# Fretboard Learning — user reviews > 43 indexed App Store user reviews of Fretboard Learning by Mustapha AOUAS, rated 4.70/5 from 485 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fretboard-learning/id1554316449/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/fretboard-learning/id1554316449.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 411 · 4★ 42 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 5 · 1★ 13 ## What do users think of Fretboard Learning? Overall sentiment: positive **Pros** - 👍 Easy to use and intuitive interface - 🎮 Fun and engaging game mechanics - 💰 Affordable one-time purchase ($10 lifetime) - 🔒 Strong privacy policy and ethical practices - ⚡ Effective fretboard learning tool - 🎯 Time-based challenges create learning tension - 📊 Score tracking shows progress over time - 🎨 Simple, reliable design without unnecessary bloat - 🎵 Well-designed variety of game types - 👨‍💻 Made by a solo developer with guitarist perspective **Cons** - 🐛 Sound feature produces generic beep instead of guitar notes - 🐛 Audio identify-by-sound feature frequently non-functional - 💳 Confusing pricing model and subscription confusion - 🔐 Left-handed mode locked behind paywall - 📱 Vertical-only orientation doesn't match guitar playing position - 🎮 Limited customization in game modes - ⏱️ Progression system feels restrictive for beginners - 🎵 Missing feedback on incorrect answers in games - 🎸 Limited support for alternate tunings and bass guitar - 😞 Data loss when reinstalling app (pro access removed) **Commonly reported bugs** - Identify by sound produces no audio or disturbing beep sound - Notes on lower half of fretboard not selectable - Missing button for sharps/flats (D# not available when shown) - Low E string gets stuck on D in custom tuning setup - Broken links to Twitter and website in about section - Screen cutoff in horizontal orientation - Enharmonic errors in some scales - Pro access lost after app reinstall - Incorrect answer options not provided for some questions **Most requested features** - Octave differentiation (C1, C2, C3, etc.) - Support for different number of strings and instruments (bass) - Actual guitar note sounds instead of generic beep - Horizontal/landscape orientation support - Ability to select specific frets and notes in all game modes - Single string isolation practice mode - Backing tracks for practice - CAGED system mapping - Unlimited practice mode option - Show correct answer after wrong selection - Chord support for alternate tunings - Share button for scales and chords - Full fretboard view with scrolling instead of limited sections - Customizable game progression pace ## Newest reviews (12 of 43) ### 4/5 — Love it so far *2026-02-05* It has only been 10 minutes but I see where this is going. I thought I knew the fret board well enough to not make mistakes. The time element exposes gaps. It’s fun. ### 4/5 — Nice & Simple but *2025-12-24* Identify by sound does not work. the sound doesn’t sound ### 4/5 — Very good App, few more Features needed *2025-07-23* Hello, i like the App very much and making good progress so far. It’s very clear Designed and the Games are fun to play. Also the Kind of games are very well choosen. One thing i would Like to See in the App would be, that the App makes differences between ocataves. So that i would need to locate C1, C2, C3 for example. Maybe this can be added in a future update:) I also had a bug where the marked Note on the fretboard wasnt pickable on thr bottom half. But besides that: Thanks for the Great App and greetings from Germany! ### 4/5 — Great app for quick practice. Paid version should have more *2025-03-25* This is a great little app. If you added actual note sounds to each game instead if the generic “ding”, I would have bought it a long time ago. Still this is a most for fretboard memorization. Kudos! ### 3/5 — Good but could use more options *2024-08-20* I like the app. It has good games to learn the fretboard from, however I wish there were more options for the games as far as choosing which frets and notes you can use. For instance in the practice tab, you can choose which area of the fretboard and notes you want to practice on. Which is helpful if you want to focus on a specific area you want to learn, however the other games do not have this option (as you progress in levels, you unlock more frets and notes). Rather than being able to get familiar with an area of the fretboard and then moving on, you will get random areas each game with new notes which can get difficult to keep track of. I’d recommend either adding these games