Comparison

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite vs String Quartet SightRead Tutor

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

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About

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite

Master the guitar fretboard with this app, designed for musicians of all levels. Practice notes, chords, and ear training for just 5 minutes a day to improve your skills on your real instrument. Customize exercises and learn 11 musical keys.

Highlights
  • Fretboard note and chord learning
  • Customizable exercises
  • Ear training modules
  • Learn 11 musical keys
  • Right and left-handed options
  • Smart learning engine
Features
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This app gives you an invaluable tool for mastering the fretboard. Come join over 1,000,000 musicians of all levels and see why they can't stop playing Fretboard Addict for learning & practicing acoustic guitar fretboard notes, chords, soloing, ear training, and sight reading. You will improve your skills by using the app just 5 minutes a day and then applying the knowledge to your real instrument. There is nothing else like this in the app store!!! WE'VE BEEN FEATURED IN: • IK Multimedia IKlip App of the Week • Premier Guitar Magazine • iTunes App Store Top Areas WHAT USERS ARE SAYING: • "I am a guitar teacher and this app is great for learning the notes on the strings able to customize very well for quizzing yourself or your students!!" • "This is a well thought out app that is teaching me the fretboard while on vacation from my guitar. The best learning tool that I've yet to encounter for this purpose." CHECK OUT A DEMONSTRATION VIDEO AT: www.guitaraddict.net SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE ON YOUR IPHONE, IPAD, AND IPOD TOUCH: Easy to use with a method that just works. No fretboard scrolling, real instrument sounds, and you only have to buy once for all of your iOS devices. CREATE YOUR OWN CUSTOM EXERCISES: • Configure the fretboard the way you want it! Simply touch the fretboard to select notes or chords to work on or use the convenient presets • Presets for configuring notes to work on by Key, by String, by Fret, or by Note • Presets for configuring chords to work on by Key, by Inversion, by Strings, by Type, or by Root Note • Learn the fretboard forwards, backwards, randomly, vertically, and horizontally • English (C D E F G A B) or Romance (Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si) Syllables • Right and Left Handed Options • Smart learning engine that keeps track of your incorrect answers and gives you the best next round • Configure Sharps or Flats • Configure whether the answer is shown, sound is heard, and/or notation is shown when you want to challenge yourself further. LEARN & PRACTICE NOTES: Master fretboard notes intelligently with 11 built in musical key exercises that progress in difficulty or create your own exercises. Learning the fretboard notes is fundamental to understanding chords. LEARN & PRACTICE CHORDS: Master the fundamental triad chords (maj, min, dim, aug) intelligently with 11 built in musical key exercises that progress in difficulty or create your own exercises. Learning triad chords will take your playing to the next level. LEARN & PRACTICE FRETBOARD POSITIONS: Master fretboard movement by practicing and recognizing fretboard note and chord positions. This will give you the confidence and the mental training for playing notes and chords all over the fretboard. LEARN 11 MUSICAL KEYS: Gain an understanding of the circle of fifths and learn the notes & chords in 11 major musical keys. This will help you to pick up and play a song with ease! LEARN & PRACTICE EAR TRAINING: Improve your ability to improvise and play by ear with ear training exercises for notes and chords LEARN & PRACTICE SIGHT READING: Practice reading music notation which will help you sight read and gain an understanding of how pitch relates to the fretboard positions PRACTICE WHAT YOU LEARN: Solo on a responsive fretboard to practice notes, chords, sight reading, and ear training or just relax and create some music MONITOR YOUR PROGRESS: Simple color coded statistics show you where you are strong and weak on the fretboard. This is a great way to know where to adjust your practice routines. THE APP IS LOADED WITH FRETBOARD FUN: •Limited Notes feature is included •Limited Chords feature is included •Full Notes, Chord and Solo features are available as in-app purchases •Alternate Tunings are available as in-app purchases

About

String Quartet SightRead Tutor

Learn note placement on string instruments with interactive exercises. Practice sight-reading, ear training, and tuning using your device or real instrument. Supports violin, viola, cello, and double bass with customizable practice modes.

