Microphone not working outside the tuner
Some users report that the microphone works in the tuner but fails to open or detect audio elsewhere in the app.
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Play any song, not just the ones in a catalogue.
Import a recording and it opens in a player made for learning it.
Import from YouTube or a file Pro
Paste a link or pick audio from your phone. 30 imports a month, up to 10 minutes each.
Chords on the beat
The chord chart lights up in time, with the key, transpose and capo built in.
Six-stem mixer
Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, piano and other on their own faders. Preview free, full control with Pro.
Slow down and loop
Drop the speed and loop the bar you keep missing, from A to B.
Tab mode
A tab of the main line, generated from the audio when the song has one to follow.
Export Pro
Take your chart out as PDF, MusicXML, MIDI or ChordPro.
Your songbook
Chord sheets with chords over lyrics. Browse the starter songs free, ask PlugAI for a song's chords, or add your own from a PDF or a photo with Pro.
Chords and tabs come from AI models and can miss or add a note. Treat them as a strong first draft.
Lessons with a plan, from setup to Grade 8.
Choose a path and the app keeps your place, so every session starts with the next right thing.
Learning paths Free start
Acoustic, electric, blues and theory tracks. Setup lessons and the first three playing lessons of each are free.
Exam-grade paths
Built from the published Trinity Rock & Pop, Rockschool and ABRSM guitar syllabi, with our own practice material. Not affiliated with the boards.
Graded sheet music
From Initial to Grade 8. Initial is free; Grade 1 and up come with Pro.
Listening checks
Exercises can hear your notes through the mic. If the app isn't confident, it says so instead of guessing.
Music theory
Keys, intervals and chord building, tied back to the fretboard.
Streaks, XP and skill stats
See where your practice time goes and which skills need attention.
Play along, get scored, and keep a plan.
The app hears what you play, and turns what it measured into your next step.
Live chord scoring Free
Tap the mic in Play. The song's own guitar goes quiet so the app hears you, and a chord only counts when it hears more than one of its notes.
Teach me this song
PlugAI turns one of your songs into a lesson: the hard changes, any new chords, a capo that makes barre chords easier, then each section at 70%, 85% and full speed.
Journey Pro
A one, three or six month plan from real lessons, around your goal and the days you can practise, with a calendar to follow.
Session recap Free
One win, one thing to fix and a next step after each session, built only from what the app measured. Pro gets it in PlugAI's words.
Goals Pro
Tell PlugAI a song or skill and a date. The app plans weekly milestones and tells you honestly if you're on track.
XP that means something
XP and practice days come only from playing the app measured. A song reaching its end or a timer running earns nothing.
Tune by ear, then train your ear.
A tuner that hears every string, and short drills that make you hear music more clearly.
Chromatic tuner Free
Auto string detection, a needle that turns green when you're in tune, and nine tunings.
Ear training Free
Drills for intervals and chord qualities, a few minutes at a time.
Daily quiz
A quick question a day to keep theory and ears sharp.
On your phone
Pitch tracking runs on the device, so tuning is instant and works offline.
Every chord shape, in every key.
Chord Lab is a reference you can play: find a chord, see its shapes up the neck and hear how it sounds.
Search like you talk Free
Type "E maj 7" or "fsharp" and get the right chord.
Voicings up the neck
Open shapes, barre shapes and triads, with finger positions.
Scales on the fretboard
Major, minor, modes and pentatonics, laid out across the neck.
Hear it
Play any shape back so you know what you're aiming for.
Left-handed mode Free
One switch in Settings mirrors chord diagrams and fretboards across the app. Tab stays as written.
Keys spelled right
Flat keys use flats, scales use each letter once, and chord names follow the key.
Practise with a band that never gets tired.
Practice Lab gives you a metronome and a backing band you can build yourself.
Metronome Free
Accents, subdivisions, tap tempo and 11 sound themes.
Backing band
Write a progression and hear it played in one of eight band styles.
Exercises
A setlist of drills to warm up and build technique.
Honest records
Practice minutes and XP are logged. Lesson mastery is only earned in lessons.
PlugAI, a coach you can ask anything.
Ask in plain words and get answers grounded in music, your lessons and your progress.
Chords for a song by name
"Find the chords for California Dreamin'" and get a chart you can open in the player.
Practice plans
A 10-minute plan for today, shaped around what you're working on.
Lesson help
Stuck on a lesson? Ask why, and get it explained another way.
Backing tracks on request
"Slow blues in A, 70 bpm, shuffle" sets up a jam that the app's own band plays.
Songs you can play now
Ask which songs you can already play, or which are one new chord away.
Runs the player for you
"Loop the chorus at 80%" or "mute the vocals". PlugAI says what it changed, with Undo.
Free to try
3 chats free. Pro includes a higher daily allowance. PlugAI explains; it never grades you.
Ready for the stage.
When it's time to play for people, the app gets out of the way.
Setlists
Group songs for a gig or rehearsal. Three free, unlimited with Pro.
Live mode Pro
Big chords and nothing else, readable from your stand.
Export Pro
Charts as PDF, MusicXML, MIDI or ChordPro for the rest of the band.
Your account, your choice
Use the app as a guest, or sign in to keep your library safe. Delete your account from inside the app.
Coming in the next update.
Here are some features and fixes we're working on next.
Ear Journey
A key-first ear path in seven stages: find home, degrees, intervals, chord colour, progressions, melody and rhythm, then your own songs. A daily routine of about 12 minutes; answer by tapping, singing or playing. Stages 1 and 2 free.
Fret, the whole neck
Every note of a key and scale from the nut up: pentatonics, blues, modes, harmonic and melodic minor. Walk the chain between boxes, CAGED chord shapes, Compare two scales, and Listen mode that never guesses a note it isn't sure of.
FretVision
Fretboard drills on a few frets at a time: scale shapes with a numbered route, chord changes checked string by string, strumming judged from your onsets, and a note finder with spaced review.
Circle of 5ths
Tap a key to see its signature on a staff, its scale, its seven chords with Roman numerals to hear on guitar, progressions to try and the closest keys.
YouTube search, in the app
Search YouTube from the Library and paste a link in a popup that leaves room for the keyboard.
One lock-screen card
On iPhone, the song you're playing, the song you're importing, or "Ready to play" with its key, tempo and main chords.
Share your mix
Save a song's parts the way you hear them, mutes, solos, levels and pitch, as M4A, MP3 or WAV. Pro, for songs from your own files.
Download my data
Save a copy of everything we hold for your account as a file, from Profile.
More accessible
Spoken feedback in Fret and FretVision, VoiceOver steps in Chord Lab, and a tuner with flat and sharp guidance and eyes-free haptics.
Try it on your guitar.
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