Comparison

Tabs Scripture Memory vs FretBored

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

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About

Tabs Scripture Memory

Features
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Tabs Scripture Memory uses a time-tested tab system to help you hide God's Word in your heart. Start with a verse, review it daily, and watch it graduate through tabs as you commit it to memory. How It Works Create a card for any Bible verse, then review it through a simple spaced-repetition cycle. New cards start in your Daily tab. As you master them, promote them to less frequent tabs — Even, Saturday, Day 30 — until they're deeply rooted. Features - Create a card from any passage using multiple Bible translations - Add personal comments and tags to organize your cards and memorize alongside important categories - Browse curated card sets like the Navigators Topical Memory System - Search and filter your collection by reference, tag, or tab - Track your streak and mastery percentage on the dashboard - Sign in to back up your cards to the cloud automatically - Clean, distraction-free design - Whether you're memorizing your first verse or maintaining a collection of hundreds, Tabs Memory gives you a clear, structured path from learning to long-term recall in less than 5 minutes a day.

About

FretBored

This app provides interactive ear training exercises for guitarists, allowing users to play along with note sequences and receive real-time feedback on accuracy and timing. It offers both guitar-based and guitar-free modes, with a structured curriculum and various practice tools.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch and timing feedback
  • Structured curriculum with 12 modules
  • Guitar-based and guitar-free modes
  • Scale and lick practice
  • Built-in chromatic tuner
  • Daily puzzles and streaks
Features
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You know what notes sound like. You just can't find them fast enough. FretBored fixes that. It plays a sequence of notes, you play them back on your real guitar, and the app listens through your mic to score your accuracy and timing. It's ear training that actually feels like a game with combos, XP, daily streaks, and a structured curriculum that takes you from open strings to full-neck fluency across all 12 frets. No guitar handy? Half the modes work without one. PLAY WITH YOUR GUITAR Free Play — Hear a sequence, play it back. Difficulty adapts to how well you're actually doing, not just how long you've played. Curriculum — 12 modules, 55+ lessons. Start with telling high notes from low ones. End with blind challenges across all 12 frets. Scale Practice — 20+ scales in open position and higher positions (5th, 7th, 12th fret). The fretboard adapts to show only the range you need. Lick Library — 16 real musical phrases across blues, rock, folk, and jazz. Learn actual music, not just exercises. Interval Training — Hear two notes, name the distance. Three difficulty levels. Tuner — Built-in chromatic tuner with cents display. One less app to switch to. or PLAY WITHOUT YOUR GUITAR Shredle — Wordle meets the fretboard. Guess a note sequence by ear. Four difficulties, daily puzzle. Riff Memory — Simon Says, but for guitar riffs. Sequences get longer each round. Scale Quiz — Hear a scale, name it. Interval Quiz — Hear an interval, name it. Scale Builder — Tap out the right notes on a fretboard to build a scale from scratch. No accounts. No tracking. No ads. No subscriptions. FretBored works entirely offline. Your microphone is used only for real-time pitch detection, audio is never recorded or transmitted. Your data stays on your device.

Screenshots

Tabs Scripture Memory4 screens
FretBored3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is device support: Tabs Scripture Memory at 3 against FretBored's 1. Tabs Scripture Memory also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
Tabs Scripture Memory versus FretBored: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTabs Scripture MemoryFretBored
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 9 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size35 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJeff HEWITTJOSEPH LUCAS

In-app purchases

None

Tabs Scripture Memory

No in-app purchases

None

FretBored

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tabs Scripture Memory free?
Tabs Scripture Memory is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is FretBored free?
FretBored is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tabs Scripture Memory or FretBored have ads?
Neither Tabs Scripture Memory nor FretBored shows ads.

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