Guitar Progression Generator vs FretTutor
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side β with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Progression Generator
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Guitar Progression Generator revolutionizes how songwriters, composers, and improvisers craft killer chord progressionsβinstantly! Unlock pro-level creativity with full arrangements: drag-and-drop your way to chords + drums + bass. Remix public hits, or generate AI-powered versions of your songs (beta launching soon!). Why Guitarists Love It Pick your scale, drag chords between templates, and watch genius suggestions light up. Build in any key, trash what doesn't vibe, and hear it all with lush Piano/Rhodes, electric/acoustic bass, or electronic sounds. Pro Features That Inspire - Smart drag-and-drop builder with secondary dominants, modal interchange, and diminished magic (major/harmonic minor). - Dynamic fingerboard syncs to your chordsβscale view, full tones, CAGED, Drop 2 (pick your voicing!). - Independent bass for reharmonization wizardry. - Real-time drums via editable sequencer grid. - 1β20 chord slots (odd times? No problem). - Tempo slider: 40β200 BPM. - Instant chord analysis: name, function, scale, mode. From home builder to player page with live visualsβeverything flows on mobile or tablet. No ads! https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Guitar Progression Generator puts pro-level songwriting in your pocket. Build chord progressions from scratch, hear them instantly with a full band, and export studio-ready chord charts β all without touching a DAW. BUILD PROGRESSIONS YOUR WAY Choose your key, scale (Major, Harmonic Minor, Melodic Minor), and drag chords into place. Our concentric chord wheel lays out diatonic, borrowed, and dominant chords in one beautiful view β so you can see harmonic relationships at a glance and never run out of ideas. EXTENDED CHORDS & JAZZ HARMONY Go beyond triads with 7ths, 9ths, 11ths, 13ths, and altered dominants (7#9, 7b9, 7#5, and more). Perfect for jazz, neo-soul, gospel, lo-fi, and cinematic writing. HEAR EVERYTHING β INSTANTLY Hit play and hear your progression with up to 4 instruments: β’ Keys: Rhodes, Piano, Organ, or Pad β’ Bass: Electric or Acoustic β’ Drums: Acoustic Kit or 808s β’ Guitar fretboard synced to every chord Each instrument is independently adjustable β tweak the bass line, edit the drum grid note by note, and shape the arrangement you hear in your head. MULTI-SECTION SONG STRUCTURES Build full songs with A, B, C, and D sections, each with its own chords, bass line, and drum pattern. Arrange them in any order (Intro β Verse β Chorus β Bridge) and hear the whole song play through. SMART FEATURES THAT INSPIRE β’ Intelligent chord suggestions light up as you build β’ Secondary dominants, modal interchange, and diminished substitutions β’ Independent bass for reharmonization and walking lines β’ "Now Playing" indicator shows the current chord in real time β’ Adaptive sustain β sparse progressions ring out, busy ones stay tight β’ 1β20 chord slots per section (odd meters welcome) β’ Tempo control from ballad to shred FRETBOARD & CHORD DIAGRAMS A dynamic fretboard syncs to your progression in real time. Switch between Scale view and Chord fingering view to see exactly what to play. EXPORT & SHARE Generate clean PDF chord charts for rehearsals, lessons, or your songwriting archive. Print or share directly from the app. AI SONG GENERATION (Beta) Describe a vibe β pick a genre, mood, and tempo β and let AI generate a backing track for you. Available with Pro and Elite subscriptions. NO ADS. EVER. Focus on the music. Free users get the full creative toolkit with zero interruptions. Whether you're sketching ideas on the couch, prepping for a gig, or teaching students β Guitar Progression Generator is the fastest way to go from "what if" to "that's the one." https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
FretTutor
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FretTutor is a guitar companion that does its thinking on your iPhone. It listens to you play, works out the chords in songs you bring it, and shows you every way to play what it finds, without accounts, ads, or analytics. TUNER Play a string and the screen fills with that note's colour, so you can read it from across the room. It tracks every string to within a couple of cents and holds steady while the note rings out. Nine tunings are built in: standard, drop D, drop C, half and full step down, open G, open D, DADGAD, and 12-string, where the six courses are treated as six things to tune. CHORDS A searchable library of 27 chord qualities across all 12 roots. Every chord shows its playable voicings, staff notation you can tap to hear, a map of its tones on the neck, and a parent scale guaranteed to contain every chord tone. The Circle of Fifths lives here too, with the diatonic chords of every major and minor key. FRETBOARD Pick a root and a chord or scale. Chord mode steps through every voicing on the neck (D major alone has 19). Scale mode boxes off numbered positions that tile the whole fretboard. Tap any fret to hear it, or press and slide along a string. ANALYZE Bring a song in from the Files app or your music library, capture one through the microphone, or try a built-in example. FretTutor finds the key, the chord progression on a synced timeline, the tempo and meter, a tab sketch, the song's structure, and a suggested capo position when one turns an awkward key into open shapes. Analysis runs entirely on the device, so it works in airplane mode. Save results and play along with them. METRONOME 40 to 240 bpm with tap tempo, time signatures from 2/4 to 12/8, and subdivisions down to sixteenths. The click is scheduled on the audio clock rather than a timer, so it does not drift over a long practice. SHOTS Record short video takes of your playing. Takes stay on your iPhone: keep the ones you're proud of, leave yourself a note about what to fix, share one through the share sheet, delete the rest. A sample feed previews what a shared feed will look like in a future update. GAMES A daily exercise graded live through the microphone. Play the chords and notes it asks for and hear whether they landed. Difficulty-aware keys keep beginners out of B-flat. Play Along runs you through a whole progression, chord by chord. Earn gold, silver and bronze awards and browse them in your trophy case. PRIVACY FIRST FretTutor has no account, no ads, no analytics, and no tracking. Your recordings, your music and your microphone are processed on your iPhone and never uploaded. The one optional feature that uses the internet, downloading experimental recognition models in Settings, asks you first and is off by default. Requires iOS 17. Designed for iPhone.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: FretTutor at none against Guitar Progression Generator's 5. Guitar Progression Generator's advantage is device support (3 vs 1) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Guitar Progression Generator sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. FretTutor asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | Guitar Progression Generator | FretTutor |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | β |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No β better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod β better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 β better | 17.0 |
| Further details β not scored | ||
| Size | 89 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Romeu Beato | GJIRA Enterprises Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Guitar Progression Generator
- Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
- Elite Monthly$9.991 Month
- Pro Yearly$34.991 Year
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- Elite Yearly$69.991 Year
- Unlock Premium Features$9.99
FretTutor
No in-app purchases
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