Reverse Chord Finder Pro vs Tonaly

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.

Tonaly is a songwriting and practice app that uses the circle of fifths to help musicians find chords, write songs, and learn scales. It highlights chords in a key, suggests progressions, supports borrowed chords and extensions, and helps develop melody ideas for hooks, basslines, or solos. Musicians can practice scales, progressions, and solos with key changes and stepwise difficulty increases. A progression generator, chord audio playback, and chord chart export are also available. Users can export MIDI and PDFs or share song links for collaboration; MIDI export to Ableton, Logic, or GarageBand is listed. Tonaly is available for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, with iOS 16.0, iPadOS 16.0, and macOS 13.0 or later required. Its Mac Pro features include MIDI drag and drop, Core MIDI output, keyboard commands, and lead sheets. The Mac page says iCloud supports working across devices. Tonaly has a free plan and free trial. US App Store purchases include $3.99, paid once for 80+ Scales, $5.99, paid once for PDF lead sheet export, $9.99, paid once for Supporter, $39.99 a year, and $79.99, paid once for Lifetime.