Guitarcraft: Unleash the Inner Shred

Price: $2.56
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Guitarcraft: Written Android App Review

In a former life, we used to spend our days pushing around amplifiers, setting up gigs, and generally speaking rocking the house down with our guitars. That was a long time ago, though, and now our musical interests have largely been relegated to the digital realm. However, this is hardly a bad thing, especially with awesome applications like Guitarcraft, from Digitl, becoming more and more prevalent with every passing day. The app is perhaps the best guitar replicator we have seen yet on the Android platform, and more importantly, it’s a blast to play around with. If you’re looking for a unique way to indulge your inner shred, you need only to slide on down to our full review below.

Concept and Functionality

The idea behind Guitarcraft begins and ends with its main feature: A fully replicated six-string electric guitar that sits on the screen just waiting for you to touch it. You can tap its frets to produce individual notes. These are recorded above in the form of tablature. You can also setup bends, vibrato, and repeats by simply tapping the appropriate buttons above. If you’d like to enter a chord, simply tap the chord button, then all of the notes contained therein. You do this until you’re satisfied with your lick, and then the real fun begins.

Once you’ve set out your notes, you can then go back and record the rhythm for each with the help of a metronome. This is accomplished by simply tapping the “Hit” button when you want the note to sound, and in time with the counter. The end result is a fully formed riff that can be played back at any time, and at your specified tempo. You can then save your lick for playback at any point in the near future. And if that doesn’t sound like a concept that’s been cranked to eleven, then you’re obviously not about to rock—no salute for you!

Graphics and Design

Guitarcraft for Android

Obviously, this sort of thing would be rather useless without a rock-solid design. Thankfully, the app delivers and then some. The strings respond exactly as you might expect them too, and even the touch-based bend and vibrato features are spot-on. Furthermore, recording your hits is a snap, and is much more accurate than we might have guessed. Oh, and the simulated amps sound pretty fantastic, too. All in all, it’s clear that the developers didn’t intend to just pump out a shill product. The end result shines in ways that we couldn’t have imagined, and it’s truly wonderful.

Overall Value

At the end of the day, Guitarcraft is one incredible value for any one with even a casual interest in playing around with the guitar on their Android phone. And for that experience, the fact that you’ll only have to pay $2.56 is one heck of a steal. Trust us on this: You’ll want to get your rock on, and Guitarcraft is the way to do it.

Android Apps Review Details: Guitarcraft costs $2.56. This app requires Android 2.0.1 and up. A small expedite fee was paid to speed up the publication of this review.