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Ultimate Guitar Tabs
  • Free
  • Category: Music
  • First released: March 16, 2010
  • Versions: 14 archived
  • Installable: 13 of 14
  • Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
  • Seller: Ultimate Guitar USA, LLC

Requirements: Compatible with iPhone and iPod touch. Requires iOS 3.0 or later.

Customer Ratings

As of December 4, 2024
     
409,032 Ratings

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Access the world's largest catalogue of guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics. Challenge yourself to learn your favourite songs and more! You have choices galore: • Search for songs by genre, rating, your ability, tuning level • Explore UG Tab collections. Use the finder for your faves, fall in love with something new, feel the nostalgic vibes. Search by themes like House or Acoustic, or check out the latest album releases. Find collections based on your interests such as Star Wars or funky Bollywood beats. • Focus on guitar techniques, find songs personal to you in collections from professional guitarists • Anytime you feel inspired to share a song, create and upload your shot on the spot. It’s that easy! Share the best parts of your performance with your like minded community of fellow musicians. • Reach your true musical potential – learn to play with UG Courses here. Access over 2500 lessons for any skill level and instrument type from guitar, drums to piano and more. Learn different styles and techniques with guidance from professional musicians. Progress at your own speed and on any device, anytime, anywhere. • Play 29K+ popular songs in their original sound with Tonebridge Guitar Effects And it doesn’t end there Check out all these features: • Explore guitar, bass & ukulele chords, tabs, and lyrics for songs in every genre • Watch videos of songs to refresh your memory or use as backing tracks • Compile your favourite tabs in playlists from our tab collections • Create ‘Personal’ tabs to edit chords, lyrics or change tabs to suit your needs • Option to Switch to left-handed mode • Set a font style and size to match the tab • Offline access to favourite tabs - available at all times • Enjoy dark mode for a gig With a Pro account: • Use interactive tabs to play songs note by note, at your own pace • Select the chord variation that best suits you from the world's biggest library of chords • Use ‘Simplify’ to make difficult songs easier • Jam with high quality tabs - over 29,000 that include backing tracks and synchronised lyrics • Hit the right tempo with metronome • Transpose songs to get just the right tone for you • Take advantage of autoscroll during your practice sessions • Achieve the right sound with the built-in guitar tuner • Share, print, and export your fave songs Problems or feedback? We are always eager to improve your Tabs experience and strive for excellence in doing so. Let us help you in person by contacting our development team at [email protected], and we will endeavour to meet your needs. Please do not post bug reports or feature requests as an App Store review. Subscription information: • The "UG Pro + UG Courses + UG Sing" subscription gives you unlimited access to the app's premium content and features • The subscription price is $9.99/monthly, $59.99/yearly* • Payment will be charged to your iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period • Your account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period at the cost of the chosen package • Subscriptions may be managed, and auto-renewal may be turned off via ‘Account Settings’ on your device after purchase • There is no way to cancel your current subscription during its active period • Any unused portion of a free trial period, if offered, will be forfeited when the user purchases a subscription to that publication, where applicable. * Prices are equal to the value determined by ‘Apple's App Store Matrix’ as the equivalent of the subscription price in $USD. You can read our privacy policy at https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/about/privacy.htm You can read our terms of service at https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/about/tos.htm

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1.0.1
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
553 KB Install Download
1.1.0
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
Non-Retina
May 24, 2010
652 KB Install Download
1.5
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
Non-Retina
June 16, 2010
679 KB Install Download
1.7.7
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
9.1 MB Install Download
1.7.5
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
8.9 MB Install Download
1.7.8
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
Retina
May 3, 2011
12.0 MB Install Download 3 more copies ›
Ultimate.Guitar.Tabs-v1.7.8.ipa · 12.0 MB Install Download
com.ultimateguitar.tabs100-iOS3.1.2-(Clutch-2.0.4).ipa · 11.3 MB Install Download
Ultimate Guitar (com.ultimateguitar.tabs100) 1.7.8.ipa · 13.3 MB Encrypted Install Download
1.7.9
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
Retina
July 28, 2011
11.9 MB Install Download
2.1.0
Requires iOS 3.1.2+
Retina
October 8, 2012
18.0 MB Install Download
2.1.1
Requires iOS 4.3+
17.8 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
Tabs_2.1.1_AppDoc.ipa · 29.3 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.3.0
Requires iOS 5.0+
Retina
24.9 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.3.7
Requires iOS 5.0+
Retina
December 21, 2014
19.4 MB Install Download 1 more copy ›
Tabs 2.3.7.ipa · 33.6 MB Encrypted Install Download
2.5.1 (3912)
Requires iOS 7.1+
Retina
28.6 MB Install Download
6.2.6 (1423)
Requires iOS 9.3+
Retina
49.4 MB Install Download
7.2.14 (9170)
Requires iOS 16.1+
Retina
March 19, 2026
90.2 MB Install Download

