Comparison

MPDluxe vs Piano Chords

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

Head to head
About

MPDluxe

Control your networked music playback system remotely. Browse your music library, manage playlists, and control playback functions like play, pause, and skip. This app is designed to seamlessly connect to your existing MPD server.

Highlights
  • Browse music collection
  • Manage saved playlists
  • Control playback (play, pause, skip)
  • Edit current playlist
  • Search MPD database
  • Control playback mode
Features
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MPDluxe is a remote controller for MPD, an open-source networked music playing system which can run on a variety of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. MPDluxe allows you to browse the music collection and saved playlists on the MPD server, play, pause and skip tracks, add tracks to and edit the current playlist, search the MPD database and control the playback mode. MPDluxe can handle music collections of any size, and is ready to work as soon as it connects to the MPD server.

About

Piano Chords

Features
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See the notes. Hear the chords. Practice at your own pace. Piano Chords helps you explore piano harmony, listen to chord progressions, and practice accompaniments from familiar songs. Use it beside your keyboard or as a quick reference when writing music. FIND AND HEAR CHORDS Choose a root note, accidental, and chord type. See the notes highlighted on a piano keyboard and hear how they sound together. Explore major, minor, seventh, suspended, diminished, augmented, and add9 chords. EXPLORE PROGRESSIONS BY GENRE Browse patterns in Pop, Jazz, Blues, Rock, R&B, Hip Hop, and Bossa Nova. Follow each chord as it plays and adjust the tempo to suit your practice. PRACTICE FAMILIAR SONGS The dedicated Songs tab brings Classic Pop, Rock, and Soul & Jazz together in one library. Practice chord accompaniments for songs including The Scientist, Somewhere Only We Know, Fast Car, Hallelujah, and New York State of Mind. These are piano chord arrangements, not vocal recordings or full sheet music. CREATE YOUR OWN PROGRESSIONS Build and save custom presets. Choose chords, beat lengths, and playback styles, then listen to your ideas. Try held chords, arpeggios, broken chords, and rhythmic patterns for different musical feels. START FREE Explore the Chord Finder and try the Classic Bossa progression. Browse the song and progression libraries before upgrading. CHOOSE YOUR PREMIUM PLAN Premium unlocks all songs and progression presets, plus custom progression creation. Choose a monthly auto-renewable subscription or a one-time lifetime purchase. Existing lifetime purchases remain valid. Monthly subscriptions are charged to your Apple Account and renew automatically unless canceled at least 24 hours before the current period ends. Manage or cancel your subscription in your App Store account settings. Prices are shown in the app before purchase. For piano learners, keyboard players, songwriters, and anyone who wants to understand how chords sound together. Support: support@ancreative.ca Privacy Policy: https://ancreative.ca/piano-chords/privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

MPDluxe4 screens
Piano Chords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Piano Chords at Free against MPDluxe's $2.99. Piano Chords also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). MPDluxe's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads 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

Piano Chords is free to download; MPDluxe costs $2.99 up front. Piano Chords sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. MPDluxe asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MPDluxe ships an update every 2 months, Piano Chords every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
MPDluxe versus Piano Chords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMPDluxePiano Chords
Price$2.99Free — better
Rating3.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews30.2% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsEvery 2 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS8.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPage 112ANCREATIVE INC.

In-app purchases

None

MPDluxe

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

Piano Chords

One-time1
  • Piano Chords - Learn (Premium)$9.99

Questions

Is MPDluxe free?
MPDluxe costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piano Chords free?
Piano Chords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do MPDluxe or Piano Chords have ads?
Neither MPDluxe nor Piano Chords shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MPDluxe or Piano Chords?
MPDluxe ships an update every 2 months, and Piano Chords every 2 weeks. Most recently, MPDluxe was updated on November 1, 2026 and Piano Chords on November 10, 2026.

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