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Best Guitar Playing Apps for iPhone (2026)

8 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

Real Guitar: lessons & chords is the top-ranked of 8 guitar playing apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.4/5 from 7,132 ratings.

  1. 1
    Real Guitar: lessons & chordsS
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7,132 ratings · score 88
  2. 2
    Guitar Chords & TabsA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,440 ratings · score 83
  3. 3
    Guitar - Chords, Tabs & GamesA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 45,266 ratings · score 81
  4. 4
    Real Bass electric bass guitarA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,809 ratings · score 81
  5. 5
    Guitar Elite-Chord Play CenterB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,230 ratings · score 74

What belongs in this list

Play guitar chords and notes on the phone screen like a virtual guitar.

Not here: guitar lessons alone; a guitar tuner alone; a chord chart alone; a drum or piano playing app alone; a general music maker alone

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
Real Guitar
A
Guitar Chords & TabsGuitar - Chords, Tabs & GamesReal Bass
B
Guitar Elite-Chord Play Center
C
Guitar: tabs, chords & gamesGuitar Play
D
Guitar FREE
F
None at F yet

Compare every app

  1. 1
    Real Guitar: lessons & chordsS
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 7,132 ratings · score 88 · best in class
  2. 2
    Guitar Chords & TabsA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,440 ratings · score 83 · excellent
  3. 3
    Guitar - Chords, Tabs & GamesA
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 45,266 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  4. 4
    Real Bass electric bass guitarA
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 3,809 ratings · score 81 · excellent
  5. 5
    Guitar Elite-Chord Play CenterB
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,230 ratings · score 74 · good
  6. 6
    Guitar: tabs, chords & gamesC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 40,446 ratings · score 66 · situational
  7. 7
    Guitar Play - Games & SongsC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 3,265 ratings · score 61 · situational
  8. 8
    Guitar FREED
    Free download · ★ 2.5 · 62,451 ratings · score 50 · weak

Questions people ask

What is the best guitar playing app for iPhone?
Real Guitar: lessons & chords, S tier, ranked #1 of 8, rated 4.4 by 7,132 people.
Which guitar playing apps are free?
8 of 8 are free to download: Real Guitar: lessons & chords (S), Guitar Chords & Tabs (A), Guitar - Chords, Tabs & Games (A), Real Bass electric bass guitar (A) and more. 1 of them sells in-app purchases.
Which guitar playing app has the best App Store rating?
Guitar: tabs, chords & games at 4.5 from 40,446 ratings.
How many guitar playing apps reach S or A tier?
4 of 8. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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