We’ve updated our iOS app. This new version is now compatible with Guitar Pro 7. Let’s take a look at what’s new in Guitar Pro 1.8.0.

You can now:

  • Open Guitar Pro 7 files (.gp format)
  • Export the compositions made on the NotePad into Guitar Pro 7 format
  • Get new icon and color changes in the interface that match the Guitar Pro 7 design

New look for the Guitar Pro 7 app

To visually mark the new compatibility of the mobile app with Guitar Pro 7, the application icon and interface colors have been changed. The Guitar Pro 6 red is replaced by the Guitar Pro 7 blue. Your favorite music scores (available in the File Library) are also more visible as they’re identified with a yellow star.

Compatibility with Guitar Pro 7

Music scores library

You can now hear and read your Guitar Pro 7 files in the app. This application is a complete sheet-music and tablature player that allows you to open the following file formats:

  • Guitar Pro 3 .gp3
  • Guitar Pro 4 .gp4
  • Guitar Pro 5 .gp5
  • Guitar Pro 6 .gpx
  • Guitar Pro 7 .gp
  • PowerTab .ptb

This app is the perfect tool for learning, practicing, and playing your favorite compositions and songs anywhere, anytime. Choose the notation mode for display (tablature, standard notation, or slash), add or hide the fretboard/keyboard, use the metronome and the visual countdown, change the tempo, transpose your piece by half-tones.

NotePad tool

You can use the NotePad tool to write up a riff idea or a melody. It is now possible with this update to export your composition into .gpx and .gp formats (Guitar Pro 6 and 7) and later carry on with your song in Guitar Pro for Windows or Mac.

The NotePad tool allows you to create a single-track tablature for guitar, bass, banjo, ukulele, and mandolin in your application. Customize the tuning (3- to 8-string instruments), the tempo, the sound (19 sounds available) and find all of the usual musical symbols pertaining to the guitar and to other stringed instruments.

This version also includes some bug fixes and improvements to bring you the very best of the Guitar Pro experience.

An update for the Android version will come next. Download it today from the AppStore or Google Play!

How to update your Guitar Pro application

  • Open the App Store and tap Updates.
  • Find the Guitar Pro application and tap Update.
  • If asked, enter your Apple ID password. The update will download and install.

Need help to use the application

Please have a look at the tutorials available in our support section or contact our team to share your suggestions, feedback, or to report a bug.

47 Comments

Marc - déc. 15, 2023

Guitar Pro for iOS really needs the ability to play a backing track. This would really help practicing! Without that I don‘t really see me using this version.

Chris - oct. 16, 2022

How long before a fully functional iOS version? I have no use for anything less than that. I’d pay good money for this if you would make it. One guy on the App Store says he’s willing to pay $35 for a full version. I’d gladly pay double that, and I’m certain there are others. What I won’t do is buy a new device that I don’t want/need just to run this. So why do we keep being ignored? This is personally my second request in a couple years and no movement or even any response.

Thomas Duflos - oct. 28, 2022

Hi Chris, we are working on improving the application, thank you for your comment. 😉

Glenn - sept. 26, 2022

I’m posting here because I don’t see a post on GP8. Can you tell me if the ios app is compatible with GP8?

Terrell Beck - déc. 9, 2021

Is there any way to change the midi voice on the iPhone app from piano to guitar?

Thomas Duflos - déc. 28, 2021

Hi Terrell, yes you can select the sound of the instrument: click on the instrument’s name, then in the “tracks” menu, click on the “i” and choose the sound you want to use. Contact our support if you need more help: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new. Thanks.

Braylon Ashby - mai 15, 2020

Is this app just a one time payment of $6.99 on the iPhone or do I need some kind of subscription?

Thomas Duflos - mai 26, 2020

Hi Braylon, this is a “one-time payment” indeed. No subscription is needed.Thanks

Thomas R - avril 26, 2020

Hello
Staccato notes ( dot over the notes) , hammerons and slides doesnt seem to play back in the ios player. Is this just a limitation compared to the desktop version or a bug?
Cheers
Thomas

Thomas Duflos - mai 12, 2020

Hi Thomas, please contact our support here: goo.gl/tq6163

Peter - nov. 8, 2019

When will the GP7 IOS app be able to open *.gp format?

Thomas Duflos - nov. 8, 2019

Hi Peter, the Guitar Pro application can open Guitar Pro 7 files. Please contact our support if you can’t: goo.gl/tq6163.
Thanks

Steffen - avril 22, 2019

Hello, I rally love the iPad app as a great tool for practicing. Unfortunately I found no way to tab my excercises for my 8 string guitar. I can choose e.g. Overdrive guitar and set the strings to 8; the fretboard is shown correctly and I can tab the notes – but letting it play only 6 strings can be heard… Could you please give me a hint how to set up note pad correctly in order to hear the 8 strings beeing used ?
Thanks a lot!!!

Thomas Duflos - avril 23, 2019

Hi Steffen, thank you for your feedback. Can you please contact our support here? goo.gl/tq6163. Thank you very much.

John - févr. 11, 2019

What I really would like to see is the ability to convert/export the score back to the notepad environment. In my case, I often start off with a bass line that I have build on my desktop and have exported it to my ipad. When I’m in a session with the rest of the band I would like to we able to tweak the bass line score at that time. Being able to export the score to notepad would allow me to do this.

