Chordwright: Chord Progression
Write songs, learn the theory
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Every chord suggestion comes with one plain sentence saying what it does and where it usually leads. Build a progression, hear it back, and understand why it works.
Chordwright suggests the next chord in your progression, plays it back, and tells you in one plain sentence why that chord works and where it usually leads.
Most chord tools hand you a progression. This one explains it, so that after twenty sessions you need it less.
WHAT IT DOES
• Suggests what can come next, sorted by what the move actually does: safe, preparation, tension, resolution, pivot, colour or surprise
• Auditions any suggestion in place before you commit, so you hear the change in context rather than in isolation
• Explains every chord in one sentence of plain English, with no jargon wall to climb first
• Sets a key, a starting chord and a length in one tap, from a mood
• Plays the progression back at your tempo, with a count-in, looping, and a playhead that follows the bars as they sound
• Works completely offline. No account, no sign-in, and the app makes no network request of its own
WHO IT IS FOR
Songwriters who can hear that a change is wrong but not say why. Guitarists and pianists
past the first few shapes. Music students working on composition, and teachers who would
rather explain a chord's function once than twenty times.
Written by a secondary school music teacher, which is the whole reason the explanations
sound like a person rather than a textbook.
FREE AND PRO
Free: the Classical (major) pack, with its mood presets and starter progressions, an
explanation for every chord, full playback with voice leading, and up to three saved
progressions.
Pro: adds five more packs, Classical (minor), Jazz essentials and Modal, each in major and
minor, with their own mood presets and starter progressions, and removes the save limit.
Nothing else is gated.
Pro is available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as a one-off lifetime purchase.
The annual plan includes a 14-day free trial. Prices are shown in the app in your own
currency before anything is charged, and a subscription renews automatically unless it is
cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel in your Apple account
settings at any time.
Terms of Use: https://mattye27888.github.io/chordwright-pages/terms.html
Privacy Policy: https://mattye27888.github.io/chordwright-pages/privacy.html
Open a blank bar and see what your next chord could be.
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New in Chordwright 1.1
• Modal pack added: two new Pro packs, Modal Contemporary (major and minor), join Classical and Jazz essentials
• Progression library: tap the book icon in the editor to browse starter progressions for your pack, then drop one straight into your grid
The developer, Matthew Edwards, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- Matthew Edwards
- Size
- 8 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 26.5 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 26.5 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 26.5 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 26.5 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 26.5 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Chordwright Pro (Lifetime) $79.99
- Chordwright Pro (Monthly) $3.99
- Chordwright Pro (Annual) $24.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Matthew Edwards