# Drum Tuning Calculator — user reviews > 33 indexed App Store user reviews of Drum Tuning Calculator by Overtone Labs, rated 3.00/5 from 24 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drum-tuning-calculator/id851864924/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/drum-tuning-calculator/id851864924.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 7 · 4★ 5 · 3★ 1 · 2★ 4 · 1★ 7 ## Newest reviews (11 of 33) ### 4/5 — Great idea about audio samples *2022-01-24, version 1.2* Good app and please add the audio samples ro help decide whats a good tuning ☺️ ### 2/5 — If you want simple this is not for you *2021-03-10, version 1.2* Most drummers just want to tune their drums to sound good quickly. We are not sound engineers . Unit needs more simplified instructions and app for the drummer. ### 4/5 — Good *2020-11-22, version 1.2* Works well as a reference in conjunction with a Tune-Bot Studio, good heads, hoops not beat to hell, good bearing surfaces and experience. Only gripe is there is no option for a 20” floor tom. And yes, there are old timers that have had their kit since the 70’s (Bonham style). I would ask the developer but looks like this app has not been updated in over 4 years. ### 2/5 — Lacking features *2019-02-09, version 1.2* Could be so much better as a companion to the tuner. PLEASE allow for more than 4 slots to save drum kits, and PLEASE allow for the naming of saved kits. Would make this so much more useful. ### 3/5 — It Works, but Needs Audio Samples *2017-10-23, version 1.2* I used this with my tune-bot gig. With a lot of patience I was eventually able to tune my tom and the note matched. However, it would be very useful to tap on the calculated results and be able to hear what each drum would sound like. This would make it really easy to select desired pitches. ### 4/5 — Great! *2017-01-11, version 1.2* Fantastic tool for calculating & saving tunings. I only wish it were possible to assign custom names to saved tunings. ### 4/5 — Good App; Can be better *2016-10-04, version 1.2* This is a good app and has been well thought through. It asks for the right parameters to provide the correct resonant pitch for each drum; however, it does not take the drum depth into consideration. I think this would make the information provide complete. If you don't have the tune-not tuner (as I don't), I have to partner with a wave generator app to give me the correct pitch listed here. If this app had that included, it would be the perfect app for tuning your drum kit. Nevertheless, it is quite good. I have experimented for years with different tuning techniques and devices and have gotten pretty good at tuning with my ear and a piano or a wave-generator. This app is on the mark and does a great job is providing the needed information. They should consider expanding the list of artists who have provided the tuning setting for their own drums, but again, drum depth is not provided. This is a must. ### 2/5 — Needs a lot of work *2016-04-06, version 1.0* I'm using this along with the tunebot gig. Things I'd like to see are being able to change size and depth of the snare. Also I'd love to be able to save custom tunings, not just the ones they recommend. Looking forward to the update. There's definitely room to grow. ### 4/5 — Warped sound *2016-01-12, version 1.0* What I like about this is that it really helps me get the smooth tone on the head. Eliminates that warped sound. I find the pitch I want for each head and then tune from there. ### 3/5 — A few improvements could be made *2015-12-05, version 1.0* I don't know whether or not there's an option to play the tuning frequencies but if there is I haven't found it, if there isn't there should be. They also really need to add James Sullivan from Avenged Sevenfold to the artist tunings because I would love to be able to use this to tune my set up like he would have his kit. ### 2/5 — other tuners *2015-03-23, version 1.0* So this app gives me htz to tune to, I will just use my strobe tuner to accomplish the same results. ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Lied on website *2025-08-04, version 1.3* I need to tune my snare and I went to look for a free tuner online and saw this apps website. It said that it would help me tune it and got the app to actually tune it because idk what I’m doing. Lo and behold you need a device. I hate apps like these ### 1/5 — Garbage *2018-06-30, version 1.2* Garbage... why would you make something that is so useless... and waste time making it... don’t get it... ### 1/5 — Pretty Useless for a Pro *2017-12-28, version 1.2* This app is a good idea for a companion to their tuner but like the tuner it's a good idea that lacks critical features. While you can "calculate" tunings and save them you can't adjust your tunings at all. If your toms are calculated at 280hz but you actually have to tune your lugs to 288hz to get the pitch you need you CAN'T change that anywhere. Also if you're a professional drummer with 7 drum kits and 27 snare drums you can't save them either. You can't name your saved kits either so you have to remember them as Save1, etc. I'm still left with using Excel on my phone to save all this stuff anyway so