Ultimate Guitar Downloads & RevenueUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs · App Store & Google Play
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs by Ultimate Guitar is on App Store and Google Play. Active Users (MAU & DAU), Downloads, rankings, keywords, revenue, and rating totals.
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs update history & changes
Last change · 100 events since 16 Mar 2010Full timeline ↓Full timeline · 97 events in the last 12 months
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· GB, CA, AE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · GB, CA, AE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · FR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · DE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · CN
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 4 countries
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 4 countries
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · RU
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · KR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · JP
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · IT
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.38iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.36AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 🚀Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: now shown next to Songsterr Tabs & Chords, Songbook & Guitar tabs, Guitar chords and tabs +5 moreiOSthe store's “similar apps” for it changed: who it's seen as competing with
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· 6 countries
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · 6 countries
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· RU
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · RU
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· KR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · KR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· JP
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · JP
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· IT
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · IT
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· FR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · FR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· DE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · DE
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· CN
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · CN
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· BR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS5 screenshots (was 5) · BR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new iPad screenshotsiOS· US
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: new screenshotsiOS6 screenshots (was 6) · US
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · US
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs new best rank in the overall chart: #72AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · CA
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: bandlabiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs new best rank in the overall chart: #74AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · CA
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.37iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.35AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: akkorde, appatientiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.36iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: practiceiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.35iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 🎉Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs in-app event: Halloween PartyiOSSPECIAL EVENT · until 3 Nov
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.34iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Music · AE
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.33AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.34AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · SE
- 🔎Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs reached Top 10 for “guitar”iOS#5 in Japan search · popularity 75
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · TH
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs charting in a new countryAndroidThailand
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · VN
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 100 in 3 chartsAndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · ES · Top Free · Music & Audio · SE · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · TR
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs charting in a new countryAndroidTaiwan
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 100 in 5 chartsAndroidTop Free · Music & Audio · ES · Top Grossing · Music & Audio · MX · Top Grossing · All Apps · NL · Top Free · Music & Audio · NL · +1 more
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10AndroidTop Grossing · Music & Audio · NL
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs charting in a new country in 6 chartsAndroidSpain · Mexico · Netherlands · Sweden · +2 more
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: now updating weeklyiOS4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.33iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs: now updating weeklyAndroid4 updates in 30 days, after a quiet two months
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.32AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: bassiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.32iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: drumiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: tuneiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: taps, practice, lessons, apprendreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.31AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: drum, lyricsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 100iOSTop Free · Music · BR
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: gitarreiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Music · ID
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: accords, partitions, lessonsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs entered the top 10iOSTop Grossing · Music · IN
- ✏️Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs added hidden keywords: lyrics, lessonsiOSwords in the App Store's hidden keyword field (found by probing search)
- 📈Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs new best rank in the overall chart: #75AndroidTop Grossing · All Apps · CA
- 🌟Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs featured by Apple: “主打推荐”iOStoday · CN
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.31iOSWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs updated to version 7.3.30AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 🆕Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs first spotted by AppInsiderAndroidUnited States
- 🆕Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs first spotted by AppInsideriOS#78 in Top Free · Music · United Arab Emirates
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs version 7.3.30iOSNo release notes
- 📦Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs version 7.3.29AndroidWe're working on making your app experience even better while you're working on choosing the next song to learn. Let's make your goals happen!
- 📣Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs started a new adAndroid3
- 🆕Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs released on Google PlayAndroid
- 🆕Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs released on the App StoreiOS
Collected from the stores by AppInsider since we first spotted the app. Dates are when we saw each change.
Music GrossingUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-09. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A freemium music education and reference platform offering a vast library of chords, tabs, lyrics, and interactive lessons for guitarists, bassists, and ukulele players. The app maintains strong commercial performance across major European and North American markets, ranking within the top 10 grossing music apps in France, Germany, and Canada.
