Ultimate Guitar User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience34.0% of reviews
Neutral9.0% of reviews
Negative experience57.0% of reviews

~ Based on 4,297 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Ultimate Guitar Safe?

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Ultimate Guitar is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 476,920 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

94.2% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.1% of ratings suggest some concerns
3.7% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 476,920 App Store ratings for Ultimate Guitar.

Is Ultimate Guitar Legit?

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Ultimate Guitar is 100/100.

Based on 100 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Long lasting bugs, More features please šŸ‘

I like this app for the most part there’s a lot of customization if you pay for it which i do. Some things i can’t get over; the constant crashing when trying to load a tab, if it doesn’t work and is distorted or just white when you open it, you have to restart the app. If you’re looking at a part of the tab and you zoom out, it restarts to the beginning. The zoom isn’t fully custom you can’t zoom out a little there are set distances. If you accidentally rotate the phone too much vertically it will restart to the beginning. Sometimes the accidental rotation makes the distorted or white screen appear and you’ll have to restart the app again. Some features i really wish they added are similar to other apps; if there’s not a tab added to the app at all an AI can make one and people can edit it, though mostly i don’t like AI features its better than no tab for this app. I would also like to see the ā€œshotsā€ or video feature to record your playing, to add the tab ON the screen so you can record without having to memorize the tab first. Recording with the tab on screen would be the nicest feature they could add, especially for such an expensive app to not have! This is the first and only guitar app i actually pay for so maybe there’s better ones, but it’s what i know so i continue to use. Thanks šŸŽø
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Response from developer

Hello, We want to let you know that Ultimate Guitar is back up and running, and the app is now fully operational again. Earlier, we experienced serious issues with our servers that caused the website to be completely unavailable for several hours. We know how frustrating this was, especially for those who rely on Ultimate Guitar regularly and suddenly couldn’t access their tabs, tools, or accounts. We sincerely apologize for the disruption and the inconvenience this outage caused. Our team has been working to restore the service and investigate what happened to make sure we can reduce the chances of a similar incident happening again. Please re-install the app, if problem is still there, please use this direct e-mail of Support team for screenshots/screen recordings- support@ultimate-guitar.com. Thank you for your patience and understanding while we worked to get everything back online. Everything should now be working normally again.

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Response from developer

Hello! Welcome to our community. We’re excited to have you and hope the app inspires your practice, creativity, and enjoyment of music every day. — Aydar- Community manager (community@mu.se)

Golpe!

Golpe! Cancelei o app no primeiro dia dos 7 dias de avaliação gratuita e mesmo assim me cobraram uma assinatura anual no meu cartão. Quero o cancelamento.

Response from developer

Hello! Please contact me as soon as possible at community@mu.se. I’ll help you understand the issue and provide guidance to get it resolved quickly. — Aydar- Community manager (community@mu.se)

How many in app pop ups?

(Don’t download, use webpage!)

Really? I open the app for The first time: it’s forces me to take a survey that has like 1 million questions. The has like five different pop-ups that I have to navigate through that aren’t related to tabs at all. Then I search up a band, click on a song, get met with 2 more in app ads. Not third-party. These ads are for ultimate Guitar.

Sidenote: when you click on ā€œopen this tab inside the stupid appā€ it doesn’t even open it in the app. It just sends you to the App Store so then you can tap to open it through there and then it just opens the app. didn’t search it or bring the tab that you clicked on to go here. so it’s just easier and quicker to do it on the webpage… as long as you’ve have a ad blocker cause I’m pretty sure that site is as if you don’t.
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UI CHANGES

I like to use this app for live set lists, however I wish there was an option for the Nashville number system as an option instead of letter or do re mi.
Also please change layout for iPad, there is so much space on the right side, the rest of the song should fill the space before going down the page. Would be good on all devices really.
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$113.60 for a free trial

I subscribed for a 7 day free trial, after which this app was supposed to charge $8.99 per month. Instead, my account was immediately charged $113.60 despite the free trial. When I attempted to open a tab to see the chords of a song I subscribed to view, I was redirected back to the subscription page again and again. All in all, I paid $113.60 for a free trial for a product I can’t access.
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It just asks for money the entire time

I was trying to learn a song and all the good features about. It are locked behind a pay wall.

Almost 100% scam

Once they reduce the subscription price from $99 annual to $39 I agreed. Unfortunately that only allowed me to see what else I could purchase from these folks. Everything I’ve attempted is an extra $19.99 annual! Save your money. I’m guessing all the stuff here is available free elsewhere anyway. And I DO pay for other such apps that DO provide instruction, videos and tabs.
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Its good but it stopped working

I tried redownloading it, resetting my phone, everything. Nothing works. I can’t even get past the questionaire without it freezing on the ad

Cancel my subscription

I can’t find how to cancel. You are still taking money and my phone says I have no subscriptions. I don’t want to pay for this app anymore

Cool idea

I don’t like the fact I have to pay for basically everything on this app and it’s useless to the people who can’t afford an account

Best app ever

So easy to use has all the tabs you can think of and 99% - 100% of them are all checked and done RIGHT

Great song resource

This app has just gotten better & better over the years, always adding new features, and that’s just the free version.

Sales Machine 9000

I don’t know when it happened, but lately you can’t even open this app without clicking through a ā€œpersonalizedā€ sales pitch. Insane misunderstanding of what this app is used for, and who uses it. I have been a subscriber for years but will not renew.

I love!

I had been using this app through Google for a while and loved it. I ALWAYS chose it even when other website apps popped up. So I finally got it and I am never going back. I can search up any song and get the chords. It’s even tells you where to place your fingers, and if you tap one of the chords over a lyric, you can flip through it to find the version of the chord that works best for you!!! I can play so many more things. I definitely recommend!! ā¤ļøā¤ļø
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disgusting

ive actually never been more frustrated with an app. they literally do anything they possibly can to make u watch an ad, like you cant view a tab without a video covering the entire screen. RANDOMLY. you literally cannot avoid it. you need to click through a million screens to get through a tab, like anyone can put chords on a screen. its not hard, i can go to any other app. stop forcing me to watch ads
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Pop up ad central

Pretty hard to play guitar when there’s an ad popping up every 5 seconds that takes up the entire screen.

Misleading Add

Website says auto scroll is in the app and when I downloaded the app, it says I have to pay. It has more ads than the website too.

Difficult to appreciate the different services

My daughter asked to sign up for the app and didn't realize there is a different subscription for the Pro+ versus the UG Courses, and we did not want the Courses at all. The support response was that I can't transfer the subscription from one to the other.

SCAMMED

I purchased one of the subscriptions because I was told I would get a 7 day free trial, but they charged my card IMMEDIATELY!! This has also been a recurring issue for people apparently so be careful!!