144 Blues Guitar Licks icon
20 Acoustic Blues Guitar Solos icon
48 Jazz Guitar Licks icon
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Jonathan Bell

For guitarists ranging from beginners to advanced players seeking specific genre-based techniques or creative backing tracks.

20apps3.4(5.5K)MusicMusic & Audio

Snapshot

Who is Jonathan Bell?

Providing guitarists with specialized educational licks and algorithmic backing tracks. Helping musicians improve improvisation skills through structured practice tools.

Target audience

Guitarists ranging from beginners to advanced players seeking specific genre-based techniques or creative backing tracks

Top rival

Better Day Wireless

Other rivals

Portfolio

Free 2
20
apps
Music17
Music & Audio3

Last updated

96 Blues Guitar Licks

v1756572815

1.1y ago

Dormant

Publisher DNA

What defines Jonathan Bell?

Publisher DNA

Primary focus

Music education and guitar accompaniment tools

Scale

studio

Target audience

Guitarists ranging from beginners to advanced players seeking specific genre-based techniques or creative backing tracks.

Signature Patterns

  • •High concentration of genre-specific guitar lick libraries
  • •Integration of audio playback and tablature visualization
  • •Mixed monetization strategy between free educational apps and paid creative tools
  • •Focus on improvisation and practice-oriented features
Dormant

Portfolio momentum

With zero releases in the last six months and half of the portfolio categorized as abandoned, the publisher is currently in a maintenance phase.

Active apps 10Abandoned 10

Portfolio

What does Jonathan Bell ship?

Apps

20 apps analysed

50 Easy Blues Guitar Licks icon
50 Easy Blues Guitar Licks

Blues licks specially designed for novice players. Includes solos & jam track

4.8(27)
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50 Easy Blues Guitar Licks for

Blues licks specially designed for novice players. Includes solos & jam track

4.8(27)

Single-market publisher, every app ships only to United States.

Based on 1 of 20 apps with localized market data, more coverage rolling in as scans complete · last scanned .

Americas (1)

  • United States1 / 1

Core markets (1/1 apps)

United States

Rivals

Who does Jonathan Bell compete with?

The rivals identified

Nemeses(3)

Ultimate Guitar

known forUltimate Guitar: Chords & Tabs

1 app4.2Music

Ultimate Guitar provides a broad reference library that serves as a general-purpose alternative to the specialized country licks content.

Yousician

known forGuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar

3 apps4.5Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking practice tools, with GuitarTuna capturing the entry-level audience through its tuner while 144 Blues Guitar Licks targets specific skill development.

Simply

known forSimply Guitar - Learn Guitar

1 app4.7Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking skill development, though they diverge between niche country soloing instruction and broad beginner-to-intermediate feedback-oriented lessons.

Contenders(15)

Better Day Wireless

known forThe Guitar with Songs

1 app3.8Music

Both apps target guitarists, but they diverge on core utility: 144 Blues Guitar Licks focuses on improvisation technique and blues curriculum, while The Guitar with Songs emphasizes song-based performance and strumming mechanics.

Gismart

known forGuitar Play - Games & Songs

2 apps4.4Music

Both apps target guitarists, but they diverge on core utility: 65 Country Guitar Licks provides technical soloing instruction, while Guitar Play focuses on rhythm-based gaming mechanics.

Guitar Tricks

known forGuitar Lessons - Guitar Tricks

1 app4.5Music

Both apps compete for the time and attention of guitarists seeking skill improvement, creating direct overlap in the music education category.

Mad Harmony

known forGuitar Gravitas: Chords Scales

1 app4.8Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking skill improvement, with Guitar Gravitas offering a broad toolkit that overlaps with the lesson and practice functionality of 144 Blues Guitar Licks.

MWM

known forGuitar: tabs, chords & games

2 apps4.5Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking skill development, with the source app focusing on blues improvisation while the rival provides general instrument simulation and song training.

TrueFire

known forTrueFire Guitar Lessons

1 app4.8Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking skill improvement, with TrueFire capturing the broader market through a massive video-based library that competes directly for the time and attention of the same user base.

KOLB SISTEMAS - EIRELI

known forReal Guitar: lessons & chords

1 app4.3Music

Both apps target guitar learners, but Real Guitar captures the beginner market through instrument simulation while 144 Blues Guitar Licks targets specific blues improvisation skills.

Musopia

known forJustin Guitar Lessons & Songs

1 app4.4Music

Both apps target guitarists, but Justin Guitar captures the broad beginner market through a structured curriculum while 65 Country Guitar Licks serves a niche audience focused on country soloing.

Timbro

known forTimbro Guitar - Learn Guitar

1 app4.8Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking structured learning, creating direct competition for the user's time and wallet despite the difference in monetization models.

8:45 Tools

known forGuitarTapp PRO - Tabs & Chords

1 app3.9Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking instructional content, with a narrow price gap of one dollar and overlapping utility for technical practice.

Appenvision

known forReal Guitar : Chords & Tabs

1 app4.3Music

Both apps compete for the time of guitar players by providing mobile tools for musical practice and skill development. They overlap in their target audience of guitar enthusiasts seeking portable learning or simulation resources.

