Chord Tracker vs Dhamma Talks
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Chord Tracker
This app analyzes audio songs from your device's music library to display chord symbols on screen. It offers graphical piano keyboard and guitar tab views to aid practice and performance. It's designed to help musicians play along with their favorite tunes.
- Audio song analysis
- Chord symbol display
- Graphical piano keyboard
- Guitar tab display
- Practice and performance aid
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The Yamaha Chord Tracker app for iPhone/iPod touch/iPad helps you practice and perform songs by analyzing the audio songs stored in your iOS device and then displaying the chord symbols for you. ■Features Chord Tracker analyzes the audio songs stored in your iOS device's music library and then displays the song's chords on the screen, allowing you to play your favorite songs. And now, with both graphical piano keyboard and guitar tab display options, Chord Tracker is even more powerful. ■Note 1. The chords displayed by this application will match the mood of the original song very closely, but may not be an exact match for the original chords used. 2. Chord Tracker will not work for songs in iCloud or protected by DRM (Digital Rights Management). 3. Chord Tracker will not work with Music Streaming services such as Apple Music.
Dhamma Talks
Listen to dhamma talks on demand, anytime and anywhere. Download audio files for offline listening. Easily transfer audio files using iTunes file sharing.
- Listen anytime, anywhere
- Offline listening support
- Download dhamma audio files
- iTunes file sharing integration
- Internet access required for streaming
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Dhamma Talks is a place where you can listen dhamma talks anytime, anywhere. This application need internet access to listen, but also support offline after downloaded dhamma audio file. This application supported iTunes file sharing, so that you can copy audio files from iTunes.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Dhamma Talks at 4.5 against Chord Tracker's 3.6. Dhamma Talks also leads on review sentiment (89% vs 49%) and ratings volume (1.3K vs 170). Chord Tracker's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 26 months). 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Dhamma Talks holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Dhamma Talks has 1.3K ratings behind it against 170, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 49% of Chord Tracker's written reviews are positive against 89% of Dhamma Talks's.
Chord Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Dhamma Talks every 26 months. The most recent releases landed on June 10, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chord Tracker | Dhamma Talks |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (170 ratings) | 4.5 (1.3K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 170 | 1.3K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months — better | Every 26 months |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 11.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation of America | Aung min Naing |
Customer experience
Chord Tracker
Dhamma Talks
User reviews
Chord Tracker
From 170 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎯 Accurate chord recognition for most songs
- 💰 Free app with powerful features
- 🎸 Works well for learning guitar and piano
- ⚙️ Customizable chord display and transposition
- 🎵 Tempo adjustment without pitch change
Room to improve
- 🚫 Limited music source compatibility (iTunes/Apple Music only)
- 🐛 Recent update removed real-time microphone chord detection
- 📁 Difficult to import local audio files
- ⚠️ DRM-protected songs don't work
- 🔌 No Bluetooth speaker output support
Dhamma Talks
From 1.3K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🙏 Helpful
- 👍 Easy to use
- 🚀 Convenient
- 🌟 Essential
- 🎉 Excellent
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs
- ⚠️ Errors
- 📥 Download issues
- 🔍 Search issues
Bugs and requests
Chord Tracker
Reported bugs
13 issues- App crashes when detecting chord sections
- Audio playback out of sync with score on iPad Pro
- Black screen with only alphabet visible on some devices
- Songs disappear from User Songs after import
- Cannot load songs from local device files
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- Dropbox connection fails to display songs
- Apple Music songs show as 'This data cannot be selected'
- Playback produces artifacts when slowing tempo
- VoiceOver doesn't follow chord tracking
- Bluetooth headphone playback not working
- Only 2 songs displaying from library
- License recognition failure for newly downloaded songs
- App incompatible with iOS 13 and later versions
Requested features
16 requests- Restore real-time microphone chord detection
- Support for Spotify and Google Play Music
- Local file import from device storage
- Bluetooth speaker output support
- Print or export chords as PDF
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- Ukulele chord display
- PC/Web version of the app
- iCloud Drive support for file imports
- Auto-metronome feature
- Save edited versions (transposed, etc.) to favorites
- Sync favorites across multiple devices
- Support for Bb and Eb instruments
- Negative capo/pitch shift options
- Advanced chord detection (7th, 9th, 11th, 13th chords)
- Playback of chords-only instrumental version
- Direct contact/support channel with Yamaha
Dhamma Talks
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashing issues
- Compatibility problems with iOS 16.2
- Repeated content in some Dhamma talks
Requested features
3 requests- Add favorite function
- Include more Dhamma talks
- Improve background audio playback
In-app purchases
Chord Tracker
No in-app purchases
Dhamma Talks
No in-app purchases
Questions
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