# Guitarism - Pocket Guitar

> Natural strum, brilliant sound

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id409707446](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id409707446)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id409707446`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Rhism LLC
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (57 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.38
- **Last updated:** 2018-01-22
- **First published:** 2010-12-18
- **Size:** 86 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-24
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/guitarism-pocket-guitar/id409707446)
- **Website:** [http://www.rhism.com](http://www.rhism.com/)

## Description

Guitarism - Pocket Guitar delivers a natural, hands-on strumming experience with studio-quality guitar samples. Choose from acoustic and electric guitar models, shape your tone with amps, effects, skins, and a wide range of presets to give you maximum control over sound.

Record your performances, save chord presets per song, and share with the community to get feedback and inspiration. This universal iPad/iPhone app turns your device into a portable guitar studio for practice, performances, and creativity.

## Rankings

- #167,373 — Overall

## Review summary

Guitarism is widely praised for its realistic guitar sounds, solid MIDI-out routing, and an uncluttered yet deep interface that makes it a go-to for jamming, recording, and music creation on iPhone and iPad. The main downsides are a stagnant development cycle with no major updates in years, a limited 6-chord palette that many users want expanded, a price that some feel is high for the feature set, and missing features like MIDI input and richer chord/modal options.

### Pros

- Realistic, high-quality guitar sounds that many reviewers consider the best among iOS guitar apps.
- MIDI out and external routing enable layering with synths, DAWs, and Mac VSTs.
- Uncluttered, intuitive interface with depth that is easy to learn yet powerful.
- Strong cross‑app compatibility (GarageBand, Audiobus) and good iPad/phone support.
- Very enjoyable to play and widely regarded as one of the best guitar apps for practice, jamming, and recording.

### Cons

- Only 6 chords on the palette; lack of room for more chords or easily adding rows or rearranging boxes.
- Development appears stagnant with no major updates for years; perceived abandonment by some users.
- Relatively high price for the feature set; several reviewers feel it’s expensive compared with similar iOS instruments.
- Missing MIDI input and some advanced chord/modal features (e.g., richer chord types, inversions, modal support).
- Occasional reports of Bluetooth audio issues in some setups.

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