Comparison

Guitar Pro vs Fretflow

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

Head to head
About

Guitar Pro

View and play sheet music and tablature files from a popular desktop program. Practice songs, record ideas with a single-track tablature editor, and access a library of scores. Supports various file formats and includes practice tools.

Highlights
  • Play GP3/4/5/6/7/8 and PowerTab files
  • Tablature, slash, and standard notation support
  • Multitrack player with soundboard
  • Metronome and visual countdown
  • Single-track tablature editor (NotePad)
  • Export to PDF and Guitar Pro formats
Features
Currently charting
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The Guitar Pro application allows all musicians to view and play sheet music and tablature created with the famous Guitar Pro tab-editing program for Windows and Mac. This mobile version is the ideal companion for you to practice your favorite songs and share them any time, anywhere! Coming up with some arpeggio, a riff, a chord sequence? You can now note and save it all on the single-track tablature NotePad. Powerful score player • Supporting GP3/4/5/6/7/8 (.gp) and PowerTab (.ptb) file formats,
 • Tab (with rhythmics), slash, and standard notations, • Compatible with mySongBook portal to sheet music (monthly subscription and single buying), • Switch between Dark and Light viewing modes, • Load files via WiFi and web browser, iTunes, e-mail, • Integrated sheet-music library with search, filters, and favorites, • Multitrack player with soundboard: volume / solo-mute / soundbanks, • Metronome and visual countdown,
 • 3 zooming levels, • Guitar or bass fretboard (for right- and left-handers), and virtual keyboard, • On-the-fly tempo changes,
 • On-the-fly global transposing by half-tones, • Playing any selection in loops, • Simplified navigation between sections, • E-mailing files directly from the application, • Exporting files to PDF, • Compatible with the Fretlight Wireless Guitar. NotePad tool to create a tablature • Use the NotePad to edit a single-track tablature for guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin, • Tablature for 4- to 8-string instruments, • 19 built-in sounds, • Customizable tuning and tempo, • Export your ideas into Guitar Pro 6 and 7 formats so as to later carry on with your composition on the Guitar Pro desktop version. ———————————————————————- The app is updated frequently, so feel free to contact our team to ask any question or give your feedback. For more info: Need help: https://support.guitar-pro.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/arobas.music Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/arobasmusic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guitarpro_official FAQ: Q: Can I create or edit sheet music with this app? A: Unlike Guitar Pro for Windows and Mac, this app does not let you change the notation in an existing Guitar Pro file, or create sheet music in standard notation. It is however possible to edit a single-track tablature with the NotePad tool and export your work into .gpx and .gp formats to finish your composition in Guitar Pro 6 or 7. Editing a drum track is not available with the NotePad tool.

About

Fretflow

Features
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Are you tired of always being stuck on the same musical solutions when you play? Fretflow is the right app for you. Unlock your playing by learning what professional musicians and guitar heroes use while playing. Learn scales, boxes, and modes across the entire neck, manage intervals, triads, and quadriads. The same scales but different approaches. Learn how to use chords to harmonise scales with all drop inversions. Discover new positions and chord extensions. Discover how to use arpeggios, their inversion and relation with chords and scales. Improve your skill in recognising notes, intervals, scales, triads and chords with the Ear training Frerflow feature. Learn how to read a sheet and the relations among notes and the fretboard. Share scores with your friends, teachers and students

Screenshots

Guitar Pro4 screens
Fretflow4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fretflow at none against Guitar Pro's shown. Fretflow also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and price ($3.99 vs $6.99). Guitar Pro's advantage is chart position (#39 vs unranked) and iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On in-app purchases 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

Guitar Pro costs $6.99 and Fretflow $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guitar Pro ships an update every 2 months, Fretflow daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 6 level
Guitar Pro versus Fretflow: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar ProFretflow
Price$6.99$3.99 — better
Rating3.6 (906 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews46.9% of reviews—
Number of ratings906 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
Best chart rank#39 — better—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB108 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArobas MusicLuigi Serra

Bugs and requests

Guitar Pro

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Corrupt file issues
  • Playback sync problems
  • Compatibility issues with iOS updates

Requested features

5 requests
  • Multi-track editing
  • Finer tempo control
  • Drum programming
  • Improved file management
  • Seamless desktop integration

Fretflow

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Guitar Pro

No in-app purchases

None

Fretflow

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guitar Pro free?
Guitar Pro costs $6.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fretflow free?
Fretflow costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guitar Pro or Fretflow have ads?
Guitar Pro shows ads; Fretflow does not.
Which is updated more often, Guitar Pro or Fretflow?
Guitar Pro ships an update every 2 months, and Fretflow daily. Most recently, Guitar Pro was updated on November 6, 2026 and Fretflow on October 31, 2026.

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