Guitar app for iPhone and Android

Everything you need to learn and play guitar. In one app.

FretMitra teaches you the basics, helps you buy the right guitar, keeps it in tune, and gives you the tools to practice, play along and create your own music. Clear steps and real pictures, with no unnecessary jargon.

No ads
No account
Works offline
Lessons in English or Hinglish

Coming soon App Store · Google Play

Learn

Guided paths, one step at a time

Two guided paths take you from zero to playing. Music Theory moves from notes on a keyboard to scales, keys and chords. The Guitar Course goes from your hands and first clear notes to chords, strumming and songs.

Every idea is shown with pictures and diagrams, and short theory games help it stick.

The Music Theory path, from notes and intervals to scales, keys and chords — Music Theory path

The Guitar Course path with chapters and lessons — Guitar Course path

A lesson with a labelled piano keyboard — Learn with pictures

A theory game: build a chord on the piano — Games that build skill

Your guitar

Buy the right guitar

Before you spend, FretMitra shows what to look for and what to avoid.

Body shapes and sizes, and which suits you
Solid or laminated tops, explained simply
How to check the action in the shop, so the guitar is easy to play

Lesson: choosing a playable guitar — What makes a guitar playable

Guitar body types with pictures — Shapes and sizes

How to measure string action at the 12th fret — Check the action

Technique and care

Hold it right, keep it playing

The parts of your guitar and what each one does
How to sit, hold the guitar and hold the pick
Changing strings, with step-by-step pictures
Setup and action, so your guitar stays easy to play

Labelled parts of an acoustic guitar — Know your guitar

Photos of the correct sitting position — Sit and hold it well

Close-up photos of winding a new string — Change strings step by step

Tools

The tools every guitarist reaches for

A tuner that finds the string for you, and a metronome with accents and groupings. The Master tool shows any key's scale, chords, CAGED shapes and capo suggestions on the fretboard and the piano.

With Pro, print scale and chord charts on A4 to keep beside you while you practice.

The tuner with a flat and sharp meter — Tuner

The metronome with tempo dial — Metronome

The Master tool showing C major on the fretboard with its chords — Master tool

Printable scale and chord charts — Print-ready charts

Practice and create

Learn new patterns, then make your own

Strumming Practice shows each pattern as clear arrows and plays it with real recorded guitar sound. Practice Scales moves note by note across the fretboard, with a count-in.

When you are ready, build your own strumming patterns and write songs bar by bar.

Strumming Practice with down-stroke arrows — Learn new patterns

Practice Scales showing G major on the fretboard — Scales, note by note

The Strumming Pattern Creator grid — Build a strumming pattern

Song Creator with the chord selector — Write your own song

Play

Play along with songs

The Song Player shows chords that follow the beat, with each shape on the fretboard and a count-in, so you can play along from the first bar.

Start with Oh! Susanna, Happy Birthday and the Hindi classic Gulabi Aankhen. Pro adds the full Hindi Golden Age songbook.

The Song Player with chords on the fretboard — Chords that follow the beat

Make it yours

Six beautiful color themes

Light or dark, warm or cool. Pick the look you like, set a daily practice goal, and choose lessons in English or Hinglish.

Home screen in the Sand and Terracotta theme — Sand & Terracotta

Home screen in the Soft Ivory theme — Soft Ivory

Home screen in the Graphite and Teal theme — Graphite & Teal

Home screen in the Burgundy and Rose theme — Burgundy & Rose

Home screen in the Obsidian and Lavender theme — Obsidian & Lavender

Free to start

All lessons and tools are free

Learn, tune, practice and play without paying anything. When you want more, FretMitra Pro unlocks it all with a single purchase.

One-time purchase · No subscription

FretMitra Pro adds

The full Hindi Golden Age songbook
All strumming pattern collections
Every Practice Scales type in every key
Save, import and export in Song Creator and Pattern Creator
Print-ready scale and chord charts

Private by design

No account and no tracking. Your progress and songs stay on your phone. Privacy policy

Works offline

Lessons, tools and sound are all inside the app, so you can practice anywhere.

Need help?

Answers to common questions, and how to reach us. Support