Similar apps: Yousician, Fender Play, Songsterr
App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 7 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Google Play
App details
Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.3.35, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs downloads & installs
Both stores, worldwide. Bands are open; exact numbers are free with an account.
| Store | Downloads / day | Lifetime installs |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 10k+ | 50M+ |
| Google Play | 5k+ | 10M+ Measured |
| Other Android stores | 100+ | – |
| Total | 10k+ Confidence | 50M+ Confidence |
How this is calculated
Where Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend before Apple and Google take their fee.
| Store | Per day | Per month | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | |||
| Google Play | |||
| Total | Confidence | 100% |
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Annual Pro Access subscription | |
| 2 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 3 | UG Pro+ (1 Year) subscription | |
| 4 | UG Pro+ (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 6 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 8 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 9 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 10 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription |
Hidden keywords
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs shows up in App Store search (US) for 1 word that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Both stores, across every country we track.
| Store | Best rank | Charting in | US Top Free | US Top Grossing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| App Store | #5 Music Grossing | 15 of 30 countries | #36 | #8 |
| Google Play | #6 Music & Audio Grossing | 20 of 23 countries | #66 | #11 |
Full chart lists: App Store · Google Play.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in 
Brazil ▲ +100% · 
Indonesia ▲ +75%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
 United States | 710 | 66% | steady |
| Canada | 108 | 10% | ▲ +6% |
 United Kingdom | 95 | 9% | steady |
 Germany | 63 | 6% | steady |
 France | 45 | 4% | steady |
 Italy | 15 | 1% | ▼ -15% |
 Japan | 9.5 | 1% | ▼ -10% |
 India | 8.8 | 1% | ▲ +6% |
| Brazil | 6.2 | 1% | ▲ +100% |
| Indonesia | 5 | 0% | ▲ +75% |
 United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0% | steady |
 China | 2.5 | 0% | ▲ +40% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
Ratings
Both stores. Store data, measured.
| Store | Rating | Ratings |
|---|---|---|
| App Store | 4.7 ★ | 482k |
| Google Play | 4.2 ★ | 640k 70k written reviews |
| Both stores | 4.4 ★ weighted by ratings | 1.1M |
What users say about Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of aggressive monetization tactics, including intrusive video ads that interrupt playing and deceptive subscription practices targeting lifetime users. While the content library remains valued, functionality issues like app crashes and unskippable onboarding surveys significantly degrade the user experience.
Mostly negative (31% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “been paying for the app for 8yr”
- Useful: “I find this app super helpful”
- Features & content: “This is the perfect app for any skill level”
- Ease of use: “You are forced to spend money on anything except the very simple stuff”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “So don’t waste your money”
- Ads: “Ads even with paid version”
- Features & content: “Give me the option to skip it”
- Privacy & data: “In reality, I feel scammed”
About Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
You have choices galore:
• Search for songs by genre, rating, your ability, tuning level
• Explore UG Tab collections. Use the finder for your faves, fall in love with something new, feel the nostalgic vibes. Search by themes like House or Acoustic, or check out the latest album releases. Find collections based on your interests such as Star Wars or funky Bollywood beats.
• Focus on guitar techniques, find songs personal to you in collections from professional guitarists
• Anytime you feel inspired to share a song, create and upload your shot on the spot. It’s that easy! Share the best parts of your performance with your like minded community of fellow musicians.
• Reach your true musical potential – learn to play with UG Courses here. Access over 2500 lessons for any skill level and instrument type from guitar, drums to piano and more. Learn different styles and techniques with guidance from professional musicians. Progress at your own speed and on any device, anytime, anywhere.
• Play 29K+ popular songs in their original sound with Tonebridge Guitar Effects
And it doesn’t end there
Check out all these features:
• Explore guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics for songs in every genre
• Watch videos of songs to refresh your memory or use as backing tracks
• Compile your favourite tabs in playlists from our tab collections
• Create ‘Personal’ tabs to edit chords, lyrics or change tabs to suit your needs
• Option to Switch to left-handed mode
• Set a font style and size to match the tab
• Offline access to favourite tabs - available at all times
• Enjoy dark mode for a gig
With a Pro account:
• Use interactive tabs to play songs note by note, at your own pace
• Select the chord variation that best suits you from the world's biggest library of chords
• Use ‘Simplify’ to make difficult songs easier
• Jam with high quality tabs - over 29,000 that include backing tracks and synchronised lyrics
• Hit the right tempo with metronome
• Transpose songs to get just the right tone for you
• Take advantage of autoscroll during your practice sessions
• Achieve the right sound with the built-in guitar tuner
• Share, print, and export your fave songs
Problems or feedback?
We are always eager to improve your Tabs experience and strive for excellence in doing so. Let us help you in person by contacting our development team at [email protected], and we will endeavour to meet your needs.
