FretTracks
Learn to play lead guitar!
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad
Launch Promotion: 30-day free trial of FretTracks Pro. Ready to move past scale drills to start making music over backing tracks that put you in the band? Let's go!
Learn to Play Lead Guitar by Playing with a Band.
Stop practicing scales in isolation and wondering what to do with them. Start playing real lead guitar with professionally produced backing tracks designed to make learning musical, intuitive, and fun.
FretTracks helps you learn lead guitar the way musicians actually do — by playing over real chord progressions, in real musical styles, with a full backing band behind you.
From your very first session, you’ll start sounding more musical, more confident, and more expressive.
Why FretTracks Works
Most guitar apps teach scales.
FretTracks teaches how to use them musically.
Pick a backing track, and get ready to start playing. You'll see and hear how scales actually work over chord progressions. As the music plays, FretTracks highlights chord tones on the fretboard so you can:
See which notes fit the current chord
Hear why certain notes sound better than others
Make musical choices instead of guessing
Build real improvisation skills
Develop your ear naturally
This transforms scale practice into real lead guitar playing.
If You’ve Ever Thought:
“I know scales, but I can’t solo.”
“My lead playing doesn’t sound musical.”
“I don’t know which notes fit the chords.”
FretTracks was built for you.
Free Features Included
Explore guitar scales and the fretboard — no subscription required:
35 essential guitar scales including major, minor, pentatonic, blues, and modes
Two positions per scale for better fretboard coverage
Scale tones, tonal qualities, and diatonic chords
Full fretboard visualization with tabs and scale audio
Clean, focused interface designed for guitar practice
Learn scale shapes, understand musical context, and prepare for soloing — free.
FretTracks Pro — Play With a Band
Unlock 500+ scale-specific backing tracks designed for real lead guitar practice and improvisation.
Professional backing tracks across blues, rock, country, jazz, piano, and more
Tracks written specifically to match guitar scales
Real chord progressions — not generic loops
Chord tones highlighted as the backing track changes
Current, previous, and next chords displayed clearly
Practice guitar solos in real musical settings
How It Works
Choose your key, scale, and backing track style
Play lead guitar over a full backing band
Watch the fretboard respond to each chord
Hear why certain notes work in your solo
Build confidence improvising on guitar
Perfect For
Guitarists learning lead guitar and soloing
Players who know scales but can’t improvise
Musicians looking for high-quality backing tracks
Intermediate guitarists building confidence
Anyone tired of boring scale drills
Stop Practicing. Start Playing.
Play lead guitar the way musicians actually do — with a band.
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Introductory Offer — Try FretTracks Pro Free for 30 days!
The developer, FretTracks Labs LLC, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- User Content
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
Accessibility
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Information
- Seller
- FretTracks Labs LLC
- Size
- 41.2 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.1 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.1 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.1 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 12.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- $7.99/mo, 30-day free trial $7.99
- Copyright
- © 2025-2026 FretTracks, San Diego CA