Guitar Pro vs Fretflow
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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
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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.
Fretflow
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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
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Verdict
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
Guitar Pro costs $6.99 and Fretflow $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Guitar Pro ships an update every 2 months, Fretflow daily. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Pro | Fretflow |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $6.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 3.6 (906 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 46.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 906 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Best chart rank | #39 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 108 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Arobas Music | Luigi 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
Guitar Pro
No in-app purchases
Fretflow
No in-app purchases









