Guitarist's Reference Reviews: Is It Legit?

Customer Experience

Positive experience62.0% of reviews
Neutral15.6% of reviews
Negative experience22.3% of reviews

~ Based on 179 written reviews from the US App Store.

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Top reviews

Very poor chord identifier

I tried to look up a basic CM9 using the chord finder and it came up with no matches , so looked up on Scales-chords.com (free online) then looked up CM9 on the chords page - first chord diagram to come up with was the exact fingering I’d tried to look up. Very frustrating

Like it and wanted to upgrade; upgraded twice …..no upgrade

Very good but the upgrade is necessary at least for me

It’s a great tool but please add shell chords

I have been using this app for a while and it’s great for a lot of things. I really like the quiz and the scales and the arpeggios / triads. The only thing I’d like to point out is that in the Chord Finder shell chords are not recognised. I checked and on your website the web version does support it. For example D.E.G# should be E7 and while the web app resolves it the app does not. Please fix if you can!
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Good app but…

I have had this app for many years. And as a visual aid for guitarists who understand some theory but need some visual reminders from time to time about chord inversions and extensions and scale layouts it is superior to any other app I have seen. But it does have some shortcomings. Just now I was looking for all the options for a Cadd9 chord. It only offered two options and neither was the simplest version in the first position built off the open C Major chord. I have also found missing grips for other jazzy type chords under the “CHORD” tab, which I have had to look for by using the chord ”FINDER” tab for grips I have seen other people use that I don’t have a name for. This may seem a petty complaint for such an excellent app, but when nothing else out there in “APPworld” is so concise, comprehensive and easy to use, it would be nice for it to be perfect.
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Mr b

I've been an off and on professional guitar player and songwriter for 40 years and this is the easiest, quickest and most accurate guitar tool ever. It's not just an app, it's a tool.

Awesome app

Best app for guitar I’ve ever used

Nice app but..

Nice and helpfully app. Unfortunately the chord finder doesn’t recognise chords without a 5th. Why? Other apps can do it easily.
Please add it to the chord finder. Than the app will worth 5 stars.

New Version

Previously used this app quite a bit for teaching and reference when working with modal concepts I liked the older version better it felt easier to navigate especially with alternative tunings.

Good reference

I really like this app and refer to it all the time. It is very helpful. I have on occasion found that the app doesn’t recognize all versions of a particular cord.

Chord finder error

This app’s chord finder seems to have trouble seeing some Dominant 7 inversions. The website chords finder version seems way better. Example C7. App won’t detect x3231x, unless it’s 33231x, but the website detects both correctly

No -5 !!!

Chord-finder does not recognise chords without 5th intervals. Useless!

One of the best!

This app is so easy to use and friendly. Best arpeggios! Highly recommend!

Very useful

Great for determining chord name from selected notes on the fret board. The jazzy weird ones!
Also great for determining triads.

Unbrauchbar

Da ich schon nach dem dritten Klick auf einen der Menuepunkte mit Werbung belästigt wurde, statt die gewünschten Inhalte gezeigt zu bekommen, ist die App für mich unbrauchbar.
Es gibt genug und bessere Alternativen. GELÖSCHT!

Getting better and better

I have used this app for many years as my go to for guitar information. The latest UI changes and features have made this app even better.
If you are new to guitar or have been playing for years, do yourself a favour and get this app.
It will answer all your questions.

Chord Finder doesn’t work

I paid for this app , but the old free version worked better . It didn’t find the basic G chord .

Tools tools tools tools

I love the new look and navigation. It makes the visuals so much more valuable. My favorite!

Really nice update

I was surprised to see the new look and features. This app has been my go to reference for years.

The new UI is terrible!!

I love this app and I have been using it for years extensively..but who the hell came up with the new UI?? I have never seen such a downgrade into a 90‘s retro UI ever..when I opened it today, I first thought „what the hell is this“?? Is that a different app? 🙏🏻 can you provide the former UI schema which was so more pleasing to the eyes..I would immediately give this app 5 stars but with the new UI, I unfortunately can’t give more than 3..so sorry
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Why, just why!

Why did you take a great app that just worked and ruin it. Sometime less is more.

Please roll back this awful update 😡