Comparison

Ultimate Guitar vs Step Studio

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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

About

Step Studio

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Create, learn, and share line dances. Dance along to YouTube videos or audio tracks as Step Studio displays moves in sync and calls them out using iOS speech synthesis. A digital catalog of line dances, with easy import, export, and beautifully formatted PDF step sheets. Ready for more? Explore the online Step Studio Community for moves, dances, and playlists shared by others. Upload and share your creations with the Step Studio Community and get likes from others to become Step Studio famous!

Screenshots

Ultimate Guitar4 screens
Step Studio4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Step Studio at none against Ultimate Guitar's 12. Ultimate Guitar's advantage is update cadence (weekly vs monthly) and chart position (#7 vs unranked). On price, ads 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. Ultimate Guitar sells 9 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Step Studio asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Guitar ships an update weekly, Step Studio monthly. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Ultimate Guitar versus Step Studio: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate GuitarStep Studio
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (482K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews33.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings482K — better—
Update frequencyWeekly — betterMonthly
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#7 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS16.1 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size232 MB7 MB
Age rating12+12+
DeveloperUltimate GuitarHEINRICH ENNS

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

Step Studio

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

9 purchases

Ultimate Guitar

Subscriptions9
  • Ultimate Guitar Pro7 Days trial2 variants$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
None

Step Studio

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ultimate Guitar free?
Ultimate Guitar is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Step Studio free?
Step Studio is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ultimate Guitar or Step Studio have ads?
Both Ultimate Guitar and Step Studio show ads.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Guitar or Step Studio?
Ultimate Guitar ships an update weekly, and Step Studio monthly. Most recently, Ultimate Guitar was updated on November 1, 2026 and Step Studio on October 25, 2026.

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