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Partitur and Chordify.
An online chord service with a very large catalogue: pick a song and play along with its chords, on the web or in the apps. Here is how the two line up, from each one's own pages.
| What | Partitur | Chordify |
|---|---|---|
| Runs on | Windows, macOS, Linux (desktop) | Web, iOS, Android |
| Costs | Free and open source (GPL-3.0). Heavier analysis runs on your computer or on a GPU computer of yours, free. | Free tier, and a Premium subscription (App Store listing in Spain: €6.00–€10.49 a month or €34.99–€48.00 a year, by region and offer) |
| Where the audio is analysed | On your computer. Audio leaves it only if you send a song to a rig you added. | Chordify's service: songs are analysed online and shared through its catalogue |
| Songs from | Your own audio files (any common format) | A catalogue of over 36 million songs; your own files with Premium |
| Chords | Yes, with roman numerals and harmonic function; Nashville numbers | Yes: chords and animated diagrams for guitar, piano and ukulele |
| Key | Yes, with key changes | Transpose with Premium; a key display isn't described on the pages read |
| Beats and bars | Beats, downbeats, bars and tempo map | Not described on the pages read |
| Sections | Yes (intro, verse, chorus…), named and lettered | Not described on the pages read |
| Practice speed and loops | Practice speed without changing pitch; loops of a section or any span | Tempo change and looping with Premium |
| Transpose and capo | Transpose and capo, with the easiest capo suggested | Transpose and capo with Premium |
| Score and exports | Engraved score; MusicXML, MIDI and ChordPro export; import a written score and align it | Chord MIDI and PDF chord sheets with Premium |
| Stems | With a GPU run (BS-RoFormer, HTDemucs) | Not offered on the pages read |
| Lyrics | With a GPU run (word timing) | Not described on the pages read |
| On stage | Stage mode, setlists, lyrics prompter, band room on phones, hands-free page turns, pedals | Setlists with Premium |
| In the DAW | CLAP and VST3 plugin following the DAW's playhead; Ableton Link, MIDI clock | Not offered on the pages read |
| DJ software | Cues with chords for rekordbox and Serato; Traktor export | Not offered on the pages read |
Read from each tool's own pages on . “Not described on the pages read” means just that: the tool may do it, its pages we read don't say. Products change; the sources are linked.
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