GuitarChords vs Learn the Fretboard
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
GuitarChords
Learn 16 essential guitar chords with interactive charts and audio playback. This app helps you discover chord combinations for songwriting and provides clear instructions on how to play each chord. It's designed to enhance your guitar playing and creative process.
- 16 basic guitar chords
- Interactive chord charts
- Audio playback for chords
- Chord combination discovery
- Songwriting assistance
- Learn and Listen modes
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GuitarChords features 16 basic chords to help boost your learning and creativity when playing guitar. Use GuitarChords to help you write songs. Listen to a list of 16 basic chords to find a combination you like. Once you've found all the chords you like, learn how to play them with beautiful chord charts. Tips: • In the chord selection menu, press the Learn button at the bottom of the screen to toggle between 'Learn' and 'Listen' modes. • Tap chord charts to hear what your selected chord sounds like. The guitar chords featured in this app are commonly used in many of today's popular music. Find the chords needed for your song, then learn to play them with GuitarChords. Note: GuitarChords currently features iAds, but a planned update is coming which will allow users to remove ads with a small purchase.
Learn the Fretboard
Master every note on the guitar neck with this focused practice tool. It visually highlights notes and tests your recall, building muscle memory through distraction-free drills. Track your progress with detailed statistics and identify areas needing more attention.
- Visual fretboard with authentic details
- Beginner and advanced modes
- Accuracy and response time tracking
- Progress trends charts
- Heat map for targeted practice
- Session history and daily breakdowns
- Export/import stats
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Fretboard Trainer is the fastest way to memorize every note on the guitar neck. A random dot lights up on the fretboard. You pick the note. That's it — clean, distraction-free drilling that builds real muscle memory. FEATURES • Visual fretboard with authentic string gauges and inlay dots • Beginner mode (frets 0–5) and Advanced mode (full neck) • Tracks accuracy and response time for every session • Trends charts show your progress over time • Heat map reveals which strings and frets need the most work • Session history with daily breakdowns • Export and import your stats across devices No accounts. No subscriptions. Just practice.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: GuitarChords at none against Learn the Fretboard's shown. GuitarChords also leads on monetization model (free vs ad-supported) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). Learn the Fretboard's advantage is update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). On price, rating, ratings volume and in-app purchases 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.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for GuitarChords against 5.0 for Learn the Fretboard. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
GuitarChords ships an update every 2 months, Learn the Fretboard every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 19, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | GuitarChords | Learn the Fretboard |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Ad-supported |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Seitz Jr | White Bread Games |
Customer experience
GuitarChords
Learn the Fretboard
In-app purchases
GuitarChords
No in-app purchases
Learn the Fretboard
No in-app purchases
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