Coming soon · iOS first

A quieter way to sit with your guitar.

Learn songs. Capture ideas. Jam along to whatever you're chasing. Guitar Buddha is a practice companion that stays out of your way.

no streaks. no goals. just the songs.

We'll write once — when the app is ready.
11:48
Friday Evening
Hey,
Gabe.
G
What's it gonna be today?
Learn
Learn a song
Capture
Capture idea
Practice
Practice tools
Play
Just jam
Recent songs
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd
Blackbird
The Beatles
Little Wing
Jimi Hendrix
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
Manifesto

Learn a song. Capture an idea. Sit down and play.

just the songs and the time you spend with them.
What's inside

Five quiet tools, built around how you actually practice.

Nothing tracks you. Nothing nags you. Everything stays on your device.

Songs

Your library, on vinyl.

Pull songs from anywhere. Add lyrics, chords, and your own takes. The library remembers everything you've sat with — quietly, in order of how recently it mattered.

Ideas

Catch the riff before it fades.

Hum it. Play it. Write it down. Tag it. Find it later.

Jam

A backing band, on tap.

Set a key. Pick a feel. Drums, bass, keys lock in behind you. Loop it, change it, record yourself over the top.

Tuner

Sharp ear. Soft display.

Standard, drop, open, custom — and a sweetened mode for players who want it just-so.

Practice

Chords, scales, drills.

A quiet shelf of fundamentals.

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95 screens, hand-built

Designed for the in-between moments.

The kitchen-stool half-hour. The hotel-room ten minutes. The morning before anyone else is up.

10:08
Tab 2 · Library
Songs
Wish You Were Here
Pink Floyd · 1975
Black Bird
The Beatles · 1968
Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen · 1984
Landslide
Fleetwood Mac · 1975
Hotel California
Eagles · 1976
8:14
Listening
Standard · 4th string
D
In tune
−50¢ +50¢
nice and even
11:50
Jam
End session
Rec
Rock
Shuffle
Blues
Funk
Jazz
Sequence
Edit
1 2 3 4
96
BPM
+
Shuffle
TAP
Jam Key
Change key
Any
C
D
E
F
G
A
B
A Minor Pentatonic
frets 5–8
maj
min
Home
Songs
Ideas
Jam
Tuner
Local-first by design

Nothing leaves your phone.

No accounts. No syncing to "the cloud." No data sold or shared. Your songs, your ideas, your takes — all yours, on your device.

  • No accounts, ever. Open the app and you're already in.
  • No telemetry. We don't know how often you play, or what you play.
  • No internet required. Works on a plane, in a basement, off-grid.
  • Your takes stay on your device. Export to share — never automatic.
YOUR DATA STAYS HERE
Pricing

Free, with a tip jar.

Every feature, unlocked from day one. No subscription. No paywall. No ads tracking you between sessions.

$0 Every feature · forever
if the app helps your practice, you can chip in
$0.99
Thanks!
$4.99
Supporter
$9.99
Keep it flowing
no pressure. no paywall. just optional.
Four palettes

Pick the room you're playing in.

The app ships with four themes. Try them right here — your selection follows you down the page.

A note from the maker

I built Guitar Buddha for the version of me who picks up the guitar at 11pm, plays for forty minutes, and forgets what he was working on by Tuesday. It's a place to put the practice. Quietly. Without anyone counting.

— see you in there
Frequently asked

Questions, gently answered.

When will it ship?+
iOS first, sometime this fall. Android shortly after. Join the waitlist and you'll be among the first to know — we promise to write only once.
How much will it cost?+
Nothing — every feature is free, forever. See the Pricing section for details on the optional tip jar.
Does it work without an internet connection?+
Yes — completely. Everything runs on-device. No cloud, no streaming, no account. The only thing the app uses your connection for is fetching lyrics & chords when you add a new song, and that's optional.
Why no streaks or goals?+
Because the moment practice becomes a game you can lose, you stop. Guitar Buddha is built around showing up, not winning. The library remembers what you've sat with — that's all the tracking you need.
Can I use it with other instruments?+
The tuner, jam tracks, and metronome work with anything. The chord library and Practice drills are guitar-specific. Ukulele and bass support are on the roadmap.
Will my recordings sync between devices?+
Not automatically — that would mean a cloud. You can export any take as an audio file and move it however you like. iCloud Drive support is on the roadmap as opt-in.