Comparison

Fretty vs Chord Trees

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

Head to head
About

Fretty

This app transforms complex music theory into an intuitive, color-coded guitar fretboard. It visually connects notes, scales, and chords, offering real-time audio feedback and AI-powered explanations to deepen understanding for players of all levels.

Highlights
  • Visual fretboard learning
  • Intuitive scales, chords, and intervals
  • Real-time audio feedback
  • AI guitar tutor
  • Beginner and advanced player support
Features
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See music differently—and finally understand the guitar fretboard. Fretty is a visual guitar-learning toolkit for players who know the basics but still feel stuck connecting scales, chords, theory, and real music. Turn recordings into editable guitar tabs. Watch every note come alive on an animated fretboard. Explore scales, chords, intervals, CAGED shapes, and the Circle of Fifths in a way that makes their relationships easy to see. Instead of memorizing disconnected patterns, Fretty helps you understand how music fits together across the entire neck. WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH FRETTY • Generate editable guitar tabs from your recordings • Watch tabs play on an animated fretboard • Edit timing, notes, and fret positions • Explore notes, scales, chords, and intervals across the neck • Visualize the CAGED system and connect chord shapes • Use the interactive Circle of Fifths to understand keys and harmony • Tap any note to hear it instantly • Follow guided lessons built around your goals • Ask Fretty, your AI guitar tutor, for personalized explanations • Upload and edit your own tabs • Create animated fretboard overlays for videos • Build lessons and share them with the Fretty community BUILT FOR GUITARISTS WHO WANT IT TO CLICK Whether you want to learn songs faster, understand the fretboard, improve your improvisation, or turn musical ideas into tabs, Fretty helps you connect the patterns and play with more confidence. Stop memorizing shapes. Start seeing how music works. Terms of Use: https://fretty.app/terms

About

Chord Trees

Features
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Chord Trees is an interactive harmony practice tool by Nathaniel School of Music for musicians who want to see, hear, and understand how chords connect. Build chord trees from notes, explore diatonic harmony, compare piano inversions and guitar fingerings, and loop arpeggios with real instrument sounds. The app is designed for students, songwriters, producers, and teachers who want a visual way to internalize chord progressions. FEATURES * Interactive chord tree visualization * Piano chord inversions and keyboard layouts * Guitar chord fingerings and voicing options * Diatonic mode with major-scale harmony and modes * Arpeggio loop playback for ear training * Instrument combinations including piano, guitar, strings, brass, synth, harp, and marimba * Beginner, intermediate, and advanced learning modes * Works without an account BY NATHANIEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Built for practical music learning, chord fluency, and composition practice.

Screenshots

Fretty4 screens
Chord Trees4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Chord Trees at none against Fretty's 2. Fretty's advantage is ratings volume (6 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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. Fretty sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $9.99 per month. Chord Trees asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Fretty against 5.0 for Chord Trees. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Fretty has 6 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fretty ships an update every 9 days, Chord Trees every 5 days. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Fretty versus Chord Trees: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFrettyChord Trees
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (6 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings6 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 daysEvery 5 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size64 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTheoretically LLCJason Zachariah

In-app purchases

2 purchases

Fretty

Subscriptions2
  • Fretty +$9.991 Month
  • Fretty +7 Days trial$49.991 Year
None

Chord Trees

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fretty free?
Fretty is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Chord Trees free?
Chord Trees is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fretty or Chord Trees?
Fretty and Chord Trees are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 6 and 1 ratings respectively.
Do Fretty or Chord Trees have ads?
Neither Fretty nor Chord Trees shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fretty or Chord Trees?
Fretty ships an update every 9 days, and Chord Trees every 5 days. Most recently, Fretty was updated on October 24, 2026 and Chord Trees on October 24, 2026.

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