Comparison

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn vs Strum

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

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About

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn

Learn to play the ukulele with realistic sounds and an extensive chord library. Explore various ukulele types and practice your rhythm with a built-in metronome. Perfect for beginners and experienced players alike.

Highlights
  • Authentic ukulele sounds
  • Extensive chord library
  • Multiple ukulele types
  • Low G tuning option
  • Built-in metronome
  • Beginner-friendly interface
Features
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Ukulele Simulator Learn to Play Ukulele and Discover its Joy, Right on Your Device! Ever dreamed of strumming a ukulele's beautiful melody? With Ukulele Simulator, learning and playing become one. Whether to learn a new tune or play a familiar song, you're a tap away from a musical moment. From budding musicians wanting to learn, to seasoned players looking for practice, or simply someone who enjoys ukulele sounds, Ukulele Simulator offers an authentic ukulele playing experience at your fingertips. Key Features: • Real Ukulele Sounds: Dive into genuine ukulele atmosphere with every note you play, sampled directly from real ukuleles. • Chord Library: Learn, play, and perfect new chords with an extensive chord library. As you learn more, you can play more songs with confidence. • Versatile Ukulele Selection: Choose to play various types - from the mellow tenor and lively soprano to the distinct banjoleles and enchanting gourd banjo ukuleles. Seamless transitions make it a joy to learn and play on different ukuleles. • Low G Option: For those wanting to play deeper tones, toggle to the low G tuning and explore a different sound. • Built-in Metronome: As you practice and learn, ensure you play in rhythm with the integrated metronome. Why Ukulele Simulator? • Learning for Beginners: If you're eager to learn, the intuitive interface offers an easy play and learning curve. Either tap or hold on the screen to play notes and swipe to strum. • Practice for Pros: Play intricate tunes and explore diverse ukulele instruments that seasoned musicians will love. • Educational & Fun: Play for leisure, learn for passion. Whether it's rigorous practice or playful strumming, Ukulele Simulator is your go-to musical companion. Play, practice, and learn on the go. Transform every break, journey, or leisure time into a vibrant musical experience. Learn more, play more! Download Ukulele Simulator and immerse yourself in the ukulele world. --- Ukulele Simulator Subscription: Purchase a subscription for no ads, unlimited instruments, offline play. Prices may vary in different countries. Payment will be charged to iTunes Account. Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. Subscriptions may be managed by the user by going to the user’s iTunes Account Settings. --- http://ammonitedesignstudios.com/termsofuse.htm http://ammonitedesignstudios.com/privacypolicy.htm

About

Strum

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Strum is a clean, focused tablature editor for ukulele, guitar, and electric guitar. Write a song, drop in chords, set a strum pattern, and hear it back on a real recorded instrument, all on one screen, laid out the way fretted-instrument players think about a song. » Tab-first editing › Choose what you see: standard staff, tablature, beat counters, chord boxes, chord names, strum directions, and lyrics. › Tap a beat to add a chord or frets, then step on to the next without closing. Copy a measure and paste it anywhere, or duplicate whole sections. › Section labels, repeat barlines, and per-section time signatures: a 5/4 bridge inside a 4/4 song is a two-tap change. » Capo, written the way songbooks write it › Set a capo on any song and playback moves to the real sounding pitch, while the tab keeps showing the frets you actually hold. › Chord names do not change (a C shape is still "C"), and a "Capo 3" badge sits on the song and on exported PDFs. › Standard notation follows the capo, because notation shows what you hear. › The tuner knows too: tune the open strings, then check the capoed pitches. » Real instruments, not a synth › In Instrument mode nothing you hear is synthesised. The ukulele was recorded note by note for this app, so chords ring and fade like the real thing, body taps and chucks included. › Guitar and electric guitar are sampled from real instruments too. If you would rather have the lighter built-in synth, it is one switch in Settings, set per device. » Pay once, play forever › No subscriptions, no accounts, no ads. Buy Strum once, and it's yours. » Every tuning, and a tuner that knows them › Ukulele: high-G, low-G, Baritone. Guitar and electric guitar: Standard, E-flat Standard, Drop D, Drop C, each with its own full chord library. › Build a custom tuning at any open-string pitch, or hide the ones you never use. Copy a song into another tuning with the same chord shapes. › The built-in tuner handles all of them, custom ones included, and can set a custom tuning by ear from a plucked string. › An adaptive noise gate learns your room's background noise, so the needle stays steady. › Concert pitch from 415 Hz to 446 Hz: an ensemble at 442 or a baroque group at 415 is one tap away. » Practice › Follow tab highlights the current beat and chord as it plays, auto-scrolling your tab hands-free. › The in-song metronome locks to your sheet music's time signature and subdivision, so it never drifts out of phase. › Rhythm Training builds speed with automated tempo ramps and a live progress dashboard. › Drop-Out Training mutes the click after a few measures, to test whether you drift. » Chords and strum patterns › A library of common ukulele and guitar shapes ready to drop into a beat, plus your own built in the multi-fret finger editor. › Change a fingering globally, or long-press a chord in the beat editor to override it for one song. › Build strum patterns from up and down strokes, arpeggios, fingerstyle, chucks, mutes, and rests. Save them, browse the built-in library by time signature, or set per-song and per-section overrides. » iPhone, iPad, and Mac › Strum scales from a quick lookup on your phone to a full editing surface on iPad or Mac. Your library syncs through your private iCloud account, so a song you wrote on the couch is waiting on your iPad at practice. › Sort each folder by title, artist or last edit, or drag songs into your own order, such as a setlist. » PDF export and sharing › Export any song as a clean PDF or image to print and share, or send the native .strum file to other players. It opens straight from Mail, Messages, AirDrop or Files. » Private by default › Songs, folders, sections, custom chords, tunings, patterns, and preferences sync through your private Apple CloudKit database. › The microphone is used only for tuning. Audio is processed on-device and never recorded or sent anywhere. › No analytics, no third-party servers. Your songs never leave Apple's infrastructure.

Screenshots

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn4 screens
Strum4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn at Free against Strum's $3.99. Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn also leads on iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). Strum's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn is free to download; Strum costs $3.99 up front. Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $1.99 per month. Strum asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn ships an update every 6 months, Strum every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on November 12, 2026 and November 11, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn versus Strum: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUkulele Simulator Play & LearnStrum
PriceFree — better$3.99
Rating4.0 (121 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews11.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings121 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 5 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size92 MB56 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAmmonite Design Studios LtdMateusz Dabrowski

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn

Subscriptions1
  • Ukulele Simulator Subscription$1.991 Month
None

Strum

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn free?
Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Strum free?
Strum costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn or Strum have ads?
Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn shows ads; Strum does not.
Which is updated more often, Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn or Strum?
Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn ships an update every 6 months, and Strum every 5 days. Most recently, Ukulele Simulator Play & Learn was updated on November 12, 2026 and Strum on November 11, 2026.

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