to the practice tab so you can focus on specific areas for each game, or simply adding these settings to the games. Also not sure if this is a bug but when I try to use the “identify notes by tone” game, there is no sound played. So kind of useless currently.. otherwise with a few tweaks this app would be very helpful, hope these changes can be made ### 4/5 — Can totally recommend *2024-07-26* ... but I stumbled over a bug where I can not select the note shown on the fretboard because no button is present for that note. The note shown is a D# but there are only buttons for C D E F G A B. I just had arrived level 2. It's a bummer that there is no support channel available where I can report this issue with a screenshot rather than postin it as a review comment. Anyways I like tha app a lot and willing to rate 5 stars as soon the issue is fixed. **Developer response:** Hello! Thank you so much for your feedback. We’ve identified the source of the bug and will be including the fix in our next update. You’re also spot-on about the support channel, and we’ll be addressing that as well. Thanks again for your help! ### 4/5 — Great tool - one suggestion/request *2024-03-08* Great app. Very intuitive user friendly and useful. Only missing one thing - the ability to isolate a string and identify notes along that single string rather than just a section of the fretboard. ### 5/5 — Love it *2023-11-05, version 1.6* One problem that I’m having is when I’m trying to set it to an all fourths tuning E A D G C F The low E string Always gets stuck on D No matter how many times I try ### 4/5 — Needs more *2023-11-02* App is great. Grabbed the pro version so I could do more and probably after just a few days I’m at grand master and nothing left to unlock. I’m looking for more out of this app. Maybe a mapping of the board for the caged system or something, I don’t know. TLDR, bought it, bored of it already. ### 5/5 — Great tool! *2023-07-18* *Many of the reviews are from 2 years ago and the issues they are complaining about must have been fixed because I don’t see them.* The app is great as far as I’m concerned. When I am home, I play my guitar. But when I’m out somewhere and wish I was playing my guitar, this is a great way to test my knowledge of the fretboard. I can imagine a day after I memorize the fretboard that I wouldn’t use it much, but for anyone who hasn’t memorized the fretboard yet this should help you achieve that goal. ### 5/5 — Great app *2023-06-19* Great app, wish practice mode had a an unlimited option. Also was not provided a possible correct answer on one of the attempts. I took a screenshot of it. The note was the the 11th fret on the B string but i was not provided an A# or Bb option ### 5/5 — Well worth it! *2023-05-30* It’s hard to argue with the free version of this app. You can tell a guitarist is behind this. In the several days that I’ve had the app, I’ve replaced my mindless scrolling with an app that has immediate application to my playing. The time hack on the games makes me have that necessary learning tension that noodling or just practicing without a time clock can’t replicate. If you ever need a beta tester, I’m in. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Garbage *2025-10-10, version 1.6* Get the sølo app instead ### 1/5 — Took away my pro *2024-12-27* I’d like to give this a better review but after a year of having this uninstalled I reinstalled it to find out they took away my 10$ pro access :/ ### 1/5 — $$$ *2024-10-25, version 1.6* $9.99 per month and it doesn't show up in my apple subscriptions, so I'm not sure how to cancel. ### 1/5 — Not what I was thinking *2024-05-23* I bought this hoping that more frets would be added on the higher levels I go, so I paid a while $10. Come to find out instead of adding on frets and showing all frets (like in the explore fretboard view) it just shows 4 frets at a time and each fret is numbered, so it may start at 5 and go up 4 from there. I can’t learn the fretboard that way and imagine it like that. It would have been wayyyyy better if it was set up like the fretboard view and you were able to scroll down the fretboard. It would give me a visual instead of having to try and imagine higher up frets because that’s not a realistic view of a guitar. I’m just sad sales are final because I didnt realize it was set up like this **Developer response:** Hello, To see all the frets, you can go to settings and disable the following toggle: Preferences > Show only selected frets while playing. If this resolves your issue, we’d appreciate it if you could reconsider your