Better Notes

known forScaleBank: Guitar Scales

1 app4.8Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking to improve improvisation skills, with ScaleBank offering a broader range of scales and patterns compared to the blues-specific focus of 144 Blues Guitar Licks.

Manomaya SA

known forGuitar : Play & Learn Chords

1 app4.5Music

Both apps target guitarists seeking instructional content, though they diverge between specialized genre soloing and general beginner chord mastery.

Trio Software

known forSolo - Fretboard Visualization

1 appMusic

Both apps target guitarists seeking technical improvement, forcing a choice between specific metal repertoire and fundamental fretboard visualization training.

Zoundio

known forGibson: Learn to Play Guitar

1 app4.8Music

Both apps compete for the time and attention of guitarists seeking instructional content, though they diverge in scope and monetization model.

Same space(15)

GT1 Apps

known forGuitarTab - Tabs & Chords Pro

1 appMusic

GuitarTab serves as a massive repository for sheet music, acting as a reference library for users who have mastered the licks in 144 Blues Guitar Licks.

Aleksandar Mlazev

known forGuitar Tabs X - tabs editor

1 app4.0Music

Guitar Tabs X targets the composition segment, providing tools for users to create their own tabs rather than just consuming existing ones.

Fender Digital

known forFender Play: Learn Guitar

1 app4.8Music

Fender Play offers a broader, video-based curriculum that serves as a foundational learning path for users before they tackle the specific licks in 144 Blues Guitar Licks.

Kyle Gorlick

known forGuitar Tab Maker

1 app4.6Music

Guitar Tab Maker provides a creation-focused workflow, allowing users to document their own variations of the licks found in 144 Blues Guitar Licks.

Ninebuzz Software

known forJamTracks+ Learn & Play Guitar

1 app4.5Music

JamTracks+ provides the backing track environment necessary for applying the licks learned in 144 Blues Guitar Licks to real-world improvisation.

Alican Aydemir

known forCountry Radio: Guitar Hits

1 app5.0Music

Country Radio serves as a passive consumption app for the same genre, providing audio context rather than instructional content.

Antonio Lara

known forBass Guitar Solo

1 app0.0Music

Bass Guitar Solo provides a hardware-integrated practice rig that serves as a technical alternative for users who want to process their own instrument signal.

Constlet Oy

known forGuitar Jam Backing Tracks

2 apps4.1Music

Guitar Jam Backing Tracks acts as a lightweight, offline-accessible companion for practicing the licks from 144 Blues Guitar Licks in a live or studio setting.

Guitar Tabs

known forSongsterr Tabs & Chords

1 app4.7Music

Songsterr serves as a direct competitor for tab-based learning, offering a larger, legally-compliant repository for practice.

Keynote Star

known forGuitar Elite-Chord Play Center

1 app4.4Music

Guitar Elite focuses on the tactile experience of virtual instrument playing, serving as a creative outlet rather than an instructional library.

MICHAEL STUART KAIN

known forRippin: Guitar Tuner & Chords

1 app0.0Music

Rippin focuses on gamified fretboard training, offering a different pedagogical approach to mastering the guitar neck.

Neil Skinner

known forTuner & Learn To Play Guitar

1 app0.0Music

Guitar Tuner & Metronome App provides a basic utility set that complements the instructional focus of the source app.

W185

known forStrum - Play Guitar

1 app4.7Music

Strum provides an AI-driven alternative for chord extraction, targeting users who want to learn songs from audio files rather than curated licks.

Wade Sisco

known forSisco's Guitar Trainer AR

1 app0.0Music

Sisco's Guitar Trainer AR uses pattern-based learning to help players understand the fretboard, serving as a modern alternative to static diagrams.

Xssemble s.r.o.

known forGuitar chords and tabs

1 app4.7Music

Guitar chords and tabs provides a broad repository of musical data, acting as a general reference tool for guitarists.

New entrants(1)

SoundGate

known forSoundGate Guitar

1 app5.0Music

SoundGate Guitar provides an AI-powered feedback loop that serves as a high-tech alternative to the static licks in the source app.

The Analyst's Read

The bottom line on Jonathan Bell

Bottom line

The publisher has successfully established a long-tail presence in the music education category through granular, genre-specific content. Future growth depends on whether the Riffler toolset can scale as a standalone creative platform to offset the stagnation of the legacy lick-library apps.

Frequently asked questions

How many apps does Jonathan Bell publish?
Jonathan Bell has 20 apps tracked by Marlvel, primarily in the Music category.
What kind of apps does Jonathan Bell make?
Jonathan Bell's portfolio is concentrated in Music and Music & Audio, with an average rating of 3.4/5 across rated apps.
What is Jonathan Bell's top app?
By review volume across the portfolio, 96 Blues Guitar Licks is Jonathan Bell's best-known app tracked by Marlvel.
In how many countries are Jonathan Bell's apps available?
Marlvel has tracked Jonathan Bell's apps across 1 country.

What fed this analysis

Apps analyzed:
20
With full intel:
0
With overview:
20
Website scraped:
no
Social presence:
no

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Marlvel.ai. “Jonathan Bell intelligence.” Updated 2026-05-07. https://marlvel.ai/publishers/jonathan-bell

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