what's the point ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. The documentation is a great resource but you can get that on their site anyway. All in all, it's a pretty freaking useless app... but I guess it's a start. Just need to rush more development through to make it so we can actually use it. ### 1/5 — too confusing... *2017-08-30, version 1.2* i have no clue how it works... I'm a beginner. ### 1/5 — DO NOT BUY! *2015-09-30, version 1.0* Does not work. ### 1/5 — Useless *2015-02-07, version 1.0* Not what I expected or wanted... ### 1/5 — Total rip! *2014-12-31, version 1.0* Looks like a ripoff of iDrumtech! ### 1/5 — Yuck *2014-11-02, version 1.0* TOTAL WASTE OF TIME!! It's free....big frickin deal!! It's not worth the time it takes to download. I can go to a piano ( or keyboard ) and get the same results. This is like going to a gentleman's club and only seeing centerfolds taped to the pole...... Very disappointing ### 1/5 — Tunings don't sound great *2014-09-06* Doesn't give fundamental frequencies. Only batter and resonant, not combined heads. Doesn't allow you choose the type of kit. I was not getting sounds I wanted even after trying multiple resonant frequencies. I want the idrumtech app back. ### 2/5 — Out of date *2023-05-06, version 1.2* Many of the features point to dead links on the web site. The calculator isn’t as accurate as the documentation on the tube bot website ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — So easy *2020-05-09, version 1.2* I was able to tune a kit with really beaten down heads on the first try using the freq calc along with a drumbot. In the past i could only get drums well tuned if they were new heads. Game changer ### 5/5 — Great companion app to Tune Bot *2019-04-06, version 1.2* For me, the tune bot has been a game changer in tuning. People should understand this app and/or website from them only provide starting points and recommendations. You still need to dial in your drums and ensure they are fine tuned to the note vs picking someone else’s Hz and letting it ride. Great app for quick reference though! I can delete the website bookmarks I use now. 😀 ### 5/5 — Yes, it does work! *2016-05-02, version 1.0* Works wonderfull with the tunebot tuner. ### 5/5 — In love with my new gadget *2015-06-09, version 1.0* Just got my Tune-Bot today and I love it. Only had time to tune one drum as it got late and I want to stay on friendly terms with my neighbours. I have a reasonable cheap and cheerful Mapex kit and I already know it's going to sound ten times better than it does now. Thank you. ### 5/5 — Great information for tunning *2015-02-14, version 1.0* I'm am a drummer for over 25 year. I have toured professionally and played in various studio sessions. The tune-bot is a great tool for tuning drums. I have always tuned drums by ear over the years. When I saw this product I was skeptical, but thought I would give it a try. It took a few weeks and the few different tunning styles, based off this app, to find the right one for me. I have a custom hand built 7 piece kit with 5 toms. I have always tried to tune them in thirds and fifths by ear. My drums now, using the info on this app, and using the tune-bot, sound great and are tuned 1, 3, 5, 1, 3. My snare sounds just like a got it when it was new, perfect. I'm am not endorsed by tune-bot or anybody. I just have had great results using this product and the information on this app. When tuning the drums you need use a pillow to kill the sound of the head you are not tuning and use your finger, with light pressure, in the center of the head to tune each lug. Watch the videos and try different tunings. I.e. Pitch Adjust. I used -3 and my drums sound great. ### 5/5 — Very handy *2015-01-22, version 1.0* Love it, quick and easy companion to the tune bot. ### 5/5 — Waw!!! *2014-04-21, version 1.0* Works perfectly, just like on the tune-bot website. Thank you again overtone Lab! ### 4/5 — More options *2026-03-22, version 1.3* In the “full kit” tuner there should be more options for how to set up a kit. For example I play with a 16” floor Tom with a reso head and a 16” floor Tom without a reso head and there’s no option for me to calculate both of those drums together. Maybe it’s just me outing myself as a tuning noob but it is a challenge that would improve ease of use. ### 4/5 — Good tool, but needs work? *2023-07-24, version 1.3* I’m a musician who likes to play all of the material for my originals, including drums. I just got the tune-bot and I think it’s a very handy tool, but it’s confusing that the settings in the app are different than what you get in the documentation. I think there’s a real disconnect that they don’t sync up. For example, the recommendation in the documentation for the bass drum is way off from what is shown in the app. Same thing with the snare. So, as a novice drummer, who needs help in getting the tuning right, which one do I choose? App or documentation? ### 4/5 — Saved Tunings *2022-11-16, version 1.2* Great application to get to a starting point. My one criticism is you cannot give more meaningful names to saved tunings. Only set 1, set 2 etc… --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-08-28.*