Chord Tracker vs Bandloop
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.
Bandloop
Manage your band's music, setlists, and gigs all in one place. Track songs with details like keys and chords, organize setlists for performances, and manage gig information including venues and payments. Syncs with bandmates and a web platform.
- Song catalog management
- Setlist creation and performance mode
- Gig and venue tracking
- Band payment splitting
- Multi-band support
- Live calendar synchronization
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Bandloop is the all-in-one app for working musicians. Build your song catalog, drag songs into setlists, track gigs and venues, and split the payout after the show — with your whole band on the same page. Play in more than one band? Bandloop is built for it. Switch between bands with a tap, or view all your gigs, songs and setlists together in one combined view. Every band keeps its own catalog, members and money — nothing gets mixed up. • Songs — your band's catalog with keys, tunings, BPM, chords and notes • Setlists — build multi-set lists, reuse a past gig's setlist, and run them on stage with lyrics and chords • Gigs — track shows, hold dates before they're booked, confirm who's playing, and share a live calendar • Venues — keep contacts, load-in times and pay details in one place • Money — see who's owed what and settle up after each gig Invite your bandmates and everything stays in sync, on your phone and at bandloop.net.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Bandloop at 100% against Chord Tracker's 49%. Bandloop also leads on rating (5.0 vs 3.6) and ads (none vs shown). Chord Tracker's advantage is ratings volume (171 vs 3). On price, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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.
Bandloop holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Chord Tracker has 171 ratings behind it against 3, 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 100% of Bandloop's.
Chord Tracker ships an update every 5 months, Bandloop every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Chord Tracker | Bandloop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (171 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 48.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 171 — better | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 months | Every 2 days — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 175 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yamaha Corporation of America | Hooman Ahmadi |
Customer experience
Chord Tracker
Bandloop
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
Bandloop
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Chord Tracker
No in-app purchases
Bandloop
No in-app purchases
