Fretronome vs Guitar Intervals
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Fretronome
This app helps guitarists learn fretboard notes and intervals. It visually displays notes and intervals on a fretboard and includes a quiz mode to test knowledge. Support for left-handed players is also available.
- Fretboard note and interval learning
- Visual note/interval display
- Quiz mode for skill testing
- Left-handed guitarist support
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Fretronome is designed for guitarists to support them in learning the notes and intervals on a guitar fretboard. It's pretty simple, with the first button press it selects a note or interval on the fretboard, with the second it displays the name of the note or interval. It also contains a basic quiz mode where you can test your skills Support for left-handed guitarists (Fretronome settings in the iOS settings app)
Guitar Intervals
Learn musical intervals on a guitar fretboard. This free app allows you to play notes and explore intervals in standard and drop tunings. It supports both right-handed and left-handed players.
- Interactive guitar fretboard
- Learn musical intervals
- Supports standard and drop tunings
- Right-handed and left-handed modes
- Play notes on demand
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Guitar Intervals shows you where every musical interval lies on the guitar neck, so you can recognize intervals by sight and by ear, and find them anywhere on the fretboard. Choose a root note and an interval, and the app highlights the root and the interval note on every string. Tap any note to hear how it sounds. FEATURES - 12 intervals, from minor 2nd up to the octave - 12 root notes - 9 tunings: standard, half step down, whole step down, drop tunings and more - Realistic fretboard view - Tap a note to hear it, with real guitar samples - Small download size, works offline WHO IS IT FOR Guitarists who want to understand the fretboard: beginners learning the notes, players who want to build chords and scales from intervals, and anyone training their ear and theory. Knowing intervals is the foundation of chords, scales, melodies and improvisation. Pick an interval, find it on the neck, play it, and the shapes will quickly become familiar. The app is free and supported by ads. Questions or suggestions? Write to us, we read every message.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Fretronome at 63% against Guitar Intervals's 0%. Fretronome also leads on rating (3.7 vs 3.0) and ads (none vs shown). Guitar Intervals's advantage is price (Free vs $0.99). 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 Intervals is free to download; Fretronome costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Fretronome holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 1 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Fretronome's written reviews are positive against 0% of Guitar Intervals's.
Fretronome ships an update every 19 months, Guitar Intervals every 109 months. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Fretronome | Guitar Intervals |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | 3.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better | 0.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 19 months — better | Every 109 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Neueinteraktion Design und Systeme GmbH | Andrii Pirumov |
Customer experience
Fretronome
Guitar Intervals
In-app purchases
Fretronome
No in-app purchases
Guitar Intervals
No in-app purchases
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