# Jam Maestro: create guitar tab

> Guitar, bass, drums sequencer

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596628003](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596628003)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id596628003`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** David Blake
- **Category:** Music
- **Rating:** 4.70 / 5 (372 ratings)
- **Version:** 3.6.6
- **Last updated:** 2022-11-07
- **First published:** 2013-02-23
- **Size:** 292 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/jam-maestro-create-guitar-tab/id596628003)
- **Website:** [http://www.jammaestro.com](http://www.jammaestro.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://jammaestro.com/jam-maestro-app-privacy-policy/](http://jammaestro.com/jam-maestro-app-privacy-policy/)

## Description

Jam Maestro is a powerful guitar-centric music composition tool that lets you create songs with up to 16 instruments (Guitar, Bass, Drums, MIDI, Inter-App Audio). It features a unique fretboard interface, chord tools, and real-time key changes, enabling you to sequence guitar/tab style compositions and visualize note relationships. Share ideas instantly with Dropbox and enjoy realistic instrument samples for playback.

Export and import capabilities include Guitar Pro file import (GP3-5), MIDI and waveform exports (PDF/TXT, MIDI, WAV, M4A), and flexible drum kit creation. The app supports Audiobus 3.0, AudioCopy, Ableton Link, Inter-App Audio hosting, and up to four IAA effects. It also offers a range of sound packs, custom tunings, and 24-fret guitar support, making it a comprehensive tool for songwriters and performers.

## Rankings

- #81,794 — Overall
- #21 — new tab
- #39 — prodigy
- #60 — new tabs

## Review summary

Jam Maestro is valued as a powerful on-the-go songwriting and demo tool with a rich feature set and AUv3 support, praised for portability and long-term reliability. It shines for capturing ideas across guitar, bass, and drums and for playback-based workflow. Common downsides include a complex UI, rhythm/grid timing bugs, and missing features like pinch harmonics and more instrument options. Onboarding quality is mixed. Overall, it’s a strong mobile composition tool with notable usability improvements needed.

### Pros

- On-the-go idea capture and portable songwriting, great for jotting ideas anywhere (home, venue, bus, plane).
- Comprehensive feature set for composing, tabbing, and demos with playback (not just a tab writer).
- Long-term reliability and value; used for years with positive feedback on consistency and support.
- Instrument versatility and sonic potential (not limited to guitar) with AUv3/effects support.

### Cons

- Complex, unintuitive UI with a steep learning curve and navigation challenges despite tutorials.
- Rhythm timing/grid bugs (32nd/16th/triplet alignment issues and copy/paste timing problems) that affect accuracy across tracks.
- Missing features and instrument options (pinch harmonics; more instruments like violins/cello/pianos; tempo/time-signature controls).
- Onboarding/tutorials are not consistently helpful (some guidance videos are uninformative).

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id596628003)