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- What it is
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- At a glance
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- $17.99
- In-app purchases
Categories and search queries
Official categories
- Music
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Key functions
| Function | Availability | Access | Scope | Evidence |
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| In-app purchases | Yes | Limited free | — | Store published |
Screens
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Pricing & paywalls
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Shown for US
- Price: $17.99
- Clubwave — $4.99
- Liminal Spaces — $4.99
- Retro Pop — $4.99
Ratings & reviews
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Shown for US
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5/5Excellent tool
I have enjoyed this app for years, and it continues to be one of the most useful tools I have for composing and studying chord progressions and voicings when away from a piano keyboard. Use it with the built in sounds for convenience, as a controller for other iOS music apps, or combine this app with the musicIO MIDI app, and a wired connection from iPhone or iPad provides a rock-solid, low-latency connection for chord input to your computer's DAW. MIDI over WiFi is also possible. The developer is accessible by email and is very responsive to bug reports—hence the recent update with a minor bug fix. The app has received many updates and improvements over time. Well worth the price.
btwwtb · 5 Aug 2026
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5/5Chord Poly Pad
I'm a GEE-Tar player. Cant read music, dont play a keyboard, just learned enough about MIDI to be extremely dangerous. But, I gotta say, Im having a blast with this app. And the developer seems to understand the things we need and want in EVERY App., such as AUV3, being both stand-alone, being hosted by AUM and most common DAWs, etc., Ableton-Link sync capability, MIDI In/oUT, bla bla, logical layout, intuitive, as simple as possible, both in-App Manual AND a downloadable PDF ( none of that no OFF-line PDF crap!). DUH! We want to look at offline manual on our older Ipads while figuring out the app on our new Ipad. Highly Recommend, one of the best values out there. Thanks Mr. Coulson. Rob H.
Rob "The Watchman" · 5 Aug 2026
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5/5Change of heart.
I originally gave this 1 star since it was not recording the midi into beatmaker 3. I reached out to the dev and was advised on how to get it going. Now it works “ Beatmaker 3 does not record the MIDI from AUv3 MIDI effects. You need to use Beatmaker 3 virtual keyboard to trigger ChordPolyPad, then it will record the notes played by its own keyboard that will trigger ChordPolyPad. This is not a limitation of ChordPolyPad, but a limitation of Beatmaker 3.”
CedricoSuavey · 5 Aug 2026
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4/5Great first impression!!!
Just downloaded this app and I am having a great time playing chord progressions. I Can’t wait to get into more of the detailed settings. This seems like a fun and useful tool to use with other apps to make music intuitive and fun again. It seems to have limited built in sounds in the palate, but I’m pairing with other synth apps to yield more variety of sounds. I had to channel the midi output settings a bit. Maybe I’m not the sharpest tool in the shed, but I got this thing making music rather quickly. I’m thinking this has a lot of potential.
Timesrunninout · 5 Aug 2026
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4/5Best chord app yet
I've tried a plethora of chord and scale apps. None of them has the versatility of this one. The only thing that holds me back from 5 stars is the ability to play the single notes of a chord. It would be great if there was a switch on the chord note keyboard that would change it to the keys of the note of the chord selected. Chordion has that feature but this app, which I just bought because Chordion 2 hasn't come about, is still much better than Chordion. Love the app and some of the internal sounds are pretty darn good!
BDC1989 · 5 Aug 2026
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Versions
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1.8.1
• Added support for new iPad Pro "all-screen design" • Minor bugs fixed
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1.8.2
• Added an option to deactivate graphic effects on pads • Minor bugs fixed
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1.8.3
• Added support for iOS and iPadOS 13 • Minor bugs fixed
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1.8.4
• Fixed an issue with MIDI over Bluetooth on iOS and iPadOS 13
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1.8.5
• Improved Audiobus support • Minor bugs fixed
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1.8.6
• Added support for iOS and iPadOS 14 • Minor bugs fixed
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2.0
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services
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2.0.1
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services • Bugs fixed
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2.0.2
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services • Bugs fixed
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2.0.3
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services • Fixed an Audio Unit issue with BeatMaker 3 and NanoStudio 2 • Bugs fixed
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2.0.4
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services • Fixed an Audio Unit issue with BeatMaker 3 and NanoStudio 2 • Fixed an issue under iOS 14.2 from Core MIDI • Fixed an issue with the control panel selector • Minor bugs fixed
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2.0.5
• Development and addition of the Audio Unit version of ChordPolyPad • The ‘Real Time Transposition’ setup is now part of the preset and is called ‘Global Transposition’ from the main pad view • The MIDI triggering mode is now part of the ‘Pads Setup’ and can be saved and recalled with the preset • The 16 or 64 pads setup is now saved and recalled with the preset • Added a MIDI triggering order to dispatch MIDI notes from ‘Top to bottom’ or ‘Bottom to top’ on a group • Option to reset the MIDI control used on the pad when released • Added 64 pads setup to the iPhone version • Possibility to share presets by "AirDrop", "Mail", "Message", and other available services • Fixed an Audio Unit issue with BeatMaker 3 and NanoStudio 2 • Fixed an issue under iOS 14.2 from Core MIDI • Fixed an issue with the control panel selector • Fixed an issue on the Audio Unit version where the main MIDI output channel was stuck at 1 • Minor bugs fixed
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2.0.6
• Added support for iOS and iPadOS 15 • Minor bugs fixed
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2.1
• Each pad now displays the MIDI note to trigger it • The design of the iPhone version has been improved to be similar to the iPad version • Possibility to display or not the keyboard editor in the view • Ability to display or not the pad editing panel • PDF documentation can be downloaded to the device • Minor bugs fixed
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2.1.1
• Each pad now displays the MIDI note to trigger it • The design of the iPhone version has been improved to be similar to the iPad version • Possibility to display or not the keyboard editor in the view • Ability to display or not the pad editing panel • PDF documentation can be downloaded to the device • Minor bugs fixed
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2.1.2
• Minor bugs fixed
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2.1.3
• Minor bugs fixed
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2.2
• Compatibility with Logic for iPad • Fixed a bug when recording MIDI effect on Logic • Minor bugs fixed
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2.2.1
• Possibility of having 128 notes per chord instead of 32 • Fixed an issue where dual sliders were too close to each other • Minor bugs fixed
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2.2.2
• MIDI controller ranges can now be set to the same minimum and maximum value in order to send a fixed MIDI value • Minor bugs fixed
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2.2.3
• Minor bugs fixed
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2.3
• Full compatibility with iOS / iPadOS 26 • Support for Windowed Apps mode on iPad • Integration of the new menu bar in iPadOS 26 • Stability and performance improvements
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2.3.1
• Minor bugs fixed
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3.0
• Advanced random chord generator with 16 musical moods (organized by Complexity, Emotional, and Atmospheric categories) featuring voice leading and context-aware harmonic progressions for naturally flowing compositions • New global scale system where the chord keyboard visually greys out notes outside the selected scale • Scale selector can now quantize the selected pad, the selected group, or all pads • New scale section allowing the creation of custom scales • Standardized scale names for improved clarity • Redesigned preset selector, now supporting in-app purchase packs • Three new preset packs available as in-app purchases: Liminal Spaces, Clubwave, and Retro Pop. Each pack includes 6 free presets to explore • New option to color the entire pad • New option to automatically stop Audio Background when the app is inactive (15 min, 30 min, 1 h, 2 h, or never) • Minor bug fixes
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3.0.1
· 16 Mar 2026
• Fixed an issue affecting note preview while holding a pad • Minor bugs fixed
Availability by market
- US
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- Last verified
- 5 Aug 2026
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