Guitar Riff vs Guitar 3D
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Riff
Learn to play your favorite guitar riffs by ear. This app offers over 1000 songs across various genres with a configurable virtual guitar featuring clean and distortion effects. Master difficult sections by adjusting speed and volume, with options for left-handers and note highlighting.
- Learn over 1000 songs
- Configurable virtual guitar
- Clean and distortion effects
- Adjustable speed and volume
- Left-handed support
- Highlight notes option
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• Learn To Play Your Favorite Riffs on the Electric Guitar • Over 1000 Songs to learn from different eras and genres. • Highly configurable guitar with clean / distortion effects. • Resizable fretboard suitable for all devices and tablets. • High simulator quality and is quick and responsive. ***** Riffs ***** Songs cover all genres: Rock, Indie, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, Naughties, Modern, Latin, Classical, Film Themes, TV Themes, Pop, Traditional. Well known riffs such as ACDC, Alice Cooper, Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Cream, Deep Purple, etc: ...and more ***** Other Features ***** • Professionally recorded digitised Fender Stratocaster sounds for each separate note or go acoustic or plug in the distortion! • Support for Left Handers • Focus on sections of the song to master those licks. • Adjust the speed and volume of the riff for playing along. • Highlight notes on/off to play by ear. • Standard note tab naming convention.
Guitar 3D
Learn guitar chords, strumming, and fingerpicking with interactive 3D visualizations. Compose your own music using a simple editor and hear real guitar sounds. Ideal for visual learners wanting to play basic guitar quickly.
- 3D right and left hand viewer
- Chord chain editor
- Auto play & loop
- Speed control
- Chord training game
- Left-handed guitarist support
- Chord library
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No Ads! Learn how to play basic guitar chords, strumming and fingerpicking simply with this 3D ultimate guitar learning app just in minutes. Specially Designed for visual learners! Fun and easy way to learn guitar chords or compose songs. Just select the chords you want to learn and add them to the timeline. The virtual guitarist in the application plays the chord sequences you have composed, with strumming or fingerpicking techniques. You can see the correct finger movements from all sides in vivid detail. With the simple and easy-to-use music editor, you can compose your own music just in minutes. Sounds are recorded from real guitars. All animations were made with worlds best academic musicians and education experts. Features of Guitar 3D - Basic Chords App: ▸ Very easy to use ▸ No Ads ▸ 3D right and left hand viewer ▸ Chord chain editor ▸ Auto play & loop ▸ Speed control ▸ Save your songs ▸ First - person and split cam options ▸ Different strumming and fingerpicking techniques ▸ Chord training game with 25 levels ▸ Support for left-handed guitarists ▸ Chord library(2D diagram) including all chords If you want to follow us: https://www.instagram.com/guitar3d https://www.facebook.com/Guitar3D https://www.facebook.com/Polygonium https://www.polygonium.com/music
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Guitar 3D at none against Guitar Riff's shown. Guitar 3D also leads on review sentiment (99% vs 70%) and rating (4.8 vs 4.6). On price, update cadence, 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
Both are free to download. Guitar Riff sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month and Guitar 3D sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guitar 3D holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guitar 3D has 741 ratings behind it against 95, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 70% of Guitar Riff's written reviews are positive against 99% of Guitar 3D's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Riff | Guitar 3D |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (95 ratings) | 4.8 (741 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 70.1% of reviews | 98.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 95 | 741 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 145 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Learn To Master Ltd | Polygonium |
Customer experience
Guitar Riff
Guitar 3D
User reviews
Guitar Riff
From 95 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🎸 Effective riff learning tool for beginners
- 📚 Large song library with diverse genres
- ⚙️ Customizable playback options (speed, fret width)
- 💰 Free content available without mandatory purchases
- 🎯 Intuitive progression system (5 notes to 10 notes, etc.)
Room to improve
- 🐛 Sound quality poor and unrealistic
- 📱 No left-handed support available
- 🔊 No sound output on some devices
- 🎨 Difficult to see highlighted notes during playback
- 📺 Small fretboard difficult for fat fingers
Guitar 3D
From 741 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Excellent visuals
- 👍 Easy to use
- 👍 Helpful for learning chords
- 👍 Great for beginners
- 👍 Intuitive interface
Room to improve
- 🐛 Occasional crashes or freezes
- 🐛 Difficulty seeing strings being picked
- 🐛 Slow or disjointed performance
- 🐛 No sound in some cases
Bugs and requests
Guitar Riff
Reported bugs
7 issues- No sound output on iPhone 5 and iPhone 4
- App doesn't play songs or is non-functional
- Random logouts during use
- App crashes frequently
- Screen navigation requires song selection to exit
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- Fretboard highlighting difficult to see
- App requires upgrade prompt immediately upon opening
Requested features
13 requests- Left-handed mode support
- Ability to slow down playback speed
- Wider fretboard for easier use
- Record and playback user's own riffs
- Customizable note highlight colors
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- Playback controls at bottom of screen
- Actual guitar sound samples
- More songs from specific artists (Metallica, AC/DC, Green Day, Pink Floyd, etc.)
- Difficulty level selection
- Tuning feature
- Chord labels on display
- Comparison to actual live recordings
- Note color customization for colorblind users
Guitar 3D
Reported bugs
2 issues- Login screen freezes
- Incompatible with older devices
Requested features
7 requests- Include more advanced chords and chord progressions
- Add interval display
- Incorporate barred chords
- Integrate with a DAW or guitar pro software
- Provide a song library with popular songs
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- Add Bluetooth connectivity
- Improve song creation and saving functionality
In-app purchases
Guitar Riff
- Premium Version$2.991 Month
- Annual Premium Version7 Days trial$24.991 Year
Guitar 3D
- Classical Guitar$1.99
- Acoustic Guitar$1.99
- Classical Guitar$2.99
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- Acoustic Guitar$2.99
- Electro-Classical Guitar$2.99
- Guitar Bundle$4.99
- Guitar Bundle$7.99
Questions
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