Comparison

Stringflo vs Tabula Fretboard

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

Head to head
About

Stringflo

Master the guitar fretboard with interactive note training, real-time pitch detection, and comprehensive theory tools. Practice with customizable challenges, visualize note positions, and track your progress to build fluency and deepen your understanding of the instrument.

Highlights
  • Randomized note challenges
  • Real-time pitch feedback
  • Fretboard visualization
  • Customizable practice sessions
  • Built-in tuner
  • Chord and scale theory tools
  • Progress tracking
Features
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Stringflo: Master the Guitar Fretboard Stringflo helps guitarists build real fretboard fluency through interactive note training, real-time pitch detection, theory tools, tuning support, and visual progress tracking. Practice with randomized note challenges, get instant feedback as you play, reveal fretboard positions when you need help, and customize your sessions by string, note, and sensitivity level. Then go deeper with built-in theory tools for chords, scales, CAGED shapes, intervals, fret numbers, and full-neck maps. Key Features • Randomized Note Challenges: Build fretboard fluency with dynamic practice prompts • Real-Time Pitch Feedback: Instantly see whether you’re playing the correct note • Fretboard Visualization: Reveal note positions and reinforce spatial memory • Customizable Practice: Select the exact strings and notes you want to train • Built-In Tuner: Tune and monitor pitch directly in the app • Theory Tools: Explore chords, scales, CAGED forms, intervals, notes, and fret numbers • Full Neck Maps: Study patterns across the fretboard with clear visual diagrams • Progress Tracking: Monitor practice history, speed, and consistency over time • Adaptive Sensitivity: Adjust pitch detection for different playing environments • Minimal Interface: Designed for clarity, focus, and fast learning Stringflo combines repetition, ear training, real-time feedback, and visual reinforcement to help you recognize notes faster and understand the fretboard more deeply. Whether you’re learning your first positions or refining advanced fretboard knowledge, Stringflo gives you focused tools for smarter practice.

About

Tabula Fretboard

This app transforms your device's fretboard into an intelligent musical instrument. It generates in-key riffs, licks, and scale runs based on your chosen scale, tuning, and technique, ensuring every note is harmonically correct. Explore various scales, tunings, and techniques with an interactive fretboard and a backing band for practice.

Highlights
  • In-key riff generation
  • Extensive scale and tuning library
  • Multiple playing techniques
  • Interactive fretboard with labels
  • Integrated backing band with chord suggestions
  • Guided practice lesson sequences
  • Customizable practice library
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Tabula turns the fretboard into an instrument you can think with. Pick a scale, a tuning, and a technique - Tabula generates a riff, lick, or scale run that is guaranteed in key, every note, every time. Not guessed. The engine enforces it. - 13 scales: major, the modes, harmonic and melodic minor, pentatonics, blues, phrygian dominant - 14 tunings: standard, drop, and open, across 6-, 7-, and 8-string - 16 techniques: ascending and descending runs, sweep, legato, tapping, arpeggios, string-skipping, sequences, economy picking, and more - Up to 7 neck positions for restating the exercise up the neck - An interactive fretboard with note, fret, and scale-degree labels - A backing band: hear the chords that fit your riff on 12 voices (piano, strings, organ, and more), tap any chord to hear it, and play riff plus backing together - Practice Packs: guided lesson sequences that play right on the fretboard - starting with Gypsy Jazz. Loop any lesson, slow it down, play along with its backing, and jam the phrase in its own key - A practice Library: keep the riffs you like with a tap and sequence them into your own warm-up sets Free, from the first launch: the whole practice tool - every scale, technique, and neck position, standard and drop tunings (including Drop G#), the backing band, up to three saved warm-ups, and the free module of every Practice Pack. Tabula Pro (one purchase, forever) adds alt and open tunings (DADGAD, open G/D/E), Metric Modulation, unlimited saved warm-ups, and the full Practice Packs. Perfect for: - Metal, djent, and prog players writing in drop and 7/8-string tunings - Students and self-teachers learning how scales, modes, and arpeggios sit on the neck - Songwriters and producers beating writer's block with ideas that are always in key - Lead players building soloing vocabulary and practicing at any tempo No accounts. No guesswork. Just the right notes, anywhere on the neck.

Screenshots

Stringflo4 screens
Tabula Fretboard4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Tabula Fretboard at every 2 days against Stringflo's every 4 months. Tabula Fretboard also leads on iOS requirement (15.0 vs 18.2). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Stringflo sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Tabula Fretboard 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

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Stringflo against 5.0 for Tabula Fretboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Stringflo ships an update every 4 months, Tabula Fretboard every 2 days. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 10, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Stringflo versus Tabula Fretboard: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterStringfloTabula Fretboard
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsEvery 2 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFreemium
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS18.215.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB51 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperOshry Ben-HarushMatthew David Scott

Customer experience

Stringflo

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tabula Fretboard

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Stringflo

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly subscription$0.991 Month
  • Monthly subscription3 Days trial$0.991 Month
1 purchases

Tabula Fretboard

One-time1
  • Tabula Pro$4.99

Questions

Is Stringflo free?
Stringflo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tabula Fretboard free?
Tabula Fretboard is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Stringflo or Tabula Fretboard?
Stringflo and Tabula Fretboard are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Stringflo or Tabula Fretboard have ads?
Neither Stringflo nor Tabula Fretboard shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Stringflo or Tabula Fretboard?
Stringflo ships an update every 4 months, and Tabula Fretboard every 2 days. Most recently, Stringflo was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tabula Fretboard on October 10, 2026.

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