Chord Tracker vs Tay Than Thar
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.
Tay Than Thar
Access a premium music and entertainment experience with this application. Enjoy a wide range of content designed for your enjoyment. Explore a world of sound and visual media.
- Premium music access
- Entertainment content
- Diverse media library
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Tay Than Thar is premium music and entertainment application. Our Terms of Use: https://www.taythanthar.com/terms-of-use/ Our Privacy Policy: https://www.taythanthar.com/privacy-policy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chord Tracker at none against Tay Than Thar's 3. Chord Tracker also leads on review sentiment (49% vs 33%). Tay Than Thar's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and rating (3.9 vs 3.6). On price, ratings volume 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. Tay Than Thar sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Chord Tracker asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tay Than Thar holds the better App Store score, 3.9 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 171 and 117 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 49% of Chord Tracker's written reviews are positive against 33% of Tay Than Thar's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Chord Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Tay Than Thar monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 22, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chord Tracker | Tay Than Thar |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (171 ratings) | 3.9 (117 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews — better | 33.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 117 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Ad-supported — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 81 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation of America | East Boy Engineering Company Limited |
Customer experience
Chord Tracker
Tay Than Thar
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
Tay Than Thar
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chord Tracker
No in-app purchases
Tay Than Thar
- Tay Than Thar$1.991 Month
- Purchase Song2 variants$0.99
Questions
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