Slow Burn
Smouldering slow minor blues in C — take your time and let every note cry.
Jam this track with live chords →Chordify review
Chordify turns almost any recording into a chord sheet that scrolls in time with the music. It is very good at that, and the price is genuinely low. Here is what the free tier allows, what each plan costs, and the two situations where it is the wrong tool.
What Chordify actually is
You give Chordify a song — from its catalogue or your own upload — and it analyses the audio and prints the chords above a timeline that moves as the song plays. Diagrams cover guitar, piano, ukulele and mandolin, and it runs on the web, iOS and Android under one account. Chordify's own figures: 36 million songs, 9 million-plus app downloads, and a 4.7 average from over 50,000 reviews.
The free tier, precisely
Chordify's own help page is unusually clear about this: 2 songs per day with no account, 4 songs per day once you sign up free, with advertising. Those songs are fully playable and repeatable — the limit is how many different songs, not how long you play. Everything else (chord diagrams synced to the music, the catalogue, search by chords, all four instruments) is included free.
What the paid plans cost
| Plan | Price | What it adds |
|---|---|---|
| Basic | €2/month, billed €24/year | Unlimited songs per day |
| Premium | €3/month, billed €36/year | No ads, change key, change tempo, loop sections, PDF chord sheets, MIDI download, setlists |
| Premium Plus | €4/month list, €48/year | Everything above plus the Toolkit: tuner, metronome with drumbeat, chord practice, chord detection, lyrics |
Prices as displayed on chordify.net on 20 August 2026, in euros, during a summer promotion — your currency, region and app store may differ. A 14-day money-back guarantee applies and you can cancel at any time.
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Where it is strong
- Coverage. Obscure songs, live versions, regional music — it usually has something, and if it doesn't you can upload the file.
- Speed. From "I want to play this" to playing it is under a minute.
- Price. €24–€36 a year is far below every lesson app in this comparison.
- Key and tempo. On Premium, transposing to a singable key or slowing a part down is one control, which is exactly what a learner needs.
Where it falls down
- Chord accuracy on hard material. The analysis is very good on pop, folk and rock, and noticeably shakier on jazz voicings, dense mixes and key changes. Chordify does not hide this; its own site leans on "near perfect" rather than perfect.
- It gives you the record, not a band. You are playing on top of a finished mix with a guitarist already in it. For learning a song that is fine. For sounding like you are playing with musicians, it is the wrong shape — that is what a backing track is for.
- Nothing listens to you. No feedback, no recording, no way to hear what you actually played back.
Buy it if you learn songs — covers, requests, a setlist, your own favourites. At this price the time it saves pays for itself in a week.
Skip it if your goal is improvising, phrasing or playing in a band context. Chordify will tell you which chords are passing; it will not give you room to play over them, and it will never tell you how you sounded.
Hear what we're talking about
The other half of the job — the part a chord sheet cannot do. These are backing tracks with the lead left out, free and playable right here.
Greasy Shuffle
Swaggering blues shuffle in E — open position, wide-open jam.
Jam this track with live chords →Open JamLab — jam free, no signup →
Common questions
Is Chordify free?
Yes, with a cap: 2 songs a day without an account and 4 a day when you sign up for a free account, with ads. Unlimited songs start at Basic, €2/month billed €24/year (20 August 2026).
How much does Chordify cost?
As shown on chordify.net on 20 August 2026, in euros: Basic €2/month billed €24/year; Premium €3/month billed €36/year; Premium Plus at a €4/month list price, €48/year. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee.
Are Chordify chords accurate?
Usually, on straightforward material. The chords are produced by audio analysis, so simple pop, folk and rock songs come out close to right, while jazz, dense mixes, key changes and anything with unusual voicings will need correcting by ear.
Is Chordify worth it?
It is worth it if you learn specific songs regularly — the price is low and the time saved is real. It is not worth it if your goal is improvising or playing with a band feel, because a chord sheet over the original recording does not give you space to play.
Looking to switch? See Chordify alternatives.