# BumbleBee Tuner

> BumbleBee Tuner (iPhone/iPad app by Thomas Page.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bumblebee-tuner/id6805751115 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Thomas Page](https://appshunter.io/developer/1891589868)
- Category: Music, Utilities
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 2 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-04
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/bumblebee-tuner/id6805751115/reviews.md

## What is BumbleBee Tuner?

BumbleBee Tuner is a precision instrument tuner with a real strobe display and a fully standalone Apple Watch app. Built for musicians who care about accuracy — and about not fighting their tuner.

ROCK-STEADY TRACKING
A time-domain YIN pitch engine with octave-error protection, confidence gating, and adaptive smoothingen your note is steady and snaps to attention when you turn a peg. No jitter, no octave flicker, noguessing.

A REAL STROBE
The strobe view drifts while you're off pitch — yellow when flat, orange when sharp — and settles greeThe same phase-integration technique used by professional bench strobes.

STANDALONE APPLE WATCH TUNER
The Watch runs its own pitch detection — no iPhone required. Raise your wrist, play a note, and feel the haptic tap the moment you lock in. Turn the Digital Crown to boost mic sensitivity when your instrument is at arm's length. An
Always-On display mode keeps the readout visible mid-tuning.

CHROMATIC + PRESET MODES
Free chromatic tuning, or pick your instrument and tap a string on the honeycomb selector: play it, tune it, feel the buzz, move on.

7 INSTRUMENTS, 17 TUNINGS
Guitar: Standard, Drop D, Half Step Down, Full Step Down, Open G, Open D, Open E, Double Drop D, DADGA 5-String. Plus Ukulele, Mandolin, Violin, Cello, and Banjo (Open G).

FEATURES
- Strobe and needle-bar display modes
- Reference pitch A4 = 432–444 Hz
- Live cents readout with pitch-trail sparkline
- Haptic confirmation when in tune (iPhone + Watch)
- Adjustable mic sensitivity (slider on iPhone, Digital Crown on Watch)
- Warm honeycomb dark interface — no ads, no subscriptions, no accounts

PRIVACY
BumbleBee Tuner uses your microphone only to detect pitch. Audio is processed on-device in real time and is never recorded, stored, or transmitted. No analytics, no tracking, nothing collected.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-10-01

No release notes.

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