Comparison

Guide Track vs Chordy 2

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Guide Track

This tool helps musicians quickly create precise guide tracks for recording. It allows users to input song structure, chords, and beat styles to generate smart click tracks, chord charts, and even basic drum and bass lines.

Highlights
  • Create precise guide tracks
  • Input song structure, chords, and beat styles
  • Generate smart click tracks
  • Create chord sheets
  • Automated bass track
  • Over 35 stock drum patterns
  • Supports Inter-app audio and Audiobus 2
Features
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From the US Store: Songwriter's pre-production tool extraordinaire ! ***** by Mythmongrel - Version - 1.2.0 - Oct 31, 2014 The best app for easily laying out the form of a composition. It's does exactly what it's meant to do and it keeps getting better. Highly recommend it. Accept No Substitutes. ***** by Focusking - Version - 1.2.0 - Oct 9, 2014 Get this app, and you are in for a pleasant surprise; it's versatile, it's multi-purpose, and it knocks the competition out of the game. And, unlike other developers, this dev responds promptly, and positively. Are you a songwriter, electronic composer or are you in a band? Do you record your music and sometimes have trouble getting started or laying down tracks to record on top of? If the answer to either of these questions is yes then you owe it to yourself to own Guide Track! Guide Track is the primary go-to tool when you want to quickly create a precise guide track for recording when you know the song structure and the style. Simply enter in the time signature (which you can change at any time during the song), which chords (or rests) for how many beats and the beat style—Guide Track does the rest for you! Use inter-app audio or AudioBus 2 or save your track to file and you are ready to start recording for real with a perfect smart click track and guide chords, drums and bass. Save hours of messing around and get to what matters—your creativity. Once done you can mute the guide track to reveal your perfectly structured recording. It's like a sculptor using a mold when casting, except instead of bronze, you end up with perfectly structured music. You may want to even keep your guide track in there or record one of the parts such as bass or arpeggios as a real track, especially if you use a professional synth via MIDI out. You can also use Guide Track to print out chord sheets for your band or to capture song ideas or for recording aid. Features • Records stereo WAV file that can be copied and pasted, saved to Dropbox or emailed • Supports Inter-app recording and Audiobus 2 • Saves 5-track Type 1 MIDI files • Direct output to any MIDI device • All major chord families covered with chord inversions with choice of accidentals • Independent automated bass track with separate octave and sound controls • Change bass note to any desired value for a given chord change • Over 35 stock drum patterns • Click and Count-in • Add lyrics to your score • 128 GM Sounds on two different synths • Several chord play styles including 6 arpeggio patterns • Instant chord sheet which can be printed or emailed as PDF • Add various rests or chords as needed • Transpose songs any time • Time signatures that readjust beat structures for you • Preview chords before inserting • Undo and Redo • Automate changes to tempo, time signature, volume, play style and more during playback • Define up to 6 reusable named sections for ultra fast song creation • Innovative section navigator helps you move around your song • Rearrange or insert chords, rests or sections • Looping playback

About

Chordy 2

This app allows musicians to easily play and control chords with a dedicated interface. It supports various audio and MIDI connections for integration with other music creation tools. Features include chord customization, scale selection, and transposition.

Highlights
  • Easy chord playing with Auto Select
  • Detailed chord control (mute notes, add bass/tension)
  • Solo Keyboard for individual note playing
  • Multiple scale options (Major, Minor)
  • Octave Shift and Key Transpose
  • Audiobus, Inter-App Audio, and Virtual MIDI support
Features
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Chordy 2 is a chord player app for music creators. With its own UI, you can very easily play chords and chord tones. It supports Audiobus / Virtual MIDI / Inter-App Audio. You can record in GarageBand, control other synth apps, and enjoy a variety of ways. In Chordy 2, detailed chord control such as mute of notes and addition of bass note / tension notes is possible. Suitable for DTM, chord-progression learning, live performance, ear copying and composition support. * Check out the movie of this app: https://youtu.be/mEAlaL65DCg Playing: - Easy chord playing with Auto Select feature (Diatonic Triad/7th) - Select a root note (and a chord type if necessary) to play a chord - Play slash chords with Bass Note feature - Add tension notes to chords - Play every single chord note on Solo Keyboard - 4 scales available (Major, Natural/Harmonic/Melodic Minor). Select Parallel or Relative scale change between major/minor. - Octave Shift (from -2 to +2), Key Transpose feature *Volume/Velocity Knob: Double-tap to reset to the default value. Connection Features: - Audiobus support: You can stream live audio directly to other Audiobus-compatible apps. Audiobus 3 MIDI Routing is also supported. See http://audiob.us for more information. - Inter-App Audio support - Virtual MIDI support: Control other Virtual MIDI compatible apps on your iPad (e.g. Animoog, Sunrizer synth, etc). - Wi-Fi MIDI / MIDI over Bluetooth LE support: Send MIDI to iOS devices and Macs.

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Chordy 2 at 100% against Guide Track's 50%. Chordy 2 also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.9) and iOS requirement (12.4 vs 15.6). Guide Track's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (8 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Guide Track costs $3.99 and Chordy 2 $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Chordy 2 holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.9. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Guide Track's written reviews are positive against 100% of Chordy 2's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guide Track ships an update every 2 months, Chordy 2 every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Guide Track versus Chordy 2: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuide TrackChordy 2
Price$3.99$3.99
Rating3.9 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPad
Requires iOS15.612.4 — better
Further details — not scored
Size59 MB221 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTechné MediaStudio Phiz

Customer experience

Guide Track

All ratings8 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

Chordy 2

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Guide Track

No in-app purchases

None

Chordy 2

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guide Track free?
Guide Track costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Chordy 2 free?
Chordy 2 costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guide Track or Chordy 2?
Chordy 2 is rated higher. Guide Track averages 3.9 out of 5 from 8 ratings, while Chordy 2 averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Guide Track or Chordy 2 have ads?
Neither Guide Track nor Chordy 2 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guide Track or Chordy 2?
Guide Track ships an update every 2 months, and Chordy 2 every 9 months. Most recently, Guide Track was updated on October 3, 2026 and Chordy 2 on October 13, 2026.

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