# Guitar Tabs X - tabs editor — user reviews

> 154 indexed App Store user reviews of Guitar Tabs X by Aleksandar Mlazev, rated 4.10/5 from 353 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-tabs-x-tabs-editor/id1138809362/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/guitar-tabs-x-tabs-editor/id1138809362.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 210 · 4★ 60 · 3★ 33 · 2★ 16 · 1★ 34

## What do users think of Guitar Tabs X?

Overall sentiment: mixed

**Pros**

- 👍 Easy and intuitive user interface
- 🎵 Quick playback feature for tabs
- 🎸 Support for various guitar tunings
- ⚡ Fast tab creation process
- 💰 Free version available with basic features
- 🎼 Simple rhythm notation system
- 📱 Works well for quick note-taking

**Cons**

- 🐛 Frequent data loss and file deletion bugs
- 🐛 Save functionality unreliable
- 📝 No support for chord notation above tabs
- 🔤 Small font sizes in printouts
- ⚙️ Limited tuning options for bass
- 🎸 No 7-string or extended range guitar support
- 🎵 Poor sound quality and realism
- 💸 Paywall for basic features like multiple songs
- 🎚️ Difficult tempo slider control
- 🔧 Missing many standard guitar notations

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Songs automatically deleted when creating new tabs
- Multiple songs overwritten to same filename
- File save not confirmed properly
- App freezes with 'stop playback to edit' message
- Playback stops at high tempos (150+ BPM)
- Ties/slurs ignored across measure boundaries
- Incorrect note playback in certain tunings
- Double copy when changing song title
- Accidental delete function too sensitive
- No sound on some newly created tabs
- Pro version purchase breaks save functionality
- Slider tempo control glitchy and unresponsive
- Coding issue with special characters in composer field

**Most requested features**

- Capo/Capodastre functionality
- Hammer-on and pull-off notations
- Custom tuning editor for any string configuration
- 7-string and 8-string guitar support
- 5-string bass support with more tuning options
- Chord names above tabs
- Tempo changes mid-song
- Additional time signatures (6/8, 7/4, 8/8)
- Dotted note options
- Rest/silence notation
- Harmonics and pinch harmonics
- Slides and bend notations
- Copy and paste functionality
- Multiple tracks/instruments in one project
- Text annotations and lyrics
- First and second ending markers
- Better metronome and tempo control
- Auto-save functionality
- Larger font sizes for printing
- Ghost notes support
- Glissando notation
- Percussion/drum tabs
- Better sound samples for guitar
- Shuffle rhythm option
- Bar numbering
- Search functionality for saved tabs

## Newest reviews (20 of 154)

### 4/5 — Très bien mais quelques trucs dommages

*2026-07-17*

L’application est vraiment super top, je la recommande !!!!!
Faire des tablatures est un jeu d’enfant et plein de réglages sont disponibles mais si on ne paye pas un abonnement, on ne peut pas faire plus de 5 tabs. C’est vraiment dommage mais sinon c’est le seul bémol de cet appli

### 3/5 — 楽譜が消えることがある

*2026-05-16*

使い勝手が良く、しばらく使わせていただいていたのですが、保存しても消えていることが多々あります。
また、保存したのに他の楽譜で上書きされていることもありました。

ちゃんと保存されているかを確認するには一度楽譜の画面を出ないといけないため、それで保存されていなかった場合、作成していた楽譜は2度と表示できません。

軽く使う分にはいいですが、しっかり一曲分作るにはかなりリスクが大きいと思います。

シンプルで使いやすいんですけどね。
その場で再生もできるし、ゴーストノートもあります。

### 4/5 — Very nice

*2025-10-17*

I love almost everything about this tab program (ease of tabbing, playback feature) but have one major suggestion. When I print this tab, the fonts are small and the tab is kind of hard to read from a normal distance. Bolder/larger font would be a major improvement!

### 2/5 — Tuning

*2025-05-06*

Drop B für Bass nicht einstellbar, also für mich unbrauchbar die App.

