Guitar Band: Rock Battle

Music

5.7~~/10~~

Our score

★ 4.5 Google Play·50M+ installs

Reviewed by Editorial Team, ScoredApps editorial · updated 2026-10-03

Screenshots

Guitar upgrade screen: a black semi-hollow guitar with Style, Sound, Ease to Play and Precision bars, and tabs for Van, Landing V and Lucile

Hold notes stretch as glowing green and blue trails down the fretboard beneath a white spiderweb-painted flying-V guitar

Song list with Use Somebody by Kings of Leon, Remedy by The Black Crowes, My Name Is Jonas by Weezer and I Love Rock 'n Roll, above Battle Edit and Premium Version tabs

Chrome note gems spread across four lanes toward red, green, blue and yellow buttons, below a grey solid-body guitar

About Guitar Band: Rock Battle

Zeeppo's 2017 four-lane rhythm game, now run by Supercharge Mobile, plays like a portrait-mode Guitar Hero with a band to hire and guitars to upgrade. The catch sits in battles: opponents are recorded runs, and the developer says scores count your gear upgrades as well as the notes you hit. Most songs unlock through ads or a $9.99-a-week VIP, and ad complaints dominate recent reviews.

Game information

DeveloperSupercharge Mobile Corp.

Version4.19.1

Size237 MB (Android) · 308 MB (iOS)

Price / In-appFree

Contains adsYes

In-app purchasesYes

Content rating4+

Requires (Android)Android 7.1+

Requires (iOS)iOS 15.0+

Offline modeDownloaded songs play offline, no subscription needed (developer FAQ); battles, ad unlocks and purchases need a connection

Interface languagesCA, EN, FR, DE, ID, IT + 7 more

Store rating (Google Play)4.5 from 312,684 ratings

Installs50M+

Updated by developer2026-09-20

Data checked2026-10-01

Specs come from the official store listings and were last checked on 2026-10-01. Developers change pricing and requirements — check the store page before installing.

Guitar Band: Rock Battle Review: A Tight Fretboard Behind a $9.99 Weekly Wall

Is It Pay to Win? Battle Scores Count Your Guitar Upgrades

A run is four colored lanes on a vertical fretboard, with taps, held notes and paired notes, and Supercharge's FAQ confirms there is no landscape mode. Between songs you buy and upgrade guitars, each graded on Style, Sound, Ease to Play and Precision bars, and you hire a bassist, drummer and vocalist. Battles are not live: the developer says you play against saved sessions from other players, and the score weighs both your hits, Perfects above all, and how upgraded your guitar and band are. Two reviews from August and September 2026 describe rivals opening a song 5,000 to 6,000 points ahead. Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage, by contrast, runs live co-op rooms for two to five players.

Battle Edits, Premium Versions and Songs That Can Disappear

The song browser splits tracks into Battle Edit and Premium Version tabs, and the store screenshots show Kings of Leon's Use Somebody, Weezer's My Name Is Jonas and The Black Crowes' Remedy. Update notes name Kiss, Whitesnake, The Who and Eric Clapton, yet many reviewers say they hear covers rather than the original recordings, and App Store reviewers keep asking for Nirvana, Metallica and Ozzy Osbourne. The catalog is not fixed either: Supercharge's FAQ says songs can be pulled temporarily or permanently when music rights expire. Some additions are produced in-house; a current Google Play event announces an exclusive original version of Mendelssohn's Wedding March for the game's classical collection. Whatever unlocked a song, once it is downloaded it stays playable offline, with no subscription needed.

$9.99 a Week, $39.99 a Month: The VIP Wall and the Ad Load

Without VIP, most tracks unlock by watching an ad or by clearing stages, and Supercharge's FAQ says the rest need a purchase. Apple's US list puts Guitar VIP at $9.99 a week, with a $5.99 weekly tier also listed, and $39.99 a month, while the App Store description still quotes $8.99 a month and $49.99 a year. Magic Tiles 3 lists a yearly VIP at $39.99 or $49.99 on the same store. The developer's rule, repeated in replies to reviews, is that any store purchase ends spontaneous ads; Remove Ads costs $2.99 and the Starter Pack $0.99, though optional reward videos stay. Reliability is the sore point: September 2026 reviews describe an unexpected error after the ad that should unlock a song, which the developer says it is investigating. Prices are regional and can change.

