Gamelan Gender vs ChordsVault
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gamelan Gender
This app is an iOS implementation of a Balinese Gamelan Gender Wayang, a 10-key metallophone. It offers tunable keys, Inter-App Audio/Audiobus support, and MIDI file playback for learning and practice.
- Inter-App Audio/Audiobus support
- MIDI file player
- Animated keys for learning
- Sampled sound bank
- Customizable key tuning
- Looping and tempo control
- Two touch play modes
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iOS implementation of Balinese Gamelan Gender Wayang, tunable and now with Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support! Gender Wayang is a 10-key metallophone, coming in pairs, most be doubled from an other pair one octave higher, tuned in Slendro scale. As Gender Wayang is played with two panggul (mallets) - other than the Gangsa in Gong Kebyar - two player together play the melody (left hand) and the interlocking parts kotekan (right hand) as a complete „mini“ Gamelan. •Inter-App Audio/Audiobus support •Remote trigger for Audiobus Remote •MIDI file player •Animated keys for „traditional" learning •Sound bank sampled from real instruments •Keys assignable to midi notes (adjust to your MIDI file) •Tune it to your real instruments •Mathematical tuning system, only 5 keys have to be defined •Calculated tuning can be overwritten, and each of the 40 keys frequency can be defined •Loop parts for practicing, increase/decrease tempo on every reloop •Set tempo changes, to for example accelerate each repetition... •Change tuning to pelog scale and use it for Gong Kebyar practicing as well, create your own 10 key tunings.... •MIDI input (Core MIDI, physical and virtual, Audiobus 3) •Two touch play modes: gamelan style (strike and damp) and piano style (touch and release)
ChordsVault
Create, design, and share guitar and instrument chords and songs. This app offers flexibility for transcribers and performers, allowing on-the-fly chord design, reuse, sharing, and transposition to different keys, tunings, and instruments.
- Create and design chords
- Share songs and chords
- Reuse chords between songs
- Transpose songs to different keys
- Support for various instruments and tunings
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ChordsVault is the mobile entry into the ChordsVault portal for creating, designing and sharing guitar (and other instruments) chords and songs. ChordsVault is easy to use but provides great flexibility for songs transcribers and song readers / performers. Unlike many other sites, ChordsVault lets you design chords on the fly, reuse chords between songs, share songs and chords, and transpose songs to different keys, tunings and instruments.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: ChordsVault at Free against Gamelan Gender's $2.99. ChordsVault also leads on iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.4). Gamelan Gender's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On rating, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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
ChordsVault is free to download; Gamelan Gender costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Gamelan Gender against 5.0 for ChordsVault. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively.
Gamelan Gender ships an update every 2 months, ChordsVault every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gamelan Gender | ChordsVault |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.4 | 6.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 20 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Otmar Kramis | Volicsoftware, Inc. |
Customer experience
Gamelan Gender
ChordsVault
In-app purchases
Gamelan Gender
No in-app purchases
ChordsVault
No in-app purchases









