TEFpad

TEFpad

Tablature editor

36 ratings
85 reviews
#184 in paid Music
📊 Productivity
🎵 Music
$5.99
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Details

  • Released
  • Updated
  • April 18, 2012
  • March 12, 2026

Features

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About

This app is a tablature editor for iOS devices that allows users to open, display, print, and play TablEdit files. It supports importing various music file formats and offers editing capabilities for creating new arrangements or modifying existing ones. Advanced features and unlimited saving are available through an in-app purchase.

Import various music file formats
Create new tablature arrangements
Edit and save tablature files
Display tablature and standard notation
MIDI playback with real-time control
Export to PDF, ABC, MIDI, WAV, and Music XML
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What's New in TEFpad

4.1.0

March 12, 2026

Maintenance update Bug fixes

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In-App Purchases

$19.99

TEFpad Pro

Turn TEFpad into a complete product. TEFpad Pro allows you to open, import, edit and save TablEdit files without any limitation. You'll be also able to copy notes from one file and paste them to another one.

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Top Paid

📉 184-21

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This app dropped -21 positions in Music chart.

Last updated on July 23, 2026.

User reviews

Brilliant App

Very versatile, lots to import from Classclef.

Rating Pop-Ups

The developer ignores iOS settings to disallow ratings requests and spams users with its own pop-ups begging for ratings. This willful disregard for user preferences is an automatic 1 star rating.

LOVE THIS, but…

I love the immediate intuitive usability of this app, but wish the manual were easier to use. I would love a search function for the manual. We’re not all music pros, so simply trying to find how the special notation works is NOT obvious. I can see where and how to PUT in “D.C” and “al” and “Coda” and “Fine”, but to make them work on playback is another function… perhaps I am missing something obvious??
Otherwise, I love being able to score tablatures on my iPad with this app.
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Not quite what I was hoping for

This tablet version isn’t incredibly intuitive, but that’s just a learning curve I suppose. What really bothers me is it says it supports a keyboard, but really you must use the virtual keyboard and the Apple Magic Keyboard is NOT supported. I was looking forward to this replacing my laptop for tab editing, but it’s awkward to use while I am also holding my instrument since I have to poke around on the screen. So there’s my biggest feature request. Until then I guess it’s back to pencil and paper.
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Excellent app for guitarist

I like it and easy to use.

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FAQ

What can TEFpad do?

TEFpad is a tablature editor for iOS that allows you to open, display, print, and play TablEdit files. It can also import many other music file formats like ASCII tablatures, ABC files, MusicXML, MIDI, Guitar Pro, and PowerTab. You can create new tablature arrangements from scratch and edit existing files.

What are the limitations of the free version?

In the free version, you can edit files not created with TEFpad or imported into it, but only the first 16 measures can be saved. The app also does not allow copying content between .tef files. To remove these limitations and gain full editing and saving capabilities, you can upgrade to TEFpad Pro.

What file formats can TEFpad import and export?

TEFpad can import TablEdit, ASCII, ABC, MIDI, Music XML, PowerTab, TABrite, and GuitarPro files. It can export to ABC, MIDI, ASCII, WAV file, Music XML, and PDF formats.

Is TEFpad compatible with other tablature software?

Yes, TEFpad is compatible with the TablEdit desktop program. Files saved with TEFpad can be opened and modified in TablEdit, which offers more advanced capabilities. It also imports files from popular software like Guitar Pro and PowerTab.

What devices does TEFpad support?

TEFpad is designed for the iPad and implements most features available in the TablEdit desktop program. It is also compatible with iPhone and iPod Touch devices.