Every lesson now shows how to play it. A badge beside the title says strum or pluck, which strings to play, and shows the motion. New: Ask. Tap Ask on Learn, say what you want to play, and it takes you to the right lesson, chord, scale or tool. The microphone stays on through notifications and Control Center, and a lesson keeps your progress if the mic drops. Getting started is quicker: allow the microphone and you go straight to your first lesson.

Skip in the first-run walkthrough now takes you to the next step instead of out of it. If you leave halfway, the app opens straight to Learn next time. The Listen tab has five songs ready to try. Tap one to see its chords instantly, even offline. In Game Mode, a Play your first chord button takes you straight to your first free lesson. If a song search or a strum doesn't work, you can send that recording with one tap so we can make listening better. Nothing is sent unless you tap.

New learners start Learn in Game Mode. Each pack is a stage, and strums fly down a highway at you with a score and multiplier. Tap Classic at the top of Learn for the old look. Learn hears quieter strums, so your phone can sit farther away. Your first strum counts even if a string or two buzzes, and the app tells you which one to fix. First Chords stays free. The other 8 Learn packs are now part of Pro, a one-time $9.99 that also unlocks chord detection for any song and every scale on the neck. Song listening waits 20 seconds for a match.

Learn is now a game. Every lesson gives you 1 to 3 stars and XP, and your level climbs as you play. Missed the third star? The result tells you exactly what it takes. Practice 5 minutes a day. A ring fills as you play, three goals wait for you each day, and a week of practice earns a streak freeze that covers a missed day. Timed note lessons now slide the notes toward you. Build a combo, see whether each note was early or late, and race the ghost of your best run. Play it clean and the next run is 5 BPM faster. Your lessons sit on a path, so you can see how far you've come. Pass one and share your score as a picture. New sounds and taps you can feel, both with an off switch in Settings. Everything still works offline, with no account.

Learn guitar with a coach that listens. The new Learn tab is a 72-lesson course in three levels. Beginner: your first chords, more open chords and strumming patterns. Intermediate: barre chords, riffs and power chords, fingerpicking. Pro: lead guitar with the pentatonic scale, bends, hammer-ons and slides; color chords; and the whole neck. Play along and OpenString hears every strum and note. It tells you which string was muted, which note was off, and whether you were on the beat. Every lesson works offline, with no account.

Naming a song is more reliable. A listen that fails no longer spoils the next one, and when a song cannot be named, OpenString tells you what to try: play it from a speaker nearby, or type the title.

Slash chords now open properly: tap G/B in a song and you get its diagram, with the full name G/B on the sheet.

Crash reporting is now enabled to help us identify and fix crashes.

A short walkthrough on first open: let OpenString hear a song playing nearby, get its chords saved to your songbook, then see what is in the kit. The Listen tab is rebuilt around the mic, and you can replay the walkthrough any time from Settings. The tuner, metronome, chord library and songbook still work with no signal.

Stability work under the hood. Nothing moved and there is nothing new to learn - the tuner, metronome, chord library and your songbook all work exactly as before, and still work with no signal.

A small tune-up under the hood. Nothing moved and there is nothing new to learn — the tuner, metronome, chord library and your songbook just run a little smoother. They all still work with no signal, the way they always have.

The scale finder is here. Pick any chords from your song and OpenString shows you the scales that fit them, so you know what to play over the top. Searching the chord library is faster too. Start typing and matching chords and scales come up as a list you can scroll, with the one you are on ticked. The tuner, metronome, chord library and your songbook stay free and work with no signal, the way they always have.

Your first song is on us. Open the + tab, play or import any song, and OpenString names it and writes out its chords - no purchase needed to try it. After that, Pro unlocks unlimited chord detection and the scale finder. Still one payment of $9.99, still yours forever, still no subscription. The tuner, metronome, chord library and your songbook stay free and work with no signal, the way they always have.

OpenString Pro is here. One purchase, $9.99, yours forever - it unlocks chord detection for any song you play or import, plus the scale finder. No subscription, and everything keeps working offline. Also in this release: a steadier tuner needle on quiet strings.

OpenString Pro is here. One purchase, no subscription, unlocks chord detection for any song plus the scale finder. Everything you already use - tuner, metronome, chord library, songbook - stays free and works offline. Also in this release: the tuner now shows your playing as a live waveform and reacts to quiet notes. Tap any chord in a song to see how to play it without losing your place. Screens keep their state as you move between them, the metronome keeps playing while you look something up, and the app reopens on the song you left. Chord search forgives how you type a name, and deleting a song can be undone.

Two new ways to get songs ready to play. Song to chords: pick a song and get its chords and words in one tap, ready to play and sing. Scale and shape finder: type a scale like A minor pentatonic and see its box shapes on the neck. Still no subscription, no account, and no in-app purchase.

More of the practice app, still no paywall inside it. Tuner: presets, auto or manual strings, and a reference note. Metronome: meters, subdivisions, accents, a practice timer, and mute. Chords: search the handbook, save favorites, hear a voicing, and jump to other positions. Songs: metadata, setlists, a practice reader with autoscroll, ChordPro import, and jump to chords used in a song. No subscription and no in-app purchase. Your songs stay on the phone.