Fretboard Chord Identifier Alternatives

Sites and apps similar to Fretboard Chord Identifier include Fretboard, which is free and open source. Other options are Fretastic, FretMap, Guitar Dashboard and GUITAA. You can choose from more than 10 Metronomes like Fretboard Chord Identifier for iPhone, iPad, Linux, Android and Mac.

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  1. Fretboard icon
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    Fretboard lets you find guitar chords by typing their names or plotting them on an interactive guitar neck. When you have identified a chord, you can experiment with changing it, see more ways to play it, or bookmark it to save it for later.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2023

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Linux Mobile
    • Flathub
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  2. Fretastic icon
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    Fretastic, an interactive fretboard that lets you look up scales and chord in CAGED, 3nps and other shapes. Play-along with handpicked jam tracks.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Online
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  3. FretMap icon
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    Fretmap is a free web app helping you master your guitar scales, arpeggios or chords and shred with the best of 'em.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • Online
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  4. Guitar Dashboard provides an interactive music theory dashboard for guitarists including a circle of fifths.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
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  5. GUITAA icon
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    Guitaa is a free online music service, that lets you find chords of any song of your choice on Guitar, Piano and Ukulele.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2018

    Platforms

    • Online
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  6. An offline guitar chord voicing lab for finding playable shapes across tunings, positions, spans, open strings, Roman progressions, and exportable diagrams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Frettle icon
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    A fretboard visualizer for guitar, bass, ukulele and mandolin. Pick a chord or a scale and see where every note sits on the neck.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • New

    Platforms

    • Online
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  8. Chordcat icon
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    Chordcat is a desktop app that helps you identify and name chords based on inputted notes.

    Cost / License

    Since

    • Since 2024

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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  9. Vivace Theory is where to go for fast theory. It currently can help you identify the name of groups of 2-4 notes. This ranges from various intervals, and chords including major, minor, diminished, augmented, 7th chords, 9th chords, etc.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2022

    Platforms

    • iPhone
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  10. Easily find every common guitar chord right in your web browser.

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2016

    Platforms

    • Online
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  11. Free chord finder that shows every chord on guitar and piano side by side, with a reverse mode that names the chord you play and a matcher that lists songs you can play with the chords you know.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2026

    Platforms

    • Online
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  12. Interactive guitar fretboard for learning and practicing pentatonic, major, minor, modal scales, and arpeggios. Change the root note for any key, switch between degree, note, and dot displays, zoom from focused positions to the full neck, and review CAGED patterns.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Since

    • Since 2020

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • iPhone
    • iPad
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