Addictive Pro vs Guitar lessons for beginner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Addictive Pro
This app offers a powerful hybrid synthesis engine for creating complex and dynamic sounds. Explore wavetable, noise, virtual analog, and FM synthesis with extensive modulation and effects. It includes a polyrhythm arpeggiator and real-time control options for musical inspiration and sound design.
- Hybrid synthesis engine
- Wavetable spectrum synthesis
- Virtual Analog synthesis
- Polyrhythm Arpeggiator
- Real-time parameter control
- Studio-standard effects section
- AudioUnit Instrument support
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The hybrid synthesis algorithm on which Addictive Pro is based provides you with efficient means for easy control of complex sounds far beyond usual sound synthesis methods: Addictive Pro provides you a with unique form of Wavetable oscillators. These Wavetables are generated from the harmonic content and the free digital filter structure entered by the user. The sound of up to 12 of this Wavetable oscillators is then further refined with a classic analog filter available in several 24dB and 12dB forms. For the optional noise part of the sound you can use the same sophisticated digital filter struct as for the wavetable oscillators allowing for a vast variety of ever changing noisescapes. The intelligent sound and rhythm randomizer can be applied to different sound aspects separately for really useful sound design and inspiration. A four part polyrhythm Arpeggiator creates complex rhythmical structures with a touch of a finger. Features: Hybrid synthesis engine • Wavetable spectrum synthesis • Noise spectrum synthesis • Virtual Analog synthesis • FM and Ringmodulation synthesis Synthesizer details • Twelve wavetable spectrum oscillators per voice. • Morphing between two wave/filter sets. • Waves contain up to 256 partials. • Hand drawn filter structure. • Spectral noise generator using hand drawn filter structure. • Ten major sound parameters each with independent poly LFO and envelope modulators. • Real time parameter control using two X/Y touch pads, the tilt sensors of the iPad and MIDI Controllers. • Monophonic or polyphonic with up to 16 voices. • 300 factory presets, unlimited user presets can be shared. Effect section • Seven studio standard effects concurrently usable: • Oversampled distortion with four different algorithms for antialiased sound. • Low / High equalizer • 8 pole analog Phaser • Flanger • Four line chorus • Stereo/Ping-Pong delay with glitch free delay time change. • Hi end reverberation unit. Four part Polyrhythm Arpeggiator • Uses programmable sequences with up to 32 steps. • Can trigger single notes and chords. • Unique randomizer generates Arpeggios with 100% usability. • Factory arpeggios included, unlimited user arpeggios possible. • For each step you can program tie, accent, transposition and note order Global • Play melodies live with the onscreen keyboard. Unique drag function for slides and vibrato. • AudioUnit Instrument • Audiobus 2 with state saving • Inter App Audio • Ableton Link support • Can use CoreMIDI compatible MIDI Keyboard. • Select from dozens of scales and play them with scale optimized keyboard layout. • Audio recorder with share function. • Share user presets. • Support for virtual MIDI input connections. • Multichannel MIDI Learn for external MIDI controllers. • Ableton Link compatible. • MIDI Tempo sync. Start/Stop Arpeggio. • MIDI bank/program change. • Import function for Addictive Synth presets. • File sharing of presets via iTunes possible
Guitar lessons for beginner
This application is designed for absolute beginners to learn the fundamentals of playing the guitar. It covers basic scales, popular chords, and strumming techniques, making it easy to start playing songs.
- Learn guitar basics, scales, and notes
- Master popular chords for playing songs
- Practice fingerpicking patterns
- Learn guitar strumming patterns
- Chords library
- Accurate guitar tuner
- Offline access
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Learning How to Play Guitar has never been easier! Our application is specially designed for beginners, so if you hold a guitar in your hand for the first time, this application is for you! Quick look of what we have inside: - Study Guitar basic, including scales and notes - Learn the most popular chords which will help you to play almost any song - Practice fingerpicking patterns like a pro - Play guitar strumming patterns And that’s not all! - Chords library for your every-day usage - Accurate guitar tuner And all this works offline! You have access to your app everywhere, every time! Download and install this How to Play a Guitar: Guitar Lessons for Beginners and become a guitar star!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: Addictive Pro at every 2 weeks against Guitar lessons for beginner's every 54 months. Addictive Pro also leads on review sentiment (75% vs 50%). Guitar lessons for beginner's advantage is price ($1.99 vs $5.99) and device support (3 vs 1). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and iOS requirement 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
Addictive Pro costs $5.99 and Guitar lessons for beginner $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Addictive Pro ships an update every 2 weeks, Guitar lessons for beginner every 54 months. The most recent releases landed on October 21, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Addictive Pro | Guitar lessons for beginner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (19 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews — better | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 19 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 54 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 58 MB | 32 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Harry Gohs | Andrei Usov |
Customer experience
Addictive Pro
Guitar lessons for beginner
In-app purchases
Addictive Pro
No in-app purchases
Guitar lessons for beginner
No in-app purchases
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