Highlights
  • Instrument fingerboard note placement
  • Sight-reading practice
  • Live instrument recognition
  • Integrated chromatic tuner
  • Multiple quiz and practice modes
  • Customizable practice options
  • Support for 7 notation systems
Features
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Learn fast where to play notes ! For Violin, Viola, Cello and Double-bass. With this staff Notes Sight Read Tutor, you will learn where to play notes on your instrument's fingerboard ! • Violin • Viola • Cello • Double bass Make progress even when you are away from your instrument ! You can also play your real instrument and the application detect the played notes ! Integrated chromatic tuner. Details : • Accelerated training : Notes you know less will be asked more often for you to be able to enhance your sight reading speed. • Choice of notes to practice : choose which strings to pratice, positions among 13 possible ones (from open string to 7th position), flat, sharp. • Choice of clefs to use. • Choice of language among 7 notation systems to display the name of the note to play : Solfège-Latin Si, English B, German H, Byzantine Zo, Japanese Ro, Indian (Hindusthani) Ni, Indian (Carnatic) Kakali Ni • Display of count of good and failed notes. Click on it to reset, or let it reset itself each morning. • Realistic sounds sampled from real instruments. • Sound On / Off. The screen flashes on good answers when the sound is muted. • Interface translated : displayed in English, French, Spanish or Korean depending on the langage of the device. Should you need a translation in another langage, contact me. • 3 Quiz modes and 2 additional modes :  Sight-Read Quiz (touch) : Read the staff note, then touch the right spot on the screen's instrument.  Live Sight-Read (Live) : Read the staff note, then play it using your real instrument. (This mode uses your device's microphone)  Ear-Training (touch) : Listen to the played note, then touch the right spot on the screen's instrument. (Click staff to replay note)  Free-Play (touch) : Touch the screen's instrument. The note will be played and displayed on the staff.  Instrument Tuner (Live) : Integrated tuner : play a note using your real instrument, the note will be displayed on the staff. (This mode uses your device's microphone) • Help system :  possible display of the name of the note to play.  Possible display of notes placements on the fingerboard (the name of the note to play is then displayed with the same color as the note placement)  Possible display of an helping staff with every notes of the fingerboard. In-app purchase : • Full version : no limits, all strings and positions are available + a BIG thanks for your support :o) There is no ads in this application. Confidentiality : In this application, audio recording is only used locally on your phone to detect played note pitch, it is never transmitted outside the app. Have fun at play !

Screenshots

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite4 screens
String Quartet SightRead Tutor4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite at 4.0 against String Quartet SightRead Tutor's 3.0. String Quartet SightRead Tutor's advantage is review sentiment (50% vs 32%) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, ratings volume, update cadence and ads 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. Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and String Quartet SightRead Tutor sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite holds the better App Store score, 4.0 against 3.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 16 and 15 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 32% of Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite's written reviews are positive against 50% of String Quartet SightRead Tutor's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite ships an update every 2 months, String Quartet SightRead Tutor monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 28, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite versus String Quartet SightRead Tutor: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar Fretboard Addict LiteString Quartet SightRead Tutor
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.0 (16 ratings) — better3.0 (15 ratings)
Positive reviews31.8% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings16 — better15
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsMonthly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.69.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size21 MB12 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMichael RyleeAlexandre Dupleix

Customer experience

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite

All ratings16 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive31.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative68.2%

String Quartet SightRead Tutor

All ratings15 ratings
Positive46.7%
Neutral13.3%
Negative40.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral27.8%
Negative22.2%

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite

One-time4
  • Solo Feature$2.99
  • Notes Feature$4.99
  • Chords Feature$4.99
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  • Eb Tuning$4.99
1 purchases

String Quartet SightRead Tutor

One-time1
  • Full version$3.99

Questions

Is Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite free?
Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is String Quartet SightRead Tutor free?
String Quartet SightRead Tutor is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite or String Quartet SightRead Tutor?
Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite is rated higher. Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite averages 4.0 out of 5 from 16 ratings, while String Quartet SightRead Tutor averages 3.0 from 15 ratings.
Do Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite or String Quartet SightRead Tutor have ads?
Neither Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite nor String Quartet SightRead Tutor shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite or String Quartet SightRead Tutor?
Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite ships an update every 2 months, and String Quartet SightRead Tutor monthly. Most recently, Guitar Fretboard Addict Lite was updated on October 28, 2026 and String Quartet SightRead Tutor on October 24, 2026.

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