Thomas Duflos - févr. 19, 2019

Hi John, thank you for your suggestion. I have sent it to our dev team.

Patrick - juil. 31, 2018

Thomas,
the update is not available for me. I have already tried clearing the Play Store’s cache and data and also uninstalling version 1.5.8 of Guitar Pro.
Is there anything else I might be doing wrong? Might I be living in the wrong country, for example?

Thomas Duflos - août 1, 2018

Hi Patrick, please contact our support here: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=18682
They will help you with that thank you.

Patrick - juil. 30, 2018

Thomas,
the update is not available for me. I have already tried clearing the Play Store’s cache and data, as well as uninstalling Guitar Pro 1.5.8.
Is there anything else I might be doing wrong? Might I be living in the wrong country?

Thomas Duflos - août 1, 2018

Hi Patrick, please contact our support here: https://support.guitar-pro.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=18682
Guitar Pro is working everywhere in the world don’t worry. Thanks

Patrick - juil. 21, 2018

It’s been more than five months since the iOS version was released. Any substantial news on the Android app?
Is there a GP7-compatible beta, at least, that I can sign up for, after buying the current version from Google Play?
This is getting annoying.

Thomas Duflos - juil. 30, 2018

Hi Patrick, the Android App has been updated, you can now open GP files. Thank you for your patience.

Aaron - juil. 11, 2018

This app is almost awesome however it desperatley needs multitrack editing. Atm Tux guitar is superior to the gpro app for composition. Please make this a thing thanks from a long time guitar pro customer and user.

Matthew Parkins - juin 18, 2018

Is there a way to change time signature in the middle of a track? Can’t find it anywhere.

linda - juin 26, 2018

Hello Matthew,
To do so, select the place where you want to change the time signature (in the bar), right mouse button, click on Bar and Time signature.

Gerald f - juin 16, 2018

Dear all , I love the program I have been using it for several years; but my eyes are tired after work when I want to use the program, please can you implement a “night mode” I’m sure is not a difficult thing, just reverse the colors and have black background with white notes, in desktop and mobile? If it’s there I couldn’t find it

linda - juin 26, 2018

Thank you for your feedback.

Steven Meißner - juin 6, 2018

Hello Linda,

I talk about Android. Please make that we can open *.gp. There is still no update for Android. I don’t care about iOS.

linda - juin 7, 2018

An update will be available for Android. Our team is working on it.

Marc - juin 1, 2018

Looking forward to the 1.8 version for Android. I hope it won’t ask for a wireless connection when you want to create new music, unlike 1.5 does. I want to use it “mobile” and I do always have 4G but no wireless. 🙂

Haroldo - mai 21, 2018

Olá o app GP 6 é razoável o áudio !
agora é muito ruim ruim mesmo esse método que vocês adotaram para abrir os arquivos porque ? Descomplica isso eu estou pensando em comprar o a versão 7 pro computador mas sério melhorem o modo de compartilhar arquivos pelo amor de Deus??????

Steven - mai 14, 2018

Still no abillity to use *.gp Files on the app. When do you intend to fix this. Also so convert to *.gpx does not run perfect.

linda - mai 16, 2018

Hello Steven, please update your Guitar Pro app to be able to open .gp files on the iOS app.

Juan - avril 30, 2018

What about android version Open Guitar Pro 7 files (.gp format)?

linda - mai 4, 2018

Hello Juan, it will available soon. We are working on the Android version.

Chris - avril 1, 2018

Would be great to add a backing track mp3 and tab over the top.

Thomas Duflos - avril 19, 2018

Hi Chris, thank you for your suggestion.

Ken Gorski - mars 20, 2018

Any news when GP7 will be available for Android tablets?

Thomas Duflos - avril 17, 2018

Hi Ken, we are working on it.

Patrick - mars 15, 2018

Guitar Pro 7 has been out for almost exactly a year and the official Android app is still incompatible. That’s… sad?

Come on guys, you can do it!

Thomas Duflos - mars 19, 2018

Hi Patrick, we are working on it. Yes we can, thanks.

Sem van Blerk - mars 10, 2018

It would be great to have the ability to write for more voices, in the IOS app. I understand you maybe want to stimulate people to also buy guitar pro 7. But that can easily be done by only giving the people with GP7 access to the multi voice functionality. I do most of my music writing work while on the road and then I seldom carry my MacBook with me…..

Thomas Duflos - mars 19, 2018

Hi Sem, thank you for your suggestion, I’m forwarding it to our team. Thanks

Tim Ryland - mars 5, 2018

It’s a pretty good app. But as someone who doesn’t own a PC it’s my main means of tabbing out music. It would be great to have some extra notation for notes (i:e show volume swells, add grace notes, pre-bends, etc.). Any chance…….

Thomas Duflos - mars 6, 2018

Hi Tim and thank you. I’m forwarding your request to our team. The app will be updated.

james stevens - févr. 19, 2018

You’ve broken the sound clips. I have over 50 files, all of which have been written with “distorted guitar” Now when I open them they’ve defaulted to “nylon guitar” which means I have to manually change each one before playing. To add insult to injury, my change isn’t saved, so I have to select “distorted guitar” EACH TIME I OPEN A FILE! C’mon guys!!!!!

Alexey - févr. 13, 2018

please for android!

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