GuitarHub and the other guitar lesson apps.
Price, lessons, feedback and practice tools side by side, with every competitor fact checked against its own store listing or site.
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The short answer: GuitarHub is the guitar course you buy once. 135 guided lessons cost $79 one time for lifetime access, and the 7 practice tools, the 23-drill Advanced Lab and the written guides are free in any browser. Fender Play, Yousician, the JustinGuitar app and Guitar Tricks sell recurring subscriptions, and Ultimate Guitar is a tab catalog with paid Pro features.
How does GuitarHub compare with other guitar lesson apps?
Prices are US prices as of November 2026, checked on November 3, 2026.
| Service | Price and format | Compare |
|---|---|---|
| GuitarHub | $79 one time, lifetime lessons; free browser tools | See the curriculum |
| Fender Play | Subscription, $19.99 a month or $149.99 a year; video lessons | GuitarHub vs Fender Play |
| Yousician | Subscription from $19.99 a month or $119.99 a year; play-along app | GuitarHub vs Yousician |
| JustinGuitar | Free website course; app from $8.99 a month or $64.99 a year | GuitarHub vs JustinGuitar |
| Guitar Tricks | Subscription, $19.99 a month or $179.99 a year in app; video lessons | GuitarHub vs Guitar Tricks |
| Ultimate Guitar | Free tabs; Pro+ $9.99 a month or $39.99 a year; tab catalog | GuitarHub vs Ultimate Guitar |
Which comparison should you read?
Fender Play
Fender Play is Fender's subscription lesson service for guitar, bass and ukulele, with more than 3,000 short video lessons and a library of over 1,000 songs.
Yousician
Yousician is an interactive music learning app for guitar, bass and singing that listens through your microphone while you play along, with more than 10,000 lessons, exercises and songs.
JustinGuitar
JustinGuitar is Justin Sandercoe's guitar teaching site and app. The Beginner Grade 1 course is free on justinguitar.com, and the Justin Guitar Lessons & Songs app is a paid subscription with 210 video lessons and more than 1,500 songs.
Guitar Tricks
Guitar Tricks is a video lesson subscription that has taught guitar online since 1998, with more than 11,000 lessons, a Core Learning System for beginners and hundreds of song tutorials.
Ultimate Guitar
Ultimate Guitar is a chords and tabs catalog of more than a million songs, which it describes as the world's largest, with paid Pro features and UG Courses for lessons.
What makes GuitarHub different?
GuitarHub is built to prove progress. The GuitarHub method starts each month with a baseline recording, narrows practice to the one thing breaking the result, and ends with the same take recorded again, so the change is something you hear. The free tools run that loop in the browser, the guitar curriculum keeps the lessons in order, and microphone scoring happens on your device with nothing uploaded.
Compare GuitarHub: frequently asked questions
What is the best guitar lesson app to buy once?
GuitarHub. Lifetime lesson access is $79 one time on the US App Store in GuitarHub: Guitar Lessons, and it opens 135 guided guitar lessons with no renewals. The first module is free in the app.
What can I use on GuitarHub for free?
The 7 browser practice tools, the 23-drill Advanced Lab, the A-to-D chord routine and 21 written guides are free on guitarhub.org with no account, and the first lesson module is free in the iPhone app.
How were these comparisons checked?
Every competitor price, feature and platform was checked on November 3, 2026 against the competitor's App Store and Google Play listings and its own website or help center. Each comparison page lists its sources, and prices are quoted as of November 2026 in US dollars.
Does GuitarHub listen to my playing?
Yes. Microphone exercises in the lessons score single-note pitch and attack timing, and all 23 Advanced Lab drills are scored live through the microphone. The audio is analyzed on your device and never uploaded.