FretBored vs Heartword

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.

Know it by heart. Live it by heart. Heartword is a thoughtful Scripture memorization practice designed to help the words stay with you. Short daily sessions guide you through a proven learning sequence: • Discover — read for meaning, structure, and rhythm • Rebuild — reconstruct the verse through active recall • Complete — retrieve missing words with helpful context • Recall — type or recite the full verse from memory • Return — review near the point of forgetting Heartword adapts review timing based on your recall, helping you strengthen difficult verses without turning your spiritual practice into pressure. FEATURES • Typed and optional spoken recall • Adaptive spaced review • Personal verse library • Custom verse entry • Mastery progress, daily rhythm, and streaks • Optional local practice reminders • World English Bible Updated at launch PRIVACY FIRST No account is required. Your progress, custom verses, preferences, and reminder schedule remain on your device in the current release. Heartword contains no advertising, third-party analytics, or cross-app tracking. Heartword is a memorization aid. Verify custom verse wording against a trusted Bible source.