Fender Play: Learn Guitar

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4.8of 5 · store
60,619ratings on the App Store
491reviews read

An editorial reading of the saved reviews

The content and teachers are genuinely strong, adult beginners take to it and start playing fast. But the app fails on the technical side: it crashes on the onboarding questions, feedback mode glitches, audio sometimes drops during practice, and songs are often simplified instead of full versions. Many say that for 150 a year they only get videos and tabs without the live feedback competitors offer.

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What people use it for

An adult beginner who wants a structured course from good teachers and can tolerate technical glitches.

What reviews praise

Strong teachers and clear delivery, fast progress for adult beginners, well-structured lesson path

What reviews complain about

Crashes on onboarding questions, feedback mode glitches and the mic hears poorly, songs are simplified instead of full versions, the app is worse than the website

What users experience

1 excerpt from the breakdown. These are individual cases, not a verdict on all users.

Many of the lessons are over-simplified versions of songs, but I want to learn the full, accurate versions.

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Just bought a guitar, want to tune it fast and play a recognizable song within a couple of evenings, without digging into theoryBeginners with their first guitar