bluetooth pedal support for song navigation without touching device
- Web-based editor for songs
- Direct in-app sharing to other users
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- Improved documentation and user manual
- Smoother song-to-song scrolling transitions
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Hum
No in-app purchases
JustChords
- Buy me a coffee$0.99
- Nice Chords!$2.99
- Buy me a pineapple$4.99
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- Rock On!$6.99
- Buy me a book$7.99
- Big Thanks!$17.99
- Legendary Support!$44.99









