Reverse Chord Finder Pro vs SongEngine

Reverse Chord Finder Pro identifies chord names from two or more selected notes. Notes can be entered through a piano, string-instrument layout or music-score notation. The app includes more than 100 chord types and can play results as block chords or arpeggios. Partial matching helps isolate passing melody notes, while Favorites stores identified chords. String layouts support three to twelve strings, left-handed setups and capo options. Music Score mode offers treble and bass staves in all 12 major and minor keys. Users can inspect intervals, chord structure and naming options. Supported instruments include piano, guitar, bass, ukulele and other three- to twelve-string instruments. It runs on iOS and macOS; listings require iOS 15.6 or later and macOS 13.0 or later on Apple M1 or later. Pricing includes a seven-day trial, with personal, family and lifetime plans.

SongEngine creates chord progressions and generates matching basslines, phrases, and melodies. Users can make chords with Chord Pads, import MIDI progressions, or generate progressions in the plug-in. Its free core includes 60+ presets for basslines, arpeggios, phrases, and melodies. Live Mode turns MIDI chords sent from a keyboard or DAW into new MIDI phrases in real time. Generated parts can be dragged into a DAW as standard MIDI files; an optional MassExporter can write hundreds of phrases to a computer folder. SongEngine runs as a VST2, VST3, or AU plug-in and needs a compatible host such as FL Studio or Ableton Live. It supports 64-bit Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11, and macOS 10.13 or later on 64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon processors. There is no official Linux build, though the manual says users have reported using Wine. The maker says its algorithms were crafted by human musicians, not AI, and generated MIDI files may be used in commercial releases.