smart Chords: 40 guitar tools…

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4.8
57.4K reviews
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About this app

40 great tools for learning, composing and playing for students or professional musicians. Everything works equally well for guitar, ukulele, bass or many other stringed instruments. Expect THE reference for chords, scales and picking patterns for any tuning. Or THE songbook with access to the world's largest catalogs of lyrics, chords and TABs.

Only the best should be good enough. Expect a best-integrated set of tools. Basics like tuner, metronome or circle of fifths. But just better. The tuner has e.g. an extra string change mode or the metronome a speed trainer.

The ultimate chord library knows every chord and fingering for every instrument and tuning. Without exception! Conversely, there is a chord name for any fingering.

A songbook that is second to none. It finds every song imaginable with chords for any tuning and instrument. Without registration and account. It converts songs for guitar independently for ukulele, bass or banjo. Or vice versa from ukulele to guitar, etc. Of course with the corresponding chords and favorite fingerings. Incredibly functional: Intelligent line break, auto scroll, zoom, audio and video player, drum machine, YouTube integration, pedal support, online editor and viewer, and much more.

Scales galore. Play the scales with all kinds of patterns. Like the pros. And also sometimes different from what you are used to. Provides the diatonic chords for every scale and vice versa.

Expect extraordinary tools like a fingerpicking trainer, a transposer or a tone generator. Or a drum machine for songbook accompaniment or as a rhythm trainer. Or the innovative scale circle. It applies the principle of the circle of fifths to hundreds of scales and modes.

smartChord for:
- Teachers as well as students. Exchange your exercises or songs
- Singers and songwriters. Create chord progressions and discover new voicings
- Bands. Create setlists and synchronizes them along with the songs

smartChord fits everyone:
- Since everything for guitar works equally well for cavaquinho, charango, cigar-box guitar or mandolin
- Since modes fit the playing level (beginner, advanced, expert)
- Since for right- and left-handed players
- Since eight languages are supported
- No matter which key: smartChord transposes
- No matter which preference: Western, Solfège or Nashville Number System

smartChord THE reference:
- Every chord type and every fingering
- 40 instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele but also banjo or mandolin and any other stringed instrument)
- 450 tunings
- 1100 scales
- 400 picking patterns (especially for guitar, ukulele and banjo)
- 500 drum patterns

The tools:
• Arpeggio
• Backup and restore tool
• Chord dictionary
• Chord progression
• Chord pad
• Chord simplifier
• Circle of fifths
• Custom tuning editor
• Drum kit
• Drum machine
• Ear training
• Fretboard explorer
• Fretboard trainer
• Grip explorer
• Lyrics pad
• Metronome
• MIDI test
• Notepad
• Pattern trainer
• Piano
• Picking patterns dictionary
• Pitch pipe
• Practice module
• Reverse chord finder
• Reverse scale finder
• Scale circle
• Scale dictionary
• Scale pattern reference
• Setlist
• Song analyzer
• Song editor
• Song importer
• Song key identifier
• Song online editor
• Song online importer
• Song online viewer
• Song search
• Songbook
• Song-writer
• Speed-trainer
• String change tool
• Synchronization tool
• Timer
• Tone generator
• Transposer
• Triads
• Tuner
• Tuning reference
• Virtual string instrument

In addition:
Offline use, favorite, filter, search, sort, history, print, PDF, full screen mode, import, export, sync, share, gesture control, color scheme, dark mode, ... 100% privacy 🙈🙉🙊

A big thank you 💕 for problems 🐛, suggestions 💡 or feedback 💐: info@smartChord.de.

Have fun and success learning, playing and practicing with your guitar, ukulele, bass,... 🎸😃👍
Updated on
Aug 31, 2025

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Ratings and reviews

4.7
53.3K reviews
InDeath WeEvolve
January 4, 2025
Hands down the only app you would ever need for guitar. I highly highly recommend just buying the one-time payment unlock everything forever in-app purchase. I'm just an honest person giving it honest review and this app by far has to be the most comprehensive apps for guitar but it's not limited to only guitar neither. If they offer a free trial you will see very quick the magnitude of this app. 5 out of 5, is not still not a high enough rating 10 out of 5. There is a free version but limited.
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Shawn Bailey
September 12, 2025
Man, I've LOVED this app for YEARS just because of the fretboard explorer. Which has now gone wonky and rotates with the screen into a laughable cluster of useless notes. Sure I can set it and get it right. but if I turn the phone accidentally, all the settings erase. Not dealing with it. had to get another app. Hope you fix it, but I doubt I'll keep checking back.
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s.mart Music Lab
September 15, 2025
Hello Shawn, thank you very much for your feedback. We are very sorry that you have problems with the explorer. Since we are unable to reproduce the problem, we need more information to resolve it. Please write an email to info@smartChord.de and explain the problem. We'll be glad to help you. Thanks in advance. Best regards, Heidi, s.mart Music Lab
Alan James Bell
August 16, 2025
An amazingly comprehensive app. The amount of effort and knowledge that has gone into the app is breathtaking. Most people will use it for guitar or ukelele, but there are so many other options. All the chords have the option of showing the notes or fingerings, and it also shows the inversions, which is awesome. The songbook is excellent and makes learning much more fun. I paid ~£9.50 for the beginners deal. It's worth much more, IMO. I'm sure there are features I haven't discovered yet.
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What’s new

✔ Set List with 'Stage Mode':

✔ Set List with improved printout and export

✔ Tone Generator with more options

✔ A star (⭐) is added before the item name if you have marked the item as a favorite

✔ Other improvements and fixes