The Archive

We've been at this a while.

Polychord launched in 2010, alongside the very first iPad — and became one of the App Store's original top-ten music apps. These are a few of our earliest ads. Sixteen years later, it's still the same instrument at heart.

Early Polychord ad: a musician with headphones on a rocky beach at sunset, with the tagline Wherever Inspiration Strikes
"Wherever inspiration strikes" — 2010
Early Polychord ad: playing the pink chord circles on a first-generation iPad from a lounge chair
The original chord circles, first-generation iPad
Early Polychord ad: two musicians, one on guitar and one playing Polychord on an iPad
iPad and guitar — the original duet
Early Polychord photo shoot: a musician with green headphones playing Polychord on an iPad at a park bench
An afternoon at the park — 2010
App Store artwork: a musician lying on the floor playing Polychord on an iPad between a snare drum and an electric guitar, captioned A band at your fingertips
Sixteen years later — the same photo in today's App Store artwork