# Guitar Notepad - Tab Editor — Fantastic Guitar tab editor

> Guitar tablature editor with cloud sync, advanced notation, and export options. (iPhone/iPad app by Codefad.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-notepad-tab-editor/id1063899220 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Codefad](https://appshunter.io/developer/468776757)
- Category: Music, Productivity
- Price: $1.99
- Rating: 3.60/5 from 27 App Store ratings · 44 written reviews indexed
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 11.0 · 10 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2015-12-29
- Data updated: 2026-08-20
- Monetization: free
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-notepad-tab-editor/id1063899220/reviews.md

## What is Guitar Notepad?

Guitar Notepad helps you easily and quickly jot down song ideas in guitar tab, save them to the cloud and email them to band mates.

I created this app as I found that when playing around with ideas on my own, or after a jam session, I was still using paper to jot down ideas. I have tried some of the other tab writing apps out there but none of them used the touch screen like a guitar fret board which really speeds things up. I'm keen to make this app as useful as possible so please feel free to contact me if you want any new features added.

Create and Edit Tab:
- Edit song details like title, artist, transcribed by and tempo
- Add time signatures, lyrics and performance notes
- Add chords, strum patterns and lyrics above your tabbed notes (no other apps I've seen support this!)
- Add any number of strings and custom tunings including 4,5,6 and 7 string guitars/bass guitars
- Use touch screen to quickly add notes with a single tap
- Choose from common chord patterns to save time
- Add techniques likes slides, hammer ons, pull offs muted notes, harmonics, tremolo, vibrato, ghosts/ties, tapping and more
- Backspace as well as delete button for faster editing
- Cut, copy and paste sections of tab, even between different songs
- Undo button - the last 10 actions are recorded and can be undone
- Continuous chord mode - saves having to perform an extra tap to start adding chords
- Option to view notes on the fret board
- Supports repeated bar notation
- Tab Playback (no note modulation for now)
- Can change guitar neck to left handed view
- Supports note lengths from whole notes to 1/64, dotted notes and triplets
- Add a capo

View, Export and Share:
- Export to PDF or text
- Transpose songs up and down
- Organize songs by artists or use tags to create albums and setlists
- Use autoscroll to view tabs and play along
- Layout optimised for both tablets and phones
- Zoom in and out depending on your screen size
- Print from device
- Save songs to file in your cloud storage like Dropbox, or export via email.
- Ability to perform a full backup and restore - useful if you are switching devices 
- Import songs shared from other people's Guitar Notepad apps
- View and search through your songs by title, artist name or last modified time

## Key features

- Touch-screen fretboard input
- Add chords, lyrics, and performance notes
- Customizable strings and tunings
- Advanced editing tools (cut, copy, paste, undo)
- Export to PDF and text
- Cloud saving and sharing
- Tab playback

## Recent user reviews (10 of 44)

All indexed reviews: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-notepad-tab-editor/id1063899220/reviews.md

### 1/5 — Catastrophic bugs

*2025-09-11*

I bought this app to transcribe music I’ve composed. At first, I was impressed — I finished my first song in about 45 minutes and really clicked with the workflow. But almost immediately after saving, the app reported that the song file was corrupt and couldn’t be opened. Shortly after, the file disappeared completely and all my work was lost.

This is a deal-breaker. A music app must be able to reliably save and restore files. I strongly recommend avoiding this tool until the developer addresses this issue.

### 5/5 — Good investment

*2025-02-01*

Easy to use and very helpful when I just can’t recall that song part because I haven’t played it in a while.

### 4/5 — Great songwriting resource

*2025-01-06*

Bought this for no money looking for an easy way to make a record of riffs etc to enhance my songs. Does a great job although it seems to loose sound if the app is open for a while.  Also had a problem with a file getting corrupted but that was probably finger trouble. Instructions are a bit anorexic but for the money it’s a great resource.

### 5/5 — Simple and easy to use

*2024-12-20*

Simple as that.

### 4/5 — Basic but clever

*2024-02-02*

Takes a little while to find where everything is and, once put aside for a while, needs to be relearned but seems pretty well thought through and executed. Reliable so far, good work.

Can't seem to be able to award stars but 4/5 for now.

### 5/5 — Very practical and affordable tab editor

*2023-09-23*

I love this app and I hope the develloper keeps working on it. It is already great but a bit buggy and full of devellopment paths to be explored!

### 5/5 — Updates Review-Satisfied

*2022-02-20*

New update fixed the issue of not being able to load the app without crashing. I did lose the tabs I had in there but it could have been from deleting the app at one point. Either way, I think it’s worth the couple bucks to have an app to quickly write down ideas or a quick Tab. I like the easy to use guitar fretboard as well as being able to switch to ukulele. Appreciate the update!

### 1/5 — App won’t open

*2022-02-12*

Just bought this and it doesn’t open on my iPad. Crashes instantly. Useless. Had to request a refund through the App Store.

### 1/5 — Crashes Instantly

*2022-02-08*

I just downloaded this app after the App Store says, “works with this iPad” which is an iPad Pro. Upon opening the app it immediately crashes and will not open the app whatsoever. Waste of $1.99. Nothing on their support page addresses app crash issues that I can see. To be fair, I’ll change the review if this is corrected. Otherwise, total waste of money on my part.

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2022-02-02*

No longer opens

## Frequently asked questions about Guitar Notepad

### What does Guitar Notepad do?

Guitar Notepad is a mobile application designed for guitarists to easily create, edit, and manage guitar tablature. It offers a touch-screen interface that mimics a guitar fretboard for quick note entry, along with features for adding chords, lyrics, and various playing techniques.

### What are the key features of this tab editor?

Key features include a touch-screen fretboard for fast note input, the ability to add chords, lyrics, and performance notes, support for custom tunings and multiple strings, advanced editing functions like cut, copy, paste, and undo, and export options to PDF or text. It also offers cloud saving and tab playback.

### Is Guitar Notepad free to use?

Yes, Guitar Notepad is available for free. Based on the provided information, there are no in-app purchases or advertisements, indicating a completely free user experience.

### What devices is Guitar Notepad compatible with?

The app is designed with a layout optimized for both phones and tablets, allowing users to zoom in and out depending on their screen size. It can also be printed directly from the device.

### How can I share my created tabs?

You can easily share your created guitar tabs by exporting them to PDF or text formats. Additionally, the app allows you to save songs to your cloud storage or export them directly via email, making it simple to send them to bandmates or collaborators.

## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 3.6.4 — 2022-02-19

ios 15 fixes for some users

### 3.6.3 — 2022-02-16

ios 15 compatibility fixes for some devices.

### 3.6.2 — 2021-11-14

Fix for iOS 15.1 compatibility

### 3.6.1 — 2020-12-10

- Improved note spacing to take into account durations
- Enable quick note length and text edits by tapping top or bottom bottom of edit score display
- Added option to include summary of chords used in tab and to show them above the tab
- Show chord boxes above tab
- Added Low G Ukulele tuning
- Fixed time signature font bug

### 3.5.2 — 2020-09-25

- Changed file storage settings so max size is increased
- Fixed bug where tab not always visible at start of Section Edit screen
- Improved native dialog boxes
- Fixed order of string labels in Chord display screen
- Corrected octaves on Ukulele Baritone tuning to D3 G3 B3 E4
- Added A#/Bb toggle for fret note labels
- Save chord vs note mode for each section individually
- Added support for repeats in playback

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