Please do not post bug reports or feature requests as an App Store review.
Subscription information:
• The "UG Pro + UG Courses + UG Sing" subscription gives you unlimited access to the app's premium content and features
• The subscription price is $9.99/monthly, $59.99/yearly*
• Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs App Store
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs is #8 in Music Grossing in United States and charting in 15 of 30 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
24 Sep 2026 Music GrossingUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-09. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A freemium music education and reference platform offering a vast library of chords, tabs, lyrics, and interactive lessons for guitarists, bassists, and ukulele players. The app maintains strong commercial performance across major European and North American markets, ranking within the top 10 grossing music apps in France, Germany, and Canada.
Similar apps: Yousician, Fender Play, Songsterr
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs on the App Store
App details
App privacy Measured
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs’s App Store privacy label declares 1 data category used to track you across other companies’ apps and websites, 7 linked to your identity and 0 collected anonymously.
As declared by the developer on the App Store — Apple requires every app to publish this label. We track changes over time.
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Annual Pro Access subscription | |
| 2 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 3 | UG Pro+ (1 Year) subscription | |
| 4 | UG Pro+ (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 6 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 8 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 9 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 10 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription |
Hidden keywords
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs shows up in App Store search (US) for 1 word that appear nowhere in its name, subtitle or developer name, so they are almost certainly in its private keyword field, and it ranks in the top 10 for at least one of them.
Where it ranks now
Every top chart it appears in across 30 countries.
| Country | Charts | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| United States | MusicGrossing | #8 |
| United Kingdom | MusicGrossing | #6 |
| Germany | MusicGrossing | #7 |
| France | MusicGrossing | #6 |
| Canada | MusicGrossing | #5 |
| United States | MusicFree | #36 |
| India | MusicGrossing | #10 |
 Russia | MusicGrossing | #8 |
| Italy | MusicGrossing | #9 |
| Japan | MusicGrossing | #53 |
| Brazil | MusicGrossing | #17 |
| Indonesia | MusicGrossing | #10 |
| United Kingdom | MusicFree | #33 |
| Germany | MusicFree | #30 |
| China | MusicGrossing | #70 |
| Canada | MusicFree | #18 |
 South Korea | MusicGrossing | #47 |
| France | MusicFree | #38 |
 Saudi Arabia | MusicGrossing | #24 |
| United Arab Emirates | MusicGrossing | #27 |
| Italy | MusicFree | #49 |
| Indonesia | MusicFree | #45 |
| South Korea | MusicFree | #125 |
| India | MusicFree | #95 |
| Russia | MusicFree | #94 |
| United Arab Emirates | MusicFree | #64 |
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Ratings
App Store, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisGrowing fastest in Brazil ▲ +100% · Indonesia ▲ +75%
New ratings by country (12)
| Country | New ratings a week | Share | Last 2 weeks vs the 2 before |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 710 | 66% | steady |
| Canada | 108 | 10% | ▲ +6% |
| United Kingdom | 95 | 9% | steady |
| Germany | 63 | 6% | steady |
| France | 45 | 4% | steady |
| Italy | 15 | 1% | ▼ -15% |
| Japan | 9.5 | 1% | ▼ -10% |
| India | 8.8 | 1% | ▲ +6% |
| Brazil | 6.2 | 1% | ▲ +100% |
| Indonesia | 5 | 0% | ▲ +75% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0% | steady |
| China | 2.5 | 0% | ▲ +40% |
App Store ratings in the countries we track, 4-week average.
Review momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
From the 200 most recent App Store reviews in the US.
Users are highly critical of aggressive monetization tactics, including intrusive video ads that interrupt playing and deceptive subscription practices targeting lifetime users. While the content library remains valued, functionality issues like app crashes and unskippable onboarding surveys significantly degrade the user experience.
Mostly negative (31% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being useful. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “been paying for the app for 8yr”
- Useful: “I find this app super helpful”
- Features & content: “This is the perfect app for any skill level”
- Ease of use: “You are forced to spend money on anything except the very simple stuff”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “So don’t waste your money”
- Ads: “Ads even with paid version”
- Features & content: “Give me the option to skip it”
- Privacy & data: “In reality, I feel scammed”
About Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
You have choices galore:
• Search for songs by genre, rating, your ability, tuning level
• Explore UG Tab collections. Use the finder for your faves, fall in love with something new, feel the nostalgic vibes. Search by themes like House or Acoustic, or check out the latest album releases. Find collections based on your interests such as Star Wars or funky Bollywood beats.
