Core Guitar vs Guitar triads
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Core Guitar
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Break your guitar plateau with Core Guitar. You have played for years but still feel stuck: same licks, same position, random practice. Core Guitar gives self‑taught intermediate guitarists a clear practice plan. GUIDED PRACTICE TRACKS Structured 7–14 day guitar workouts that actually build skills: Lead Boost – connect pentatonic positions into flowing solos Rhythm Tightness – lock in timing with real song grooves Fretboard Mastery – navigate the entire neck with confidence Earn badges, track streaks, and see exactly how your guitar playing is improving over time. FREE TOOLS Precision Guitar Tuner with real time pitch detection Pro Metronome with adjustable tempo and time signatures Fret Lab – interactive scales, chords, and octave maps across the fretboard Built by a self‑taught guitarist who broke the intermediate rut. No gimmicks, just focused guitar practice and exercises that work. Download free and start your first practice track today.
Guitar triads
Master guitar chords across the entire fretboard. This app helps intermediate players visualize and practice chord shapes, inversions, and progressions. Learn to connect shapes, understand harmonic color, and improve your playing.
- Learn triads, 6th, and 7th chords
- Visualize chord shapes across the neck
- Practice inversions and progressions
- Guided lessons on chord theory
- Adjustable BPM and metronome
- Full-neck chord reference
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The fretboard gets easier when you can see the small chord shapes inside it. Guitar triads is a practice app for learning triads, 6th chords, and 7th chords across the neck. Not as diagrams to stare at. As shapes you actually drill, hear, and move through in time. If you already know open chords and barre chords, this is the next layer: smaller voicings, cleaner movement, and more options when you comp, write, improvise, or learn songs by ear. Practice one chord everywhere Choose a root, chord quality, and string set. Guitar triads shows you the inversions of that chord across the neck, then cycles through them at your tempo. Use it to stop learning one grip at a time. See where the same chord lives on different string sets and in different positions. Practice chords inside a key Pick a key and work with the chords that belong together. Run the diatonic chords in order, or drill common progressions like I-IV-V, ii-V-I, I-V-vi-IV, and minor-key movements. Stay in one fret range, or move through the neck as you play. Go beyond basic triads Triads are the foundation, but the app does not stop there. Pro includes 6th chords and 7th chords, so you can practice richer voicings and start hearing how those colors fit into real progressions. Guided lessons Use short lessons to understand what you are practicing, not just where to put your fingers. Learn how triad shapes connect, how inversions work, and why the same chord can feel completely different depending on where you play it. Features • Major, minor, diminished, and augmented triads • 6th and 7th chord practice with Pro • Guided lessons — Major & Minor free, all chords with Pro • All 12 keys with Pro • Four three-string sets: 321, 432, 543, 654 • Fret-range presets from open position up to the 15th fret • Common progressions inside each key • Custom progressions with Pro • Note names or Roman numerals • Pentatonic scale overlay • Hint dots for the next shape • Full-neck chord reference • Chord playback and metronome • Adjustable BPM from 40 to 200 • Optional count-in and beat haptics Built for intermediate guitarists This is for players who are tired of the neck feeling like a set of disconnected boxes. Triads help you see the chord tones. 6th and 7th chords give you more harmonic color. Progression drills make the shapes feel musical instead of random. Practice a little every day and the neck starts to open up. Chords become nearby choices, not shapes you have to search for. Free and Pro Start free in the key of C, including guided lessons for Major and Minor triads. Guitar triads Pro includes all 12 keys, 6th chords, 7th chords, guided lessons, custom progressions, fret-range cycling, and the full Key Mode practice system. Available monthly, yearly, or as a one-time lifetime purchase. Privacy Policy: https://triads.app/ios-privacy-policy Terms of Use: https://triads.app/ios-terms-of-service
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Core Guitar at none against Guitar triads's 3. Guitar triads's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.2). On price, update cadence, 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. Guitar triads sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Core Guitar asks for nothing beyond the download.
Core Guitar ships an update every 2 weeks, Guitar triads fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 5, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Core Guitar | Guitar triads |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.2 | 17.6 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 37 MB | 66 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Craig | karlis krauklis |
In-app purchases
Core Guitar
No in-app purchases
Guitar triads
- Triads PRO Monthly$3.991 Month
- Triads PRO Yearly7 Days trial$23.991 Year
- Triads PRO Lifetime$38.99
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