This could be really great, but there are some issues. AI doesn't pick all the notes up in the tabs you add. The tabs need the lyrics on them so it's easier to follow if you're using some of them as a crutch while playing live. Then the $10/month is absolutely RIDICULOUS!!! IF some of those things were changed I'd give it 5 stars for sure, but in it's present state, it's worth maybe $2/month currently.
Tyler H
At one point I would have recommended this app, but the new UI change has made the app less user-friendly on mobile phones. It is harder to access track settings, takes up more space on the tabs than the old one (which didnt at all), and for some reason, now you have to pause to change the track seeking where as before you didnt. I wholeheartedly believe this was in good faith, but it was poorly executed and I really hope they plan to change this or allow user preference on what layout to use.
Rich Smit
Most of the features have been paywalled off now so I can't recommend this. Useful for searching for tablature, but now you have to pay $10 a month to rewind, change tempo, change tuning, isolate tracks, probably more that I've missed, all of which used to be free so long as you signed in. Also the ads? "Your phone may be infected!" seriously? You lost yourself a star just for that.
Greg
Solid app with a thorough catalogue of song tabs from just about every genre and era for guitar, bass and drums — even a number of tabs for other instruments such as the flute and saxophone. The only reason I gave this 4 stars as opposed to 5 is that there are a few tabs here and there where certain crucial things, primarily the tuning, are just downright incorrect. It's not a huge issue, but it's an inconvenience that I hope the developers can improve. Besides that, it's phenomenal!
Robert Jensen
My go-to source for tabs for nearly 8 years! This site/app has been the best I've used for so long. There have been some instances where I use a different site due to an inaccurate tab, but that is once in a blue moon. Otherwise, Songsterr is incredible, and 90-95% of the tabs here are accurate. The accessibility options are very nice to use as well, especially the metronome, speed control, soloing/muting other tracks, and, of course, looping!
Chris Santos
I was paying for the membership. It's inaccurate on quite a bit of the metal music I look up and try to learn when it comes to all instruments. There's no way to fix or update the tabs yourself or to save your own version and add to it or modify it. There's constant bugs that mess up playback, like it getting out of sync, or just not playing at all and require me to exit and restart the app. Great concept but poorly executed at the moment. Hopefully some updates will fix the issues this app has.
Frick Mr JD / jj dries
I've been using songsterr for years, and recently, there have been bugs, and it's just getting frustrating. It's gotten to the point that i am debating switching to another platform. I press play on a song, and oh guess what, that song doesn't want to play unless I close out of the tab and reopen it, but then I lose my place. Don't get me wrong, this is a great app, but it's starting to feel neglected due to bugs, especially when trying to play a song, and it just never plays.
Alan Head
Used to love this app but its almost useless for learning unless you pay. I wrote this review because with the new update I can't choose to skip to a spot and start there I have to listen through the entire song to get where I want to work. And if I want go back and listen to a spot again... gotta go back to the beginning of the song and listen through. So unless you plan on paying( I would if I played more) expect nothing but a tab and some backing. 3☆'s but no one actually reads 3☆ reviews
Nicholas Taylor
Great selection of interactive tabs and has been a permanent fixture of my guitar hobby. I've been a free user for over 15 years and got by just fine. But with that said, I would've loved the option to just pay $100 or whatever for lifetime premium access. Because I can't justify $10/month for this for decades on end when all it is at the end of the day is a media player for user-submitted content.
Ella Riccardi
Songsterr used to be the HOLY GRAIL of guitar tab apps, but since some of the last updates it has been SO FRUSTRATING TO USE! Everytjme I click on a song the video is always out of sync, or the tabs are fully wrong, or the backing track is out of time with the click, the tabs aren't synced, I have to reload the app everytime I want change parts in a song. it just does not work anymore which is very unfortunate. I've used this app for 4 years with premium please fix :(
