Guitar Pro Reviews

by Flomaticc

Purchased GuitarPro thinking it would really help with my guitar and it wasn’t a bad app but juts now it charged me $14 as a monthly reoccurring fee. What a joke, Yet another greedy app wanting monthly charges LOL you do NOT HELP THE GUITAR COMPANY AT ALL. It’s upsetting when apps like this that could help start stealing from you. $300 a year? LOL that’s how much you think this is worth? Ableton live and pro tools industry standard programs that have a ONE TIME FEE. Bad business and engineers who could careless about us Guitar artists. Seriously. Don’t buy GuitarPro getting my refund right now. Buy an app that doesn’t look for monthly charges because they exist and are better than this junk

by Jake Marek

If you happen to be that one guy who just goes hard in the paint on guitar pro in their spare time, don’t care about learning the guitar & enjoy creating personal masterpieces with little attempt for applause from others & you do it because you love to or even if you use it just for fun cause of how awesome the pc software is you will be very disappointed with this. You can only write one track! Very limited options, or i should say it’s purely unrealistic MIDI sounds and not as good as the RSE, obviously. No eq. No fx. No changing the track to a different instrument at whatever bar you please. Oh! And my LEAST FAVORITE IS NOO DRUMMS. What! I feel like many people complain about the drums with the pc but as a drummer myself and through years of using it i am very comfortable with how they set it up. The drums from gp5 prob being my fav. I can’t even touch a drum here. Total impulse buy figured i could trust these guys since I’ve been a long time user & ACTUAL BUYER of their products. Thought wrong. Ah well a novice might be convinced this is good enough but not for the people out there like me.

by Alex2Legit

I have used guitar pro since 2012. I really felt blind-sighted when I bought GuitarPro. When I saw that Guitar Pro had an app, my first thought was “my boring desk job was about to get a lot better!” My first thought was not: “I could regret not reading the fine print”. I trusted in the brand that I supported for years, so I bought it without hesitation, but when I go to use it I found that GuitarPro is almost completely useless to a composer. If you primarily use GP to compose, don’t buy this, unless you hate polyphony. Because you can only write with one track per file. I’ll admit that it was an impulse buy and I should have read it the description more closely and not let the beginning of the description sell me. I just expected more from Guitar Pro on this.

TL/DR
Don’t buy for composing or editing– it’s a trap!! Only supports one track per piece.

by John96707

Only got one star because zero wasn’t an option. Downloaded to my phone and iPad, but it’s impossible to import guitar pro files or other files from your Dropbox. It will import files from something called “mysongbook” which isn’t an app (and who still uses a desktop or laptop?) and also doesn’t import from Dropbox (it’s almost funny the complete lack of utility of these two apps except I had to pay for it). Paid for GuitarPro but when I tried to request support for imports it asked for a license key which I didn’t receive at any point in the process. Also didn’t receive a response from customer service.

Update: GuitarPro still doesn’t open files from my Jumpshare or Dropbox, making it useless. FIX IT.

by Swhitlow

This is a great tool. I still use it. However, the iOS app really needs a completely new redesign. It is not easy to navigate. Also, they removed a feature I used all the time (in-browser search for guitar pro tabs) and replaced it with mySongBook search which doesn’t have nearly enough tabs yet. In addition to this, when trying to tap on a song to load from mySongBook, it doesn’t load (no error message, no nothing. Just doesn’t do anything).

Trying to reach support didn’t work either. I went to their website where there was no way to contact the dev team or anyone. They really need to make some changes. But, I hope they do soon and I will come back here and update my review.

by Dylan5437

It can play files written in the desktop version of Guitar Pro, but you can't write files in GuitarPro . I would be okay with GuitarPro being only a dedicated guitar pro file player for on the go if it was actually a good one, but it isn't. It can't even play some files correctly. One of my files has a pick sweep in it that sounds very incorrect when played in GuitarPro. Even when it plays the files correctly, the sounds used for the instruments are of a significantly lower quality than in the desktop version. It gets the job done, but it definitely should be better.

by Mace

Good for viewing tabs with nice options. The new version supports GP v7 files which is much needed. Only 3 stars because it is not possible to view “multitrack” on the iPad. With the iPad Pro and such, there is plenty of screen size to support this, at least 2 or 3 tracks at a time. This is a much needed feature for a lot of tabs out there tab “guitar 1” and “guitar 2” and so on. “guitar 1” will have rests while “guitar 2” plays. Or “guitar 1” solos while “guitar 2” has rhythm. So, being able to see both guitar tracks at once is much easier than flipping between tracks.

by T.A.B.

