Guitar 3D vs Fretonomy
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar 3D
Learn guitar chords, strumming, and fingerpicking with interactive 3D visualizations. Compose your own music using a simple editor and hear real guitar sounds. Ideal for visual learners wanting to play basic guitar quickly.
- 3D right and left hand viewer
- Chord chain editor
- Auto play & loop
- Speed control
- Chord training game
- Left-handed guitarist support
- Chord library
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No Ads! Learn how to play basic guitar chords, strumming and fingerpicking simply with this 3D ultimate guitar learning app just in minutes. Specially Designed for visual learners! Fun and easy way to learn guitar chords or compose songs. Just select the chords you want to learn and add them to the timeline. The virtual guitarist in the application plays the chord sequences you have composed, with strumming or fingerpicking techniques. You can see the correct finger movements from all sides in vivid detail. With the simple and easy-to-use music editor, you can compose your own music just in minutes. Sounds are recorded from real guitars. All animations were made with worlds best academic musicians and education experts. Features of Guitar 3D - Basic Chords App: ▸ Very easy to use ▸ No Ads ▸ 3D right and left hand viewer ▸ Chord chain editor ▸ Auto play & loop ▸ Speed control ▸ Save your songs ▸ First - person and split cam options ▸ Different strumming and fingerpicking techniques ▸ Chord training game with 25 levels ▸ Support for left-handed guitarists ▸ Chord library(2D diagram) including all chords If you want to follow us: https://www.instagram.com/guitar3d https://www.facebook.com/Guitar3D https://www.facebook.com/Polygonium https://www.polygonium.com/music
Fretonomy
Master the guitar fretboard with interactive games and tools. Learn notes, chords, and scales, and even compose your own music. Practice with your real instrument and track your progress with detailed statistics.
- Interactive fretboard games
- Note, chord, and scale learning
- Real instrument practice with mic detection
- Songwriting and tablature tools
- Progress tracking and heat maps
- Support for 9 instruments
- Customizable learning options
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Created before AI and developed for 9+ years, Fretonomy is the ultimate guitar fretboard trainer. Learn every note, chord, scale and interval through fast, addictive games, then use it all to write your own music. For every level: beginners learn the basics, intermediate players finally see the whole neck, and advanced players can dig into extended chords, 950+ scales and any tuning. Made by a single developer who is also a guitarist. PLAY ON YOUR REAL GUITAR Turn on mic detection and answer with your instrument instead of tapping the screen. Fretonomy hears the note you play and tells you if it's right, so practice carries straight over to the guitar in your hands. 35+ GAMES AND TOOLS - Find any note on the fretboard, on any range of frets you choose: the first frets, a section in the middle, or the whole neck - Name Chord game: choose which chords to practice and identify their shapes anywhere on the neck, in any tuning, from simple triads to diminished sevenths and major thirteenths - Chord Chart Explorer: find any chord on any instrument in any tuning, worked out by a custom algorithm, and save your favorite shapes - Name Interval and Find Interval games, with your choice of intervals and starting notes - Scale Explorer: 950+ scales from any root note, customized however you want, with intervals color-coded - Games to practice building chords and scales note by note, and chord progressions chord by chord - Staff game: learn to read music on any section of the staff, with your choice of staff type - Staff and Fretboard game: find the fret that matches a note on the staff - Ear training for notes, intervals and chords - Circle of fifths practice - Built-in tuner and metronome - Video lessons in 20+ languages WRITE YOUR OWN SONGS - Write tablature, attach audio recordings and lyrics, and save your ideas - Fretonomy detects the scale of your riff and generates chord progressions that fit it - Generate any popular chord progression in any key, then play along with playback TRACK YOUR PROGRESS - A heat map shows how well you know every fret - Stats showing how fast you answer every single fret, interval and chord shape, for each instrument and tuning, and how far you've come - Milestones guide you through what to learn next 9 INSTRUMENTS Guitar, 7-string guitar, 8-string guitar, bass, 5-string bass, 6-string bass, ukulele, mandolin and banjo. MADE FOR HOW YOU PLAY - Automatic Mode: the games answer themselves on a loop, so you can learn just by watching - Timer Mode: set your own timer in any game to test yourself - Common tunings for every instrument, or add your own - Left-handed mode - Customizable interval colors and app theme color - Chord names as standard letters, chord symbols, or Nashville numbers (with or without flats) - Note names in letters, two solfege styles, numbers, German, Japanese, Indian, Cyrillic or Korean notation - Available in 20 languages HAND-BUILT BY ONE DEVELOPER Fretonomy has been designed and built by one independent developer since 2017, and new games are added regularly. PLAY EVERY GAME FREE Every game and tool is open in the free version, so you can try all of it. Terms of Use: https://www.fretonomy.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://www.fretonomy.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guitar 3D at 99% against Fretonomy's 65%. Guitar 3D also leads on rating (4.8 vs 4.6) and device support (4 vs 2). Fretonomy's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (2.5K vs 741). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases and Fretonomy sells 10 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guitar 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 741 and 2.5K respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 99% of Guitar 3D's written reviews are positive against 65% of Fretonomy's.
Guitar 3D ships an update every 2 months, Fretonomy weekly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar 3D | Fretonomy |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (741 ratings) — better | 4.6 (2.5K ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 98.9% of reviews — better | 65.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 741 | 2.5K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Weekly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 17.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 145 MB | 106 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | CMT Bilisim Muzik Ltd Sti | Strong Apps LLC |
Customer experience
Guitar 3D
Fretonomy
User reviews
Guitar 3D
From 741 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent visuals
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for learning chords
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Difficulty seeing strings being picked
- 🐛 Slow or disjointed performance
- 🐛 No sound in some cases
Fretonomy
From 2.5K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Helpful for learning fretboard
- 🎨 Clean and intuitive interface
- 🧠 Effective for memorizing notes
- 💰 Good value for money
- 🔄 Constant updates and improvements
Room to improve
- 🐛 Bugs and glitches in some features
- 🔒 Subscription model required for full access
- 📏 Limited fretboard zoom and visualization
- 🔊 No audio feedback for correct notes
- 🔀 Repeated notes in some exercises
Bugs and requests
Guitar 3D
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Include more advanced chords and chord progressions
- Add interval display
- Incorporate barred chords
- Integrate with a DAW or guitar pro software
- Provide a song library with popular songs
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- Add Bluetooth connectivity
- Improve song creation and saving functionality
Fretonomy
Reported bugs
4 issues- Subscription not unlocking full access
- Fretboard visualization issues on certain devices
- Crashes and freezes in some game modes
- Incorrect note/chord display on staff
Requested features
6 requests- Ability to customize note/chord display on staff
- Option to disable specific notes/chords in exercises
- Interval identification game
- Metronome integration for scale practice
- Cloud sync for progress and settings
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- Microphone support for note detection
In-app purchases
Guitar 3D
- Classical Guitar$1.99
- Acoustic Guitar$1.99
- Classical Guitar$2.99
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- Acoustic Guitar$2.99
- Electro-Classical Guitar$2.99
- Guitar Bundle$4.99
- Guitar Bundle$7.99
Fretonomy
- Premium$2.991 Month
- Premium$4.991 Month
- Premium$23.991 Year
- Guitar$2.99
- 4-String Bass$2.99
- Mandolin$2.99
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- Ukulele$2.99
- Banjo$2.99
- 5-String Bass$2.99
- All Instruments$99.00
Questions
Is Guitar 3D free?
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