• Focus on guitar techniques, find songs personal to you in collections from professional guitarists
• Anytime you feel inspired to share a song, create and upload your shot on the spot. It’s that easy! Share the best parts of your performance with your like minded community of fellow musicians.
• Reach your true musical potential – learn to play with UG Courses here. Access over 2500 lessons for any skill level and instrument type from guitar, drums to piano and more. Learn different styles and techniques with guidance from professional musicians. Progress at your own speed and on any device, anytime, anywhere.
• Play 29K+ popular songs in their original sound with Tonebridge Guitar Effects
And it doesn’t end there
Check out all these features:
• Explore guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics for songs in every genre
• Watch videos of songs to refresh your memory or use as backing tracks
• Compile your favourite tabs in playlists from our tab collections
• Create ‘Personal’ tabs to edit chords, lyrics or change tabs to suit your needs
• Option to Switch to left-handed mode
• Set a font style and size to match the tab
• Offline access to favourite tabs - available at all times
• Enjoy dark mode for a gig
With a Pro account:
• Use interactive tabs to play songs note by note, at your own pace
• Select the chord variation that best suits you from the world's biggest library of chords
• Use ‘Simplify’ to make difficult songs easier
• Jam with high quality tabs - over 29,000 that include backing tracks and synchronised lyrics
• Hit the right tempo with metronome
• Transpose songs to get just the right tone for you
• Take advantage of autoscroll during your practice sessions
• Achieve the right sound with the built-in guitar tuner
• Share, print, and export your fave songs
Problems or feedback?
We are always eager to improve your Tabs experience and strive for excellence in doing so. Let us help you in person by contacting our development team at [email protected], and we will endeavour to meet your needs.
Please do not post bug reports or feature requests as an App Store review.
Subscription information:
• The "UG Pro + UG Courses + UG Sing" subscription gives you unlimited access to the app's premium content and features
• The subscription price is $9.99/monthly, $59.99/yearly*
• Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase
• Subscription automatically renews unless
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Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs Android
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs gets 10k+ downloads a day worldwide (AppInsider estimate, November 2026, rounded down to a band).
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs is #11 in Music & Audio Grossing on Google Play in United States and charting in 20 of 23 countries we track.
Updated 9 Nov 2026 · rankings refresh through the day
Music & Audio GrossingUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs at a glance
AI summary written from our chart and store data, 2026-11-06. It can be wrong: check the numbers above.
A freemium music education and tab library app for guitarists and other instrumentalists, offering song tutorials, practice tools, and community features. The app maintains strong grossing positions in the Music & Audio category across diverse markets including Canada, Sweden, South Africa, Vietnam, UAE, Germany, UK, Thailand, Netherlands, France, Italy, and the US, indicating consistent monetization power despite its long market presence since 2010.
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Tech stack
Trackers and permissions of build v7.3.35, from the εxodus privacy report (CC BY-SA).
Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs downloads
Worldwide, per day, and installs to date. The band is open; the exact number is free with an account.
How this is calculated
Where Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs's downloads come from Modelled
Last 30 days: organic search, browsing the store, features and paid ads.
On Android app stores
The same app (com.ultimateguitar.tabs) on every Android store we track. Known Android installs: at least 11M (Google Play band + AppGallery count).
| Store | Installs | Rating | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Google Play | 10,000,000+ | ★ 4.2 (640k) | 7.3.36 | Open ↗ |
| Huawei AppGallery | 1M | ★ 5.0 | 6.14.43 | Open ↗ |
Active users
All platforms, worldwide. Free with an account.
Retention · share of new users still active
Time spent · per daily user
How this is calculated
In-app revenue
Worldwide, what users spend in Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs before Apple and Google take their fee.
How this is calculated
Business model: Subscription-led
How Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs makes money: subscriptions, one-off purchases and ads.
