ChordReader 2

A digital music book to fetch online and store locally chords and lyrics

Chord Reader 2 is an enhanced version of Chord Reader, developed by Nolan Lawson.

It's an app that:

fetches chord charts and tabulatures for your favorite songs from the Internet,

saves them to a local file,

displays them in an easy-to-read format with the chords highlighted in an autoscroll view,

transposes the identified chords up or down, or you can add a capo,

provides common chord variations,

provides a setlist mode to play your songs subsequently in a predefined order.

License:
Chord Reader 2 is a free and open-source app under GPLv3+ license.

Source Code:
The source code is available here.
Any bugs can be reported at the Issue Tracker.

Donation:
If you would like to donate, visit paypal.me/hollowbamboo.

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License: GNU General Public License v3.0 only
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Versions

Although APK downloads are available below to give you the choice, you should be aware that by installing that way you will not receive update notifications and it's a less secure way to download. We recommend that you install the F-Droid client and use that.

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Version 2.3.1 (11) suggested Added on Sep 16, 2024

This version requires Android 4.4 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  (7.1)
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
- org.hollowbamboo.chordreader2.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION
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Version 2.2.0 (9) - Added on Mar 05, 2024

This version requires Android 4.4 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  (7.1)
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
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Version 2.1.6 (8) - Added on Aug 26, 2023

This version requires Android 4.4 or newer.

It is built and signed by F-Droid, and guaranteed to correspond to this source tarball.
Permissions
- have full network access
  
  Allows the app to create network sockets and use custom network protocols. The browser and other applications provide means to send data to the internet, so this permission is not required to send data to the internet.
- android.permission.MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
  (7.1)
- read the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to read the contents of your shared storage.
- modify or delete the contents of your shared storage
  
  Allows the app to write the contents of your shared storage.
Download APK 7.7 MiB PGP Signature | Build Log