Ultimate Guitar vs WikiSpiv
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ultimate Guitar
Access a vast library of guitar, bass, and ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics. Learn songs with interactive lessons, original sounds, and practice tools. Create and share your own tabs, or explore curated collections.
- Extensive chord, tab, and lyric library
- Interactive lessons and courses
- Original song sounds with Tonebridge
- User-created tab sharing
- Offline tab access
- Left-handed mode
- Built-in tuner and metronome
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Access the world's largest catalogue of guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics. Challenge yourself to learn your favourite songs and more! You have choices galore: • Search for songs by genre, rating, your ability, tuning level • Explore UG Tab collections. Use the finder for your faves, fall in love with something new, feel the nostalgic vibes. Search by themes like House or Acoustic, or check out the latest album releases. Find collections based on your interests such as Star Wars or funky Bollywood beats. • Focus on guitar techniques, find songs personal to you in collections from professional guitarists • Anytime you feel inspired to share a song, create and upload your shot on the spot. It’s that easy! Share the best parts of your performance with your like minded community of fellow musicians. • Reach your true musical potential – learn to play with UG Courses here. Access over 2500 lessons for any skill level and instrument type from guitar, drums to piano and more. Learn different styles and techniques with guidance from professional musicians. Progress at your own speed and on any device, anytime, anywhere. • Play 29K+ popular songs in their original sound with Tonebridge Guitar Effects And it doesn’t end there Check out all these features: • Explore guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics for songs in every genre • Watch videos of songs to refresh your memory or use as backing tracks • Compile your favourite tabs in playlists from our tab collections • Create ‘Personal’ tabs to edit chords, lyrics or change tabs to suit your needs • Option to Switch to left-handed mode • Set a font style and size to match the tab • Offline access to favourite tabs - available at all times • Enjoy dark mode for a gig With a Pro account: • Use interactive tabs to play songs note by note, at your own pace • Select the chord variation that best suits you from the world's biggest library of chords • Use ‘Simplify’ to make difficult songs easier • Jam with high quality tabs - over 29,000 that include backing tracks and synchronised lyrics • Hit the right tempo with metronome • Transpose songs to get just the right tone for you • Take advantage of autoscroll during your practice sessions • Achieve the right sound with the built-in guitar tuner • Share, print, and export your fave songs Problems or feedback? We are always eager to improve your Tabs experience and strive for excellence in doing so. Let us help you in person by contacting our development team at support.ios@ultimate-guitar.com, and we will endeavour to meet your needs. Please do not post bug reports or feature requests as an App Store review. Subscription information: • The "UG Pro + UG Courses + UG Sing" subscription gives you unlimited access to the app's premium content and features • The subscription price is $9.99/monthly, $59.99/yearly* • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package • Subscriptions may be managed, and auto-renewal may be turned off via ‘Account Settings’ on your device after purchase • There is no way to cancel your current subscription during its active period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. * Prices are equal to the value determined by ‘Apple's App Store Matrix’ as the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD. You can read our privacy policy at https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/about/privacy.htm You can read our terms of service at https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/about/tos.htm
WikiSpiv
A collaborative digital songbook featuring lyrics and guitar chords for numerous Ukrainian songs. It supports offline access, chord transposition, and dark mode, making it a comprehensive resource for diasporic music.
- Lyrics and guitar chords
- Offline functionality
- Chord transposition
- Dark mode
- Comprehensive diasporic music collection
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WikiSpiv is a collaborative Ukrainian songbook by and for the Ukrainian diaspora! This app includes lyrics and guitar chords for hundreds of songs, works offline, has a dark mode, and transposes chords into any key! It is the most comprehensive digital collection of Ukrainian zabava, Plast, CYM, and other diasporic music!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: WikiSpiv at 100% against Ultimate Guitar's 34%. WikiSpiv also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 10) and ads (none vs shown). Ultimate Guitar's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs every 51 months) and ratings volume (482K vs 8). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Ultimate Guitar sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. WikiSpiv asks for nothing beyond the download.
WikiSpiv holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Ultimate Guitar has 482K ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 34% of Ultimate Guitar's written reviews are positive against 100% of WikiSpiv's.
Ultimate Guitar ships an update weekly, WikiSpiv every 51 months. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ultimate Guitar | WikiSpiv |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (482K ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.8% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 482K — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 51 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Best chart rank | #7 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 232 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Ultimate Guitar | Daniel Centore |
Customer experience
Ultimate Guitar
WikiSpiv
Bugs and requests
Ultimate Guitar
Reported bugs
4 issues- Autoscroll feature not working as expected
- Inability to change instruments in Guitar Pro tabs
- Tuner not accurately detecting strings
- Freezing and crashing on certain devices
Requested features
4 requests- Allow adjustable font size for printed tabs
- Improve search and navigation
- Add more advanced features for experienced users
- Provide better organization and categorization of content
WikiSpiv
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Ultimate Guitar
- Ultimate Guitar Pro7 Days trial$9.991 Month
- Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale$9.991 Month
- Ultimate Guitar Pro$9.991 Month
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- UG Pro+ (1 Month)$9.991 Month
- Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale2 variants$22.991 Year
- Annual Pro Access$29.991 Year
- Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale$29.991 Year
- Ultimate Guitar Pro1 Month trial$39.991 Year
- UG Pro+ (1 Year)7 Days trial$39.991 Year
WikiSpiv
No in-app purchases









