iGuzheng⁺ vs GuZheng
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
iGuzheng⁺
This app allows users to play the Guzheng, a traditional Chinese instrument, with ease. Its innovative "Follow Play" feature provides real-time prompts, making it accessible for beginners to perform professional pieces. It supports a wide range of playing techniques and offers additional instrument sounds.
- Follow Play real-time prompts
- Supports 21 strings
- Record and playback songs
- High-quality stereo samples
- Additional instrument sounds
- Customizable tuning
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iGuzheng's innovative "Follow Play" feature allows even complete beginners to effortlessly play professional Guzheng pieces! Guzheng is a Chinese plucked zither that dates back to 500 B.C. It is rich in playing techniques. The performer plucks the strings with his right-hand fingernails, while his left-hand fingers apply pressure to the strings to execute vibratos, slides, and other embellishments , as well as occasional plucking techniques. iGuzheng supports many playing techniques, like an acoustic Guzheng: · Playing techniques for Right Hand: Pluck, Glissando, Tremolo (Shake/摇指), Automatic Tremolo, Overtone · Playing techniques for Left Hand: Pitch Slide, Small Vibrato, Big Vibrato, Tap Pitch (Dian Yin – 点音) Main Features: √ Follow Play: iGuzheng's original "Follow Play" feature combines Guzheng playing symbols with string positions to provide real-time playing prompts, allowing even complete beginners to effortlessly play professional Guzheng pieces! ** Supports setting to follow only the right-hand part or both hands! ** When following only the right-hand part, iGuzheng will automatically play the left-hand part for you! ** Can be set to automatically play left-hand pressing actions: pressed notes, glissando, vibrato, etc. [Appendix] Meanings of various lines in Follow Play: Vertical line – Represents a "chord line," commonly used for major plucks, minor plucks, and chords. Wavy line – Represents a "glissando line," commonly used for ornamental notes, glissando, double thumb, heavy thumb, etc. Fine dashed line – Represents a "note group." All notes connected by fine dashed lines form a note group, which may consist of common fingering combinations (alternating thumb and middle finger, four-note patterns, etc.), grace notes, triplets, arpeggiated chords, rhythmic patterns, etc. Horizontal thick dashed line – Represents a "tremolo line," indicating the start and end times of the tremolo. √ Flexible Guzheng View — easy scrolling and zooming with drag/pinch gestures on the Pitch Slider Bar. √ Record your songs, and songs can be played back with animations. √ You can share your songs (*.igz or *.m4a) √ High-quality stereo samples from Guzheng. √ Additional instrument sounds: Harp, Marimba, Pipa, Ruan , Dulcimer √ Full 21 strings. √ Automatically play "Shake" technique (自动摇指) when you move your touch on the string horizontally. √ Smart snapping to the correct pitch grid when moving the pitch slider. √ Portamento / Vibrato. √ Overtone : use two fingers to tap strings at the same time. √ "Dian Yin" Effect (点音/Tap Pitch) : tap the pitch slider after plucking a string to create the "Dian Yin" sound effect. √ Tuning as standard Guzheng tunings or custom tuning. √ Transpose control .
GuZheng
Experience the beauty of the GuZheng with this app, offering realistic string vibration effects and rich musical skills. Record and share your compositions with friends, adjusting string spacing and volume for a personalized experience.
- Realistic string vibration simulation
- Rich musical sound effects
- Adjustable string spacing
- Record and share songs
- Adjustable volume control
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Awesome GuZheng, wide range, rich musical skills, with considerable expressive, so it is loved by the broad masses. The GuZheng HD its beautiful tone, wide vocal range won the the advertising user's favorite for all ages. Guzheng HD features: 1、Realistic simulation of the zither strings pulling vibration effect. 2 awesome sound effect. 3, you can adjust the size of the string spacing. 4, you can recorde and share your songs with your friends. 5,you can adjust the volume.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: GuZheng at Free against iGuzheng⁺'s $2.99. GuZheng also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). iGuzheng⁺'s advantage is rating (4.8 vs 3.8) and review sentiment (85% vs 53%). On ratings volume, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
GuZheng is free to download; iGuzheng⁺ costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
iGuzheng⁺ holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.8. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 23 and 28 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 85% of iGuzheng⁺'s written reviews are positive against 53% of GuZheng's.
iGuzheng⁺ ships an update every 4 weeks, GuZheng every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on October 26, 2026 and October 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | iGuzheng⁺ | GuZheng |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (23 ratings) — better | 3.8 (28 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 85.5% of reviews — better | 52.5% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 23 | 28 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 weeks — better | Every 7 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 132 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | +4 | 4+ |
| Developer | Supertintin Co., Ltd | 宗明 杨 |
Customer experience
iGuzheng⁺
GuZheng
Bugs and requests
iGuzheng⁺
Reported bugs
12 issues- App crashes when selecting song directory
- No sound after update (on tablet)
- Cannot change tuning after update (on tablet)
- Yao-Zhi pops up too often
- No sound after download (historically)
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- App crashes on iOS 7 (historically)
- No sound on iPad Mini with iOS 7 (historically)
- Latency issues
- Pitch bend sounds artificial
- Fixed repeat rate for note repetition gesture
- No sound on third run
- Glitches causing no sound
Requested features
25 requests- Export music sheets/tabs
- Download music files/videos
- Print music sheets
- Song suggestion system
- Gesture practice modules
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- More popular/trending songs
- More traditional Guzheng songs
- AUv3/Audiobus compatibility
- MIDI support
- Zoom gesture lock toggle
- Customizable string count (21-13)
- User-customizable backgrounds
- Add specific songs (e.g., Jay Chou's, The Untamed OST, 'Ren Jian Yan Huo', 'Xue Shan Chun Xiao', 'Yu Zhou Chang Wan', 'Wo Yuan Yi')
- Practice mode with metronome
- Ability to record oneself playing along
- More beginner-friendly tutorials/lessons
- Explanation of complex fingerings/techniques
- Ability to control string selection range during follow-play
- Left-hand string pressure control
- Add Chinese names for songs
- Integrated audio tracks for practice
- Adjustable string distance
- More realistic 'Yaozhi' sound
- Option to change general pitch/sound quality
- Santoor app
GuZheng
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
iGuzheng⁺
No in-app purchases
GuZheng
No in-app purchases








