TrueFire vs JamPlay
Quick take: TrueFire — Huge library for intermediate and advanced players. JamPlay — Now combined with TrueFire — guitar & bass membership. Confirm all “to verify” items before paying.
TrueFire
| Price (monthly) | $19/month (All Access, per TrueFire's own comparison page; sale pricing on /pricing varies — confirm at checkout) |
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| Price (annual) | $119.88/year ($9.99/mo billed annually — confirmed on checkout page join.truefire.com, 2026-10-17; promotions may lower it) |
| Lesson count | 85,000+ interactive video lessons; 1,900+ courses (pricing page); 30,000+ jam tracks |
| Trial | 14-day free trial (checkout page join.truefire.com: 'Free 14-day trial included' on the yearly plan; the older All Access page saying 7 days appears superseded — confirm the length shown at checkout before paying) |
| Refund | 14-day refund policy (All Access PLUS page: email support within 14 days for a full refund) |
| Styles | blues, rock, jazz, country, metal, fingerstyle |
| Levels | beginner, intermediate, advanced |
| Instruments | guitar |
| Best for | intermediate, advanced, style explorers |
JamPlay
| Price (monthly) | $29.00/month billed monthly (JamPlay + TrueFire membership page) |
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| Price (annual) | $8.25/month billed annually (membership page; total charged at signup to verify at checkout) |
| Lesson count | 70,000+ video lessons; 1,500+ courses; 450+ song lessons (combined JamPlay + TrueFire library) |
| Trial | 14-day free trial of JamPlay + TrueFire All Access (free-trial page; includes 70,000+ lessons) |
| Refund | Refund within 14 days of signup per free-trial/membership pages — note: a separate JamPlay guarantee page states 30 days and an older pricing page states first week; confirm the window at signup |
| Styles | blues, jazz, rock, fingerstyle, country, funk, R&B, 20+ genres |
| Levels | beginner, intermediate, advanced |
| Instruments | guitar (acoustic and electric), bass |
| Best for | to verify |
Which should you pick?
- Pick TrueFire if you are: intermediate, advanced, style explorers.
- Pick JamPlay if you are: to verify.
Our verdict
Save money and pick one - these now overlap heavily. JamPlay + TrueFire for guitar AND bass; TrueFire alone if you only play guitar.
JamPlay now bundles the TrueFire library (70,000+ lessons) at $29/mo or $8.25/mo billed annually, while TrueFire All Access alone is $19/mo or $119.88/yr with 85,000+ lessons claimed on its own pages. Both trial 14 days and state a 14-day refund (JamPlay wording varies 14-30 days by page). Paying for both is hard to justify on verified facts. Editorial recommendation based on price/features only - not hands-on testing.