ScaleBank: Guitar Scales
authentic ratingA strong tool for memorizing the fretboard and working with scales: it shows one scale and one position at a time, colors the scale degrees, and keeps a beginner from drowning in notes, and many use it daily for years. It breaks on two things: musicians are angry that a former lifetime purchase now asks for a monthly subscription again, and the app writes flats in scales where the key signature calls for sharps, which makes it unfit as a teaching reference.
Reviews are concrete on both sides: they praise the color highlighting of the 3rd, 5th and 7th degrees, showing one position at a time and memorizing the fretboard, while criticizing the shift from a purchase to a subscription and the musically wrong flats where the key needs sharps. TextAvg 4.08 versus the store 4.75, a gap from detailed grievances, not manipulation.
What users love
- Color-coded scale degrees
- One scale and position at a time
- Helps memorize the fretboard
- Rich choice of scales
- A daily tool
What users hate
- Moved from a lifetime purchase to a monthly subscription
- Wrong flat-versus-sharp notation for the key
- Dated interface
- No explanation of note order for beginners
- No bass mode
Who it is for
Guitarists learning the fretboard and scales who are willing to pay a subscription
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