### 2/5 — Promising but needs a lot more

*2025-05-03*

I wanted to note down a song I’m writing. The first thing I do in this song is a hammer on. I spent a great deal of time trying to determine how I could note hammer ons and pull offs. It seems you can’t. Also seems to lack a lot of other basic things such as alternate tunings other reviews mention often.

### 2/5 — At least it works

*2025-04-11, version 2.8*

The free version only lets you make 5 songs. That’s it, no export, nothing more.

### 3/5 — Просто, хоть и криво

*2025-04-01*

Бесячий слайдер темпо! Просто жесть — чтобы установить темп, нужно с определенной скоростью докатить на один удар больше и тогда программа глюканет и уменьшит темп, если повезет на 1 удар, если нет, придется пару минут повозить слайдер туда-сюда. Можно сделать, чтоб просто число с клавиатуры вбиваешь?

Все остальное — мне хватает, чтоб базово на репе вбить табы, чтобы не забыть и дома в гтп перебить. Это хороший, хоть и туповатый функционал — главное, что занимает секунду. Если бы не этот слайдер темпа… господи, просто настолько это антигуманно!!!

### 4/5 — Works well

*2025-03-11, version 2.7*

I like the app but I don’t use it much because it doesn’t support a Perfect Fourths tuning where the B and high E strings are tuned a half step up. Could that support please be added?

### 4/5 — Good but needs some more features

*2024-11-03*

I like the app In general but it would be nice to have different effects in parts of the song like chorus, distortion etc. different tempos for parts of the song and combine tracks  like bass and guitar could go in the same track.

### 3/5 — No 7-String option

*2024-10-30, version 2.6*

There’s no option for 7 string guitar tab writing.. disappointing.. I would definitely pay for the full version if it had that option

### 3/5 — Need more

*2024-10-11*

Like the app so far, but it needs more music notation options and also let the artist add in lyrics too. So we can actually construct and hear the song in our heads. Also I wanna be able to make a whole song in one project, so I wanna be able to change the tempo of the song midway through. So far I’m only stuck with one.

### 4/5 — Gute App

*2024-08-09*

Macht, was sie soll und ist einfach zu bedienen. Zwei Features fehlen für mich noch: zum Einen eine Tabulatur für einen 5-Saiter und zum Anderen, dass man die Symbolfarben ändern kann. Mir ist nicht klar, wie ich die gekaufte App auf meinem PC nutzen kann, da es keine LogIn Daten gibt.

### 3/5 — Ok

*2024-08-01, version 2.6*

Good basic as free app but some features are not intuitive and many are upgrades

### 4/5 — Good App but…..

*2024-06-12, version 2.6*

I do like the app BUT, there is no way to make the fonts larger. It’s a one size of TABS and BARS that are small and cannot be made larger for those of us that are…… optically challenged.

### 3/5 — Needs more/ custom tuning

*2024-04-06*

I write a lot of my songs in alternate tunings that aren’t available on the app. If there was maybe an option to set the note on each string in the tunings section that would make it easier for me and probably everyone else who uses any alternate tuning

### 4/5 — Guitar Tabs X

*2024-04-01, version 2.6*

A little sad that it’s only 2 lines long, wish it was longer.

### 2/5 — Bastante Básica

*2024-03-05, version 2.6*

Probé la aplicación y es muy básica. Pagué la suscripción por un mes pero de inmediato la cancelé. 

Faltan muchas cosas como:
- Crear texto libre
- Mejorar el sonido como guitarra real
- Faltan muchas notaciones para guitarra ( número de cuerda, digitación mano derecha e izquierda, barras finales de compás, notas redondas, silencios, etc.)

Bueno, para mi no es lo que necesito. Ojalá y para otros les pueda servir.

