# Steel Tuner — Tuned to the chord you play

> Tuned to the chord you play (iPhone/iPad app by KYLE INDIANA ROBBINS.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/steel-tuner/id6814332731 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [KYLE INDIANA ROBBINS](https://appshunter.io/developer/6814332733)
- Category: Music, Utilities
- Price: $9.99
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 17.0 · 1 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-24
- Data updated: 2026-09-28

## What is Steel Tuner?

Every tuner tells you the note. On a pedal steel, the note was never the
question.

Steel Tuner tunes each string to the chord your pedals and knee levers are
actually making — so the chord rings instead of wobbling.

A chromatic tuner wants every string at 0 cents. But press the A pedal and
your B strings become the third of an A chord, and a third tuned to 0 cents
beats about four times a second against the root. That's the restlessness you
hear. Steel Tuner works out where each string should sit for the chord you're
playing, and moves every target the moment your foot moves.

WHAT YOU GET

• Targets that follow your feet. Press a pedal or lever and all ten strings
  are re-aimed for the new chord.

• Honest about the strings that can't be fixed. On E9, strings 1, 4 and 7 are
  asked to be two different notes in different chords. Steel Tuner tells you
  which ones, shows what each compromise costs, and gives the stop-screw
  adjustment for the seven that can be fixed.

• Watch the note settle. Two and a half seconds of pitch history show a string
  arriving sharp and settling, instead of a needle that jumps around.

• Not stuck on whole-Hz steps. The notes this instrument cares about fall
  between the settings of a 440/441 tuner — a 1 Hz step is almost 4 cents.

• Built on real charts. Starts from the published Emmons chart, and marks
  every number as measured or calculated so you always know which is which.

• Your guitar, your setup. Every string, pedal, lever and half stop is
  editable — even mid-tune, with the bar in your hand. Share your setup with
  another player as a single file.

• Cabinet drop kept separate, so you're never chasing two problems at once.

NECKS
E9, C6 and U-12 universal, plus C6 and E13 lap steel and open G resonator.

PRIVATE BY DESIGN
Everything happens on your phone. No account, no ads, no tracking — nothing
is recorded or sent.

Built with a working steel player, against published charts.

## Is Steel Tuner safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Steel Tuner.

## Is Steel Tuner legit?

Steel Tuner has limited verification signals. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Steel Tuner is 50 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.0.1 — 2026-09-25

The Jeff Newman tuning chart for E9 and C6, with his wording on the pedal and lever buttons and his "hold these pedals down while you tune" instructions.

The Emmons chart now labels buttons the way that chart does: Pedal 1/2/3, LKL, RKR and so on.

New copedents under Manage copedents: E9 (Newman), C6 (D on top) and C6 (Newman).

Targets that need a half-Hz tuner setting now say so.

### 1.0 — 2026-09-24

No release notes.

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