Comparison

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners vs UkeLib Chords

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners

Learn to play the ukulele with step-by-step video tutorials designed for absolute beginners. This app offers a systematic approach to mastering essential chords, strumming, and rhythms at your own pace. Become a confident player and prepare to perform solos or play along with others.

Highlights
  • Step-by-step video tutorials
  • Learn essential chords
  • Master strumming techniques
  • Practice playing rhythms
  • Chord switching practice
  • Learn at your own pace
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Learn Ukulele with Uke Like the Pros Start your free trial today and experience it for yourself! Uke Like the Pros lets you learn ukulele at your own pace. With step-by-step tutorials you can follow anywhere, anytime, the Beginning Ukulele Bootcamp Course is designed to transform absolute beginners into confident players. Start your free trial today and experience it for yourself! Uke Like the Pros offers a simple, systematic approach to learning ukulele. In the Beginning Ukulele Bootcamp course, you’ll learn all the basics and more with our step-by-step method: How to strum Essential chords How to play rhythms Learn to switch chords Besides essential core techniques, you’ll have fun while you gain confidence and learn ukulele the right way. Once you’ve completed the course, you’ll be ready to show off with ukulele solos and play alongside others – plus you’ll be prepared to keep learning and become the ukulele player you’ve always wanted to be. Get Started: Try Uke Like the Pros Free! About Uke Like the Pros Uke Like the Pros is designed to pair your self-learning skills with expert instruction from Terry Carter, who is a ukuleleist, guitarist, and songwriter with a Master’s Degree in Music from the University of Southern California. Terry has been teaching ukulele and other music courses for the last 25 years, transforming thousands of students from absolute beginners to confident performing artists. Based in San Diego, California, Terry has worked alongside some of the world’s most prominent musicians including Josh Groban, Weezer, Robby Krieger (The Doors), Los Angeles Philharmonic, and 2-time Grammy winning composer Christopher Tin (Calling All Dawns). As a composer, Terry’s accomplishments include writing tracks for MTV (Wildboyz, Trippin’, and The Real World), Animal Planet, Puma, and Scropion (CBS). Ready to learn the Ukulele at your own pace? Try Uke Like the Pros today!

About

UkeLib Chords

Access a comprehensive ukulele chord library with all possible positions and suggested fingerings. Hear how chords sound with audio demonstrations and quickly find any chord using the search function. This tool is beneficial for both beginner and advanced ukulele players.

Highlights
  • Vast ukulele chord library
  • Suggested fingering for chords
  • Audio demonstration of chords
  • Search and find chords quickly
  • Multiple ukulele tunings supported
  • Export chords as PNG or MIDI
Features
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Explore the vast and comprehensive collection of ukulele chords in UkeLib Chords. Get all the possible positions of any chord throughout the fretboard along with suggested fingering and audio demonstration of how the chord sounds. You can also use the search to quickly get to any chord you are looking for. Whether​ you are just starting to play the ukulele or you are an advanced player, UkeLib Chords would be an invaluable tool for you. • Vast and comprehensive chord library for ukulele. • Includes suggested fingering for every chord. • Browse all the chords for every root note. • Change the root note with simple taps. • Search and quickly find any chord in any key. • Browse all the possible positions for every chord. • Search any chord directly using Spotlight. • Export any chord as PNG image or MIDI file. • Includes support for Dark Mode. - Support for alternate Ukulele tunings - Standard (gCEA), Baritone (DGBE), and Low G (GCEA). - Support for left-handed chord shapes.

Screenshots

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners4 screens
UkeLib Chords4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: UkeLib Chords at 4.8 against Ukulele Lessons For Beginners's 3.7. UkeLib Chords also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and review sentiment (92% vs 74%). Ukulele Lessons For Beginners's advantage is iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). On price and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ukulele Lessons For Beginners sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. UkeLib Chords asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

UkeLib Chords holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UkeLib Chords has 335 ratings behind it against 39, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 74% of Ukulele Lessons For Beginners's written reviews are positive against 92% of UkeLib Chords's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Ukulele Lessons For Beginners versus UkeLib Chords: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUkulele Lessons For BeginnersUkeLib Chords
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (39 ratings)4.8 (335 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.7% of reviews91.9% of reviews — better
Number of ratings39335 — better
Update frequency—Monthly
Ads—Yes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree — betterAd-supported
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better13.0
Further details — not scored
Size124 MB31 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTerry CarterBijoy Thangaraj

Customer experience

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners

All ratings39 ratings
Positive66.7%
Neutral7.7%
Negative25.6%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive73.7%
Neutral2.6%
Negative23.7%

UkeLib Chords

All ratings335 ratings
Positive96.1%
Neutral1.8%
Negative2.1%
Written reviews37 reviews
Positive91.9%
Neutral2.7%
Negative5.4%

Bugs and requests

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

UkeLib Chords

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • D7 chord is wrong
  • App still says KEY after upgrade instead of ROOT

Requested features

9 requests
  • Ability to save chords or song arrangements
  • Ability to see notes corresponding to red dots
  • Improvement similar to the second version of GtrLib Chords
  • Ability to favorite chord positions and categorize them
  • Ideas for song beats
Show 4 more
  • Chord dictionary for various songs
  • Search chords by fretboard position
  • Add songs to the app
  • Upgrade search to include fretboard position

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ukulele Lessons For Beginners

One-time1
  • Beginning Ukulele Bootcamp$0.99
None

UkeLib Chords

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ukulele Lessons For Beginners free?
Ukulele Lessons For Beginners is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UkeLib Chords free?
UkeLib Chords is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Ukulele Lessons For Beginners or UkeLib Chords?
UkeLib Chords is rated higher. Ukulele Lessons For Beginners averages 3.7 out of 5 from 39 ratings, while UkeLib Chords averages 4.8 from 335 ratings.

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