Live Chords vs What Chord?
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Live Chords
This app listens to music and automatically identifies the chords being played. It's a useful tool for musicians looking to learn songs by ear or understand musical structure.
- Real-time chord detection
- Listens to music and identifies chords
- Useful for learning songs
- Helps understand musical structure
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Magically guess the current playing chord as you hear it!
What Chord?
Identify chord names by their shape on a guitar fretboard. Quickly name chords you're playing or discover new ones by adjusting finger positions. Ideal for musicians who need to name chords for sharing or understanding song structures.
- Identify chord names by shape
- Discover new chord variations
- Name chords for sharing
- Understand chord progressions
- Simple and intuitive interface
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Playing cool chord but have no idea what its name is? You'd like to share your song but not sure how to correctly name the chords you are using? You just have slided one of you fingers up a fret while playing familiar chord and wonder what the chord has now become? It is really simple with WhatChord app! Give it a try!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: What Chord? at 87% against Live Chords's 33%. What Chord? also leads on rating (4.8 vs 2.8) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). Live Chords's advantage is iOS requirement (6.1 vs 13.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Live Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. What Chord? asks for nothing beyond the download.
What Chord? holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 2.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: What Chord? has 169 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of Live Chords's written reviews are positive against 87% of What Chord?'s.
| Parameter | Live Chords | What Chord? |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 2.8 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (169 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 86.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 169 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 6.1 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Major Seven Lab | Pavlo Ignatov |
Customer experience
Live Chords
What Chord?
In-app purchases
Live Chords
- Remove ads$0.99
What Chord?
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Live Chords free?
Is What Chord? free?
Which has better reviews, Live Chords or What Chord??
Do Live Chords or What Chord? have ads?
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