Leave a Review Guitar Tuner
Thank you
For years I have been using this app to tune my guitars, serenade women, and play for family. It seem it is not an option for free to tune anymore which I understand. This app is very informational that helps the average and advanced guitar player. But now I must leave as I don’t play that much to pay for a subscription to tune a guitar. Farewell and good luck to the company! :)Show lessYour anusdickface
Developer Response
Hello. Thanks a lot for your kind feedback, we appreciate your cooperation a lot! Actually, a free version is still available. If you have difficulties finding it, please contact us at support@ gismart.com. We'll be happy to help!Not so free
They now stick you with $8/week subscription. Who in their right mind would pay over $400 a year to tune a guitar? Any professional would certainly have something better than this app.
They way out of it? There is the world's smallest x in the upper left corner that blends in with the background. Looks closely and you'll find it. Hit that and you can bypass the subscription page.
I'll be looking elsewhere for an app that doesn't so blatantly try to rip me off (even though I know how to get around it).Show lessJoerobe
What a joke
I’ve been using this app for years and today I got a notification that I need to update because it’s no longer compatible with my phone’s iOS. I update and reload the app and now it’s asking me to pay a subscription fee?? Moreover, it now only has the standard tunings included and I have to watch a 30 second add just to tune in Drop D??? What an absolute disappointment from a convenient app that I loved. If you really wanted money so badly, why not just sell the app for a one time $5 fee? This greedy ad and premium subscription model that’s dominating the app store is so disgusting. Deleting the app. You guys should seriously be ashamed.Show lessNat1738592874839
Stupid changes to free version
I have been using this app for years and I’ve really liked it. In fact, I just used it last week.
However, I just tried to open it and could not get to the tuner without first accepting a “Free 3-day Trial” that triggers a $7.99 per week subscription charge. After reading the reviews, I discovered that you MUST accept the 3-day trial (and resulting subscription) in order to use the tuner. But, in order to avoid incurring charges, you must go into the settings and cancel the subscription. This is a sneaky business practice that borders on dishonest, essentially trying to make money on unsuspecting users who will inadvertently forget to cancel the subscription at some point.
At this point I cannot recommend this app and will be deleting it from my phone.Show lessilparadosso
Not free
When I downloaded this app I used it for a while and then a few weeks in it it changed where I had to pay. So this is not the app to use if you want something free. This app also takes 8 bucks a week that’s about how much a regular tuner costs so I would just buy one of those if you can’t find a free app.Show lessAdds😭😭😭😭
Just buy a hardware tuner!
$8.... a week? If my math is correct that’s over $400 a year. Are you insane? It’s a tuner. I’m not even paying that much for all of my subscriptions to streaming media and my music lesson apps. No way! To call this a scam would be putting it kindly. There’s nothing this app could offer in terms of value that would qualify the comparable yearly cost to an affordable guitar or a well made solid body ukulele. Shame on you guys!Show lessJamie Hugo
Impossible to use
The app makes it impossible to use without either signing up for the free trial (in hopes you forget and they can start charging $8 A WEEK) or signing up without the free trial immediately. I understand app developers need to make money. But most tuner apps do this by locking alternate tunings, chromatic tuners, etc behind a paywall. Not the entire app. If that’s the case the app shouldn’t be ‘free’ with in app purchases because it’s literally unusable without doing the trial or paying the weekly subscription immediately. What a scam. This used to be my go to tuner app.Show lessDan Garces
Changed to subscription based 👎
This used to be my favorite tuner. Easy to use and accurate. I had installed on my previous phone and it still works there but I’ve upgraded to iPhone 12 and now when installing the app it wants me to pay $8 a month to use the app. That’s horrible, considering I will probably only tune my guitar once in a blue. At this point, it makes more sense to go to the guitar store and buy me a tuner there. One time payment beats a monthly subscription lolShow lessJulioJr14
What a shame, and the developer clearly doesn’t get why
Been a minute since I picked up my guitar and ukulele. This was always my go-to tuner. The free version. The one you could click to avoid a trial by clicking the x in the top corner or whatever it was. Now you are forced to either use the free trial of death ($8/week after three days) or pick a new app, which I will be. If this app is making money, it is by scamming people who either do not realize there is a weekly fee, or didn’t remember to cancel their trial. No one would knowingly pay more than $400 a year on a guitar tuner app masquerading as a free service on the App Store, and Apple should honestly do the right thing and remove the service like they did other insane fee charging apps.
What makes it worse, and the reason I’m bothering to write a review, is that the developer clearly either does not understand or care based on their responses to other reviews on the matter. We aren’t daft; we understand what a three day free trial means. We understand we can cancel it, but what is confusing is that you would purposefully neuter your app and then act completely ignorant as to why such an insane and immoral change as a forced premium-to-use model and sketchy free trial period/fee would upset years-long users.Show lesssuperseth88
Developer Response
Hi there, thank you for such an in-depth response! Your feedback is essential for us to continue improving Guitar Tuner. In fact, we'd love to hear more from you directly. Would it be possible to drop us an email at support@gismart.com? Our team would love to hear some more of your great ideas! Speak to you soon!$8 a week after free trial?? NO THANKS.
Look, I get it. People that work hard to develop an awesome app deserve to get paid for their efforts. I’ve used this app since 2013, and honestly could have sworn I paid a one-time premium fee a long long time ago (maybe to remove ads??), but maybe I just have that confused with something else. I would HAPPILY pay a one-time fee comparable to the cost of, you know, an actual physical guitar tuner. I’d maybe even pay a little extra because of the convenience of always having a tuner handy on my phone. But $8 a WEEK?? Are you crazy??? If I had been paying that fee the entire time I’ve used this app, I would have spent nearly $3,000 just to tune my guitar at home myself. And to the developers - please don’t bother responding to my review with your “oh but you don’t have to pay because we’ve got this free trial” nonsense. What are we expected to do after the free trial? PAY $8 A WEEK or never use the app again. *rolls eyes*Show lessgloomyguac
Developer Response
Dear user, please review this information regarding the terms of using this app. When you download Guitar Tuner, you can use it for free by selecting Free trial, or you can opt to upgrade and pay for our premium service. Please note, if you do select the free trial, you must opt out of it before it ends or your subscription service will automatically renew. This can be done any time. If you want to discuss this directly, you can reach us at support@gismart.com where we’ll be on hand to assist you! Thank you.
