Master the guitar fretboard with quizzes, scales, chords, and picking patterns.
About Fretboard IQ
Fretboard IQ is an education app developed by John Gerald Howell.
How many times has Fretboard IQ been downloaded?
Fretboard IQ has been downloaded 20 times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 1 times.
What is the rating of Fretboard IQ?
Fretboard IQ has no ratings yet.
Is Fretboard IQ free?
Fretboard IQ costs $6.99 to download. The APK download size is 9.30 MB. The latest version available is 3.2.6. The last update was on March 13, 2026.
What are the requirements for Fretboard IQ?
The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play March 2026.
Description
Master the guitar fretboard through timed challenges, pattern recognition, and interactive visual learning.
No subscriptions. No ads. Pay once, own it forever.
Learn finger placement for over 100 popular chords, all pentatonic scales in any key, major arpeggio triads, professional picking patterns, and proven fretboard memory techniques — all on a fully interactive fretboard.
Perfect for beginners learning their first notes or intermediate players breaking out of box patterns. Excellent tool for guitar teachers and education professionals. Guitar tuner and metronome built in.
Timed challenges Test your fretboard knowledge against the clock. Filter by specific strings, frets, or landmark notes. Choose sessions from 30 seconds to 3 minutes. Earn XP for correct answers with bonuses for accuracy and speed. Level up through ranks from Novice to Shred Wizard to Fretboard God.
Tuner and metronome Built-in chromatic tuner with microphone input supporting Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, and more. Visual indicators turn green when perfectly in tune. Adjustable metronome from 40-220 BPM with tempo presets, visual animation, and haptic feedback. Both the guitar tuner and metronome work offline.
Pentatonic scales Visualise all five CAGED positions in any key. View all positions colour-coded across 17 frets with overlap zones, or focus on individual shapes. Play any position with a single tap.
Chord library Explore over 100 chord shapes including open, barre, extended and colour chords. Visualise fingerings directly on the fretboard with clear indicators for fretted and muted strings.
Arpeggios Understand the skeleton of chords (triads). Visualise Major 7, Minor 7, Dominant 7, and more with colour-coded root notes and chord tones.
Picking patterns Master fingerstyle with over 30 professional patterns from essential drills to iconic song styles like Travis Pick, Dust in the Wind, and Blackbird. Visual string animation shows exact plucking order, synced to your metronome tempo.
Master play button Context-aware playback that adapts to your selection. Strums chords, plays scales and arpeggios ascending, or loops picking patterns. All playback syncs to your metronome BPM.
Pattern recognition Select any note to highlight every instance across all strings and frets. Toggle natural notes only, show octave positions, or use the popular fretboard memory method "the L-shaped trick" to navigate the neck. Landmark frets are highlighted for easy orientation.
Smart picking mode Combine any chord with any picking pattern. The app plays the correct fretted notes automatically with visual feedback showing strings being plucked and notes sounding in real-time.
High scores & progress Track your best performances filtered by string, fret, or mode. Watch your improvement over time.
CUSTOMISABLE SETTINGS Choose string colour themes, toggle haptic feedback, switch between sharps and flats, and enable quick tips on startup.
Questions or feedback? We'd love to hear from you at contact@fretboardiq.app
Recent changes: - Simplified layout. Main controls moved directly below fretboard - Scales have been combined into a single dropdown - Position dropdown only appears when needed - Play button only appears at the top when a pattern can be played - Minor and Major scales added - Display options now in an easier to use segmented slider - Audio now sounds more guitar like - Text rewritten for clarity - Animations when display options triggered - App size reduced - Help and support section added to settings menu
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