FretSketch vs Uke Companion
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FretSketch
This app serves as a portable chord dictionary for guitar, standard ukulele, and baritone ukulele. It offers over 500 chords with fingering details and audio playback, organized by harmonic family or root.
- Chord reference for guitar, ukulele, baritone ukulele
- Over 500 chords
- Organized by harmonic family and root
- Exact fingering and alternatives
- Audio playback of chords
- Free to download
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FretSketch is your pocket chord reference for guitar, standard ukulele and baritone ukulele. Explore over 500 chords, organized by harmonic family within a key or in a reference chart by root. Check exact fingering, often including alternatives, and hear what a chord should sound like. Terms of use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Uke Companion
Learn ukulele offline with interactive tools. Access a tuner, metronome, chord library, and practice challenges. Features full VoiceOver accessibility for all users.
- Interactive fretboard
- Built-in tuner
- Metronome
- Songbook builder
- Daily practice challenges
- Scale and chord progression reference
- VoiceOver accessibility
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Uke Companion is a free, fully offline ukulele learning app. Explore chords on an interactive fretboard, tune your ukulele with the built-in tuner, keep time with the metronome, build your songbook, practice daily challenges, and reference scales, chord progressions, and music theory -- all without an internet connection. Designed with full VoiceOver accessibility support.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FretSketch at 5.0 against Uke Companion's 4.0. FretSketch also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). Uke Companion's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 2) and iOS requirement (16.0 vs 18.4). On price, ratings volume, ads and device support 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. FretSketch sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Uke Companion asks for nothing beyond the download.
FretSketch holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 1 respectively.
FretSketch ships an update weekly, Uke Companion every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FretSketch | Uke Companion |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 1 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.4 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hive 604 Software Inc | Baiju Muthukadan |
Customer experience
FretSketch
Uke Companion
In-app purchases
FretSketch
- Full Monthly Subscription7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- Full Yearly Subscription1 Month trial$9.991 Year
Uke Companion
No in-app purchases
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