Comparison

Fretboard Learning vs Chord Quiz

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

Head to head
About

Fretboard Learning

Master the guitar fretboard with interactive games and comprehensive learning tools. Practice your ear, learn hundreds of chords and scales, and customize your learning experience with various tunings and modes. Track your progress with detailed statistics and explore music harmony.

Highlights
  • Educational games for fretboard notes
  • Learn over 500 chords
  • Master all scales in different boxes
  • Customizable tunings
  • Left-handed mode
  • Interactive Circle of Fifths
  • Metronome
Features
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Are you new to the guitar? Or maybe you're a seasoned player who's looking for a little help getting your ear back in shape. Either way, Fretboard Learning is your best bet for learning the notes on your guitar. Fretboard Learning offers the best educational games to learn the notes on your guitar. You can practice your musical ear, learn more than 500 chords all over the fretboard, learn all scales in all the different boxes, and customize your experience by selecting your favorite tuning or creating a new one of your own! Left-handed mode is also available. The app includes: - Differents game modes - More than 500 chords all over the fretboard - All scales in all the differents boxes - Custom tunings or create your own - Left handed mode - Different notes notation - Circle of fifths: an interactive and fun tool to explore music harmony - Metronome - Statistics of your results - Detailed heat map of the fretboard

About

Chord Quiz

This app helps you learn piano chords by testing your knowledge of chord names and their constituent notes. It offers various quiz modes, chord sound playback, and a search function to explore different chord types. Customize your learning experience with adjustable settings and a dark mode.

Highlights
  • Chord name quizzes
  • Component note quizzes
  • Chord sound playback
  • Chord search by name or notes
  • Customizable quiz settings
  • Dark mode and theme customization
Features
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A chord practice app designed to learn chord names and chord tones through quizzes. Compatible with piano, guitar, and ukulele, allowing you to freely choose your question and answer formats to practice quizzes. Can also be used as a chord dictionary to search and look up chords by chord names or constituent notes. Chord Name Quiz - Quiz to identify chord names by looking at keyboards, staff notation, fretboards, or chord diagrams. - Question format can be selected from Piano Keyboard, Staff Notation (Treble Clef, Bass Clef), Fretboard (Guitar, Ukulele), and Chord Diagram (Guitar, Ukulele). - Answer by selecting the root note and chord type using buttons. - Supports inversions and alternative positions (different forms for guitar and ukulele). - Listen to the chord sound at any time during a quiz with the speaker button. Chords are also played automatically upon answering (sounds match the instrument: piano, guitar, or ukulele). Chord Notes Quiz - Quiz to identify constituent notes by looking at displayed chord names. - Answer format can be selected from Piano Keyboard, Fretboard (Guitar), and Fretboard (Ukulele). - Answer by tapping the keys or fretboard to select constituent notes. Tapped notes play immediately. - Check the full chord sound at any time with the speaker button, and hear it automatically played upon answering. - Supports up to 882 chords (21 root notes × 42 chord types). - Configurable Piano Starting Key (starting from C, root note, or random). Quiz Settings - Set time limit (none, or 5 to 30 seconds). - Set wait time after answering (none, or 1 to 10 seconds). - Set number of questions per quiz (5 to 100 questions). - Select root notes to be quizzed individually from all 21 notes. - Select chord types to be quizzed individually from all 42 types (Basic, Intermediate, Advanced, etc.). - Toggle inversions and alternative positions on/off. - Toggle allow duplicate questions (random mode) on/off. - Save your custom settings as presets to easily start a quiz anytime. Chord List & Search - Browse all included chords in a list. - Switch the list display format (Piano Keyboard, Staff Notation, Fretboard, Chord Diagram). - Filter chords by root note. - Search by chord name (symbols or formal names). - Reverse lookup by constituent notes: tap notes on a piano keyboard or fretboard (guitar, ukulele) to find chords containing those notes. - Play chord sounds (piano chords, guitar/ukulele strumming) with a single tap from the list. Chord Detail - Check chord types, constituent notes, and fingerings for each instrument. - Switch display format (Piano Keyboard, Staff Notation, Fretboard, Chord Diagram). - View root position, inversions (1st to 3rd inversions), and alternative positions (different forms for guitar and ukulele) in a list. - View all note positions across the entire fretboard. - Play individual chord sounds for each inversion and alternative form, or tap the keyboard/fretboard directly to play notes. - Switch between enharmonic spelling (# / b). Customize - Change notation style (Standard, German, Semi-German, Solfège / Latin). - Supports Lefty Mode to flip guitar and ukulele fretboards horizontally. - Toggle sound on/off. - Supports dark mode. - Change theme color. - Change in-app language (supports 20 languages). - Supports data backup and restore. - Simple design based on Material Design.

