MIDI Scribe vs Guitamania

MIDI Scribe is a free productivity app for capturing and organizing practice takes from your MIDI-capable musical instrument. Run it while you practice, and it will automatically start new takes after every session break, with a configurable auto-take idle time, as well as support for specific MIDI commands (such as a middle or left piano pedal press) to manually start and end takes. A piano roll is provided to review and scrub individual takes. Star the takes that you want to keep indefinitely, while unstarred takes are cleaned up over time based on a configurable retention policy. All takes can be exported as MIDI files for use in other programs. MIDI Scribe is completely private. Connect your instrument, capture your takes, and keep everything securely on your device . No ads, no analytics, no snooping on your usage, and nothing ever leaves your device unless you export it. MIDI Scribe is completely free and open source for you to enjoy.

Guitamania colours the root, 3rd and 7th on every diagram, so a chord shape stops being dots to memorise and starts making sense. Works without internet. No account, no sign-up screen. LIBRARIES • Chords: 6,708 shapes on the fretboard, and search that reads names like Cm(add9) • Triads: 1,968 shapes, close and spread, on every string set • Arpeggios: 43 types, 2,580 shapes • Scales & Modes: 30 types, from major and minor to modes, pentatonic and blues • CAGED system: the five shapes across the whole neck; tap a letter to pick one TOOLS • Tuner: hears the string through the mic, shows the note name and how many cents you are off • Metronome: three click sounds and 18 grooves from a real drum kit, from rock to bossa nova • Circle of Fifths: keys, key signatures, and the chords that belong to each key FOR PLAYERS • Hear any diagram played back in the app • Left-handed mode mirrors every diagram • Save the shapes you are working on • Light and dark themes • English, Vietnamese, Japanese, Korean and Thai PRIVACY The mic only listens while the tuner is open. Audio is processed on your phone, never recorded, never sent anywhere.