BComposer Scales vs Functional Harmony
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
BComposer Scales
Explore musical scales, chords, and harmony with an interactive visual tool. Understand note relationships, experiment with voicings, and discover new harmonic ideas. Ideal for musicians, students, and educators.
- Interactive visual scale and chord exploration
- Scale Rule System for note relationships
- Chord voicings, extensions, and inversions
- Library of hundreds of scales
- Velocity-sensitive keyboard
- Harmonic Progression System
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BComposer Scales - Scales, Chords & Harmony BComposer Scales is an interactive visual tool for exploring musical scales, chords, and tonal harmony. Designed for composers, producers, musicians, students, and educators, it helps you understand how notes, scales, chords, and harmonic structures work together. Its innovative Scale Rule System highlights the notes within each scale and reveals their relationship to chords, making it easier to explore melodic harmonization, chord voicings, extensions, and inversions. Select a key and instantly explore its scale degrees, available chords, chord tones, voicings, inversions, and extensions. See the relationship between scales and chords while playing and experimenting directly on the keyboard. EXPLORE HARMONY VISUALLY * Library of hundreds of scales organized by the Circle of Fifths and Fourths * Relative and parallel scales for deeper harmonic understanding * Scale degree identification and chord tone visualization * Chord voicings, extensions, and inversions * Up to 8 octaves for an expanded musical range * Treble and bass clefs for different musical registers * Velocity-sensitive keyboard for a more expressive playing experience * Harmonic Progression System based on a simple rule for applying scales to melodies * Sound controls to customize your playing experience PLAY, PRACTICE AND COMPOSE Use BComposer Scales to study music theory, practice, compose, or experiment with harmony. Explore different keys, try chord progressions, hear harmonic relationships, and develop your own musical ideas directly from your device. FREE VERSION * Access to Piano and Guitar * Major and Natural Minor scales with their chord progressions * Integrated scale and chord visualization * Relative and parallel scales * Grand Piano Splendor and Grand Piano sounds * Access to the included sound library * Chord extensions and inversions PRO VERSION - LIFETIME ACCESS Unlock the complete BComposer Scales experience and advanced harmonic tools: * All scales and modes * Scale to chord relationships * Chord voicings, chord extensions, and inversions * Advanced and exotic scales, including: Natural Major, Natural Minor, Melodic Minor, Harmonic Minor, Harmonic Major, Natural Pentatonic, Kumoi Pentatonic, Hirojoshi Pentatonic, Blues, Pelog, Suspended Dominant, Locrian Natural 7, Ionian Flat 5, Enigmatic, Enigmatic Minor, Neapolitan Minor, Neapolitan Major, Hungarian Minor, Hungarian Major, Spanish Eight-Tone, Bebop Locrian Natural 2, Bebop Dominant, Bebop Dorian, Bebop Major, Compound II, Persian, Whole-Half Diminished, Half-Whole Diminished, Augmented, and Whole Tone * Relative and parallel scales * Full access to the sound library A POWERFUL TOOL FOR MUSICIANS AND EDUCATORS BComposer Scales brings scales, chords, voicings, and harmonic progressions together in a clear, visual, and practical environment. Use it to compose, practice, study, teach, or experiment with new harmonic ideas. [www.bcomposer.com](http://www.bcomposer.com) ONE MAN BAND STUDIOS S.A.S
Functional Harmony
This music theory app helps users spell chords and scales by entering a root note. It also identifies intervals when two notes are provided. Learn music theory concepts quickly and easily.
- Spell chords
- Spell scales
- Identify intervals
- Enter root note for chords/scales
- Enter two notes for interval identification
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Functional Harmony is a fast music theory desk for players and students. Build chords and scales from a root and quality. Identify harmony from notes. Or just Ask—type a chord, scale, or note stack in plain English and jump straight to the answer. SCALE FINDER • Choose a root and scale quality—major, minor, modes, pentatonic, and more • See every degree spelled clearly for practice and ear training • Perfect when you need a quick scale finder without flipping textbooks CHORD BUILDER & CHORD ID • Spell major, minor, sevenths, suspended, augmented, diminished, and more • Stack notes in the Notes tab to identify chords and intervals (reverse lookup) • Piano-friendly note entry with accidentals—great as a chord identifier ASK • Natural-language queries: “C major 7”, “F# dorian”, “C E G” • Live preview before you open Chords, Scales, or Notes • Built for homework, rehearsals, and songwriting sessions WHY FUNCTIONAL HARMONY • Chords, scales, and note identification in one app • Clean, bottom-anchored controls designed for one-handed practice • No accounts, no clutter—just theory when you need it Whether you call it a scale finder, chord identifier, or harmony lab, Functional Harmony keeps tonal music theory at your fingertips.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Functional Harmony at 4.9 against BComposer Scales's 3.0. Functional Harmony also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). BComposer Scales's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 83%). On price, update cadence, 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. BComposer Scales sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Functional Harmony asks for nothing beyond the download.
Functional Harmony holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Functional Harmony has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 100% of BComposer Scales's written reviews are positive against 83% of Functional Harmony's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
BComposer Scales ships an update every 12 months, Functional Harmony every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | BComposer Scales | Functional Harmony |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (1 ratings) | 4.9 (24 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 24 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 114 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ONE MAN BAND STUDIOS SAS | Dylan Shade |
Customer experience
BComposer Scales
Functional Harmony
In-app purchases
BComposer Scales
- Premium Access$9.99
Functional Harmony
No in-app purchases
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