Guitar Picking vs FingerStyle
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Picking
Learn to play guitar songs with a simple one-finger touch interface. Follow along with on-screen prompts to play famous guitar pickings or use the app as a guide for a real guitar.
- One-finger touch controls
- Play famous guitar pickings
- On-screen display for real guitar
- Learn popular songs
- Interactive song playback
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Have you ever tried to play guitar but you have no idea how to play those songs? Then, ready to play it now! This application will help you play these songs by just only one finger. Single touch means that note(s) will be played. So, touch the screen repeatedly to the end of famous guitar pickings. Or you can get the real guitar and follow the display screen. Example - More Than Words - Stairway to Heaven - Redemption Songs - Dust in the Wind - Hotel California
FingerStyle
This app helps guitarists of all levels master songs with tools like daily song additions, tab creation, and YouTube tutorials. It allows users to play along, adjust song speed, loop sections, and save songs for offline practice.
- Daily new songs
- Create guitar tabs
- YouTube tutorials integration
- High-quality song sheets
- Adjust song speed
- Loop song sections
- Offline song playback
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Are you struggling learning guitar? FingerStyle is a must have app for all guitarists. Whether you are a beginner or experienced player. FingerStyle is packed with many tools and features to help you master any guitar song. Features: ▶ New songs added daily ▶ Discover songs ▶ Create guitar tabs ▶ YouTube tutorials ▶ High quality song sheets ▶ Play through songs ▶ Slow down/speed up any guitar song ▶ Loop songs ▶ Save songs to play in offline mode
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: FingerStyle at 3.7 against Guitar Picking's 1.0. FingerStyle also leads on ratings volume (18 vs 1) and update cadence (every 6 months vs every 12 months). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FingerStyle holds the better App Store score, 3.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: FingerStyle has 18 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guitar Picking ships an update every 12 months, FingerStyle every 6 months. The most recent releases landed on September 15, 2026 and September 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Picking | FingerStyle |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.0 (1 ratings) | 3.7 (18 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 18 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 12 months | Every 6 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 | 11.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 72 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panus Tantikornphan | Jonathan Kopp |
Customer experience
Guitar Picking
FingerStyle
In-app purchases
Guitar Picking
No in-app purchases
FingerStyle
No in-app purchases
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