### 2/5 — 複数セーブできない

*2024-03-05*

何個タブ譜を作ってもなぜか全てsong1のファイルに上書きされたことになって、何日もかけて作ったタブ譜が台無しになった。

### 4/5 — 概ね満足だがアプデに期待

*2024-01-22*

コピバンの耳コピしたギターパートをメンバーと共有するのに使ってます。
チューニング変更もかなり対応されていて直感的に使いやすいので重宝してます。

欲を言うとカポタストが非対応なのと
7弦ギターとその半音下げにも対応して欲しいです。

### 4/5 — a little rough.

*2023-12-27, version 2.6*

Its not the most intuitive , or the best sounding, or that good, but its definitely the one i use

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — 作ったタブ譜が消えました

*2025-11-25*

バグか分かんないですけど、作ったタブ譜の中身がほぼ消滅してました。絶望

### 1/5 — app glitch

*2025-07-27, version 2.8*

i save stuff but they get automatically deleted because of an app glitch   i want my money back

### 1/5 — How to use?

*2025-06-24, version 2.8*

I can’t figure out how to use. I did a trial- forgot to cancel…. And now I have an app that I paid $66.65 for… but can’t use. If anyone from guitar tabs can reach out to me I would greatly appreciate it. Right now- I’m very frustrated and disappointed.

### 1/5 — Problema

*2024-12-19, version 2.6*

Mi è stata cancellata una canzone e non si possono mettere più di due

### 1/5 — Deletes your tracks

*2024-11-16, version 2.6*

It glitched and overwrote one of my tracks with an older one.

### 1/5 — 使いづらい

*2024-08-27*

打ち込んでると途中でstop playback to editと出てどのボタンも押せなくなり使いづらい。
今すぐ改善しろ

### 1/5 — Very buggy

*2024-06-20, version 2.6*

A very buggy app and a pain to work with even the PRO version..I will look elsewhere.

### 1/5 — さいあく

*2022-04-02*

2曲目作ったら1曲目消える

### 1/5 — Horrible App

*2022-03-09, version 2.5*

This does not help at all. Not user friendly.

### 1/5 — Oi

*2021-12-09, version 2.5*

One of my tabs was deleted, this tab took me hours and hours to create. Please reply with any info

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — 유용

*2026-06-25*

완전편하고짱짱좋음 쓴거 재생도 가능함

### 5/5 — Sehr gute App!

*2025-06-27*

Diese App ist für mich nahezu perfekt – benutzerfreundlich, übersichtlich und ansprechend gestaltet.
Was ich mir noch wünschen würde, ist eine Funktion zum Hinzufügen von Textanmerkungen, beispielsweise für Akkordbezeichnungen oder Songtexten.

### 5/5 — Very good, need some

*2025-02-07*

I want to put cord into the note, that can be easily updated.

### 5/5 — Great

*2023-06-19, version 2.6*

This is a great app and its very useful

### 5/5 — PDFも問題なくファイルに保存

*2022-06-02*

ギターTABなのにコードを書き込めないのがとても残念です。細かい点は置いといて、他のアプリと比べても操作性は優れているので購入しました。今後の改善に期待しています。

### 5/5 — とても良いが、フリーズがやや気になる

*2021-04-15*

いつも有難う。

### 5/5 — リピート記号の1、2が付けられれば完璧

*2021-04-10*

休符はブランクで対応できるが繰り返し記号1、2が付けられないので実質リピート記号が使えないに等しい。ウクレレ用に使っているが音がチープなのでもう少しウクレレぽい音が良いなあ

### 5/5 — 休符は必須項目

*2021-03-01*

早急に改善を。

### 5/5 — Добавте поиск

*2021-02-03*

Добавте поиск по табам

### 5/5 — I owe so many of my songs to this app

*2020-12-13*

I’m very much the type of songwriter who can’t play intricate guitar parts unless I map out every aspect of an idea and practice it relentlessly. This app has helped me so much since I first downloaded it (it must have been years now I forget the year), and my finger style playing and songs has significantly improved over the years thanks to how quickly I can get the ideas down on here. 

However the app is not perfect and it still has small things that can be improved, like how changing the title makes a double copy when I just want it to make one, being able to copy and paste chunks of tabs (for when copying each note gets tedious) and maybe a few more different guitar tones aside from just clean and distortion, although I really do appreciate the inclusion of a different tone to begin with.

Overall, I owe much of my success to this app and it’s amazing team. If you want proof my music is at The Sound of Modesty. Thank you to the devs so much, and I hope you guys keep up your amazing work!

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