Comparison

ChordIt vs Fretone

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

Head to head
About

ChordIt

Features
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ChordIt: Guitar Chord Library, Finder & Identifier Looking for an easy way to learn guitar chords, find chord shapes, or identify a chord you just discovered? ChordIt is your interactive guitar chord finder and fretboard trainer designed for musicians of all levels. Whether you're learning guitar, practicing songwriting, or building setlists, ChordIt makes exploring chords fast, simple, and offline-ready. - Identify Chords with the Interactive Fretboard Don’t know the name of a chord shape? Tap notes directly on the interactive fretboard to identify chords instantly. ChordIt analyzes your input and shows all the matching chords. - Extensive Guitar Chord Library & Search Search any root note or chord type using the fast search bar and explore a complete chord library. Includes major and minor chords, 7th and extended chords, suspended, diminished, augmented, and slash chords. Each chord includes multiple positions and fingerings so you can choose the sound that fits your style. - Build Custom Setlists & Chord Progressions Organize your favorite chords into setlists for practice sessions, live performances, songwriting, and learning progress tracking. Create your own personal songbook of chords and progressions. - Simple, Fast & Offline Guitar App Access your full chord library anytime, even without internet. Built for speed and focus, ChordIt keeps distractions away so you can concentrate on playing. - Perfect For Beginner guitar players, songwriters and composers, live performers and session musicians, and anyone needing a fast chord reference tool. - Core Features Guitar chord finder with instant search, interactive chord identifier using the fretboard, large chord library with variations, custom setlist creator, and fully offline-friendly experience. Download ChordIt and master the guitar fretboard with ease.

About

Fretone

This app provides six essential tools for guitar practice, including a tuner, metronome, chord library, fingerstyle trainer, fretboard trainer, and song library. It focuses on practical functionality without subscriptions or gamified elements, designed for musicians who want focused practice.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection tuner
  • Accurate metronome with various time signatures
  • Chord library with verified fingerings
  • Fingerstyle pattern trainer
  • Fretboard note identification trainer
  • Accurate song riff transcriptions
Features
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Fretone is a practice companion for guitar — six focused tools, no subscription, no streaks or badges nagging you to keep a habit alive. Just the instruments you actually reach for between practice sessions. CHORDS — CHORD LIBRARY Every common chord — majors, minors, sevenths, sus2/sus4, add9 — with real, hand-verified fingerings, not algorithmically nearest-fret guesses. Browse by key, see a chord's family and the chords commonly played alongside it, and switch between alternate fretboard positions for the same chord. DRILLS — FRETBOARD EXPLORER Explore the fretboard note by note, or drill chord changes against a real strum pattern (down-up, pop-rock, reggae skank, and more) at your own tempo. METRONOME A clean, accurate metronome with every time signature you'd actually use, swing subdivisions, and a tempo that's remembered the next time you open it. FINGERSTYLE — FINGERSTYLE TRAINER Learn and practice fingerstyle patterns with a hand diagram that shows exactly which finger plucks which string, in real time. Build your own patterns in the custom editor, chain several chords into a full fingerpicking sequence, or start from patterns you already know. REFERENCE — FRETBOARD REFERENCE Pick a note, a scale, a CAGED shape, or a key on the circle of fifths, and see every place it lives across the whole neck light up at once — pentatonic and full scales, all seven modes, triads, and seventh chords, tap any fret to hear it. The lookup a player actually reaches for mid-practice, not a quiz. TUNER Real-time pitch detection powered by an on-device neural pitch model, with a steady needle, per-string tuned marks, and a glow when every string is done. Works with 6- and 12-string guitars, bass, and ukulele. Works for any tuning your instrument uses, with a capo control that shifts what counts as "in tune" without changing which string you're touching. No accounts. No ads. No streaks. Just an instrument's worth of tools, built by a guitarist who wanted them to exist.

Screenshots

ChordIt4 screens
Fretone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Fretone at none against ChordIt's shown. ChordIt's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ChordIt ships an update every 10 days, Fretone every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 18, 2026 and October 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 7 level
ChordIt versus Fretone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterChordItFretone
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (4 ratings) — better
Number of ratings—4 — better
Update frequencyEvery 10 days — betterEvery 3 weeks
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size98 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperRaul VelezSandeep Koirala

In-app purchases

None

ChordIt

No in-app purchases

None

Fretone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is ChordIt free?
ChordIt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Fretone free?
Fretone is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do ChordIt or Fretone have ads?
ChordIt shows ads; Fretone does not.
Which is updated more often, ChordIt or Fretone?
ChordIt ships an update every 10 days, and Fretone every 3 weeks. Most recently, ChordIt was updated on September 18, 2026 and Fretone on October 3, 2026.

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