StrumForge: Chord Progressions
Guitar Chord & Scale Generator
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPad. Not verified for macOS.
Generate guitar chord progressions instantly and play along in real time with chord diagrams, scales, tuner, metronome, rhythm tools, and modes. Great for songwriting.
StrumForge is a guitar practice app for generating chord progressions, exploring scales and chord shapes, improving rhythm, and learning the fretboard.
Open the app, generate a progression, and start playing instantly.
Practice with interactive chord diagrams, matching scale shapes, rhythm tools, tempo controls, and built-in guitar playback.
Whether you're learning guitar fundamentals, writing songs, practicing improvisation, or exploring music theory, StrumForge helps you practice more effectively and discover new ideas with interactive guitar chords, scale diagrams, and rhythm tools.
No ads. No account required.
Free users can generate up to 5 chord progressions per day.
Perfect for:
• Daily guitar practice
• Learning guitar chords, chord shapes, and voicings
• Improving rhythm and timing
• Songwriting and improvisation
• Scale and fretboard training
• Practicing guitar theory
• Exploring modes and pentatonic scales
Chord Progressions
• Generate theory-based chord progressions instantly
• Choose a key, mode, chord type, groove, tempo, and guitar sound
• Create progressions based on musical style or mood
• Use one or multiple modes for more varied progressions
• Lock the key or randomize it
• Lock or manually override individual chords
• Choose open chords, barre chords, triads, or power chords
• Add sevenths, suspended, and add9 chords
• Explore new voicings and chord combinations
Practice Tools
• Play along with interactive chord diagrams in real time
• Practice with rhythm, groove, tempo, and playback controls
• Built-in metronome tools for rhythm practice
• Solo over progressions with matching scale diagrams
• Practice timing, transitions, and improvisation
• Choose from multiple guitar playback tones
• Use portrait or landscape orientation
• Left-handed mode support
Scales & Fretboard
• Explore matching mode and pentatonic scale diagrams
• View intervals, notes, and finger position labels
• Learn scales visually across the fretboard
• Move diagrams to your preferred fretboard position
• Cycle through different chord shapes and fingerings
• See chord interval and shape labels
Track Your Practice
• Automatically track practice sessions, heatmaps, stats, and streaks
• Visualize your practice habits over time
• Stay consistent with daily practice goals
Unlock Pro Features
• Unlimited chord progression generation
• Save, revisit, and share favorite progressions
• Sync favorites and preferences across devices
• Styles option for mood-based progressions
• Built-in guitar tuner
• Dark mode
• Advanced scale tools and individual scale shapes
• Additional grooves and rhythm options
• Additional 12-string and overdrive guitar voices
• Arpeggiated guitar playback styles
• Default app preference settings
StrumForge helps guitar players practice smarter, improve rhythm and fretboard knowledge, and build stronger songwriting and improvisation skills.
Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Bug fixes & optimizations
The developer, Adam Spain, 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 Linked to You
The following data may be collected and linked to your identity:
- Contact Info
- User Content
- Identifiers
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Purchases
- Usage Data
Accessibility
The developer has not yet indicated which accessibility features this app supports. Learn More
Information
- Seller
- Adam Spain
- Size
- 52.6 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 15.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 15.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 15.0 or later. - iPod touch
Requires iOS 15.0 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.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 19 more
- English, Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Norwegian Bokmål, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Traditional Chinese, Turkish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- StrumForge Pro Weekly $1.99
- StrumForge Pro Annual $24.99
- StrumForge Pro Monthly $4.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Adam Spain