Comparison

Guitar Fretboard Chords vs PointerDeck

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

Head to head
About

Guitar Fretboard Chords

Features
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Guitar Fretboard Chords is made for players who want faster chord lookup, clearer fretboard understanding, and more musical momentum. It is designed to help you move from searching to playing with less friction and more confidence. The app includes 12 roots, 86 chord types, 828 chords, and 3,283 fingerings. Explore common chords, extended voicings, and altered colors, compare multiple shapes across the fretboard, and inspect note layouts so you can choose fingerings that both sound right and feel natural. In addition to chord lookup, the app helps you study mode relationships, review practical chord movement ideas, and use 6-string reverse lookup to identify shapes from the fretboard back to a chord name. This makes it useful for practice, arranging, songwriting, and idea capture. It also supports favorites, recent history, and language switching so you can build a more personal and efficient practice flow over time. For players who want a deeper set of tools and a more complete library, subscription options are also available in the app. Subscription Information: The app offers weekly, monthly, yearly, and lifetime purchase options. Auto-renewing subscriptions renew according to Apple's billing rules unless cancelled in your Apple account settings before renewal. Lifetime purchase is a one-time unlock and does not renew automatically. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/guitarchordfret/home/privacy Terms of Service: https://sites.google.com/view/guitarchordfret/home/term_of_servuce Support Email: gongchengyong70@gmail.com

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PointerDeck

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PointerDeck turns your iPhone or iPad into a focused wireless trackpad for your Mac. The free PointerDeck Receiver for Mac is required, and both devices must be on the same local network. SET UP ONCE Open Add Device on the Mac and create an 8–12 digit Connection PIN. PointerDeck rejects repeated or sequential patterns; use at least five different digits. Then select that Mac on your iPhone or iPad and enter the PIN. After pairing, PointerDeck remembers the trusted connection and reconnects when both apps are open and reachable. TRACKPAD CONTROLS • Move the pointer with one finger • Scroll with two fingers • Tap or use the dedicated Left Click button • Two-finger tap or use the dedicated Right Click button • Use Drag Lock for click-and-drag TUNE THE FEEL • Adjust pointer sensitivity and scrolling speed • Choose Natural or Reversed scrolling • Turn tap-to-click on or off • Switch to a left-handed button layout DIRECT BY DESIGN PointerDeck does not stream or display your Mac screen. The release has no account, advertisements, subscription, analytics SDK, or cloud service. Controller traffic travels directly between your devices and is encrypted on the local network. REQUIREMENTS • iPhone or iPad running iOS/iPadOS 17 or later • Apple silicon or Intel Mac running macOS 14 or later • Free PointerDeck Receiver from the Mac download page • Both devices on the same local network • Accessibility permission enabled for PointerDeck Receiver on the Mac Guest, corporate, public, or client-isolated networks may prevent devices from discovering each other.

Screenshots

Guitar Fretboard Chords4 screens
PointerDeck4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: PointerDeck at none against Guitar Fretboard Chords's 4. Guitar Fretboard Chords's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, ads and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS

CostPrice Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Ads Ā· Monetization

Both are free to download. Guitar Fretboard Chords sells 4 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per 7 days. PointerDeck asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences Ā· 4 level
Guitar Fretboard Chords versus PointerDeck: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar Fretboard ChordsPointerDeck
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.6 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developeręˆå‹‡ 龚Eliyahu Mechtcheriakov

In-app purchases

4 purchases

Guitar Fretboard Chords

Subscriptions3
  • Weekly$0.997 Days
  • Monthly$2.991 Month
  • Yearly$19.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime$29.99
None

PointerDeck

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guitar Fretboard Chords free?
Guitar Fretboard Chords is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PointerDeck free?
PointerDeck is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Guitar Fretboard Chords or PointerDeck have ads?
Neither Guitar Fretboard Chords nor PointerDeck shows ads.

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