Ultimate Guitar Reviews 1,947

TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

3.5

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Review summary

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Evaluating 340 reviews, most reviewers were somewhat happy with their experience overall. Customers consistently praise the extensive catalog of songs and various versions available, finding it rare not to locate what they need. Many users appreciate the app and website's functionality across different platforms, highlighting its value for learning and improving guitar skills. The ability to isolate instruments, transpose songs, and access features like backing tracks and video tutorials are frequently mentioned as significant benefits. People find the interface user-friendly and consider it an excellent resource for guitarists of all levels. However, some customers express dissatisfaction with subscription practices, citing issues with unexpected auto-renewals and difficulty canceling. There are also complaints about intrusive ads, even for Pro users, and concerns about the accuracy and limited selection of some tabs. A few users experienced problems with account access and found the app's advanced features to be lacking or not offering anything unique compared to free online alternatives.

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Reviews shaping this summary

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Love the way several (sometimes many) people have their versions published of a song. After all they are all interpretations. They are well set out and cover an amazing number of songs. Very unusual... See more

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Rated 4 out of 5 stars

This app was at a great price for the functionality and breadth of tabs available with functionality and helped me really get back into playing a huge variety of music. Both the website and app works... See more

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Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The tabs are good, but there are enough things that would need improvement in the mobile app for the original UltimateGuitar Pro experience. Instead, it seems the developers are focusing on adding... See more

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Its a fantastic app. I use it daily for pretty much any song you can think of. You can loop and slow down sections that are more difficult. Cut out any other instruments and hear exactly what the ins... See more

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Your #1 source for guitar tabs, bass tabs, chords and guitar pro tabs. Comprehensive tabs archive with over 250,000 tabs! Tabs search engine, guitar lessons, CD, DVD and gear reviews, rock news, guitar columns and forums!


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TrustScore 3.5 out of 5

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Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I love UG

I love UG. I am an intermediate guitar player. I love when I look up a song, it for most songs gives me multiple different options for playing the song. It is very seldom that I search for a song that UzG doesn’t have on file. UG is great !!!

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello! We’re thankful to have you with us.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Not all tabs are perfect but...

I've been using UG for several years. Not all tabs are perfect but are usually good enough to get you started in the right direction. I especially like the Pro and Official tab sheets.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hi! It’s great to have you as part of our community.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

The tabs are good, the mobile app experience less so

The tabs are good, but there are enough things that would need improvement in the mobile app for the original UltimateGuitar Pro experience.

Instead, it seems the developers are focusing on adding new paid features that users are spammed for using full screen upsell ads that are impossible to turn off.
Even the Pro users that paid for their subscription are getting these ads, which I find unacceptable because they interrupt your user flow.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello,

We are very sorry that you did not like the work of our application. We are always striving to make the app better and that is why we are always open to criticism.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

The app feels almost predatory trying…

The app feels almost predatory trying to upsell. All I want are tabs yet get bombarded with purchases and other stuff.

January 28, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello,
I would like to ask you to contact me at community@mu.se and describe the nature of the problem in more detail, so I can start the investigation ASAP.

Kind regards,

Aydar
Community manager

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Excellent resource

Excellent resource for guitarists and bassists. Figuring out that elusive lick or learning a new song this should be your first stop. Recommended.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello! We’re very glad you’re with us.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Wish editing was easier,

Love , love love the wish that the editing feature was larger so that I can get in and move things around quicker from iPad

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello,
We are very glad that you are a member of our big family!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

A very useful guide on tabs!

A very useful guide on tabs, worth the membership 10/10

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello! We’re happy to welcome you as a community member.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

I have been using this site for years

I have been using this site for years. They have had every song I have ever wanted to learn, usually in multiple versions. The tablature is highly accurate. I will often combine it with a YouTube video just to make sure I’m getting some nuances down. The play through features and backing tracks are great.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hi there! We value every member of our community, including you.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Invaluable resource for guitar players

This site is an invaluable resource for learning and mastering songs on guitar. Provides many pathways to learning guitar, whether it's tabs, chords, or sheet music.

Would recommend Ultimate Guitar to any guitar, ukelele, bass guitar player at virtually any skill level

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello! Thanks for being part of the Ultimate Guitar family.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Been with Ultimate Guitar since 2015…

Been with Ultimate Guitar since 2015 and it is the best thing I have ever subscribed to. I use it almost everyday. It is a great resource for learning new material, to see how things are played and to play along with to practice timing.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hi! We’re glad to have you on board.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Great for learning

Really like the range of songs and the possibilities eg
Transposing, chord grids, printable version and of course guitar tabs.

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello! We appreciate you being with Ultimate Guitar.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

It has almost every song available…

It has almost every song available scored for any instrument. Allows you the ability to change the root note and hear the song. There were times that I couldn't find the music I was looking for, but it was only a few.

January 20, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hi! We’re always glad to welcome new and active members.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

had stopped playing music for a while…

had stopped playing music for a while and came back to it recently. absolutely everything is behind a paywall now. these are user contributed tabs, are the users getting paid for their work? every time i open the app now, it gives me ads for features that aren’t relevant and i will never use. it’s just sad. it used to be the best website for tabs and now it’s all garbage. even the email asking me to write this review, instead of opening up the link itself, repeatedly redirected me to the app and threw ads in my face. you can’t possibly expect me to write a good review after that

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello. We’d like to clarify that Ultimate Guitar still offers a large amount of content that can be accessed for free. Many tabs, chords, lyrics, and community features remain available without a paid plan, and you can continue using them without subscribing.
Subscriptions mainly unlock additional tools and advanced features, but the core purpose of the platform- finding and playing songs- does not require payment. That said, your feedback about how subscription prompts are presented is valid, and I will make sure it is shared with the relevant team so they can review how this experience feels from a user’s perspective.

Aydar- Community manager

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

I use it all the time

I use it all the time - but 4 stars because there's some material that's not covered

January 15, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello,

You can send us your ideas to improve the service- community@mu.se

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

Very good crowd sourced collections of…

Very good crowd sourced collections of transcriptions embedded in a good environment where you can transpose, see chords etc

January 28, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hi there! It’s a pleasure to have you with us.

Aydar (Community manager)

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

Great app

Great app, saves me on a lot of gigs. Only downside is it fails to load sometimes

January 29, 2026
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Reply from Ultimate Guitar

Hello,

Our Community manager is ready to help you with any questions regarding the operation of our application. Therefore, do not hesitate to ask us questions and point out to us errors in the operation of the application.
community@mu.se

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