# PocketGuitar - Virtual Guitar in Your Pocket — user reviews

> 452 indexed App Store user reviews of PocketGuitar by Bonnet Inc., rated 3.90/5 from 25 ratings.

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketguitar-virtual-guitar-in-your-pocket/id287965124/reviews
- App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/pocketguitar-virtual-guitar-in-your-pocket/id287965124.md
- Rating breakdown: 5★ 14 · 4★ 3 · 3★ 3 · 2★ 1 · 1★ 4

## What do users think of PocketGuitar?

Overall sentiment: positive

**Pros**

- 🎸 Realistic guitar sound
- 🎨 Customizable settings (frets, tuning, effects)
- 💰 Great value for the price
- 🎮 Fun to play and experiment with
- 🎶 Useful for practicing and jamming
- 🔀 Supports multiple instruments (guitar, bass, ukulele)

**Cons**

- 🤏 Frets/strings too small for larger fingers
- 🔇 Sound issues/bugs on some devices
- 📜 Limited fretboard range
- 🎼 Difficulty playing chords and complex pieces
- 🔀 Awkward to switch between fret positions

**Commonly reported bugs**

- Strings randomly cutting out
- Compatibility issues with newer iOS versions
- Settings menu not working for some users

**Most requested features**

- Ability to scroll/slide through fretboard
- Chord/tab library for popular songs
- Recording/looping functionality
- More effects and amp models
- Left-handed mode

## Newest reviews (15 of 452)

### 4/5 — left handed mode

*2024-05-20, version 1.5.2*

needs love for leftys!!

### 4/5 — Great fun….

*2021-12-30, version 1.5.2*

But now stuck in portrait mode!

### 2/5 — Для левой руки

*2020-04-03*

Как повернуть струны для левши? Не нашёл

### 3/5 — Decent, fun, but some issues

*2020-01-06, version 1.5.2*

This is a visually pretty guitar app with decent sounds and even some playability. I’m amazed it’s still on the App Store and not broken by iOS updates.

However: It’s never going to be like a real guitar. You have to play with it from the perspective of knowing and accepting this. The menus are clumsy (tiny targets, and you have to hold & drag, like the behavior of classic Mac OS 7 and earlier menus).

Also, as of today (January 6th, 2020), I’m noticing note fluctuation bugs. I have to restart the app to get it to stop doing this. It seems to be some mode that particular samples get stuck in where it flips back and forth between the normal sustained note sample and something else (maybe a different sample or playback rate). I assume this is due to iOS changes because it never did this to me before (though I don’t use the app much at all, I think I would’ve noticed it years ago if it happens this quickly in a session of use).

It’s kind of an iOS classic, and it still works, but it could stand to be updated.

### 3/5 — 语言

*2019-02-08*

没有中文吗

### 4/5 — 不错

*2019-01-08*

要是支持中文更加好了要不然看不懂里面

### 2/5 — PocketGuitar had potential

*2018-09-17, version 1.5.2*

The app could have gone far, the fact a user can move up and down the neck is terrific.  I would rather see an app like this that anchors at nut where the head stock is and has frets sized respectively.  Obviously you have to reduce size, but for heaven sake distances have to be proportional from fret to fret. Now that I would buy, I bought this piece of 2nd rate dev crap and I am actually amazed it still loads on current ios.  Doubt that would still apply if implementation were par for the cours(e) and PocketGuitar had been a playable iGuitarAPP. 

Peace,
Halmummy

### 5/5 — Лучшая соло гитара!;)

*2018-01-25*

В гараж банд бы ее да вообще было бы!;)

### 4/5 — Needs chords

*2018-01-10, version 1.5.2*

I like picking don’t get me wrong but It would be cooler to be able to play chords

### 3/5 — It's OK, has potential to be much more interesting

*2017-10-22, version 1.5.2*

One of the very first guitar simulations I bought for iOS, which is still after all this time is only designed to run on the iPhone (app does not take advantage of the iPad size difference).

There are several other teriffic apps which could be called guitar simulations, for example "Steel Guitar" by Yonac, and "Pearl Guitar" (which has fallen into disrepair and is no longer updated by the developer). These were designed to take advantage of the larger format available on the iPad and both have many more options. Please update this app and make funding the development part of an in-app purchase! Please!

### 5/5 — Best Guitar App

*2017-09-11*

Please make it compatible with 64-Bit (IOS 11)

### 5/5 — One of a kind

*2017-06-07, version 1.5.2*

Pretty good, nice work. More sounds would be cool

### 2/5 — 汉化汉化汉化

*2017-04-23*

第一次下载的就是汉化的，后来有更新了更新了之后变成英文的了，强烈要求变回汉化！顶起来

### 5/5 — 面白い！！！！！

*2016-12-20*

自分なりに細かく設定ができて使いやすい！
エフェクターを増やして欲しい！

### 5/5 — Exactly what I wanted

*2016-10-10, version 1.5.2*

I just wanted an app that allowed me to play on a guitar. You can't really play like you would be able to a real guitar, but I can write basic riffs on it. It also allows you to change the tuning you're playing in. You can change the strings individually too. It's got a guitar, bass, uke, and some pedals with effects like wah, distortion, and echo. If that's what you're looking for, this app is perfect.

## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated)

### 1/5 — Nonsense

*2025-08-10, version 1.5.2*

Didn’t like it at all . It does not have normal guitar voice at all
Money lost

### 1/5 — 盗用我

*2020-05-02*

主图上的人是我 怎么被盗用到这里了

### 1/5 — Waste of money

*2019-01-05, version 1.5.2*

Complete rubbish, sounds craps and has no playability

### 1/5 — プリセット一覧

*2018-04-18*

でリードギター以外音が鳴らない

### 1/5 — Would never download

*2017-09-10, version 1.5.2*

Thought this might be a cool app but it would never download. Checked other apps and all downloaded just fine. Kind of disappointed I wasted a $1.

### 1/5 — 闪退

*2016-08-27*

花了6块钱的软件居然闪退

### 1/5 — 能不能汉化一下呢

*2015-12-25*

没有汉化看不懂英文

### 1/5 — Thought support was dead

*2014-10-23, version 1.5*

Using iOS 7, clicked "UPDATE ALL" and am now stuck with a non-working app. Quick question, why release this update if you knew it had stability issues? I bought this app WAY back when it came out. And am now stuck with an icon, crashes upon opening. I'd also update that first picture so it's no longer an iPhone 3G being used.

Fix all MAJOR known bugs before pushing out an update. This is just unacceptable.

### 1/5 — 最新1.5版本在ios6.1.4下闪退！闪退！

*2014-10-23*

最新1.5版本在ios6.1.4下闪退！闪退！

### 1/5 — Crashes

*2014-10-22, version 1.5*

Latest update crashes immediately on 5S with 7.1.2. Please fix!

## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated)

### 5/5 — こういうアプリを探していた

*2025-09-13*

神アプリ

### 5/5 — Incredibly fun

*2023-08-04, version 1.5.2*

This has created a long wanted dream to always have a guitar on the go come true. Although it cannot replicate the exact satisfaction of playing a real guitar it has gifted me the perfect amount I need to give it five stars. With enough fiddling of preferences this app becomes extremely addictive, would recommend to any guitarist too addicted to their guitars to leave the house 😂.

### 5/5 — Entertaining and it works after all these years

*2023-02-04, version 1.5.2*

I originally bought this app when I had a new iPhone 3G. I have enjoyed strumming a few chords and shaking the phone to vibrate it a bit. It sounds accurate and the options work well for auto or manually plucking.

### 5/5 — Best 1$

*2022-06-20, version 1.5.2*

Great 100% best 1$ of ur life. only problem is the targets are small

### 5/5 — What A Fun And Useful App!

*2021-03-02, version 1.5.2*

I’m a professional guitarist who teaches, and I have toured many countries, so it’s reasonable for the casual observer to assume I play the guitar a lot. It’s also reasonable to say that I think about the guitar a lot. In the same vein, one may correctly assume that I wish I could play the guitar all the time.

PocketGuitar allows you to play guitar when one isn’t right next to you. Granted, I would advise against using this - or really, any other app while, say, driving. But if you want to run down an idea while waiting in line at the bank or the coffee shop, you can - thanks to this app.

I should also mention that even though I have perfect pitch, PocketGuitar is tremendously useful. Sometimes you need to see the grid, you know? That way, when you get back to a non-virtual instrument, the ideas are fresh in your mind. 

I wish PocketGuitar had been around when I was daydreaming in high school... actually, no. I’m fine with the way my grades turned out with fewer distractions.

Highly recommended!

### 5/5 — Time Tested

*2019-11-30, version 1.5.2*

I love how this app still works after all this time, I think I’ve had on every phone for 7 years at least. Sounds great and is still so much fun! A classic app! Must have always ❤️

### 5/5 — An axe in your pocket!

*2019-10-10, version 1.5.2*

Quite amazing! You can play this anywhere. Play along with songs from your music library and jam to backing tracks. Makes traveling bearable! The settings let you adjust most things including‘hammer on’ and ‘pull off’and effects. 
You really can play ‘live’ with this great app!

### 5/5 — Great! Still works great on iPhone 7 Plus

*2019-07-09, version 1.5.2*

I have had this app for many years - iPhone 4, iPhone 5s, and now, on my iPhone 7 Plus - it still works! What I like most is being able to change the tunings to experiment - especially open tunings and even “custom tuning”. With built- in effects, it can real wail (reverb, distortion)! You can hold and bend notes, etc. Great sustain. Fun to jam on - especially when you don’t have a guitar handy. You want chords? Play chords. This is for guitarists - not a “toy”. You have all 6 strings and 7 frets - strum or hammer-on or both. Seems to work well with the larger sized screen of my 7 plus. I hold it just like a guitar. Crazy!

### 5/5 — IOS上面最好的电吉他模拟软件。

*2019-05-15*

没有之一。绝对的最佳电吉他软件。虽然评论很少，但是懂的人自然懂。

### 5/5 — Sounds Very Realistic

*2018-08-01, version 1.5.2*

That is amazing how Good It sounds! 
You can get Lots Of Amp’s For Free. Thanks for making this app.

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