Reviews of Suggester 2 : Chords & Scales

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List of user reviews and ratings for Suggester 2 : Chords & Scales

Total ratings

4.60 (Rating count: 365)

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Review summary

Users broadly praise Suggester 2 as a powerful, portable toolkit for chords, scales, voicings, and progression experimentation, with strong MIDI/DAW integration, a helpful chord lookup/dictionary, and cross-device syncing across Mac, iPad, and iPhone. The biggest downsides are a paywall/upgrade model that locks features and varies by platform, plus stability issues like crashes and occasional data loss. Other concerns include inconsistent Mac/iOS parity and usability gaps for beginners in organizing bars/measures.

Pros

Extensive, feature-rich toolset for chords, scales, voicings, and progressions, ideal for on-the-go songwriting.
Boosts creativity and helps overcome writer's block with quick exploration of modes, borrowed chords, and voicings.
Strong MIDI/DAW integration: export MIDI, use with external gear, and AUv3 support for routing into DAWs like AUM or GarageBand.
Chord lookup/dictionary that identifies chords and suggests keys/scales, with easy auditioning of voicings.
Cross-device compatibility and instrument options with easy syncing across Mac, iPad, and iPhone.

Cons

Paywall and unclear upgrade pricing: many features are locked behind purchases, with additional costs when moving between iOS and Mac.
Stability issues: frequent crashes and, in some cases, data loss of saved compositions or sounds.
Platform parity issues and inconsistent capabilities: Mac version restricts fret range (1-3) vs iOS (1-12) and separate unlocks across platforms.
Usability concerns for beginners: difficulty organizing bars/measures and notational workflow.

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User Reviews

Recent rating average: 4.50

All time rating average: 4.60

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11% (5)

