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Guitarism - Pocket Guitar

Rhism LLC

4.6(58)MusicAges 4+

Get for $4.99 on the App StoreOpens Apple's App Store

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About this app

Over a million downloads. 4.5-star average rating. Get it now! "I have spent all of my life wanting to play the thoughts in my head through a guitar, but I could never grasp playing... When I connected this app to GarageBand and recorded a tune, I cried... From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU." - 5 star user review from the United States "My guitarist friend had a stroke that paralyzed the left side of his body and left him unable to play. I fired up Guitarism and handed my iPhone to him. A minute later he was singing and playing, his wife began to tear up and the smiles filled the room. Thank you thank you thank you." - 5 star user review from Canada "After losing a finger in an accident, I have searched for a way to play guitar again. The first time I played with this app, I cried; I was finally playing guitar again. Thanks so much." - 5 star user review from the United States Time.com: "simulates the experience of strumming away on six strings" MacLife.com: "beautiful acoustic tones" "Everyone I show this to - WANTS it!" - 5 stars "feels like a real musical instrument" - 5 stars "can't make it sound bad" - 5 stars "Don't need any musical knowledge, you will gain it as you play" - 5 stars Featured on MacLife's "8 Apps for Guitar Enthusiasts" and Music App Blog's "25 iOS music apps to get you started" --- A guitar app for those who love the physical, visceral experience of playing guitar! guitarism offers a highly tuned strumming interface integrated with spectacular guitar samples. The result of years of iteration, improvement and polish, you won't find a better-sounding or more playable guitar app on the App Store. - Unrivaled sound quality - people will think you're playing a real guitar! Other guitar apps don't compare - The most natural interface around - literally play with your eyes closed - Four guitars included: acoustic, electric, 12-string acoustic and 12-string electric - 10 concert-quality effects, including Distortion, Chorus and Auto Wah, plus a powerful electric guitar amp - 18 active chords at a time, from hundreds to choose from - Real playing techniques: fret muting, hammer-ons and pull-offs - Lefty mode - Beautiful skins and a diverse range of presets to give you maximum control over your tone and sound - Beautiful artwork from graphic artist Ryan Hemeon - Play along with songs from your music library, and save chord presets per song - Record your performances and export them to GarageBand or the Files app - Universal app for iPhone and iPad. Hold your iPad like a guitar and fret the chords! - Audiobus compatible, plus Inter-App Audio - play live into GarageBand - Quadroplay MIDI out: simultaneously control guitarism and up to 3 additional MIDI-compatible apps (e.g. GarageBand) in complementary roles: guitar, bass and chords. Quadroplay turns guitarism into an advanced multi-channel MIDI controller, and can send MIDI over Wi-Fi to your Mac or PC - Demo videos at www.youtube.com/rhismnation --- I am an independent developer, working hard to make guitarism the best guitar app possible. If you have any issues please email me at support@rhism.com

What's new

Version 3.39 · Nov 1, 2026

Guitarism is back with a big update: • Updated for the latest iPhones, iPads and iOS • Fixes for crashes and display glitches • The online Community features (Rhism Nation, Facebook sign-in and sharing) have been retired, as their online service has shut down. Your recordings and presets stay on your device, and you can still export recordings to GarageBand or the Files app