Cesure vs Guitar2Tabs
Cesure
cesure.app
Guitar2Tabs
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| Figure | Cesure | Guitar2Tabs |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €3.33/mo | $6.24/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | Yes |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 5 | 7 |
| Spec score · Guitar Tab Software | 9.5 (#1) | 9.2 (#2) |
| Editing | Users can enter notes by keyboard, by tapping the score, or with a MIDI keyboard, with copy, paste, and undo across the views. | The browser editor allows adding and changing fret numbers, capo settings and tuning. |
| Security and privacy | Google Play says data is encrypted in transit and that the app may collect audio and app activity and may share app activity, app information and performance, and device or other IDs with third parties. | The website is hosted in a European Union data center, and Klangio says it processes personal data under its privacy policy and GDPR-related agreements. |
| Support | Connector problems can be reported to [email protected] with the assistant used and the request made. | Klangio provides a Help Center and a support chat. |
| What it does | Cesure is a guitar tablature editor and musician toolkit with AI audio transcription, playback and collaboration. | Guitar2Tabs uses AI to turn guitar audio into editable guitar tablature and standard sheet music. |
Plans
Cesure
- FreeFree
- Pro€4.99 a month
- Pro monthly€4.99 a month
- Pro€39.99 a year
- Pro yearly€39.99 a year
Guitar2Tabs
- FreeFree
- FreeFree
- Instrument Pro$14.99 a month
- Instrument Pro (Guitar2Tabs Pro)$14.99 a month
- Transcription Studio Pro$19.99 a month
- Ultimate$29.99 a month
- Instrument Pro$74.88 a year
In their own words
Cesure
Cesure is a guitar tablature editor and musician toolkit available in a browser and on Android and iOS. The same score can be edited as tablature, standard notation, staff plus tab, or piano roll, using keyboard entry, score tapping, or a MIDI keyboard. It can transcribe MP3, WAV, or M4A recordings into editable tabs; the maker describes these as drafts and says clean single-instrument recordings work best. Chord detection is free, unlimited, and computed on the user’s device, including offline. Practice tools include measure looping, tempo training, a chromatic tuner, metronome, tap BPM, scale reference, and piano. Cesure imports Guitar Pro, MIDI, MusicXML, and AlphaTex, and exports PDF, MIDI, and MusicXML; Pro adds AlphaTex export. Editing can start without an account, but saving and syncing scores, transcription, and hosting a room require one. Free includes three saved scores and five monthly AI transcriptions. Pro costs €4.99 per month and includes unlimited transcription and a synced library.
Guitar2Tabs
Guitar2Tabs turns guitar recordings and YouTube links into editable tabs and sheet music. It supports acoustic, electric and bass guitar, for both strummed parts and picked melodies. Users can upload audio, record in the app or paste a YouTube link, then play back the transcription and edit notes before exporting. Notation can be shown as tabs or standard notation. Export formats include PDF, quantized or unquantized MIDI, MusicXML and Guitar Pro files, compatible with MuseScore, Sibelius, Guitar Pro, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase and GarageBand. A personal songbook stores files and makes transcriptions accessible on desktop devices. The free demo allows unlimited transcriptions of up to 20 seconds each without signup, and the Free plan includes PDF downloads. Instrument Pro is $14.99 a month, billed monthly, for 50 full transcriptions per month, up to 15 minutes each, additional export formats and a browser-based editor. The service runs on the web, Android and iOS.