Guitar Genius vs Fretloop
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Genius
Enhance your guitar practice with interactive exercises, song mastering tools, and personalized routines. Learn scales, modes, and chords, and improve your playing speed and fretboard confidence. Organize your learning materials and track your progress for consistent improvement.
- Interactive fretboard exercises
- Guitar scales, modes, and chord practice
- Song and lesson practice tools
- Adjustable tempo and playback speed
- Progress tracking and daily reminders
- Import songs from YouTube and Apple Music
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Guitar Genius is everything you need to become the guitarist you want to be. Build a practice habit that sticks, finally understand the fretboard, learn and perfect the songs you love, master your solos, and keep every tool you need in one beautiful app. Practice can feel like a chore, or it can be the best part of your day. Guitar Genius makes it the second: clear, guided, and built to move you forward, whether you picked up a guitar last week or years ago. SEE THE WHOLE FRETBOARD The Scale Visualizer shows any scale in any key, anywhere on the neck. Toggle notes, intervals, or degrees, hear it played, and finally see how it all connects. Explore keys, modes, and the circle of fifths to understand the music you play. EVERY CHORD, EVERYWHERE Browse a huge chord library with every shape in all five CAGED positions, plus arpeggios and richer voicings. Forgot a shape? Chord ID names any chord from the frets you are holding. PRACTICE THAT STICKS Guided scale and chord drills on a fretboard that always shows the whole neck and slides between positions, so you never lose the context. A bright beacon shows the exact note to play next, and a preview tells you where you are heading before you get there. TRAIN YOUR EAR AND YOUR THEORY Sharpen your ear with interval and chord recognition, test your knowledge with a quick theory quiz, and master every note on the neck with the fretboard trainer. LEARN YOUR FAVORITE SONGS Loop any tricky section, slow it down without changing the pitch, and keep your own notes, tabs, and chords right beside the player. Works with your music and with YouTube. JAM AND SOLO When you want to just play, loop a chord progression and solo over a backing band with the scales that fit lit up on the neck. THE ESSENTIALS, DONE RIGHT A fast, accurate tuner with alternate tunings, a rock solid metronome, and a Speed Trainer that ramps the tempo to push your limits. BUILT TO KEEP YOU GOING Track your practice streak, follow guided paths, and get a daily nudge, so a little practice every day adds up to real progress. Beautiful, fast, and made by a small team who play guitar too. Download Guitar Genius and make practice the best part of your day. Some advanced features are available with Guitar Genius Pro. Terms of Use: https://karasik.co/apps/guitar-genius/terms Privacy Policy: https://karasik.co/apps/guitar-genius/privacy Contact Us: https://karasik.co/apps/guitar-genius
Fretloop
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Fretloop is a practice companion for guitarists who want to improve with intention. Whether you're learning new songs, building technique, or maintaining your repertoire, Fretloop helps you stay organized and consistent. Organise Your Songs Import your favourite tracks from Apple Music and build a personal library. Add notes, tabs, video links, and reference material so everything you need is close at hand. Stay Focused Mark songs you're learning, track what is in progress, and keep an eye on what you have already mastered. Your library grows with you. Set Meaningful Goals Create goals around songs or techniques, set weekly targets, and build steady momentum over time. See Your Progress Log practice sessions, review your history, and see exactly what you have worked on across days, weeks, or months. Make Daily Practice Simple Use quick-access mixes and playlists to keep sessions varied, queue up what you want to work on, and start playing right away. Built-In Tools Use a metronome, tuner, and chord diagrams without leaving the app. Sync Across Apple Devices Your library, goals, and practice history stay in sync across iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Fretloop is built to help you show up consistently, stay focused, and keep moving forward.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Fretloop at none against Guitar Genius's 2. Guitar Genius's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.0). On price, update cadence, ads 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
Both are free to download. Guitar Genius sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Fretloop asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guitar Genius ships an update every 9 days, Fretloop weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Genius | Fretloop |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 60.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 9 days | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 18.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 71 MB | 28 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yaron Karasik | Andrew Miller |
In-app purchases
Guitar Genius
- Guitar Time Pro - Monthly$4.991 Month
- Guitar Time Pro - Yearly7 Days trial$29.991 Year
Fretloop
No in-app purchases









