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synthchord
Coming soon · Android first

Play chords.
Sketch songs.

A chord pad for songwriters and producers. Pick a key. Tap a pad. Bend the chord with the joystick. Record a loop and export a MIDI file you can drop straight into your DAW.

See how it works ↓
SynthChord Pad screen showing eight chord pads in F# Minor with the joystick wheel below
What it does

Four moves. One instrument.

Eight chords, one joystick.

Pick a key and a scale. Seven diatonic chord pads light up. Drag the joystick toward maj7, sus4, m7♭5, dim. Eight variations on the wheel, no theory degree required. Magnitude controls velocity: soft taps stay soft, deep drags get loud.

Loop your idea before you forget it.

Hit REC and play. The looper captures the chord pad presses in time, lays them under a BPM-locked playhead, and lets you overdub another layer on top. Two taps, one loop. No DAW gymnastics.

Export the seed. Grow it elsewhere.

Hit the share icon on the looper. Out comes a .mid file. Drop it into Ableton, Logic, FL Studio, Reaper, or anything that opens MIDI. SynthChord is for the sketch. Your DAW is for the song.

130 sounds. One tap to switch.

Acoustic grand to vintage tape, brass to FM bell. Browse by category, search by name, swap mid-sketch without losing the loop. Bring your own SoundFonts and samples if you have them.

Pricing

Free to play. One-time unlock for everything else.

No subscription. No trial countdowns. Buy SynthChord Pro once, keep it across reinstalls and devices on the same store account.

Free

Play.

$0
Forever
  • Chord pad + notes mode
  • Joystick chord-bend
  • Now-playing chord readout
  • Internal soft-synth + sampler
  • External MIDI input
  • Metronome
  • Looper playback
SynthChord Pro

Sketch.

$9.99
One-time · No subscription
  • Save and load your presets
  • Export loops as MIDI files
  • Import custom SoundFonts + samples
  • Arpeggiator (4 patterns × 3 rates)
  • A / B FX switcher
  • Chord-progression presets
  • Record + overdub loops
Why this exists

For the songwriter who thinks in chords.

Most DAWs treat chords as an afterthought. Type the notes, draw the MIDI rectangles, hope the harmony works. Most chord-pad apps treat them as a toy. Pretty colors, no useful output, can't get the sketch out of the app.

SynthChord sits between those two. The Nashville Number System is built in: every pad shows its roman numeral and its absolute name, so the relationship between key and chord becomes muscle memory. The looper catches the idea before it slips. The export drops it straight into the next room.

No tracking. No ads. No subscription. Your presets, recordings, and imported sounds never leave your device.

Made by a songwriter, for songwriters.

Questions

A few common ones.

When does it launch?
Android first, in the coming weeks via the Google Play Store. iOS submission follows roughly a month later. Drop your email above and you'll hear about both.
Does it work without an internet connection?
Yes. The only network call SynthChord makes is the IAP handshake when you unlock Pro or restore a prior purchase. Playing, recording, and exporting are fully offline.
Do you need my email or any account?
No accounts, no logins. Apple ID / Google account handles the purchase, that's it. Read the full privacy policy.

More questions on the support page →