Date	Author	Comment
2026-07-21	Sl*****	This is the only music composition App I need on my Mac. It’s Elegant, Simple but Powerful and Just perfect to be honest.
This is the only music composition App I need on my Mac. It’s Elegant, Simple but Powerful and Just perfect to be honest.
2026-05-12	Ju*****	I downloaded the first Suggester app in 2020 and I started writing songs again after a number of years due to my band being out of work due to COVID. I love it. I wrote over 250 songs since then using the first app, and I’ve just recently started using Suggester 2. It’s so easy to use and works well with GarageBand. All my songs start with this app. The support is fantastic. He answers my emails immediately and has walked me through a couple of things that I needed help with. I can’t say enough about how great it is. 10 out of 10.
I downloaded the first Suggester app in 2020 and I started writing songs again after a number of years due to my band being out of work due to COVID. I love it. I wrote over 250 songs since then using the first app, and I’ve just recently started using Suggester 2. It’s so easy to use and works well with GarageBand. All my songs start with this app. The support is fantastic. He answers my emails immediately and has walked me through a couple of things that I needed help with. I can’t say enough about how great it is. 10 out of 10.
2026-03-04	xt*****	best on the go songwriting app hands down. everything you can ever ask for..
best on the go songwriting app hands down. everything you can ever ask for..
2026-01-25	Wi*****	I hardly ever write reviews but… Where has this app been all my life??? Fantastic set of features for pretty much unlimited exploration of music. You don’t have to know music theory, yet this tool will solidly let you adhere to it, just messing around. If you are feeling stuck in chord progressions with the SAME BORING chords every time, and wish you could just try banging out something that sounds amazing in, say, Lydian mode with a few borrowed chords, in about 2 minutes, this app will make you feel unstoppable. Love that I can pick from predefined instruments or connect to my own hardware via MIDI. Export MIDI and drop it right into Ableton. And it works equally well on my Mac and my iPhone. Thank you to whomever came up with this little monster. It is now INDISPENSABLE to my songwriting flow.
I hardly ever write reviews but… Where has this app been all my life??? Fantastic set of features for pretty much unlimited exploration of music. You don’t have to know music theory, yet this tool will solidly let you adhere to it, just messing around. If you are feeling stuck in chord progressions with the SAME BORING chords every time, and wish you could just try banging out something that sounds amazing in, say, Lydian mode with a few borrowed chords, in about 2 minutes, this app will make you feel unstoppable. Love that I can pick from predefined instruments or connect to my own hardware via MIDI. Export MIDI and drop it right into Ableton. And it works equally well on my Mac and my iPhone. Thank you to whomever came up with this little monster. It is now INDISPENSABLE to my songwriting flow.
2026-01-06	on*****	This app is the crown jewel of swiss army knife musical creativity. Its form and function is fantastic. It has already accelerated my creativity at break neck speed. It may seem innocent on its surface, but it has so many layers to be discovered. I was amazed at how I created a great chord progression on piano and when I decided to switch it to guitar, it took minimal effort. I typically use alternate guitar tunings and found every one I could ask for immediately available. Every chord is able to be auditioned, so when you find the progression, you want to work with, you can then start to swap out different voicings and versions which allow you to enhance the sound of your progression. Its like having a multi-instrumentalist at your disposal with the ability to play your progression a ton of different ways. Then once you have your chord progression built it gives you the ability to use the app as an auv3 into another app like AUM or GarageBand and you can then have the app play the progressions for you in perfect time or you can manually tap the chords as needed. You can also use the app as a musical dictionary. Its incredible. To begin meandering on your keyboard and find some initial inspiration or chords and play them into the app with the look up tool function is like having a music scholar right next to you telling you what chord you are playing with and then you have the direction of what key and scale to work in. This app is the key to removing any musical writers' block and acts as a musical translator. I cannot stress the importance of this app as a writing, creating and performance tool. I have to commend the creator not only on an incredible app, but also in the fast and friendly support when submitting inquiries. His response was kind and quickly resolved my concerns.
This app is the crown jewel of swiss army knife musical creativity. Its form and function is fantastic. It has already accelerated my creativity at break neck speed. It may seem innocent on its surface, but it has so many layers to be discovered. I was amazed at how I created a great chord progression on piano and when I decided to switch it to guitar, it took minimal effort. I typically use alternate guitar tunings and found every one I could ask for immediately available. Every chord is able to be auditioned, so when you find the progression, you want to work with, you can then start to swap out different voicings and versions which allow you to enhance the sound of your progression. Its like having a multi-instrumentalist at your disposal with the ability to play your progression a ton of different ways. Then once you have your chord progression built it gives you the ability to use the app as an auv3 into another app like AUM or GarageBand and you can then have the app play the progressions for you in perfect time or you can manually tap the chords as needed. You can also use the app as a musical dictionary. Its incredible. To begin meandering on your keyboard and find some initial inspiration or chords and play them into the app with the look up tool function is like having a music scholar right next to you telling you what chord you are playing with and then you have the direction of what key and scale to work in. This app is the key to removing any musical writers' block and acts as a musical translator. I cannot stress the importance of this app as a writing, creating and performance tool. I have to commend the creator not only on an incredible app, but also in the fast and friendly support when submitting inquiries. His response was kind and quickly resolved my concerns.
2025-11-22	ho*****	This is a transformative tool for creating new music opportunities. It’s also a great tool for learning new chords on guitar, and hearing what chords go together. I’ve spent over a 100 hundred hours or more, on the phone, on my iPad, and even on the Mac putting these chords together. It also works via MIDI so you can link to a DAW. Amazing product, thank you so much for making this.
This is a transformative tool for creating new music opportunities. It’s also a great tool for learning new chords on guitar, and hearing what chords go together. I’ve spent over a 100 hundred hours or more, on the phone, on my iPad, and even on the Mac putting these chords together. It also works via MIDI so you can link to a DAW. Amazing product, thank you so much for making this.
2025-08-19	G5*****	I lost all my saved compositions. All of my instrument sounds and scales. Everything that I had paid for monthly for five years.
I lost all my saved compositions. All of my instrument sounds and scales. Everything that I had paid for monthly for five years.
2025-07-20	ma*****	Figured it out. Great app!
Figured it out. Great app!
2025-04-16	se*****	Love this app, it really helps not only with songwriting, but also as a way to document. I really wish it allowed for custom tunings. I know there are a number of alternate tunings, but it would be nice to be able to use completely custom tunings. Other than that it’s a near perfect app.
Love this app, it really helps not only with songwriting, but also as a way to document. I really wish it allowed for custom tunings. I know there are a number of alternate tunings, but it would be nice to be able to use completely custom tunings. Other than that it’s a near perfect app.
2025-04-13	(W*****	The paywall was infuriating!
The paywall was infuriating!