review. Hope this helps! ### 1/5 — Lefty Paywall *2024-05-07* Downloaded to try out the features. I am left handed. I learned I would have to purchase the Pro version right from the start in order to flip the strings to a lefty setup. Sorry, not going to pay a fee for being left handed. ### 1/5 — App is unfinished & Missing key features for learning *2022-05-13, version 1.5* App does not give instant feedback in games(doesn't show correct answer) Does not allow you to choose what notes to use and what area on the fret board to use in the games Does not allow you to set your own pace in progression The about section is a joke. The twitter and linked-in buttons don't work. The tutorial is not a tutorial what so ever. ### 1/5 — I hate subscriptions *2021-03-06* I was into the free game until it very quickly told me I ran out of my free play. Then it asked me to unlock my monthly subscription. If they charged me 10 dollars to unlock it once I probably would have paid it but the monthly subscriptions are getting ridiculous. **Developer response:** Hello Eric, We head your feedback. There’s now a one time payment option available in the app. We'll continue to evaluate the options for generating income so we can continue maintaining and improving this game. That being said, the $1 subscription is not mandatory, and the app offers you a lot in the free tier, you can still start games in the practice mode even after you've reached the maximum number of games. Have a good day. ### 2/5 — The ear training feature isn’t producing any sound *2025-02-24* The identify by sound wasn’t making sound, I exited and entered back and sound came, but it doesn’t sound like a guitar, its a really disturbing beep sound ### 2/5 — Limited usefulness in alt tunings *2023-09-16, version 1.6* No chords available for alternate tuning at all. I’m feeling ripped off because I paid for premium and got nothing for it ### 3/5 — Good but... *2026-07-03* The app steps up in difficulty but does not allow you to reset your progress to get more reps on a troubled area. It would be helpful if within the games you could select areas of the fretboard already completed and it would also be helpful to be able to step back in level or reset progress completely. ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — exactly what i need *2026-08-13* extremly helpful on learning the notes on the fretboard, especially when im not on my guitar, thank you! ### 5/5 — Play It Buy It *2026-06-09* I would recommend this to anyone that wants to learn guitar. $10 for the lifetime Paid Pro Version is worth it. The only thing I think it’s missing is a way to learn rhythm and chord progressions. ### 5/5 — Educational and Fun *2026-05-03, version 1.6* Thanks ### 5/5 — Excellent *2026-03-08, version 1.6* Fun and useful. Easy to use. ### 5/5 — Solid app with privacy *2026-01-31* This app is really good for quizzing yourself on the fretboard. It’s affordable ($10 lifetime for all features), and it has a much better privacy policy than the other apps. Feels like it was made by a guitarist to help other guitarists. Not just a cash/data grab like many other apps. The interface is kind of old school, which is nice because it works flawlessly. Way better than flashy apps that get buggy. I’m really happy with it, and I feel good knowing my cash went to a solo developer. ### 5/5 — 2010 vibes in a good way *2025-07-10* This app has the same user interface feeling as an iPhone three (yes the one with the black round back) game. I mean that in a good way. I love how simple you had effective. This app makes learning the guitar, wow keeping it fun and stress-free. You can take it as seriously as you want and I love that you can keep track of your score as improvement is not easily seen in the day but rather over periods of time which I think is where a lot of beginner musicians tend to lose Hope in that blindness. ### 5/5 — Great App *2025-04-20* I have nothing to complain, it makes a lot of fun and I learn the fretboard. I am a wannabe bass player, so it would be great if you could include a possibility to change the number of strings or instruments. Thanks for this app🤘 ### 5/5 — Rock star en devenir *2025-02-26* Très bonne application, bien fait. Tout est bien expliqué et c’est un bon début pour s’entraîner à la guitare. Je recommande ! ### 5/5 — Nice *2025-02-24, version 1.6* Very nice technique! ### 5/5 — Great app *2024-12-01* This is a wonderful and fun guitar learning tool. Couldn’t be happier. Tried many and this is the go to one. No subscription. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-09-08.*