Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Music Buddy
Now supports Tranposing Instruments + Scales and Arpeggios
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
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Learn music better with our living sheet music.
2012 · soundslice.com · its alternatives →
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Play a free virtual guitar online with your keyboard or by touch. Slow songs down and see every chord, string and strum. Acoustic, classic, electric and bass.
10d ago · guitoro.com · its alternatives →
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A free, open source, music theory explorer for guitarists. Discover how scales and modes map to the fretboard and how chords work within scales.
2018 · guitardashboard.com · its alternatives →
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SoundGate Guitar▲414Discover SoundGate’s AI-powered guitar learning experience with real-time feedback and personalized practice.
Jul 2026 · soundgate.ai · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, this has been my personal project for quite some time now. It has been a slowly evolving project over the years and its core function is for users to expose themselves to progressively more difficult lessons of music notes. NOTE: It is free and there are no ads. There is an in app purchase but most of the app doesn't require it.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Draw.Audio is a free online music maker. Draw notes on a grid and hear them play back instantly — a browser-based synthesizer, sequencer, and visual instrument.
2024 · draw.audio · its alternatives →
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LightNote▲242An interactive site to learn the basics of music theory 🎶
2016 · lightnote.co · its alternatives →
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A toolbox for the modern musician and DJ.
2018 · app.soundgrail.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I just released this music theory and ear training mobile app for guitar which I've been working on for a bit more than a year on the side. The idea was to make something for the eternally "intermediate" guitarist (myself included). There are a lot of beginner apps which rely on learning songs, toolkits which give you a bunch of stuff with no explanation but not many in-between apps to actually learn and practice more generic and somewhat advanced stuff. The app contains short lessons, recaps and most importantly challenges (visual, audio and pure theory) along with a very complete…
2025 · cadenceguitar.com · its alternatives →
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Modern tools for music learning and teaching
2025 · notewize.com · its alternatives →
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ChordIQ▲103Learn notes, chords, sight reading, perfect pitch and more.
2020 · songtive.com · its alternatives →
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I'm building a video conferencing app designed to facilitate better remote piano lessons. My hope is to solve a lot of the challenges piano tutors and new students deal with when taking lessons through Skype/Zoom. It leverages WebRTC's data transmission to send media, MIDI state, and (eventually) send sheet music files and other musical data. I'm surprised with how well the MVP has worked and would love to hear any feedback or suggestions!
2024 · keyboardconnect.com · its alternatives →
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ChordMill▲64Music play along app for all instruments and voices
2020 · chordmill.com · its alternatives →
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2021 · spotifychords.luca.gg · its alternatives →
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Hi all, I've spent some time working on music demixing or music source separation algorithms, which take in a mixed song and output estimates of isolated components (e.g. vocals, drums, bass, other). I took a popular PyTorch model with good performance (Open-Unmix, UMX-L weights), reimplemented the inference steps in C++, and compiled it to WebAssembly for a free client-side music demixer.
2023 · sevag.xyz · its alternatives →
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This started out when I vibe-coded a guitar scale fingering generator. It came out pretty good, and I started adding stuff to it: chords, then how chords and scales interact. Then I added charts for other instruments I mess around with: piano, cello, alto recorder. There's a complexity toggle to go from basic harmony to extended/experimental stuff. It's honestly still mostly a toy, but I thought other people might be interested in playing with it. Source is on github, so it's easy enough to run locally and fork. https://github.com/aleshh/gtr-scales
May 2026 · projects.alesh.com · its alternatives →
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MelodiQ▲120Learn and play songs on guitar with real-time feedback
2019 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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ChordHelper▲104Make chord progressions with no music theory
2022 · chordhelper.com · its alternatives →
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Guitar Wiz▲127All-in-one guitar companion app to learn, practice & create
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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- Soundslice – YouTube + synced guitar tabs + HTML5 alternatives
- Guitoro, a virtual guitar you strum with your keyboard alternatives
- Guitar Dashboard – Open source music theory explorer for guitarists alternatives
- SoundGate Guitar alternatives
- Jamhub alternatives
- My iOS app to practice sight reading (10 years in the App Store) alternatives
Ranked by how close each launch is in meaning, then by votes. Prices were read from each product’s own site when checked and can change. Refine with your own description →