Guitar Pro 4+

I’ve been using guitar pro on iOS for the past two years, mainly when I travel and I want to practise new songs on my ipad. The performance of the app is consistent and it’s a great value for money. I give only four stars because it really needs some keyboard support. Play/stop using the space bar is key and time-efficient when you play the same part over and over again. Even though the ipad is designed as a touch device using the cursor or your finger feels laborious.

Writing this as an iPad user.

Been using guitar pro on desktop since about 2005, for windows and macOS. I’ve used other software for my transcriptions, but always go back to gp because it’s what I’m used to, and it’s easy to use. Currently running version 8 on my computers.

This version is not that. Not even close. It’s basically just a reader/player for tabs you’ve made on desktop or downloaded elsewhere.

It does that fairly well, but still comes with frustrations. Like not being able to add iCloud Drive as a location for tabs. If that’s where you store your tabs, you have to add them individually. And I can’t hide the fretboard. It’s just in the way. Why no option to hide it?

For the price, honestly I don’t think it’s worth it. It should probably be a freebie if you have the desktop version. It’s clear the devs focus a lot more on the desktop version. But I really think this is a missed opportunity. I’d love to write my tabs on the go on my iPad. And I’d love to view my desktop tabs properly, as it really simplifies the layout.

If this had the same functionality as the desktop version, I would happily spend a good amount of money on buying it. I’m sure a lot of others would to.

Will you guys ever make this happen?

For now I’ll stick to using the desktop version through Remote Desktop for my iPad.

The only view I like (and why I bought this) is because of the Fretboard.

The fretboard display is such an underrated feature, which other platforms haven’t caught on to yet.

But there is still some problems.

1. It’s way TOO SMALL.
Even way you turn your phone sideways, it’s still so small.
What GP need to do is have a view that is JUST for the fretboard. I.e just like you change change your tab style. For you to just turn off tab, and have the fretboard taking up the whole screen.

2. It needs to show bends!
I’m not too sure how it could do this. Perhaps by having the string move up (in the middle of the fretboard). Or even better, the highest point of the bend shown is where the note is. I.e if you’re on down low on the neck, which is where that specific note is - then that’s where the peak of the bend of the string should be.

3. Just more Freboard features. I see the near future, and it would be so so much more useful than tabs.
Just a little bit of work & you’re golden GP.