Free is a genuine chord tool — not a trial. Pro is a one-time purchase that lifts every limit and unlocks the tools Fretscape was built around: the full progression optimiser, every tuning, the capo, and the deeper filters.
For a side-by-side feature list, see the pricing page.
What's in Free
Free gets you a working chord tool with no time limit:
- Search any chord — up to 5 voicings per search
- 2 fingering options per voicing, with difficulty ratings
- Reverse chord lookup — tap frets, get the chord name
- Key detection in the progression builder
- Build a progression and play it back
- Basic ways to narrow down voicings — difficulty, fret range, voicing type
- Save up to 10 favourites in 3 collections
- Standard tuning only
You can do real work on the Free tier — find a chord, work out a fingering, build a short progression, and play it back. That's the whole point.
What Pro adds
Pro is everything in Free, plus:
- Unlimited voicings per chord — hundreds of ways to play the same chord, not just 5
- Unlimited fingering options per voicing, with full difficulty tags
- Full progression optimiser — finds the smoothest path through your chord changes
- Transition scoring — see why one chord change is harder than another
- Linked variations — pick the version of a chord that flows better into the next
- All 16 preset tunings + create your own custom tunings
- Capo support — every voicing and calculation adjusts automatically
- All the filters — pick which strings to use, which fingers, hide barres, open chords only, inversions, bass note, and more
- Unlimited favourites and unlimited collections
How to decide
If you mostly look up the occasional chord in standard tuning, Free is genuinely all you need. If you write or arrange progressions, play in different tunings, or want the smoothest path through chord changes, Pro is built for that.
Pro is a one-time purchase, not a subscription — see Is Pro a subscription? for the detail. There's a 30-day money-back guarantee if it isn't a fit. See Can I get a refund? for how that works.