Songwriter studio · Any DAW
ChordCodex
Chords, drums, bass — sketched on your iPhone or iPad, exported as one MIDI file that opens in every DAW. Your producer hits play, you hit record.
Plays nice with the apps you already pay for
The Chord Factory difference
538+Voicings, played by real musicians. Not a music theory book.
Stack them in a song and they sound like a record. Open chords that breathe. Jazz spreads with hand-placed tensions. Pop voicings that actually sit in the mix.
For artists × producers
Format, BPM, chords, beat, bass — bundled into one MIDI file. AirDrop it. Your producer hits play in minutes.
Sketch chords, drop in a beat and bass. On your phone, in 20 minutes.
iPhone · iPadA single .mid file with the format, BPM, chord changes, drum pattern and bass line inside. AirDrop, iMessage, email — anything.
One .mid fileLogic, Ableton, FL, Pro Tools — anything that reads MIDI. The arrangement is already there.
Any DAWProducer picks sounds, you grab the mic. Session time is recording time.
SessionThe producer never has to figure out the song. They get the song. They just choose the sounds.
The app
Three recordings, straight off the device — browsing voicings, playing the pads, and building an arrangement section by section.
Pick a root, a quality, hit Play. Hear every voicing in seconds.
Velocity-sensitive pads, an inversion strip and ten strum feels — one screen.
Sections A, B, Chorus, Bridge — each with its own chords, drums and bass.
Export
Finish the idea, tap share, pick a format. Send it to a collaborator, a producer, a session — or straight into your DAW.
Sounds, feels, sections — everything. AirDrop it, they open it in ChordCodex and keep working.
Chords, drums, bass on separate tracks. Tempo in the header. Opens in every DAW.
The full arrangement as a master-quality stereo file. Reference mix, demo, or drop it in a session.
Printable session sheet — chords or Nashville numbers, sections and BPM. Hand it to the band.
Pricing
Free to download. Try everything Pro for 7 days. Then go monthly, yearly, or buy Lifetime and never pay again.
Universal · iPhone · iPad
Free to download
$0
forever
Full workflow — sketch, save, share. Pro unlocks export.
Available at launch
Cancel anytime
$5.99
per month
Everything Pro unlocks — billed monthly. Cancel any time.
Available at launch
Cancel anytime · save 44%
$39.99
per year
Billed once a year. Cancel any time.
Available at launch
No subs ever
$79.99
one-time
One purchase. Every update forever. Own your tool.
Available at launch
All prices USD · App Store purchase · Refunds via Apple ID. Trial is risk-free — if you don't continue, you stay on Free. Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends — see the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
FAQ
The five things people ask before launch. The full manual ships with the app.
In Song mode, build the song idea — format (verse / chorus / bridge), BPM, chord progression, drum pattern, bass line. Then pick how you want to send it out. ChordCodex gives you four export formats:
AirDrop, iMessage, email, or drop it in Files — whichever route you'd normally use. The producer opens it in their DAW and the arrangement is already there. They pick sounds, you grab the mic. Session time becomes recording time instead of figuring-out-the-song time.
Jam is an expressive chord instrument. The screen is a chord palette with velocity-sensitive pads, an inversion strip, and a strum drawer. With Pro, producers plug their iPhone into their Mac via USB-C (IDAM) and treat ChordCodex like a hardware chord controller — tap a pad, the MIDI streams straight into Logic / Ableton / FL / Pro Tools in real time, and any soft-synth on the receiving track plays the chord. It's the fastest way to perform chord parts into a session without programming MIDI by hand. On Free, the on-device Virtual MIDI port drives iOS hosts like AUM, GarageBand and Drambo.
Compose is the arrangement studio. Same chord material, but laid out into sections.
No. The whole app is built around picking voicings by ear. You browse by Root and Quality, hit Play, and listen. If a chord sounds right, it is right. The voice-leading engine handles the boring parts.
If your DAW reads standard MIDI files (Logic, FL Studio, Pro Tools, GarageBand, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig — all do), then yes. With Pro you can also plug your iPhone into your Mac via USB-C and use ChordCodex as a MIDI instrument in real time via IDAM — no drivers required. USB, Bluetooth and network MIDI are Pro; the on-device Virtual MIDI port is free.
Download the app for free. Start the free trial and you get the full app for 7 days — everything Pro unlocked, including MIDI/PDF/WAV export and custom feel editors. At the end of the trial, pick a plan: $5.99/month, $39.99/year, or $79.99 Lifetime (one purchase, every update forever, no subscription). Or do nothing and the app stays on the Free tier — unlimited jam & song saves, all feel presets, unlimited .ccsong sharing. Refunds go through your Apple ID purchase history.