StringMaster Pro vs Guitar Backing
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
StringMaster Pro
This advanced music app helps musicians of all levels learn and master fretted instruments. It offers tools for chords, scales, songwriting, and includes a tuner and fretboard learning system. Supports a wide range of instruments and integrates with wireless Fretlight Guitars.
- Chord building and detection
- Fretboard learning system
- Advanced songwriting tools
- Chromatic tuner and metronome
- Instrument comparison
- MIDI output
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Introducing StringMaster Pro – the pinnacle of advanced music applications for iPad and Mac, tailored for musicians ranging from relative beginners to seasoned guitarists & other fretted instrument musicians. The StringMaster family has five versions catering to diverse needs with StringMaster Pro seamlessly integrating all features, making it the ultimate companion for any fretted instrument including wireless Fretlight Guitars. Unlock a world of possibilities with support for chords, chord tones, scales, and songwriting, backed by a chromatic tuner, fretboard learning, instrument comparison, and more. The StringMaster family boasts over 150,000 users and having held the #1 Music App position in 34 countries. StringMaster Pro supports an array of instruments, from acoustic and electric guitars to bass guitars, banjos, mandolins, ukuleles, pianos, and even balalaikas. Dive into a rich sound library with distortion, reverb, or piano options for any instrument. Whether you're a guitarist, bassist, or multi-instrumentalist, StringMaster Pro has you covered. Key features include chord building and detection, a comprehensive fretboard learning system, advanced songwriting tools, and flexible alternate tuning and capo support for any instrument in any orientation. StringMaster 4 introduces piano keyboard support, allowing seamless mapping of guitar chords to the piano keyboard. Explore the robust capabilities of StringMaster Pro: * Play and discover chords and fingering with natural tones. * Display and play scales, including scale runs up the fretboard. * Visualize chord notes, suggested fingering, and Chord Tones. * Utilize the unique Note Finding capability to learn notes and their relative positions on the fretboard. * Benefit from the integrated Chromatic Tuner and Metronome, playable in the background. * Leverage StringMaster's chord-naming algorithms based on finger positions. * Unleash your creativity with the Song Writer, recommending chord progressions and facilitating songwriting. * Master instruments by comparing chords, patterns, and fingerings across a variety of instruments. * Output MIDI from played notes and play along with MIDI tracks from the built-in library. Experience the next level of musical exploration and education with StringMaster Pro – where versatility meets excellence. Join the global community of musicians who have made StringMaster their go-to app for musical innovation. Download StringMaster Pro now and elevate your musical journey to new heights! Note: Fretlight Ready™ designates that an app can send its data over Bluetooth to a Fretlight® guitar and light its fretboard. To learn more about Fretlight guitars go to www.fretlight.com This Application is developed and maintained by Great Apptitude, an independent app developer for use with the Fretlight Guitar. Optek Music Systems, the owner of the Fretlight Guitar brand, accepts no responsibility for the development, maintenance or support for this Application.
Guitar Backing
This application helps guitarists by generating high-quality music accompaniments. It can isolate guitar parts from songs for practice or learning, and uses AI to analyze music files for easy accompaniment creation. A lifetime purchase offers unlimited production.
- Generate music accompaniments
- Remove guitar parts from songs
- Practice and record with backing tracks
- Learn sheet music
- AI music analysis
- One-click operation
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Guitar Backing APP - The Best Assistant for Guitarists to Generate High-Quality Music Accompaniments 1. Quickly and easily remove the guitar part from music, making it easier for you to practice, record and perform. 2. Extract the guitar part from music to help you practice by comparison and learn sheet music. 3. Through AI technology, the software deeply analyzes music files or music video files, with one-click operation for easy use. Lifetime version: Purchase once and use forever, unlimited accompaniment production. Privacy policy: https://babyking.github.io/privacy/guitarbacking/en/ End User License Agreement (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Feedback: For any questions, please contact us via email at yueyin.music@foxmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Guitar Backing at Free against StringMaster Pro's $14.99. Guitar Backing also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 67%). StringMaster Pro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ratings volume (20 vs 4). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
Guitar Backing is free to download; StringMaster Pro costs $14.99 up front. Guitar Backing sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. StringMaster Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for StringMaster Pro against 4.5 for Guitar Backing. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: StringMaster Pro has 20 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 67% of StringMaster Pro's written reviews are positive against 100% of Guitar Backing's.
StringMaster Pro ships an update every 3 months, Guitar Backing every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | StringMaster Pro | Guitar Backing |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (20 ratings) | 4.5 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 — better | 4 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPad, Mac | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 14.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 171 MB | 75 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Great Apptitude Pty Ltd | 同宝 金 |
Customer experience
StringMaster Pro
Guitar Backing
In-app purchases
StringMaster Pro
No in-app purchases
Guitar Backing
- Guitarist Backing (Lifetime)$9.99
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