Fender Play vs JamPlay
Quick take: Fender Play — Polished, bite-size lessons for complete beginners. JamPlay — Now combined with TrueFire — guitar & bass membership. Confirm all “to verify” items before paying.
Fender Play
| Price (monthly) | $19.99/month |
|---|---|
| Price (annual) | $149.99/year ($12.50/month billed annually); annual members get 10% off Fender gear |
| Lesson count | Thousands of lessons (product page; no exact count stated) and 1,000s of songs |
| Trial | 7-day free trial on monthly plan; 14-day free trial on annual plan (new members; auto-rolls to paid unless cancelled) |
| Refund | No refunds for partial subscription periods — monthly and annual terms state refunds cannot be claimed for a partial period; cancellation takes effect at the end of the current billing cycle (Fender Play Terms of Use) |
| Styles | beginner fundamentals, songs and riffs — genre list to verify |
| Levels | beginner, intermediate |
| Instruments | guitar, bass, ukulele (per Fender Play annual-plan page) |
| Best for | beginners, kids (with parent check — to verify) |
JamPlay
| Price (monthly) | $29.00/month billed monthly (JamPlay + TrueFire membership page) |
|---|---|
| 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 Fender Play if you are: beginners, kids (with parent check — to verify).
- Pick JamPlay if you are: to verify.
Our verdict
Fender Play for a gentle, guitar-first start; JamPlay + TrueFire for breadth, bass, and a cheaper annual bill.
Fender Play is $19.99/mo or $149.99/yr for beginner/intermediate players, with a 7-day (annual: 14-day) trial but no partial-period refunds. JamPlay + TrueFire is $29/mo or $8.25/mo billed annually, trials 14 days, spans 70,000+ lessons, guitar and bass, 20+ genres, with a stated refund window of 14-30 days depending on the page. Editorial recommendation based on price/features only - not hands-on testing.