Guitar Tunes™

5 years and i still refer to this app. This may be the most reliable and function rich app I've ever used for scales, Modes, Triads, etc. It is very 'customizable' to get specific scale information and yet straight forward and easy to use in all areas of this app. The Play Along part works fine with fretlite guitar but i dont realy utilize that portion simply because its just not a fit at this time for my style of learning but boy the scale information is more than i ever expected! Please continue to enovate this piece of a GREAT app.

It’s amazing this app has been around as long as it has and still has the glaring issues it does. If it weren’t for these issues the app would be pretty good, but the issues are major. Enough that I wish I would have bought the Fretlight guitar with built in chords and scales and not the Bluetooth one that has to connect to my phone. There are two major issues, the first is that the app isn’t compatible with dark mode on my iPhone. If dark mode is on I can’t access the setting menu or any of the drop down menus for selecting chords and scales, it’s all blacked out and impossible to read. This means that every time I want to use my Fretlight I have to change to light mode and change back when I’m done, trust me, it gets old, especially considering the dark mode for iOS has been around for quite some time now. How has this not been fixed?? The second issue is even worse, if you open the app and connect your guitar and select a scale to practice the phone screen will time out and you have to wake your phone up to continue playing. So the only options are to change your screen time to unlimited while you are using the app or just deal with the issues that come every time the phone screen turns off. Setting it to unlimited every time and then switching it back every time is ridiculous and ruins the experience. Please address these issues so I can enjoy the Fretlight I spent a lot of money on and can’t return at this point.

This app deserves a full five stars, however I cannot stress enough I have issues, and firmly believe they are out of the control of Optek. They know this, but will tirelessly go through troubleshooting with you on the slim chance there is an issue with Guitar Tunes. Early on, I did find a bug and they owned it and fixed it. This review primarily goes side by side with using the FretLight line of wireless guitars. My iPad 4 has issues of crashing. I reset it to factory and still have crash issues. This is where people want to blame the app, however being an IT professional for 35 years, my experience and gut tell me it's my old hardware. When and if I can afford to obtain a new iPad, most issues will go away. I also cannot blame Optek for Bluetooth issues I experience. It is my firm belief from the testing I have performed, it is caused by electrical and electronic interference that again are environmental and in my mind, not the fault of Optek. The fine people at Optek are more than willing to work closely and assist into every issue brought before them. In fact, they welcome the input of all their users as it only helps to improve future revisions so it can continue to be at the cutting edge as a leader in guitar teaching. There is a lot going on environmentally to where nobody can control all the problems, but Optek is here to make progress against nature and constantly works to not only improve their already awesome product, but to work with community as well. Before you drop Garage Tunes, consider the alternative apps and what they provide. I believe before long, you will understand the difference between nature and man, and will realize there is no other app that comes near to what Guitar Tunes provides. All they want is to do is work WITH us, and they do welcome input as it helps in determining where to focus on improvement. My only real suggestion is they work with FretLight to develop a mini guitar so the young children and those of us with smaller hands have a better chance learning with less stress trying to mute the sixth string.