Comparison

Quartet 1 vs Learn Guitar

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

Head to head
About

Quartet 1

Practice and perform jazz standards with high-quality backing tracks. Mute your instrument, change keys, adjust tempo, and loop sections. Features animated chord diagrams and playlist creation for an enhanced musical experience.

Highlights
  • Live jazz standards backing tracks
  • Mute your instrument
  • Change key and tempo
  • Loop practice sections
  • Animated chord diagrams
  • Multi-app playlist creation
  • Multitrack export
Features
Currently charting
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Practice and perform jazz standards on another level with Quartet. And with a host of brand-new features plus an additional 50 new versions of the most played standards, the top-selling jazz play along apps just got even better. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. Yours to keep! Volume 1 now includes 200 stunning jazz standards recorded exclusively by 8 of the world’s best jazz musicians. All ‘live’ studio recordings with intros, endings and top line solos. Whether you play jazz piano, guitar, saxophone, trumpet, bass, drums…simply mute your instrument from the Quartet for the ultimate jazz play along. And for jazz singers too, each edition of Quartet is an unrivalled collection of jazz backing tracks powerful enough to gig with. Change key on the fly. Speed up or slow down the audio seamlessly. Loop sections and slow them right down for practice. Select the number of repeats. Choose from preset mixes or create your own custom mix using the new onboard mixer. Arrange each song exactly the way you want it with the new automated ‘Arranger’ feature. Add a touch of reverb and you’re good to go. Improve your skills with full screen animated chord diagrams for Piano, Guitar and Ukulele. Search the entire Quartet song library (700 songs) by composer, style, BPM, associated artist and more. Build and share multi-app playlists and easily export PDF chord charts for every song. Export your stereo mix or export the multitrack if you want to develop the high quality separated parts in GarageBand or whatever DAW you use. Either way, all recordings are offered to you royalty-free giving you endless creative possibilities. The 200 jazz standards in Quartet Volume 1 include improvisations in the style of… ‘All Blues’, ‘All of Me’, ‘All The Things You Are’, ‘Autumn Leaves’, ‘Beautiful Love’, ‘Blue Bossa’, ‘Body and Soul’, ‘Caravan’, ‘Cherokee’, ‘Cry Me a River’, ‘Fever’, ‘Georgia on my Mind’, ‘Giant Steps’, ‘Girl From Ipanema’, ‘Have You Met Miss Jones?’, ‘Love for Sale’, ‘Rhythm Changes’, ‘Satin Doll’, ‘Someday My Prince Will Come’, ‘Summertime’…and 180 more! Install Quartet on all of your iOS devices plus your Mac devices (M series only) at no extra cost. Ready to take your jazz standards to another level? Hear lots more and see the full song lists at www.quartetapp.com Featured artists Saxophones and Flutes Andy Panayi Credits - Shirley Bassey, Paul McCartney, Seth MacFarlane, Elaine Paige, Salena Jones, Elvis Costello, Georgie Fame, Helen Shapiro, Madeline Bell, Freddie Hubbard, Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Roy Hargrove Dave O’Higgins Credits - Joey Calderazzo, Joe Locke, Eric Alexander, Max Ionata, Joe Lovano, Phil Woods, Nancy Wilson, Peggy Lee, Kurt Elling, Wayne Shorter, Eddie Gomez, Jamie Cullum, Stéphane Grappelli, Michel Legrand Graeme Blevins Recording and performing credits include Phil Collins, Robbie Williams, Kylie Minogue, Kyle Eastwood, Mark Knopfler, Quincy Jones, Mark Ronson, Tom Jones, Taylor Swift Guitar Nigel Price Credits - James Taylor Quartet, Van Morrison, Nigel Price Organ Trio. Voted ‘Best Guitarist’ in the 2016 British Jazz Awards Piano Graham Harvey Credits - Incognito (MD), Stacey Kent, George Benson, Hamish Stuart, Will Lee, Philip Bailey, Chaka Khan, The BBC Big Band, Madeline Bell, Jocelyn Brown, Mica Paris, Sir Cliff Richard Bass Geoff Gascoyne Credits - Jamie Cullum (MD), Sting, Van Morrison, Bill Bruford, Mari Wilson, Paloma Faith, Georgie Fame, Gloria Estefan, Guy Barker, Charlie Watts, Benny Golson, Jacqui Dankworth, Bob Dorough, John Martyn, Eartha Kitt Drums Sebastiaan de Krom Credits - Herbie Hancock, John Scofield, Phil Woods, Dave Holland, Jamie Cullum, Guy Barker, Wynton Marsalis, Clark Terry, Tim Garland Rod Youngs Credits - Gil Scott-Heron, Lee Konitz, Sia, Courtney Pine, Jon Hendricks, Hugh Masekela, Natalie Cole, Mica Paris, Juliet Roberts, BBC Concert Orchestra, Ronnie Laws, Jocelyn Brown

About

Learn Guitar

Learn to play guitar at home with HD video lessons designed for beginners. Master chords, rhythms, and various guitar styles like blues and classical. Track your progress daily and become a guitar expert.