I downloaded GuitarPro yesterday and put a couple of hours into fiddling with it.

Although I love the idea of GuitarPro , it has proven to be frustrating.

First, I signed into the associated music service (which itself was a buggy experience from my iPad). Once I finally got it all working, I spent a good hour going through the song list and adding to my favorites. Once I had a good fifty songs, or so, I was pretty happy and looking forward to learning some new tabs.

My iPad went to sleep, as it does after a period of time. When I woke it up, all of my favorites were gone. Zap. No record of that hour I spent. What a PAIN!

This evening I opened GuitarPro on my iPhone and somehow navigated to an offer for all of the top Guns’nRoses riffs. ‘That will be fun’, I thought. I clicked on the first tune and I was instantly transported to a completely separate page with everything in French! I kid you not. I still can’t find my way back to the GNR tabulature offer.

Only one day in, and I am already frustrated.

A good idea for an app that needs some intuitive help and maybe a bit more time on the oven.

by NJHarsh

First of all, it runs fine. It could be a little better, but it works. For being 10% or the cost of the PC version, it’s worth the buy. But, I would not use this if you are intending to write or change music on it. It is great for reading tabs, not exactly making them. Yet, my biggest issue is it’s soundbank, which is not even comparable to the PC version. If there is a way to download a better soundbank, or even the PC soundbank, I would pay extra just to get that, because this is really lacking. Again, this is decent for reading tabs, but there are better alternatives out there.

by Kona_Tom

I compose and arrange music using Guitar Pro on my desktop for my Ensemble. Excellent piece of software. I purchased numerous copies of this iPad version of Guitar Pro so my players could practice our pieces. The ability to loop sections, change tempo, and mute various parts make this an attractive practice solution. Mostly it works but the drum track is a disaster. The drums don’t play the same sounds as the desktop version. In fact many drum “notes” are silent on the iPad version.

There also doesn’t seem to be any method of contacting the vendor for support.

by Cosmic.iron

The UI needs work. The bottom bar cannot be hidden and wastes too much space. On the iPhone version the tab can only be displayed on one horizontal line so given the limited screen space it is virtually unusable. Automatically flow the display into multiple lines shouldn’t be this hard, right? As it is now, it is an indispensable tool for me cause I need to handle those Guitar Pro files... but it is also one of the most frustrating apps that I’d like to avoid using as much as possible. Please! GuitarPro has the potential to become truly great, so please improve it ASAP!

by Rhuba1

Incredibly useful tool for learning difficult songs. But the interface is clunky as hell. Make a persistent play/pause button. I’m hitting it constantly and I have to tap the screen to bring it up. Why? Also the playback isn’t in sync with the marker as it moves across the staff. It’s off by like 1/4 note and really hurts the utility of that function. You can change the size of the staff, but that function isn’t very useful either since it does nothing to fit more notes on the screen. It just makes the staff tiny with a lot more white space. Still, it’s super useful to have all my tabs available all the time so I’d still recommend GuitarPro overall.

by Dmm138

You can only speed up or slow down the tempo by 10%. There is a big difference in BPM incremented by 10%. If you have a song that’s 180 BPM, and you slow down by 10%, you’re down to 162 BPM. There is currently no way to adjust between those tempos. That’s a huge jump when you’re trying to learn a difficult section.

Also if you are practicing a section and have several tracks muted, if you minimize GuitarPro then open it later, all the muted tracks have been changed to solo tracks and you have to go back and re-mute them.