Bundle Size Over Time

Bundle size over time652 KB — May 24, 2010. 679 KB — June 16, 2010. 12.0 MB — May 3, 2011. 11.9 MB — July 28, 2011. 18.0 MB — October 8, 2012. 19.4 MB — December 21, 2014. 90.2 MB — March 19, 202622.5 MB45.1 MB67.6 MB90.2 MB652 KB — May 24, 2010679 KB — June 16, 201012.0 MB — May 3, 201111.9 MB — July 28, 201118.0 MB — October 8, 201219.4 MB — December 21, 201490.2 MB — March 19, 2026May 2010Mar 2026

Chart History

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Peaked at #2 (December 4, 2015) · 331 archived captures · Mar 2010 – Nov 2017
Top Grossing View chart ›
Peaked at #86 (December 9, 2010) · 5 archived captures · Nov 2010 – Jul 2012
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Peaked at #4 (June 30, 2021) · 27 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
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Peaked at #8 (August 25, 2021) · 27 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
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Peaked at #19 (June 22, 2021) · 27 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
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Peaked at #24 (June 28, 2021) · 27 archived captures · Jun 2021 – Sep 2021
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Peaked at #5 (April 17, 2010) · 3 archived captures · Apr 2010 – Apr 2012

Ratings Over Time

sampled from 19 archived captures
DateVersionRatingRatingsPrice
March 25, 2010 — — 46 $1.99
February 22, 2011 1.7.5 — 2,487 $2.99
January 4, 2012 — — 7,603 $2.99
June 3, 2013 — — 12,955 $2.99
November 20, 2016 2.6.2 ★ 4.5 31,877 $2.99
December 14, 2018 — ★ 4.8 122,390 Free
June 30, 2019 5.3.6 ★ 4.5 222,925 Free
December 6, 2019 5.8.3 ★ 5.0 256,951 Free
December 16, 2019 — ★ 4.8 212,524 Free
December 28, 2019 5.8.5 ★ 5.0 260,038 Free
December 4, 2024 7.1.13 ★ 4.8 409,032 Free

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Archived Reviews

8 of 32
Deleted after 12 years
     
by gcraddick · July 10, 2026

I have used the app on and off literally since I started playing guitar at the age of 13( I’m 25 now). I bought, meaning one-time PURCHASED access to the app a long time ago. Without fail every single time I open the app they try to get me to subscribe to “new features” and things I will never use. I open the app today to find I can no longer use auto scroll, transpose songs, or virtually the only 2-3 tools that make this app worth using without subscribing. Excuse my understanding but why in the world would I pay for features that USED to be FREE. Deleted immediately and you’ve lost a 12 year member, congrats!!!

No scrolling
     
by Johnnycached · July 11, 2026

I used to be able to let the tabs scroll. Now it doesn’t and it only has a play function that sucks. Please fix this. Waste of money otherwise

Extremely buggy
     
by Big Scootie · July 6, 2026

Too many glitches and bugs to be good. Decent app as far as learning certain songs go, but the “shots” feature of the app is never consistently working. Expect to be kicked out of the app frequently while using it for literally anything. The moderators and creators of the app have gotten plenty of feedback for their constant glitches but it seems they have done nothing to fix them.

Spamming sales screens every open that cannot be skipped.
     
by John B 1000 · July 11, 2026

"Paying subscriber. The app now forces unskippable marketing funnels and surveys on launch. It makes the app unusable for live performance or quick practice. Ruined user experience."

I’m my opinion
     
by budzookajamband · July 9, 2026

I love the tabs and chords feature but I rarely use the tabs for only one reason; there are no chords notated in the tabs. This makes playing along with the song very difficult. It’s hard to find a reference point. I’m from the old school that learned to play with tabs that not only had tabs but the words and chords too. That’s about my only complaint about Ultimate Guitar. I use it with my band and we use it for practice with the band tracks. You do a really good job and it beats the hell out of playing with YouTube. Keep up the good work ! 🎸

Deceiving payment terms
     
by csz1118 · July 10, 2026

I’ve used Ultimate Guitar for over 7 years - and they recently dinged me my yearly membership fee of 79.99 - and now when I log into use the app, it’s prompting me to sign up for a new plan. Very frustrating as a long time user

You really ruined this app
     
by Ruined app 2 · July 11, 2026

You absolutely ruined a perfectly fine app, why do i have to click to “learn a new instrument” before I do anything? I pay for premium. I just want to play guitar for my daughter not fill out a questionnaire. You’re trying too much with every feature in this app, its not basic and easy anymore.

Annoying me to get me to buy stuff
     
by Ferrin101 · July 12, 2026

Every time I open the app I have to go through personalization questions and then it ask me to buy the subscription. I paid for the lifetime membership back when it was available and they took all my benefits away except for no ads. Edit: Actually they took away my no ads also. I’m not sure what I got for my money then…

Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.