Fretone: Guitar Tuner & Chords
Sandeep Koirala Music iPhoneiPadiPod touchMac
Fretone: Guitar Tuner & Chords is a free Music app for iPhone and iPad by Sandeep Koirala. Rated 5.0/5 from 4 ratings. Requires iOS 17.0.
- Rating
- 5.0
- 4 ratings
- Price
- Free
- on the App Store
- Size
- 44 MB
- Age 4+
- Updated
- Sep 29
- 2026 · v1.1
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About Fretone: Guitar Tuner & Chords
Fretone is a practice companion for guitar — six focused tools, no subscription, no streaks or badges nagging you to keep a habit alive. Just the instruments you actually reach for between practice sessions. CHORDS — CHORD LIBRARY Every common chord — majors, minors, sevenths, sus2/sus4, add9 — with real, hand-verified fingerings, not algorithmically nearest-fret guesses. Browse by key, see a chord's family and the chords commonly played alongside it, and switch between alternate fretboard positions for the same chord. DRILLS — FRETBOARD EXPLORER Explore the fretboard note by note, or drill chord changes against a real strum pattern (down-up, pop-rock, reggae skank, and more) at your own tempo. METRONOME A clean, accurate metronome with every time signature you'd actually use, swing subdivisions, and a tempo that's remembered the next time you open it. FINGERSTYLE — FINGERSTYLE TRAINER Learn and practice fingerstyle patterns with a hand diagram that shows exactly which finger plucks which string, in real time. Build your own patterns in the custom editor, chain several chords into a full fingerpicking sequence, or start from patterns you already know. REFERENCE — FRETBOARD REFERENCE Pick a note, a scale, a CAGED shape, or a key on the circle of fifths, and see every place it lives across the whole neck light up at once — pentatonic and full scales, all seven modes, triads, and seventh chords, tap any fret to hear it. The lookup a player actually reaches for mid-practice, not a quiz. TUNER Real-time pitch detection powered by an on-device neural pitch model, with a steady needle, per-string tuned marks, and a glow when every string is done. Works with 6- and 12-string guitars, bass, and ukulele. Works for any tuning your instrument uses, with a capo control that shifts what counts as "in tune" without changing which string you're touching. No accounts. No ads. No streaks. Just an instrument's worth of tools, built by a guitarist who wanted them to exist.
What’s new
Version 1.1 · Updated September 29, 2026
Celestial Strings is now Fretone — same app, new name. • Chords: every chord in the library now plays as a real guitar voicing, and G major uses the full four-finger shape. • Fingerstyle: the new Tapestry mode lets you chain chords and notes into your own fingerpicking sequences and loop them. • Metronome: tempo up to 600 BPM, tap tempo right on the dial (press and hold the dial), and a choice of click sounds — sine, woodblock, or chime. • Tuner: a steadier needle, a fixed "in tune" reference mark, a green mark for each string you've tuned, clearer readout, and 12-string guitar support. • A new volume control in the settings menu, more natural guitar sounds, and a refreshed look with Liquid Glass on iOS 26 and macOS Tahoe.
App privacy
The developer, Sandeep Koirala, reported these privacy practices to Apple.
Data Not Collected
The developer does not collect any data from this app.
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