One guitarist. One dog. No growth team.

Hi — I'm Gabe. I've played guitar most of my life, badly on the bad weeks and a little better on the good ones. The black lab is Kylo. He attends every practice session and has never once asked about my streak.

Guitar Buddha started as a notes file: songs I was learning, riffs I kept losing, tunings I kept forgetting. Every app I tried wanted to turn that into a game — points, badges, guilt. I just wanted a quiet place to put the practice.

So I built one. Local-first, no accounts, every feature free. It's the app I reach for at 11pm, and I hope it earns a place on your kitchen stool too.

— Gabe (and Kylo, asleep on my foot)

How it's made

Three rules I won't break.

Rule one

Your music stays yours.

Everything lives on your device. No server, no account, no analytics. I can't see your songs, your takes, or whether you opened the app today — and I like it that way.

Rule two

Practice isn't a game.

No streaks, no goals, no badges, no guilt. The moment practice becomes a game you can lose, you stop. The library remembers what you've sat with — that's all the tracking you need.

Rule three

Free means free.

Every feature, forever. There's a tip jar if you'd like to keep Kylo in treats, but nothing is locked behind it and nothing ever will be.

Say hello

It's just me in the inbox.

Questions, bug reports, song requests, dog photos — all welcome. I read everything, and I aim to reply within a week.

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