Comparison

G.UITAR vs ANALOGyDR

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

Head to head
About

G.UITAR

Experience the charm of 80s digital guitars on your smartphone. This app offers customizable sounds, versatile playing modes, and smart chord recognition to help you create unique music.

Highlights
  • Six unique guitar sounds
  • Pluck and tap playing modes
  • Mute individual strings
  • Built-in transpose and auto-tuning
  • Smart chord recognition engine
  • Dynamic fretboard scaling
  • Adjustable fret count (3, 4, or 5)
Features
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G.UITAR – Your Retro Digital Guitar Companion G.UITAR brings the charm of 80s digital guitars straight to your smartphone, reimagined for modern creativity. Whether you're exploring new chord shapes or adding a vintage twist to your sound, G.UITAR offers an expressive, customizable experience for players and producers alike. Choose from six unique guitar sounds and switch effortlessly between pluck and tap modes to match your playing style. Mute individual strings for more percussive textures or open tunings—perfect for crafting original voicings. With built-in transpose and auto-tuning systems, switching keys or tunings takes just a tap. G.UITAR also includes a smart chord recognition engine to help you visualize and learn new shapes in real time—ideal for students, creators, or curious hands. Adjust the fretboard layout with dynamic scaling options to fit any screen or hand size, and select between 3, 4, or 5 frets for new chordal possibilities. Coming soon: MIDI out, theme customization, and AUv3 support—because your digital guitar should evolve with your music.

About

ANALOGyDR

This virtual analog synthesizer plugin is designed for creating drum and percussion sounds. It features two oscillators, noise generators, filters, and a drive section, allowing for a wide range of sonic textures. It can be used standalone or within compatible DAWs.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog drum synth
  • AUv3 compatible
  • Standalone operation
  • Two variable pitch oscillators
  • White and pink noise generators
  • Multiple filter types
  • Analog-flavored drive section
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ANALOGyDR Drum Synth (AUv3) ANALOGyDR is a virtual instrument plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host such as Logic Pro or GarageBand. Please note that the standalone version does not include a built-in keyboard - you need to connect a suitable MIDI device to play the synth. *** IMPORTANT - PLEASE READ *** ANALOGyDR is a single voice (monophonic) virtual analog synthesiser designed specifically for creating drum and percussion type sounds. Please note that it is not a pitched instrument for playing melodic lines, and does not include a rhythm pattern sequencer. To create a virtual drum kit with ANALOGyDR you need to load multiple instances on separate tracks in a DAW such as Logic or GarageBand and record MIDI notes into each track. Design Overview ANALOGyDR is a tribute to the now legendary vintage analog drum machines that used simple synthesis engines to create their sounds by combining basic oscillators and noise sources. ANALOGyDR has two variable pitch sine wave oscillators, along with white and pink noise generators, three filter types and an analog flavoured drive section. Despite the basic design, ANALOGyDR can create quite a wide variety of sonic textures, and the factory presets include a selection of percussion sounds inspired by the Roland CompuRhythm CR-78 (*), along with some interesting effects such as emulations of a cracking whip, a cardboard box and a mouse trap! The single voice architecture of ANALOGyDR is also useful in situations where you might want to add one or two additional percussion sounds to supplement your favourite drum machine app and gives you the flexibility to apply different effects processing to each ANALOGyDR track. Alternatively, use ANALOGyDR as a sound design tool to create your own unique percussion sounds that you can record and then load into your favourite sampler app. The iPad previews were created using multiple ANALOGyDR tracks in GarageBand, plus some reverb and echo from the built-in GarageBand effects. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson (*) CompuRhythm CR-78 is a registered trademark of Roland Corporation.

Screenshots

G.UITAR3 screens
ANALOGyDR4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: ANALOGyDR at 50% against G.UITAR's 0%. ANALOGyDR also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0) and price ($2.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

G.UITAR costs $4.99 and ANALOGyDR $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

ANALOGyDR holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of G.UITAR's written reviews are positive against 50% of ANALOGyDR's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
G.UITAR versus ANALOGyDR: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterG.UITARANALOGyDR
Price$4.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (3 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews50.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings23 — better
Update frequency—Every 2 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad, iPod, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.012.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size33 MB13 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPaolo GiorgiRob Jackson

Customer experience

G.UITAR

All ratings2 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

ANALOGyDR

All ratings3 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

In-app purchases

None

G.UITAR

No in-app purchases

None

ANALOGyDR

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is G.UITAR free?
G.UITAR costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ANALOGyDR free?
ANALOGyDR costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, G.UITAR or ANALOGyDR?
ANALOGyDR is rated higher. G.UITAR averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while ANALOGyDR averages 5.0 from 3 ratings.
Do G.UITAR or ANALOGyDR have ads?
Neither G.UITAR nor ANALOGyDR shows ads.

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