Top in-app purchases · App Store US, most popular first
| 1 | Annual Pro Access subscription | |
| 2 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 3 | UG Pro+ (1 Year) subscription | |
| 4 | UG Pro+ (1 Month) subscription | |
| 5 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 6 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 7 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription | |
| 8 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 9 | Ultimate Guitar Pro Sale subscription | |
| 10 | Ultimate Guitar Pro subscription |
Where it ranks on Google Play
Every top 200 chart it appears in across 23 countries.
Spain
Netherlands
Sweden
Thailand
Vietnam
Mexico
Turkey
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Music & Audio Grossing, around #11.
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Ratings
Google Play, worldwide.
Review momentum
ⓘ How we measure thisReview momentum (0-100) blends how fast the app collects ratings compared with other apps in its category (60%), whether that pace is speeding up (25%) and what recent raters give it (15%; recent stars well below lifetime pull it down). Ratings counts are read daily. A jump usually means a launch, a feature, ads or a new review prompt.
What users say about Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
From the 200 most recent Google Play reviews in the US.
Users are highly dissatisfied with aggressive paywalls and forced subscription flows that block basic functionality like viewing tabs or using the tuner. While some appreciate the extensive song library, many report billing errors, intrusive ads, and a degraded user experience compared to previous versions.
Mostly negative (32% of recent reviews give 4–5 stars). People like it for good value, and being easy to use. The main complaints are about price and subscriptions, and ads.
What people like
- Price & subscription: “Infinite tabs for a very reasonable price”
- Ease of use: “Best app I know of, very comprehensive and intuitive”
- Features & content: “its a great tool when in need”
- Useful: “really amazing app (would recommend) although not having premium makes it quite annoying sometimes”
Common complaints
- Price & subscription: “Canceled the subscription”
- Ads: “not some enshittified ad spamming, gimmick doing garbage”
- Features & content: “Must pay to use basic tab features”
- Login & account: “unable to register account or login”
About Ultimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs
Whether you're a complete beginner or a seasoned pro, Ultimate Guitar provides the tools and features you need to master your favorite songs, get personalized feedback, and track your progress.
Why choose Ultimate Guitar?
Play the music you love from your favorite artists, like:
- The Beatles
- Taylor Swift
- Ed Sheeran
- Coldplay
- Billie Eilish
- and many more.
Dive into a world of music:
- Explore and play guitar tabs, bass tabs, ukulele chords, and lyrics for songs in any genre
- Search for songs and collections by type, difficulty, tuning, and rating
- Focus on guitar techniques or discover songs for particular moments with collections from professional guitarists.
Unleash your inner rockstar with:
- Offline access to your favorite guitar tabs and other music tabs
- Left-handed mode so you can play with either hand
- Personal tabs so you can edit chords, lyrics, or tabs to fit your music style
- Video playback for learning and backing tracks
- Instant connection to Spotify and Youtube so you can find chords and tabs to the songs you love
- A customizable font style and size
- Metronome to help you nail the tempo of your favorite song
- A built-in tuner to ensure your guitar always sounds its best
- Songs, playlists and collections that match your skill level and interests
- Your own original tabs to in-demand songs and help to expand the Ultimate Guitar catalog
- Dark mode for playing in low-light settings.
Join the Ultimate Guitar community:
- Connect with millions of musicians worldwide
- Share your creativity and skills with Shots
- Create and upload your own tabs so other musicians can rock out to your favorite songs
- Participate in forums and learn from fellow guitarists.
Take your playing to the next level with Pro:
- Access the entire 2M+ library of songs, guitar tabs, instrumental tabs and chords
- Play all 29K+ Official Tabs in their original sound, backing tracks, and synchronized lyrics
- Explore 29K Tonebridge presets for popular songs
- Play along with backing tracks and become a part of the band by turning any part of the song on and off
- Get personalized feedback with Practice Mode, your very own AI-powered music coach (mobile only)
- Change keys in songs as you play with Transposition
- Explore an extensive chord library with a variety of chord variations
- Use song simplification to make songs easier to learn and play
- Play at your own pace with SmartScroll as it scrolls along while you play your acoustic or electric guitar
- Choose your own pace with Autoscroll and avoid distractions while playing
- Have your favorite song keep pace as you play with SmartScroll
- Share, print, and export tabs and take your music with you.
Learn guitar and improve your music skills with UG Courses and UG Sing:
- Access 230+ video lessons on Courses led by professional mus
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