StrumForge: Chord Progressions
Adam Spain Music iPhoneiPadiPod touch
StrumForge: Chord Progressions is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Adam Spain. Rated 4.9/5 from 50 ratings. Requires iOS 15.0.
- Rating
- 4.9
- 50 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 55 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 27
- 2026 · v1.8.8
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About StrumForge: Chord Progressions
StrumForge instantly generates over 1 million unique, theory-based chord progressions across every key. Automatically create progressions, customize them, or create your own from scratch. Learn & practice scales, triads, and arpeggios in every key with built-in playback features. Whether you're learning guitar fundamentals, writing songs, practicing improvisation, or exploring music theory, StrumForge helps you discover new ideas and practice more effectively. No ads. No account required. Perfect for: • Daily guitar practice • Learning new guitar chords and voicings • Improving rhythm, timing, & chord changes • Songwriting and improvisation • Understanding triads and arpeggios • Scale and fretboard training • Learning guitar theory • Exploring modes and pentatonic scales Chord Progressions • Generate over 1 million unique theory-based chord progressions instantly • Create 4, 8, or 12-chord progressions based on musical style or mood • Choose a key, mode, chord type, groove, tempo, and guitar sound • Lock or manually override individual chords in the progression • Choose from open chords, barre chords, triads, or power chords • Add sevenths, suspended, and add9 chords for more flavor • Explore new voicings and chord combinations Practice Tools • Play along with interactive chord diagrams in real time • Use the Triad Trainer view to explore every triad inversion, play along in time, and see how they connect across the fretboard • Learn moveable arpeggios across the fretboard with built in playback and tempo controls • Customize rhythm, groove, tempo, and playback controls • Solo over progressions with matching scale diagrams • Practice timing, chord changes, and improvisation all in one place • Use portrait or landscape orientation • Left-handed diagram support Scales & Fretboard • Explore matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams • View intervals, notes, and finger position labels • Interval and modal flavor note color options to visualize and emphasize chord tones • Learn scales visually across the fretboard • Move diagrams to your preferred fretboard position • Cycle through different chord shapes and fingerings • See chord interval and shape labels Unlock Pro Features • Unlimited chord progression generation • Triad Trainer view for mastering triads in every root note across the fretboard • Arpeggio trainer mode for learning moveable shapes across the neck • Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions • Sync favorites and preferences across devices • Automatic practice session tracker with stats & streaks • Styles for mood-based progressions • Built-in guitar tuner, includes popular alternate tunings • Full-featured metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions, and additional customizations • Dark mode • Advanced scale tools and individual scale shapes • Additional grooves and rhythm options • Additional 12-string, overdrive, and arpeggiated guitar voices • Default app preference settings Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Ratings & reviews
4.9
50 ratings
What’s new
Version 1.8.8 · Updated September 27, 2026
Thanks for using StrumForge! Here’s what’s new in our latest update: - Now you can explore CAGED scale shapes with labeled shape navigation and controls to show or hide individual shapes on the full fretboard. - General bug fixes & optimizations Other recent updates include: - Create longer progressions with your choice of 4, 8, or 12 chords - Practice arpeggios with the new Arpeggio Trainer, featuring CAGED shapes and guided playback - Tune up with a redesigned tuner, steadier pitch detection, alternate tunings, and reference tones - Build your timing with a full-featured metronome, including tap tempo, subdivisions, swing, and saved presets - See scale and chord patterns more clearly with colored highlights for triads and characteristic intervals - Choose between intervals, notes, or suggested finger placements on chord diagrams - Explore every triad inversion and play along with the new Triad Trainer - Enjoy improved audio playback, simpler account management, and bug fixes throughout the app - Streamlined path for upgrading to Lifetime purchase from an existing subscription
App privacy
The developer, Adam Spain, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected and linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Contact Info: Email Address
- User Content: Customer Support, Other User Content
- Identifiers: User ID
Used for: App Functionality
Data Not Linked to You
The following data, which may be collected but is not linked to your identity, may be used for the following purposes:
- Purchases: Purchase History
- Usage Data: Product Interaction
Used for: Analytics, App Functionality
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