Comparison

Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 vs JamEngine

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

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Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2

Features
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◆No additional charge. The Study Chords Anywhere app teaches you chords in just 20 days. ◆In the A capella Keyboard Method, you hear beautiful vocal harmony.◆Questions with incorrect answers are repeated more frequently. ◆Comments appropriate to play results appear each time. ◆"The Secret of Chords" appear to support your practice without giving up. ◆ There are only two things to do each day. Training frequency and best times are recorded on a graph every day. ◆ It will give you the study tips you need with easy-to-understand illustrations. ◆ One item will appear per day. Collect all 20 for a big surprise! This app is: "One that encourages a person who are self-studying chords," and one that has "teachers and students alike anxious to start the next session." Completing the app opens the door to new possibilities! ◆In the Vol.2, you will learn "Minor Chords" as well as the "secrets" of other chords by audio samples. ◆ Recommended for ... •7th graders to adults who want to be able to recall chords regardless of instrument. •Music students and musicians. •Teachers with students who are having trouble memorizing chords. •Parents who want their children to be able to play something without a score. Now you're ready to step out into the world with Study Chords Anywhere Volume 1! Master chords in 20 days! Study Chords Anywhere --Volume 2 minor Chords-- A capella Keyboard Method ---------------------------------------- Inquiry Form has been added. Please refer to "Detailed information" > "Developer's web site" or "Review" > "App support". Contact us for any defects, inquiries or reqests, etc. NET TOKYO, K.K. Web Site "Study Chord Anywhare - Vol. 2 Minor Chords" SUPPORT. ----------------------------------------

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JamEngine

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JamEngine is a real-time music generation app that puts a full backing band in your pocket. Choose from 15 musical styles, pick your key and tempo, and JamEngine instantly creates authentic, genre-appropriate arrangements, complete with MIDI drums, bass, guitar, piano, brass, and woodwind instruments. Whether you're a guitarist looking for a rhythm section to practice over, a songwriter sketching out chord progressions, a jazz player working on improvisation, or a producer hunting for inspiration, JamEngine gives you a responsive, endlessly variable musical companion. 15 STYLES TO CHOOSE FROM Rock · Hard Rock · Classic Rock · Metal · Pop · Ballad · Blues · Slow Blues · Jazz Swing · Jazz Ballad · Funk · Bossa Nova · Reggae · Country · Lo-fi Each style comes with genre-authentic drum patterns, bass lines, guitar voicings, keyboard parts, and horn arrangements. 12 INSTRUMENTS Build your arrangement from a roster of 12 instruments, each with realistic General MIDI sounds: • Drums · Bass · Electric Guitar · Acoustic Guitar • Piano · Organ · Strings • Trumpet · Trombone · Alto Sax · Tenor Sax · Clarinet Mix and match any combination. Each instrument has independent volume, mute, solo, pan, density and 11 variation levels to control the complexity and character of its part. SMART CHORD PROGRESSIONS Build chord progressions using the grid editor or the interactive Circle of Fifths, a visual tool that highlights diatonic chords in your selected key, so you can see at a glance which chords belong together. Start from scratch, or load one of the built-in templates: I-IV-V, I-V-vi-IV, ii-V-I, 12-Bar Blues, Jazz Turnaround, and more. Choose from 18 chord types including major, minor, seventh, diminished, augmented, sus, and extended chords. FLEXIBLE TIME & KEY Play in any of 7 time signatures, 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, 6/8, 7/8, and 12/8, with BPM from 40 to 300. Tap tempo to match a song. Select any of the 12 keys in major or minor. Change key mid-session and your chord progression transposes automatically to preserve harmonic relationships. VARIATION RANDOMIZER Enable the variation randomizer and JamEngine will shuffle instrument variations at musically appropriate boundaries, every 4 or 8 bars, keeping your practice sessions fresh and unpredictable without you lifting a finger. EXPORT YOUR SESSIONS Capture your jam as a WAV, M4A, or multitrack MIDI file. Use export to bring your arrangements into your DAW for further production. SONGBOOK Save your favorite sessions, style, key, tempo, chord progression, and instrument setup to your personal Songbook. Load them instantly to pick up where you left off. CUSTOM SOUNDFONTS Import your own SF2 SoundFont files to customize the sound of every instrument. FREE TO START, PRO TO UNLOCK EVERYTHING JamEngine is free with 4 styles (Rock, Metal, Jazz Swing, Lo-fi), 3 song saves, and all playback features. Upgrade to JamEngine Pro for a one-time purchase to unlock all 15 styles, unlimited song saves, and full export capabilities.

Screenshots

Study Chords Anywhere Vol.24 screens
JamEngine4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: JamEngine at Free against Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2's $5.99. JamEngine also leads on update cadence (every 5 days vs every 3 months). Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 18.6). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

JamEngine is free to download; Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 costs $5.99 up front. JamEngine sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 ships an update every 3 months, JamEngine every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 2 level
Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 versus JamEngine: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStudy Chords Anywhere Vol.2JamEngine
Price$5.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better18.6
Further details — not scored
Size107 MB149 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNet Tokyo Inc.Orcun Keskin

In-app purchases

None

Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

JamEngine

One-time1
  • JamEngine Pro$8.99

Questions

Is Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 free?
Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is JamEngine free?
JamEngine is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 or JamEngine have ads?
Neither Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 nor JamEngine shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 or JamEngine?
Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 ships an update every 3 months, and JamEngine every 5 days. Most recently, Study Chords Anywhere Vol.2 was updated on November 6, 2026 and JamEngine on November 5, 2026.

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