Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Wristruments for Guitar
The first smartwatch app for real guitar!
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Wristruments for Guitar launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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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An easy way to learn the notes on your guitar's fretboard
2022 · muted.io · its alternatives →
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Fretboarder▲75A webapp to visualize scales & arpeggios on your fretboard.
2020 · fretboarder.app · its alternatives →
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Organize anything, together, on your wrist.
2015 · atlassian.com · its alternatives →
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Learn guitar chords, scales and notes with games
2021 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Simple Tuner▲59Find the pitch of a note. Fast and Clutter-free.
2018 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Spotify's new app for the Apple Watch
2018 · newsroom.spotify.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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Sensy Guitar▲131AI-powered illuminated instrument to play at any skill level
2022 · its alternatives →
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Bandbreite▲73The app for your ever-growing watch band collection.
2020 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Play your favorite songs in their original sound
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Modern tools for music learning and teaching
2025 · notewize.com · its alternatives →
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Fretuoso▲66A fun game to learn the notes on the guitar fretboard
2016 · fretuoso.app · its alternatives →
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A few months ago I had a silly idea of making a mobile app that used the accelerometer to track the slide motion for playing a virtual trombone. Just wanted to share the story of bringing it to fruition here on hn. I started out spending a couple days trying to get something cross-platform going in Flutter, but it soon became clear that wasn't the best fit, seeing as I'd need native hooks for most of what the app needed to do, and it wasn't yet clear it'd be possible at all. So I switched to making it an iOS app in Swift. The accelerometer data turned out to be not nearly accurate enough to…
2022 · its alternatives →
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The app to learn how to play drums
2024 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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