Comparison

Chordopia vs NeckPilot Fretboard Studio

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

Head to head
About

Chordopia

This app helps musicians find guitar, ukulele, and mandolin chords. Input a chord name to see diagrams and hear its sound, or create a diagram to identify the chord. It supports custom tunings and generates voicings dynamically.

Highlights
  • Chord diagram generation
  • Chord identification from diagrams
  • Sound playback for chords
  • Support for alternate and custom tunings
  • Dynamic voicing search
  • Extensive chord type library
Features
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Chordopia is a chord finder for guitar, ukulele, and mandolin. Highlights: - It works both ways! You can enter a chord name and Chordopia will show you chord diagrams for many different voicings of that chord. Or you can do the reverse: drag the dots in the chord diagram to different frets, and Chordopia will tell you what the new chord is called. - Sound — Chordopia not only shows you a chord diagram for each voicing, but also lets you hear how it sounds. - Supports alternate tunings such as drop-D and DADGAD, as well as arbitrary custom tunings. - Chordopia is not a fixed chord book of predefined chord diagrams. Instead, it works by searching through all possible combinations of finger positions on your instrument to find the ones that produce the chord you want, all in a fraction of a second. It then ranks them based on how easy they are to play and how good they sound, and shows you the best ones first. - Chordopia knows more than 50 chord types for each of the 12 root notes for a total of more than 600 chords, not counting variants with an out-of-chord alternate bass. The number of voicings varies by chord, instrument and tuning; for example, for a 12-fret guitar in standard tuning, there are more than 100,000 distinct voicings to discover.

About

NeckPilot Fretboard Studio

Features
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Learn guitar fretboard notes, scales, chords, pentatonic positions, and the CAGED system. Then practise the same view in time. NeckPilot is a fretboard learning, practice, and jam companion for beginner and intermediate guitarists. Choose material from the built-in catalog and map it to your current instrument and tuning. LEARN THE GUITAR FRETBOARD See notes across the full neck or focus on one position. The Trainer has nine games for finding notes, building intervals and scales, and completing familiar shapes. Answer on screen, reveal the result, or play the note on your own instrument in microphone-assisted Play Mode. CONNECT PENTATONIC, CAGED, AND 3NPS POSITIONS Explore Common/CAGED, three-notes-per-string, and pentatonic positions in any available key. Move through five connected positions, compare them with the full scale, and see which chord tones already sit under your fingers. FIND THE CHORDS IN A KEY Open a major or minor key to see its harmonized chords. Theory explains intervals, scale degrees, chord construction, and related chords. Applied Guides add practice advice, reviewed fingering where available, tablature, staff notation, and accessible event views. BUILD A FRETBOARD VIEW AND PRACTISE IT Explorer Layers combines scales, chords, arpeggios, and patterns on one neck. Save the workspace and load its musical Layers into the Metronome or Drum Machine. Each Layer becomes a timed step, so the fretboard changes with the beat while you play. Pro Tempo Trainer can raise the tempo from your chosen Start BPM to Target BPM. USE KEY FINDER WHILE YOU JAM Key Finder listens to a chord passage and estimates three likely major or minor candidates. Open one in Explorer, find a familiar pentatonic or scale position, and inspect the available chords. Results are labelled Strong, Possible, or Uncertain because more than one key can fit the same music. FREE INCLUDES • Full-neck notes, scales, modes, triads, and baseline arpeggios • Common/CAGED, 3NPS, pentatonic positions, and custom scale patterns • Search, reverse lookup, harmonization, built-in progressions, and Favorites • Nine Trainer games, Reveal Mode, and microphone-assisted Play Mode • Tuner, Key Finder, Metronome, and Drum Machine • Practice Notebook and Signal themes ONE OPTIONAL PRO UNLOCK ADDS • The expanded scale, 37-chord-quality, and 20-arpeggio catalog • Custom scale and chord formulas • Explorer Layers, note comparison, Mask, and timed Layer Practice • Applied Scale, Chord, and Arpeggio Guides • Interactive Learn views and Triads by string set • Custom progressions, Progression Map, Tempo Trainer, and visual practice • 72 searchable tunings across guitar, bass, ukulele, banjo, and extended-string instruments • Custom 4-to-8-string guitar tunings that remap the neck and generate five scale or arpeggio positions • Adjustable A4 concert pitch from 415.0 to 466.2 Hz, with 432, 440, and 442 Hz presets NeckPilot Pro is one purchase with no subscription. The app has no NeckPilot account, advertising, app analytics, or tracking. The main learning and practice tools work offline. Previously verified Pro access and a complete built-in instrument catalog remain available without a connection. Microphone audio is analysed live on your device. NeckPilot does not record, save, or upload it. The app contacts the App Store when it loads, purchases, restores, or verifies Pro. On supported systems, it may also check Apple's service for a reviewed declarative instrument-catalog update. Metronome and Drum Machine playback can continue with the screen locked. Pro can be restored on supported devices using the same Apple Account. Practice data, Favorites, custom content, and settings stay local and do not sync between devices. Family Sharing is not included.

Screenshots

Chordopia4 screens
NeckPilot Fretboard Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: NeckPilot Fretboard Studio at Free against Chordopia's $3.99. NeckPilot Fretboard Studio also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 7 months). Chordopia's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

NeckPilot Fretboard Studio is free to download; Chordopia costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Chordopia ships an update every 7 months, NeckPilot Fretboard Studio every 9 days. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Chordopia versus NeckPilot Fretboard Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordopiaNeckPilot Fretboard Studio
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (60 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings60 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 7 monthsEvery 9 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size32 MB25 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWaxing WavePawel Gawliczek

In-app purchases

None

Chordopia

No in-app purchases

None

NeckPilot Fretboard Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Chordopia free?
Chordopia costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NeckPilot Fretboard Studio free?
NeckPilot Fretboard Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Chordopia or NeckPilot Fretboard Studio have ads?
Neither Chordopia nor NeckPilot Fretboard Studio shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Chordopia or NeckPilot Fretboard Studio?
Chordopia ships an update every 7 months, and NeckPilot Fretboard Studio every 9 days. Most recently, Chordopia was updated on November 7, 2026 and NeckPilot Fretboard Studio on October 31, 2026.

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