From Zeeppo to Supercharge Mobile: Who Holds Your Data and Saves

Zeeppo, a studio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, published the game in 2017, and archived Play listings still credit it in September 2021; by June 2023 support had moved to Supercharge Mobile Corp., which describes its model as acquiring under-loved games and scaling them with an AI-powered growth stack. Installs were listed at 10M+ in January 2025 and 50M+ now. Updates are steady, eight on iOS in 2026 so far, although the release notes have repeated nearly the same text since at least January 2025. Play's data safety form says approximate location, user IDs and device IDs may be shared for advertising. The July 2026 terms require users to be at least 13, despite 4+ and Everyone store ratings, and send disputes to binding arbitration. Progress saves only through Google Play or Apple accounts and cannot move between platforms.

Pros

Any downloaded song plays offline, with no subscription required
Any store purchase, with packs from $0.99, ends forced ads, per the developer
Guitars upgrade on four stats: Style, Sound, Ease to Play, Precision
Timing offset in settings corrects Bluetooth and device audio delay
Eight iOS updates in 2026 so far; a Play event adds Wedding March
Game Center leaderboards and achievements on iPhone, iPad and Apple-silicon Macs

Cons

Guitar VIP costs $9.99 a week or $39.99 a month in the US
Battle scores include gear upgrades, so spending raises your score
Reviews report errors after reward ads meant to unlock songs; fix pending
Saves link only to Google Play or Apple, with no cross-platform transfer

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Verdict

We score it 5.7: the four-lane charts, guitar upgrades and offline play for downloaded songs work, but monetisation drags the total down, from a $9.99 weekly VIP to battles that add upgrade points and reward ads that sometimes fail to unlock songs. Take it for short classic-rock sessions if you will pay once to stop forced ads. Skip it if you want live multiplayer, which Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage offers, or a VIP sold by the year, as Magic Tiles 3 does on the App Store.

Gameplay6.5Four-lane charts with holds and paired notes, band hiring and guitar upgrades, but battles face recordings, not live players.

Controls6.0Portrait-only taps with a timing offset; paired notes sometimes register as one, a bug the developer is working on.

Replay value6.5Monthly updates, events and battles keep songs coming, yet licensing pulls tracks and reviewers say battle setlists repeat.

Graphics & sound6.0Detailed 3D guitar models, but reviewers say tracks are covers rather than original recordings, often cut short.

Monetisation4.0A $9.99 weekly or $39.99 monthly VIP, ads around most songs, and upgrades that count toward battle scores.

5.7out of 10 · weighted average of the five scores above

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Frequently asked questions

Can you play Guitar Band: Rock Battle offline?

Partly. Supercharge Mobile's FAQ says any song you have already downloaded plays offline, however you unlocked it, and no subscription is needed. Battles, ad-based unlocks and the store need a connection, and the App Store description still says an internet connection is required, so download your setlist before a flight.

Is Guitar Band pay to win?

In battles, partly. The developer says your score depends on how many notes you hit, especially Perfects, and on how upgraded your guitar and band members are, and opponents are recordings rather than live players. Other packs run from $0.99 to $19.99, and VIP costs $9.99 a week or $39.99 a month in the US; prices vary by region.

What do you need to run Guitar Band, and how big is it?

Android 7.1 or later, or iOS 15.0 or later; it also runs on Apple-silicon Macs and on Windows PCs through Google Play Games. The Android download is about 237 MB and the iPhone build about 308 MB, with songs downloaded separately. Play is portrait-only, and a timing offset in settings compensates for Bluetooth headphone delay.

Can you play Guitar Band with friends?

Not live. Supercharge Mobile says battles match you against saved recordings of other players' sessions, and players in recent reviews ask for a way to add or challenge friends. Game Center adds leaderboards and achievements on Apple devices. For live sessions with other people, Hatsune Miku: Colorful Stage runs co-op rooms for two to five players.

How long does a song in Guitar Band take?

Usually a couple of minutes. The song list separates Battle Edit tracks from Premium Versions, and reviewers describe solo clips of one to two minutes rather than full songs. Without VIP, expect an ad before or after most songs; players report unskippable ads of 30 to 60 seconds, so ads can take nearly as long as the playing.