Comparison

Gituru vs FretBoardMastery

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

Head to head
About

Gituru

Learn guitar at your own pace with condensed lessons and a responsive chatbot. Get live feedback on your playing, just like a personal teacher. This app provides tools to help you build a practice routine and master basic chords and melodies.

Highlights
  • Condensed guitar lessons
  • Responsive chatbot tutor
  • Live feedback on playing
  • Learn at your own pace
  • Guitar practice tools
  • Simple interface
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So you want to become the next guitar hero, but you don’t know where to start? Have you always dreamed of taking guitar lessons but never had the time? Allow us to introduce you to Gituru, your new guitar teacher. What can you expect? - Condensed guitar lessons to complete at your own pace - An intuitive and responsive Chatbot to talk you through the lessons - Live feedback based on what you played - A fun and simple-to-use interface - Awesome guitar tools to help you build your routine How does it work? - Through a responsive and intuitive Chatbot, Gituru talks you through the simple and short lessons that cover the basic guitar know-how. - Gituru allows you to learn at your own pace, and you can repeat every lesson and exercise as many times as it takes for you to master it. - Gituru recognizes what you play, can repeat it back to you and even give you feedback — just like a real guitar instructor. From learning how to hold a guitar and pluck a string, to playing your first simple chords and melodies, Gituru makes the first few miles of your musical journey as easy and straightforward as possible. Download Gituru and start learning guitar today! ABOUT GITURU Developed by the team behind Chordify, Gituru is here to guide you through your very first baby steps towards becoming a rockstar. Learning how to strum has never been easier! SUPPORT Do you have any questions? Mail them to gituru-team@chordify.net.

About

FretBoardMastery

Learn the guitar fretboard by playing notes and receiving instant feedback via your device's microphone. Practice anywhere, even without your instrument, by tapping the fretboard. Includes a built-in tuner and detailed progress tracking.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Practice by playing or tapping
  • Built-in tuner
  • Progress tracking by note and string
  • Customizable practice drills
  • Supports guitar and bass
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Most guitarists learn shapes. Very few learn the neck. FretBoardMastery drills the fretboard one note at a time until finding any note anywhere becomes instant. It asks for a note on a string. You play it. The app listens through the microphone and tells you whether you got it — no tapping, no guessing, no looking away from your instrument. LEARN BY PLAYING, NOT BY TAPPING Pitch detection runs live on your device. Play the note the drill asks for and it knows. That closes the loop between the name of a note and the physical act of finding it, which is the part that actually transfers to playing music. NO GUITAR? NO PROBLEM Practising on a train, or away from your instrument? Choose "I'll tap the fretboard" on the welcome screen and answer by tapping the fret instead. Same drills, same progress. BUILT-IN TUNER A live tuner with note name, frequency, and signal readout. Tune up without leaving the app. PROGRESS THAT MEANS SOMETHING Track accuracy and reaction time per note and per string. Build combos for fast, correct answers. Climb the belt ranks from white to black as your recall gets sharper. The progress screen shows you exactly which notes you still hesitate on. PRACTISE WHAT YOU CHOOSE Pick which strings to drill. Limit targets to the first twelve frets while you're learning, then open up the whole neck. Turn on a countdown if you want the pressure. Switch between guitar and bass — progress is tracked separately for each. PRIVATE BY DESIGN No account. No ads. No analytics. No network connections at all. Microphone audio is analysed on your device in real time to work out pitch, and is never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. Your progress stays on your device. Requires iOS 18.2 or later. Landscape orientation. Pitch detection works best on one clear note at a time.

Screenshots

Gituru4 screens
FretBoardMastery4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: FretBoardMastery at 5.0 against Gituru's 4.5. Gituru's advantage is ratings volume (920 vs 1) and iOS requirement (14.7 vs 18.2). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

FretBoardMastery holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gituru has 920 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Gituru versus FretBoardMastery: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGituruFretBoardMastery
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.5 (920 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews47.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings920 — better1
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS14.7 — better18.2
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB30 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperChordify BVYann Baglin-Bunod

Customer experience

Gituru

All ratings920 ratings
Positive85.5%
Neutral6.8%
Negative7.6%
Written reviews67 reviews
Positive47.8%
Neutral11.9%
Negative40.3%

FretBoardMastery

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Bugs and requests

Gituru

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Unable to progress past first lesson
  • Incorrect chord/note recognition
  • Freezing and crashing issues
  • Compatibility problems with certain devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • More advanced lessons
  • Ability to switch between left and right-handed modes
  • Integration with other guitar learning apps
  • More visual/video-based lessons
  • Faster paced lessons

FretBoardMastery

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Gituru

No in-app purchases

None

FretBoardMastery

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Gituru free?
Gituru is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FretBoardMastery free?
FretBoardMastery is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Gituru or FretBoardMastery?
FretBoardMastery is rated higher. Gituru averages 4.5 out of 5 from 920 ratings, while FretBoardMastery averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Gituru or FretBoardMastery have ads?
Neither Gituru nor FretBoardMastery shows ads.

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