Comparison

Guitar Time vs Guitar Tab Notes

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

Head to head
About

Guitar Time

Learn and play your favorite songs with a comprehensive chord library and customizable arrangements. Features an intuitive guitar tuner and the ability to create your own chord diagrams. Offers a PRO status for advanced features and unlimited song collections.

Highlights
  • Popular song library
  • Chord schemes collection
  • Intuitive guitar tuner
  • Custom chord creation
  • Autoscroll speed adjustment
  • Song arrangement tools
Features
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Play your favourite songs! With Guitar Time you can easily play many popular songs or add your own song. Convenient chord selection system with filtering capability, intuitive schemes of popular chords and the ability to create your own chord. You can place the chords in the song yourself and play it comfortably by adjusting the autoscroll speed. The automatic tuner will help you tune your guitar in a few steps. Main features: - Most popular song’s library - Chord’s schemes collection - Intuitive guitar tuner - Convenient search and filtering system - Easy to arrange the chords in a song - Clear chord schemes - Ability to create your own chord - Author’s song collection With PRO status you have an oppotrunity to: - Any number of songs in your collection - Use a professional tuner to tune your guitar - Unlimited number of custom chords And many many other…

About

Guitar Tab Notes

Features
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Guitar Tab Notes is a fast sketchpad for guitar players. When a riff or a chord shape shows up, open the app and get it down before it slips away. Instead of finger numbers or fret numbers, every position on the fretboard is shown as the actual note it plays (C, C#, D and so on). You read the sounds, not the shapes, so an idea still makes sense days later and is easy to move around in your head. WHY GUITARISTS USE IT - Capture ideas fast. Tap the fretboard and the note appears. Nothing in the way. - Think in any tuning. Standard, drop, open, or completely custom alt tunings that you type in and save. Every note name updates instantly across all of your chords. - Made for sketches, not for perfection. Group ideas into projects, drop in quick section labels like verse or chorus, and reorder everything by dragging. - Hear it back. Tap play to strum a chord and check an idea on the spot. - Color your voicings. Highlight alternate notes in four accent colors (turquoise, violet, amber, coral) right on the diagram. Colors can even share one spot with the main note: the dot splits into colored sections. - Capo aware. Set a capo and the fretboard and note names follow along. EVERYWHERE YOU WRITE Guitar Tab Notes runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac, and your whole sketchbook syncs automatically through your private iCloud. Start a riff on the couch with your phone, then finish the arrangement on iPad or Mac later. Nothing to set up and no account to create. EXPORT AND SHARE Send a single chord as an image, or a whole song as plain text or as a print-ready PDF: clean black-on-white A4 pages with your section labels, automatic page breaks and a choice of 2, 3 or 4 chords per row. On Mac, exports go through the standard Save dialog. Simple on purpose and quick by design. Keep the guitar in your hands and let the ideas land.

Screenshots

Guitar Time4 screens
Guitar Tab Notes4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guitar Tab Notes at none against Guitar Time's 5. Guitar Tab Notes also leads on ads (none vs shown). Guitar Time's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Guitar Time sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Guitar Tab Notes asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guitar Time ships an update every 4 days, Guitar Tab Notes every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and September 29, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Guitar Time versus Guitar Tab Notes: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar TimeGuitar Tab Notes
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 daysEvery 3 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS12.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB2 MB
Age rating12+4+
DeveloperOleh SavenkoUnited App Sp. z o.o.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Guitar Time

Subscriptions5
  • Premium Plan$9.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (7 days trial)7 Days trial$9.991 Month
  • Premium Plan (50% discount)1 Month trial$9.991 Month
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  • Premium Plan (Half Year)$49.996 Months
  • Premium Plan (Year)$79.991 Year
None

Guitar Tab Notes

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guitar Time free?
Guitar Time is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guitar Tab Notes free?
Guitar Tab Notes is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guitar Time or Guitar Tab Notes have ads?
Guitar Time shows ads; Guitar Tab Notes does not.
Which is updated more often, Guitar Time or Guitar Tab Notes?
Guitar Time ships an update every 4 days, and Guitar Tab Notes every 3 days. Most recently, Guitar Time was updated on October 7, 2026 and Guitar Tab Notes on September 29, 2026.

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