Please fix these issues.

by RonCam725

1/9/22 update: While this is a good and stable app, it pales in comparison to the Windows version. Sound quality is mediocre when a tab is slowed below 50%. There is no editing capability (you don't have that ability on purchased tabs in either version,however). Still, it's very worth it if you have a tablet.
***

Great app that lets you playback this app tab files. There are thousands of them on the internet or you can buy them from Arobas, the makers of this app. GuitarPro is not a substitute for the full PC/MAC version which allows editing of files and more realistic sound. However, as a portable practice app, it is perfect. Has slow-down and loop features, guitar tab, standard note display and multiple tracks that can be muted or solo'd individually. Extremely stable. I practice my guitar with it using an Ipad/Amplitube/Irig setup. Has a virtual guitar fretboard/keyboard which will display the notes as it's playing. A must have.

by Cycojohn

It’s good enough for practicing to my songs me and my band mates write on gp5 on the pc then I import them to my phone for headphone practice. It’s also great for my cover band when people request songs I can download a gp file anywhere to learn the during our break. It’s however not best for composing and doesn’t sound as good as real instruments but that’s not why I bought it. It’s great for practicing and learning songs, highly recommended if you’re a serious musician.

by Nick Vawter

Most of the negative reviews are because the operators neglected to read the description of GuitarPro . While you cannot compose within the application itself, it has many other uses. I use it to review my writing while I’m on the go and practice my songs in comfortable location. The only complaint I have is the sound quality is very poor and it doesn’t seem like some of the effects that I can use in GP7 translate to the mobile version. Overall, GuitarPro works as it is stated in the description and I am happy with my purchase.

by Asp_333

This is a great stripped/on-the-go version of Guitar Pro. Really handy for jotting down ideas-though it would be helpful to be able write using more than one track and to have the option to change time signatures or edit preexisting files. It will *read* all pre existing GP files but you can NOT edit them. To view multiple tracks on the pre made files, go into settings to view each one. You can download tabs from your browser and open directly in GuitarPro too which is helpful. I’ll rate 5 stars when/if more features are added to the note pad. Otherwise well worth the purchase

by Rallycar27

No bugs for me. Great interface. I use GTP files for songs downloaded from Sheets Happening, which work great.

UPDATE: After months of use, my only complaint is that I frequently tap the big gray bar across the top and suddenly find myself in a different place in the song when I was just trying to pause/play. I would say this is partly user error for missing the play button, but I would greatly appreciate some improvement here because I do this all the time and it’s really frustrating.

by Acoustic.henry

I bought GuitarPro. To learn how to play songs. I search on the internet to find out why it doesn’t connect to my fretlight it has the bottom I pres to connect and nothing happens for me to writing this is because I being trying for the past 2 days to make it work and nothing happens I try to email you and ask me for user Id ? I bought it here in App Stores what user name ?

Sorry for the respond late. When you bought GuitarPro obviously you use your password to buy GuitarPro . And you downloaded you open GuitarPro ? And works right? If you respond is yes and that case you are ok. Now you say that you press the the guitar bottom and nothing happens? Now this could be a simple problem
1. Check the guitar if the battery is charge if blink it means it is
2 when you open the guitar pro. Go on the right corner where you see a little sign square for chords where you want to learn any scale or go where it says lessons when you are on either one ones you have open and you are ready to learn. You gonna see a Bluetooth sign is like dar gray color click that one. Is going to blink until you press the bottom on your guitar. And when both are connected that Bluetooth on the cellphone will turn on blue which means is connected but make sure your guitar blinks first before you connect because if the battery is dead it will not respond to your Bluetooth
I hope this help you.
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by Eres777777777

The truth is that I was very critical of GuitarPro…the reason? I thought that scores couldn't be created. I think that should be more intuitive; I don't consider myself someone bad or slow for digital things... on the contrary, but incredibly late in discovering that option... I'm still stunned. Anyway, good app, I would like a couple of more functions, but I'm sure that over time they will be implemented.

by WH1FFL3TR33

Don’t really care about lack of tones. Wish there was a way to make multiple tracks. Drums would be a nice feature too. It’s good for keeping track of some base ideas if you have the patience. Tabbing is kind of difficult on GuitarPro . Some note options aren’t there that make hard to tab what I want to. It’s not bad for what it is but it isn’t great. It would also be nice to be able to send compositions from the notepad to friends from my phone(this is the biggest issue for me).

by Craigg

If you play or will play, the Guitar you should get GuitarPro it’s meant you. You will end up over time know Music Theory and standard/Tab music notation. You can get a subscription and pay for your music that way. I mean monthly. Or you can just buy them song by song. Your favorites, you want to know. GuitarPro Guitar Pro players the music very well and you can adjust things like the speed it’s playing so you can play along with it. You can also adjust which instrument is playing and mute the main guitar, but let the bass and drums. Now, you are playing that song with a backup band.