Learn Frets vs Strumlight
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Learn Frets
This app helps you master your guitar's fretboard by prompting you to play notes in various notations and providing instant feedback. It uses your device's microphone to listen and track your progress, making learning interactive and engaging.
- Listens for notes played on a real guitar
- Prompts notes in name, sheet, or tab notation
- Provides instant feedback on played notes
- Tracks progress for each note
- Supports natural and accidental note prompts
- Unlocks all strings and frets with upgrade
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Learning the fretboard can be challenging. The challenge is even greater when mapping different notations to the fretboard. Learn Frets can prompt you to play a note on your guitar in different notations (name, sheet, or tab) and then assess whether you played the correct note or not. This feedback loop will help you memorize your fretboard in a way that's interactive and engaging. FREE FEATURES - Listens for notes played on your real guitar. - Shows prompts for the first string. - Natural and/or Accidental note prompts. - Accidental notes displayed as Sharp, Flat, or dynamically selected. - Tracks progress for every note. UPGRADE FEATURES - Unlocks all strings and frets. Learn Frets works best on a 6-string acoustic guitar, with your microphone in front of you. The Learn Frets app will request access to your microphone to do this.
Strumlight
This app guides your finger placement on a guitar fretboard with real-time LED lights. Learn chords and scales effortlessly with a built-in song library and lesson plans. Track your progress and receive practice reminders to improve your playing.
- Real-time LED finger guidance
- Chord and scale learning
- Built-in song library
- Lesson plans
- Progress tracking
- Practice reminders
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Strumlight is your personal guitar tutor - right on your fretboard. Attach the slim LED strip to any acoustic or electric guitar neck, connect via Bluetooth, and play along as real‑time lights guide your fingers to every note. No tabs, no guesswork. Just strum and learn. Features: • Real‑time LED guidance for chords & scales • Built‑in song library & lesson plans • Progress tracking & practice reminders • Customizable light patterns & colors Perfect for beginners and pros alike. Start your guitar journey with Strumlight today!
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Strumlight at none against Learn Frets's 1. Learn Frets's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.1). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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. Learn Frets sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Strumlight asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Learn Frets against 5.0 for Strumlight. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 3 and 3 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
Learn Frets ships an update every 5 days, Strumlight every 4 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Learn Frets | Strumlight |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 3 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 days | Every 4 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 30 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Polyra Limited | Austin Ketola |
Customer experience
Learn Frets
Strumlight
In-app purchases
Learn Frets
- Learn Frets Upgrade$5.99
Strumlight
No in-app purchases
Questions
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