StrumForge vs SetMate

StrumForge brings chord progressions, drum grooves, exercises, scales, triads, and arpeggios together in one practice app. Work on chord changes, build your timing and technique, and practice improvisation with interactive diagrams and built-in playback. Instantly generate over 1 million unique, theory-based chord progressions across every key. Customize your practice loop, choose your guitar sound and rhythm, and play along at your own pace. No ads. No account required to get started. CHORD PROGRESSIONS • Generate theory-based progressions instantly across every key • Choose 2, 4, 8, 12, or 16 chords for focused loops or longer practice sessions • Select your key, mode, chord types, tempo, and guitar sound • Lock individual chords, change their voicings, or replace them manually • Explore open chords, barre chords, triads, and power chords • Add sevenths, suspended chords, and add9 chords • See chord shapes outlined on your scale diagram during playback or chord preview • Build your own progression to practice specific chord changes RHYTHM & DRUMS • Play along with sampled drum grooves that bring your practice to life • Unlock the full collection of 20 grooves with Pro, including rhythms in 4/4, 3/4, and 6/8 • Customize drum parts from light to busy, add fills, and choose a metronome click • Choose guitar strumming patterns independently of the drum groove • Adjust guitar and drum volumes to suit your practice • Save drum settings and guitar strum with each favorite progression TRIADS & ARPEGGIOS • Explore every triad inversion and how shapes connect across the fretboard • Play along with the Triad Trainer to practice changes in time • Learn moveable arpeggios through CAGED chord shapes • Follow animated TAB that highlights each fret as it plays • Adjust playback tempo, direction, and rhythm to suit your practice EXERCISES & RIFFS • Build technique with hundreds of original guitar drills and riffs, from beginner to advanced • Practice picking, scale sequences, legato, slides, bends, blues, and more • Follow guitar playback with synchronized TAB and an animated fretboard • Adjust tempo and key, loop exercises, and use a count-in and metronome • Filter by difficulty, technique, and type, and save your favorites • Tap the lightning bolt to preview Exercises; Pro unlocks the practice controls SCALES & FRETBOARD • Improvise over progressions with matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams • Explore CAGED scale shapes individually or across the full fretboard • Choose note or interval labels and highlight triads or characteristic intervals • Move diagrams to your preferred fretboard position • Explore chord shapes with interval, note, or suggested finger-placement labels • Use left-handed diagrams in portrait or landscape UNLOCK STRUMFORGE PRO • Unlimited progression generation and longer progressions • Musical styles for mood-based generation • All drum grooves, customizable kits, fills, and independent guitar strumming • Triad Trainer and Arpeggio Trainer with animated TAB • Exercises with hundreds of drills and riffs, synchronized TAB, and guitar playback • Advanced scale tools and individual CAGED scale shapes • Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions with scale and rhythm settings • Sync favorites and preferences across devices with an account • Track practice automatically with session stats and streaks • Guitar tuner with popular alternate tunings and reference tones • Metronome with tap tempo, subdivisions, swing, and saved presets • Additional 12-string, overdrive, and arpeggiated guitar sounds • Dark mode and saved practice preferences From focused technique drills to exploring the whole fretboard, StrumForge helps you put music theory into practice—and discover ideas for your own songs along the way. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

SetMate is the all-in-one guitar toolkit built for gigging musicians. Build setlists, organize chord charts, transpose songs, use Nashville numbers, and take everything you need on stage. From learning a song at home to playing it live, SetMate keeps your charts, setlists, tabs, notes, backing tracks, and guitar tools in one place. BACKING TRACKS & STEM SEPARATION Bring the recording on stage with you. Import a song you own and SetMate splits it into parts you control separately. • Separate any song into vocals, drums, bass, and instruments • Mute your own part and play it live over the rest of the band • Import from your music library, Files, or iCloud • Already have multitracks? Upload your own — WAV, AIFF, FLAC and more • Rename every stem to match your session • Volume, mute, and solo on each part • Scrubbing, restart, and 15-second skip • Floating mixer in perform mode — drag it anywhere, shrink it to a pill • Keeps playing in the background and from the lock screen SETLISTS & PERFORM MODE Turn every song into a stage-ready workspace. • Build setlists and arrange songs in any order • Add venue, set time, and performance notes • Set each song's key for the gig and SetMate remembers it • Full-screen stage view, portrait or landscape • Hands-free auto-scroll; tap lyrics to pause • One-tap transpose and capo display • Large, stage-friendly song controls • Screen stays awake throughout your set SONG LIBRARY • Import chords and lyrics or ChordPro • Create and edit chord charts • Edit lyrics, chords, key, BPM, and capo • Transpose any song with one tap • Duplicate songs for alternate arrangements • Keep your library available offline GUITAR TOOLS Add the widgets each song needs: • Backing Track — play the song's stems and mute any part • Lyrics & Chords — chords or Nashville numbers above lyrics • Chord Shapes — visualize every chord in the song • Scales — explore 20+ scales and modes across the fretboard • Triads — find diatonic triad shapes across the neck • Nashville Numbers — convert and create number charts • Note Finder — find any note across the fretboard • Guitar Tabs — create tabs for riffs, solos, and parts • Tuner — reference tones for each string • Notes and Images — cues, reminders, and attached chord sheets TABS & NASHVILLE NUMBERS • Build tabs or paste existing tablature • Hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, vibrato, and muted notes • Convert song chords to Nashville numbers instantly • Build number charts with a dedicated keyboard • Save and share tabs and number charts with bandmates WORKSHOP Practice without creating a song. Pick any key and explore scales, modes, triads, chord shapes, Nashville numbers, and arpeggios. LEARN 49 interactive guitar lessons designed to help you understand what you're playing — not just memorize shapes. Six parts: Fretboard Fundamentals, Chord Anatomy, Harmony & Theory, Rhythm & Technique, Improvisation, and Jamming with Others — from the major scale and pentatonic vocabulary through chord construction, diatonic harmony, ii–V–I progressions, modes, and playing over changes. Interactive fretboards, chord diagrams, arpeggio explorers, and ChordMorph let you see concepts in any key. SHARING & COMMUNITY • Export clean chord charts • Publish charts and share them with a link • Browse charts shared by other musicians SETMATE PRO Unlock unlimited songs and setlists, stem separation for your songs, all 49 lessons, every scale and mode, and cloud sync across your devices. Pro includes 20 stem separations a month, and your stems stay in your library. Choose monthly, annual, or lifetime access. SetMate is free to download with up to 3 songs, 2 setlists, 2 backing tracks, one free stem separation, and 11 interactive guitar lessons. Build your library. Make the setlist. Hit the stage. Privacy Policy: https://setmateapp.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://setmateapp.com/terms.html