Screenshots

Fretboard Learning4 screens
Chord Quiz4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fretboard Learning at none against Chord Quiz's shown. Fretboard Learning also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 5 weeks) and review sentiment (70% vs 53%). On price, rating, 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. Fretboard Learning sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $1.49 per month and Chord Quiz sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Fretboard Learning against 4.8 for Chord Quiz. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fretboard Learning has 487 ratings behind it against 71, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 70% of Fretboard Learning's written reviews are positive against 53% of Chord Quiz's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fretboard Learning ships an update every 3 days, Chord Quiz every 5 weeks. Both last shipped on November 7, 2026.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Fretboard Learning versus Chord Quiz: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFretboard LearningChord Quiz
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (487 ratings)4.8 (71 ratings) — better
Positive reviews69.8% of reviews — better52.6% of reviews
Number of ratings487 — better71
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#93 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size38 MB57 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMustapha AOUASenoiu

Customer experience

Fretboard Learning

All ratings485 ratings
Positive93.4%
Neutral2.9%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive69.8%
Neutral9.3%
Negative20.9%

Chord Quiz

All ratings67 ratings
Positive95.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative4.5%
Written reviews19 reviews
Positive52.6%
Neutral15.8%
Negative31.6%

Bugs and requests

Fretboard Learning

Reported bugs

9 issues
  • Identify by sound produces no audio or disturbing beep sound
  • Notes on lower half of fretboard not selectable
  • Missing button for sharps/flats (D# not available when shown)
  • Low E string gets stuck on D in custom tuning setup
  • Broken links to Twitter and website in about section
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  • Screen cutoff in horizontal orientation
  • Enharmonic errors in some scales
  • Pro access lost after app reinstall
  • Incorrect answer options not provided for some questions

Requested features

14 requests
  • Octave differentiation (C1, C2, C3, etc.)
  • Support for different number of strings and instruments (bass)
  • Actual guitar note sounds instead of generic beep
  • Horizontal/landscape orientation support
  • Ability to select specific frets and notes in all game modes
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  • Single string isolation practice mode
  • Backing tracks for practice
  • CAGED system mapping
  • Unlimited practice mode option
  • Show correct answer after wrong selection
  • Chord support for alternate tunings
  • Share button for scales and chords
  • Full fretboard view with scrolling instead of limited sections
  • Customizable game progression pace

Chord Quiz

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fretboard Learning

Subscriptions1
  • All Access Package$1.491 Month
One-time1
  • All Access Package$9.99
1 purchases

Chord Quiz

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is Fretboard Learning free?
Fretboard Learning is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chord Quiz free?
Chord Quiz is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Fretboard Learning or Chord Quiz?
Chord Quiz is rated higher. Fretboard Learning averages 4.7 out of 5 from 487 ratings, while Chord Quiz averages 4.8 from 71 ratings.
Do Fretboard Learning or Chord Quiz have ads?
Chord Quiz shows ads; Fretboard Learning does not.
Which is updated more often, Fretboard Learning or Chord Quiz?
Fretboard Learning ships an update every 3 days, and Chord Quiz every 5 weeks. Most recently, Fretboard Learning was updated on November 7, 2026 and Chord Quiz on November 7, 2026.

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