Best Guitar Trainer Apps

4.7😐(397K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Learn to play guitar with interactive, step-by-step video lessons from music experts. Receive real-time feedback on your playing and master chords, tabs, and techniques to play your favorite songs. Includes a built-in tuner and regular content updates.

What We Love

👍 Great app for beginners
🚀 Helpful and easy-to-follow lessons
😄 Entertaining and humorous instructor
🎸 Ability to play along with songs

Room to Improve

🐛 Inconsistent note/chord recognition
💰 Expensive subscription model
🔇 Microphone issues with sound detection
🤔 Limited content after initial lessons

Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs by Ultimate Guitar

Learn and play favorite songs

Strong Contender

4.7😐(479K ratings)

FreeAdsIn-App Purchases

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Access the world's largest library of guitar, bass, and ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics. Learn your favorite songs with interactive lessons, backing tracks, and a built-in tuner. Create and share your own tabs, and play along with original song sounds.

What We Love

🚀 Great resource for learning guitar
👍 Huge library of songs and tabs
👍 Helpful features like auto-scroll and transposition
👍 Supportive community
👍 Useful tools like tuner and metronome

Room to Improve

🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
💰 Aggressive upselling and paywalls
🔒 Difficulty canceling subscriptions
🤔 Inconsistent quality of user-generated tabs
🤔 Confusing pricing and subscription model

Yousician: Learn & Play Guitar by Yousician Ltd

Guitar, Bass & Singing Lessons

Worth Considering

4.6😊(138K ratings)

FreeIn-App Purchases

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Learn to play guitar, bass, or sing with interactive lessons and instant feedback. Master thousands of songs and exercises at your own pace, from beginner to professional levels. Includes a built-in tuner and gamified practice to make learning fun and effective.

What We Love

🚀 Great learning tool
👍 Gamification makes learning fun
🎨 Helpful video lessons
💪 Effective for beginners
🎸 Teaches multiple instruments

Room to Improve

💰 Premium subscription is expensive
🔒 Requires credit card for free trial
🚫 Limited free content
🎶 Limited song selection without premium
🤖 Note detection issues

More Guitar Trainer apps to explore

Notevana: Guitar Trainer

Ear Training & Fretboard

Fretboard practiceEar training (intervals, chords)Rhythm training

Enhance your musical abilities with a comprehensive practice app. Master fretboard navigation, ear training for intervals and chords, rhythm accuracy, and music theory. Includes a metronome and tuner for focused, effective musical development.

Fretsy: Guitar Neck Trainer

(2)

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Fretboard drills, ear training

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Skitter: Guitar Trainer

Finger coordination drillsScales and arpeggiosVisual fretboard guidance

This app provides structured practice for guitar, bass, and ukulele. It offers guided drills, scales, arpeggios, and theory exercises with visual fretboard guidance and a metronome. Features include rhythm grading, progress tracking, and a built-in tuner.

Guitar Permutation Trainer

(1)

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by Benjamin Chouinard

$1.99

Guitar - Chords, Tabs & Games

Play Guitar Game, Learn Songs

Realistic guitar soundsChord charts and finderSongbook for learning songs

Learn to play guitar with a realistic simulator that offers a vast library of chords, tabs, and songs. Practice strumming, plucking, and discover new tunes with various guitar types and playing modes.

free with in-app purchases

(45K)

Neck Practice

by Joe Lombardi

Note identification drillsTriad and scale trainersSight-reading practice

Master the guitar fretboard with focused drills and a daily practice routine. Track your progress, learn note identification, triads, scales, and sight-reading. Includes essential tools like a tuner and metronome.

Drop2: Jazz Guitar Ear Trainer

(1)

free

Chords, Voicings & Standards

Fender Play: Learn Guitar

Songs, Scales, Chords & Tabs

Guided learning paths3000+ bite-sized video lessonsExtensive song library

Learn guitar, bass, or ukulele with guided video lessons, song tutorials, and practice tools. This app offers a personalized learning path for beginners and intermediate players, featuring feedback technology and a supportive community.

free with in-app purchases

(61K)

Guitar Chords Trainer

Learn chords by playing

Chordify: Songs, Chords, Tuner

Play Guitar, Piano and Ukulele

Accurate chords for any songAnimated chord viewsYouTube integration

Learn to play your favorite songs on guitar, piano, or ukulele. Get accurate chords for millions of songs, with animated views and YouTube integration. Premium features include slowing down songs, looping sections, and exporting chords.

Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR

(34K)

freemium

Learn Guitar Scales In AR & VR

$9.99

Guitar Relative Pitch Trainer

Easy Ear Training for Beginner

Realistic guitar samplesVirtual fretboard interfaceCall & response mode

Develop your musical ear specifically for guitar with realistic guitar samples and a virtual fretboard interface. Practice identifying notes, mimicking melodies, and mastering scales and chords to improve improvisation and song transcription.

Guitar: tabs, chords & games

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Play songs & Practice

Hundreds of songs and chordsRealistic sound and feedbackFree play mode for jamming

Learn to play guitar with a vast library of songs and chords. Offers realistic sound and feedback, with modes for practicing, jamming, and playing left or right-handed. Suitable for all skill levels.

free with in-app purchases

(40K)

Triad Trainer for Guitar

Triad tool for guitar players

Find triads on various string setsExplore different inversionsVisualize chord shapes on the fretboard

This tool helps guitarists visualize and locate triads across different string sets and inversions on the fretboard. It provides a comprehensive way to understand and practice chord shapes.

Practicing guitar fretboard

(5)

free

Guitar Fretboard Trainer

$4.99

Guitarium: Practice Guitar

Fretboard, Chords, Ear Trainer

Gamified guitar practice drillsFretboard and ear trainingSong learning with tab support

This app transforms guitar practice into an engaging game with drills for fretboard knowledge, ear training, and song learning. It offers tools like a tuner, metronome, and chord library, with progress tracking to motivate daily practice.

Essential Tools for Guitarists