TrueFire Guitar Lessons 4+

First off, I want to differentiate between the service, lessons and content, and the applications. Like the title says, I think the content is great. That said, I am not a fan of any of the interfaces into accessing it, whether it’s the web, the native Mac app, or the iOS app on an iPad. They all have some annoying quirks and glaring bugs that really need to be addressed. I’ve caught issues with keeping things in sync across the apps as well. The most annoying thing on this app is that it will start auto playing when I bring it to the front, and the only way to stop it is to find which specific lesson is playing and stop it. Starting a different lesson will just cause ANOTHER thing to start playing in addition. The preference for background playing is off. I just kill the app and then start it again instead. I’d love nothing more than to come back and give this five stars, because I think the content deserves it. But, the quality of the apps has to improve. As is, I think it’s bad enough that it detracts from the over all solution. Haven’t had any bad experience on the TV app. Yet. Please, put some attention on tightening things up. The content deserves it.

Hello, I'm a developer from TrueFire. Sorry to hear you are having issues with the app. I would love to fix any issues you're experiencing in the iOS app on iPhone or iPad. Before we move forward, can you please update to the most recent version of the app, 4.27, and see if your issue persists? If it does, I would be happy to dive deeper with you. You can answer here, email me at adamp@truefire.com, or call our help desk at 727-898-8866. 

Thank you for your help and patience. 
Adam

I’m a professional musician and discovered Truefire because I wanted to learn to play the harmonica and had the luck of running into Annie Raines’ incredible course here. I then decided to also take a few of the guitar courses and I am truly impressed by the quality of the lessons. I am feeling that I am progressing every day as a musician. The lessons are not only top-quality but really fun and engaging. They really focus on musicality aside from being very specific on technical skills. They zoom in on the specific “feeling” behind a given technique and what it communicates and make learning much easier. I am also impressed by the selection of themes for each course. For instance, Sue Foley’s Trail Blazers course, which focuses on six legendary female guitarrists. Sophie Lloyd’s Bulletproof Rock Guitar course, too. It really feels like the curators for the courses want everyone to feel
included. I also really like that we can purchase individual courses to own forever instead of having to get the monthly membership, even though the latter is also a great option. I couldn’t be happier with the platform and will keep coming back for more courses!

Thank you for your glowing review! We're delighted to hear how Annie Raines, Sue Foley, and Sophie Lloyd's courses have enhanced your musical journey on TrueFire. Your appreciation for the course quality, focus on musicality, and inclusivity truly inspires us. We're also glad you enjoy the flexibility of purchasing options. Your enthusiasm motivates us to keep delivering exceptional learning experiences. Thank you for being a part of our community, and we look forward to supporting your ongoing musical adventures!

First of all it’s nice that you don’t have to have a subscription to get what you need out of this. Any courses you buy (and they aren’t terribly priced) are yours. You can go on a subscription basis and have access to everything if you want, but you don’t have to.
The lessons so far are good and in nice digestible chunks that you can go back to as often as you need to. The instructors so far are clear and it’s nice how they integrate a lot of the music basics without it being a bunch of straight music theory.
I love the fact that you play right along and you can speed things up or slow things down. They also don’t try to rush you through the lessons. As a matter of fact you need to get used to “OK, when you have that down come back for the next lesson”.
It’s not like you’re playing some kind of video game, but if I wanted to play video games that’s what I’d do. If you want to learn how to play guitar this is the way to do it.
Another big plus is the incredible variety of styles and instructors. Great stuff!

Thanks for your great comments and for supporting TrueFire!