Guitar Tabs X vs TabbyPro

Guitar Tabs X is an editor for writing and saving songs and musical ideas as tablature. It supports guitar, bass, and ukulele tabs, with tools for creating and editing notation and entering or changing chords. Users can preview and play tabs, then export songs as PDF, MIDI, or HTML, including as web pages. The app also provides a server of songs shared by other users, which can be browsed without registration. It runs on Android, iOS, macOS, and Windows, and tablature is its listed notation mode. The maker describes its tab file format as readable and small. Its free plan costs nothing and provides basic functionality; a Pro option is listed, with prices and subscription periods shown in app stores and monthly, yearly, or one-time subscription choices. Registration is not required. The privacy policy says user data is not stored apart from songs shared to the server, and that shared songs cannot be traced to actual users. The terms advise saving songs elsewhere regularly because the maker is not responsible for data loss.

TabbyPro is a browser-based tablature creator for guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, and other instruments. Its editor handles techniques including hammer-ons, pull-offs, tapping, bends, slides, vibrato, harmonics, repeats, rests, and other tab markings. You can create tabs without an account and save them in the browser. Song Book groups related tabs into songs with lyrics, notes, progress, source links, and instrument-specific parts. Song pages can include YouTube and Spotify references. Tabs and complete song views can be downloaded as TXT or PDF files. Practice and writing tools include a lyric creator, chord library, metronome, scale checker, NoteMapper, and fretboard trainer. NoteMapper displays matching notes on piano keys and guitar fret positions with octave colors. The Free plan is free. TabbyPro Supporter costs £3 a month and adds account storage, access anywhere, ad-free use, and member sharing.