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Fretride
Republic of Belarus
What it is
Fretride is a guitar practice and songwriting app for iOS and macOS, with a fretboard visualizer, tab editor, playback engine, lessons, practice games, and a pattern library. The fretboard shows notes by key and scale degree, lets users hear notes, and displays chord shapes across the neck. Its touch-focused editor supports full songs and techniques including hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, palm mutes, and triplets. With an audio interface, the app can score timing and selected playing details; analysis runs on-device, and microphone audio is not recorded, stored, or transmitted. Fretride includes hand-recorded guitar samples and separate tracks for several other instruments, including drums, piano, bass, violin, cello, flute, saxophone, and trumpet. The free version includes the core tools, guided lessons, and practice games, and allows up to three saved songs without requiring an account. Fretride Pro adds unlimited saved songs, cloud sync for signed-in users, custom patterns, additional guitar tones, and MIDI instrument sound banks. Monthly and yearly billing are available through Apple; the app shows the regional price before purchase.
For and against
For
- Fretboard displays notes, scale degrees, and chord shapes.
- Tab editor supports full songs and playing techniques.
- Guided lessons and practice games are included free.
- Microphone analysis runs on-device without recording audio.
- No account is required for the free version.
Against
- Free version allows up to three saved songs.
- Pro pricing is shown in the app before purchase.
- Cloud sync requires a signed-in Pro account.
The verdict
Fretride brings songwriting, playback, lessons, and practice analysis into one guitar app, with a free tier for up to three saved songs. Users needing unlimited saves, cloud sync, or additional patterns and sounds can consider Pro, with its price shown in the app.
Who it suits
Fretride suits guitarists who want to write songs, work with tabs, and practice with guided lessons or games. The free version fits users who can work within a three-song limit; Pro adds unlimited saves and sync for signed-in users.
Plans and prices
Free
Up to three saved songs · No account required
Read 8 Oct 2026 · fretride.com
Fretride Pro (monthly)
Unlimited saved songs · Cloud sync · Custom arpeggio and strum patterns · Additional guitar tones
Read 8 Oct 2026 · fretride.com
Fretride Pro (yearly)
Unlimited saved songs · Cloud sync · Custom arpeggio and strum patterns · Additional guitar tones
Read 8 Oct 2026 · fretride.com
On the record
- Accounts and sync
- An account is optional; signed-in Pro users can sync songs, tabs, progressions, patterns, and lesson progress across devices.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Audio and instruments
- The app includes hand-recorded guitar samples and supports separate tracks for drums, piano, bass, violin, cello, flute, saxophone, and trumpet.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Free tier limit
- The free tier includes the listed core tools and allows up to three saved songs.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Fretboard
- The fretboard displays notes by key and scale degree, lets users hear notes, and shows chord shapes across the neck.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- The privacy policy names Supabase for account authentication and synced content storage, Apple for App Store distribution and subscription processing, and Google for optional sign-in and website analytics.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Lessons and games
- The guided lesson course and practice games are included in the free version.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Maker
- Fretride is made and operated by Eugene Kuchynski, an individual based in the Republic of Belarus.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Practice analysis
- With an audio interface, the app reads back and scores timing, notes, palm mutes, slides, and bends; the analysis runs on-device and is not recorded or uploaded.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The maker says the mobile app has no ads, analytics, or third-party tracking SDKs, and microphone audio is analyzed on-device without being recorded, stored, or transmitted.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Fretride is a guitar practice and songwriting app with a fretboard visualizer, playback engine, tab editor, pattern library, lessons, and practice games.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker invites feedback at [email protected].fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
- Tab editor
- The touch-focused editor supports full songs and techniques including hammer-ons, pull-offs, slides, bends, palm mutes, and triplets.fretride.com · read 8 Oct 2026