Highlights
  • HD guitar lessons
  • Learn in 30 days
  • Beginner guitar courses
  • Rhythm guitar techniques
  • Bass, blues, and lead guitar
  • Learn guitar songs
  • Classical guitar instruction
Features
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HD Guitar Lessons Eary To Learn Guitar At Home INCLUDES: • Learn Guitar In 30 days. • Guitar For Beginners • How To Play Guitar • Rhythm Guitar Lessons • Bass,Blues,Lead Guitar Lessons • How To Play Guitar Songs • Classical Guitar Daiy CheckIn Record Learn Progress MORE • Optimized for iPhone, iPad Try it! Become A Guitar Expert!

Screenshots

Quartet 14 screens
Learn Guitar4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Learn Guitar at Free against Quartet 1's $19.99. Quartet 1's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 11 months). On rating, review sentiment, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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

Learn Guitar is free to download; Quartet 1 costs $19.99 up front. Quartet 1 sells 5 one-off in-app purchases and Learn Guitar 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 Quartet 1 against 4.7 for Learn Guitar. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 205 and 435 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 85% of Quartet 1's written reviews are positive against 91% of Learn Guitar's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quartet 1 ships an update every 2 months, Learn Guitar every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Quartet 1 versus Learn Guitar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuartet 1Learn Guitar
Price$19.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (205 ratings) — better4.7 (435 ratings)
Positive reviews84.5% of reviews91.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings205435 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 11 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
Best chart rank#185 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.615 — better
Further details — not scored
Size706 MB10 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperUK Music Apps Ltd叶 李

Customer experience

Quartet 1

All ratings155 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.6%
Negative3.9%
Written reviews110 reviews
Positive84.5%
Neutral10.0%
Negative5.5%

Learn Guitar

All ratings434 ratings
Positive91.2%
Neutral5.3%
Negative3.5%
Written reviews181 reviews
Positive91.2%
Neutral3.3%
Negative5.5%

User reviews

Quartet 1

From 205 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🎶 Excellent sound quality
  • 🎸 Real musicians' performance
  • 👍 Great value for money
  • 🚀 Flexible tempo and key changes
  • 🎵 Inspiring for practice

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Clunky UI
  • 😵 Fiddly tempo adjustment
  • 🎚️ Limited mixer options
  • 🎛️ No individual instrument volume control
  • 🎚️ Sound quality degradation with tempo/key changes

Learn Guitar

From 435 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 👍 Easy to use
  • 🚀 Helpful lessons
  • 💡 Great for beginners
  • 👍 Detailed instructions
  • 👍 Straightforward app

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Crashes and bugs
  • 🔒 Forced 5-star reviews
  • 💰 Too many ads
  • 🔒 Locked content

Bugs and requests

Quartet 1

Reported bugs

12 issues
  • Playlists disappear
  • Playlists replaced by old ones
  • Looping parts not saved
  • Edits wiped out
  • Cannot put song into desired key
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  • Abrupt endings with no turnarounds
  • Out of tune bass
  • Crash when making playlist changes
  • Doesn't remember key/tempo from last session
  • Clicks when using iPad OS
  • Double charge for app
  • No actual endings found

Requested features

29 requests
  • Dark mode option
  • Tap tempo button
  • Ability to create own charts
  • Export to WAV and MP3
  • Export chord chart in different ways
Show 24 more
  • Drum-only option
  • Two versions of songs at different tempos
  • Metronome/click track
  • Pan tracks to left/right channel
  • Type in tempo directly
  • Slider for tempo change
  • Search within playlists
  • Cloud-based sync
  • iReal-type portrait display
  • Real Jazz Guitar chords
  • Global default for chord transpose
  • More variations in chorus repeats
  • Actual song endings with variations
  • MIDI out function
  • Split screen on tablet
  • Add tags to ends of tunes
  • Fix pitch shifting on drums
  • Lower price for stem export
  • Adjustable font size for chords
  • Vertical mode
  • AUV3 version
  • Edit tunes at bar level
  • Create new tunes within the app
  • More standards/tunes

Learn Guitar

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Videos won't play without 5-star review
  • Lessons remain locked even after reviewing

Requested features

3 requests
  • More advanced lessons
  • Ability to skip ads
  • Unlocked content without forced reviews

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Quartet 1

One-time5
  • Upgrade song$0.99
  • Buy 10 tokens$8.99
  • Buy 20 tokens$14.99
Show 2 more
  • Buy 50 tokens$22.99
  • Upgrade all songs$49.99
1 purchases

Learn Guitar

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$9.99

Questions

Is Quartet 1 free?
Quartet 1 costs $19.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Learn Guitar free?
Learn Guitar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Quartet 1 or Learn Guitar?
Quartet 1 is rated higher. Quartet 1 averages 4.7 out of 5 from 205 ratings, while Learn Guitar averages 4.7 from 435 ratings.
Do Quartet 1 or Learn Guitar have ads?
Learn Guitar shows ads; Quartet 1 does not.
Which is updated more often, Quartet 1 or Learn Guitar?
Quartet 1 ships an update every 2 months, and Learn Guitar every 11 months. Most recently, Quartet 1 was updated on November 12, 2026 and Learn Guitar on November 3, 2026.

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