# Circle o Fifths: Guitar+Piano

> Chords, Scales & Songwriting

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1499417636](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1499417636)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id1499417636`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Tim Mueller
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.80 / 5 (1,049 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.2.4
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-22
- **First published:** 2020-02-19
- **Size:** 12 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/circle-o-fifths-guitar-piano/id1499417636)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://sleeplaugh.com/privacy.html](http://sleeplaugh.com/privacy.html)

## Description

**Circle of Fifths: Guitar+Piano** turns music theory into practical tools for learning, songwriting, and improvisation. Explore major and minor keys, chord relationships, scales, CAGED shapes, full-neck patterns, chord tones, and ready-made licks across guitar and piano.

Build and practice chord progressions with tempo controls, looping, strumming patterns, and a metronome. Switch between realistic guitar recordings and synthesized piano sounds, browse interactive chord diagrams, transpose songs, and personalize the experience with 21 color themes.

## Rankings

- #53,210 — Overall
- #57 — transpose

## Review summary

Overall, users praise this app as user-friendly and a comprehensive tool for learning the circle of fifths, with fingerings/voicings and audible chord examples that aid songwriting and understanding progressions. The main recurring downside is a non-responsive UI on small screens that cuts off parts of the circle. A few reports mention occasional audio or chord issues. Despite these, most reviews view Circle o Fifths as a valuable reference and a good value for studying music theory.

### Pros

- User-friendly and simple to use
- Comprehensive circle of fifths concept with chord fingerings/voicings
- Helpful for songwriting and understanding chord progressions
- Lets users hear how chords should sound/are audible and informative

### Cons

- UI/viewport is not responsive on small screens, causing edges to be cut off

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