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Chord Library vs Open—Shape

Chord Library

chord-library.com

Open—Shape

openshape.app

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FigureChord LibraryOpen—Shape
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WebYesYes
iOS—Yes
Plans published22
Spec score · Chord Finder Software7.5 (#17)7.7 (#11)
SupportThe contact page invites questions, feedback, and data requests and says the team will respond as soon as it can.Support is by email, and the site says replies usually arrive within a day or two.

Plans

Chord Library

  • Guitar Chord & Scale Reference PDF$9, paid once
  • Ukulele Chord & Scale Reference PDF$9, paid once

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Open—Shape

  • FreeFree
  • Pro$9.99, paid once

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Chord Library

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Open—Shape

Open—Shape helps guitarists find playable chord voicings across the fretboard, including in different tunings. Its chord engine searches for shapes, filters them by note count, and supplies difficulty labels and fingering details. Users can chain and reorder chords, play progressions, and save them. The Free plan includes the full chord engine, every voicing, 33 built-in tunings, real acoustic guitar playback, a microphone tuner, and up to three saved progressions. Pro costs $9.99, paid once, billed one-time, and adds unlimited custom tunings and saved progressions. The tuner identifies strings in alternate and custom tunings; capo settings update chord voicings and progressions. A visual Canvas board for connecting chords, tuning, and capo runs in a desktop browser. Open—Shape is available on iOS and the web, and an account is not required. Saved tunings and progressions are stored in browser local storage, with backup export and import in Settings. Its privacy policy says tuner audio is analyzed in the browser and is not recorded or transmitted.

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