Comparison

G.UITAR vs SimplEQ

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

SimplEQ

This audio effect plugin offers a streamlined approach to sound sculpting, perfect for quick adjustments without overwhelming complexity. It provides broad tonal shaping capabilities with interactive frequency bands, ideal for fast mixing and mastering tasks.

Highlights
  • Standalone or AUv3 compatible
  • Simple, broad EQ adjustments
  • Interactive, overlapping frequency bands
  • +/-6dB cut/boost per band
  • Adjustable output gain trim
  • CPU-friendly design
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SimplEQ Processor Plugin (AUv3) SimplEQ is an audio effect plugin that can run standalone, or in any AU compatible host application such as Logic Pro or GarageBand. To configure audio settings in standalone mode, tap the Settings button. Please note that the input will be muted by default to avoid nasty feedback! Overview SimplEQ is a very simple EQ - the clue is in the title! For those times when you don't need "surgical precision" and seemingly endless parameter options to tweak, SimplEQ might be just the thing for "broader brushstroke" EQ tweaks. SimplEQ is also very kind to your CPU. The frequency bands have been tuned so that they overlap and interact slightly, giving a surprisingly flexible range of tonal sculpting. Whether you're doing a quick rock mix master, or simply want to warm-up or add presence to a track, SimplEQ might get you there - fast and simple! For a super-simple lightweight "mastering suite" you could partner SimplEQ with the LevLr2 dynamics processor. Controls Active - Toggles the EQ On or Off. You can use this control to A/B your settings with the original signal and this will fade gradually between the two with no distracting pops or clicks! Each of the frequency bands can be cut or boosted by +/-6dB and because they overlap, they are very interactive, so use your ears, and dial-in to taste! Sub - Adjusts extremely low frequencies centred around 50Hz. Bass - Adjusts low frequencies centred around 100Hz. Lo Mid - Adjusts low midrange frequencies centred around 250Hz. Hi Mid - Adjusts high midrange frequencies centred around 1KHz. Treble - Adjusts high frequencies centred around 5KHz. Presence - Adjusts very high frequencies centred around 10KHz. Out - Applies a final stage gain trim to the output at the very end of the internal signal chain, between -24dB and +6dB. For more info and support please visit: www.waverley-instruments.com/robjackson

Screenshots

G.UITAR3 screens
SimplEQ4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: SimplEQ at 5.0 against G.UITAR's 4.0. SimplEQ also leads on price ($0.99 vs $4.99) and device support (4 vs 1). 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 SimplEQ $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

SimplEQ holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
G.UITAR versus SimplEQ: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterG.UITARSimplEQ
Price$4.99$0.99 — better
Rating4.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better1
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%

SimplEQ

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

G.UITAR

No in-app purchases

None

SimplEQ

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is G.UITAR free?
G.UITAR costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is SimplEQ free?
SimplEQ costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, G.UITAR or SimplEQ?
SimplEQ is rated higher. G.UITAR averages 4.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while SimplEQ averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do G.UITAR or SimplEQ have ads?
Neither G.UITAR nor SimplEQ shows ads.

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