About Fretuoso
Fretuoso was created to solve a specific musician problem: knowing shapes and songs is not the same as knowing the fretboard. Many players can perform pieces they have practiced, but still hesitate when they need to locate notes quickly across strings and positions. Fretuoso focuses on that exact skill.
Our Mission
Our mission is to make fretboard fluency practical for everyday players, students, and teachers. Instead of requiring long study sessions, Fretuoso is designed for short, repeatable practice blocks that compound over time.
How We Approach Learning
Fretuoso combines several ideas into a simple workflow:
- targeted repetition of notes and positions
- adaptive practice that increases focus on weak areas
- mode variety so users can train under different constraints
- progress tracking so improvement is visible over time
This makes the app useful for beginners learning basic note locations and for advanced players improving speed, consistency, and confidence.
Who We Are
Fretuoso is developed by Catloaf Software, Inc., an independent software company in Los Angeles, California. We build practical software products and maintain Fretuoso as an actively supported app for iPhone and iPad.
Product Values
We build around a few core principles:
- Clarity over complexity: options are powerful, but day-one usage should stay simple.
- Practice quality over quantity: focused minutes matter more than long unfocused sessions.
- Steady improvements: regular updates prioritize compatibility, stability, and user-requested refinements.
- Privacy-minded operation: we aim to collect only what is needed to run, secure, and improve the product.
Community and Feedback
User feedback has been central to Fretuoso improvements over multiple major releases. We review support messages for bug reports, workflow friction, and feature requests, then prioritize changes that remove learning blockers.
If you have suggestions or issues, we want to hear from you.
Contact
- Support: [email protected]
- General inquiries: [email protected]
- Company website: https://www.catloafsoft.com/
Press
Press resources, including product assets, are available through the site press kit links.