# Tine: Tuner & Metronome — Guitar, violin, ukulele tuning

> Guitar, violin, ukulele tuning (iPhone/iPad app by Joseph Ting.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/tine-tuner-and-metronome/id6816765344 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Joseph Ting](https://appshunter.io/developer/6775193825)
- Category: Music, Education
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.1 · 40 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French (France), German (Germany), Hindi, Indonesian, Italian and 13 more
- Released: 2026-10-01
- Data updated: 2026-10-31

## What is Tine?

Tine is a precision tuner, metronome and drone made to feel like the best hardware you've owned. It opens straight into tuning, reads cleanly from across a room, and keeps perfect time.

TUNE ANYTHING
• Chromatic tuner with a spring-damped needle, or a true strobe accurate to a tenth of a cent
• 40+ instruments and tunings: guitar (6, 7, 8, 12-string), bass (4, 5, 6), ukulele, banjo, mandolin, violin, viola, cello, double bass, winds and brass in written pitch, voice, oud, Highland pipes
• Strum check: strum all six strings and see which ones are off
• Reliable low notes, down to the 31 Hz low B on a 5-string bass
• Octave guard warns before you over-tighten a string
• Any reference from 380 to 500 Hz, including 415 Baroque, 442 orchestral and 480 pipes
• Historical temperaments: just intonation, Pythagorean, meantone, Werckmeister III, Kirnberger III, Vallotti, Bach/Lehman
• "Adopt this pitch": play the piano's A and Tine matches it

KEEP TIME
• Sample-accurate click that never drifts, even in the background
• A pendulum that swings in sync with what you hear
• Any meter, per-beat accents, subdivisions, swing and cross-rhythms
• Rotary tempo dial with a detent for every BPM, tap tempo, Italian markings
• Setlists that load each song's tempo, meter and tuning
• Haptic pulse and screen flash
• Bluetooth latency calibration for AirPods

PRACTICE INTONATION
• Drone in any key, with pure (just) or tempered intervals
• Tine scores your notes against the drone in just intonation, the way string teachers teach it
• Strings Practice for violin, viola and cello: scales, arpeggios and long tones on a staff with fingerings and bowings, every note judged as you play

EVERYWHERE YOU PLAY
• Live Activity and Dynamic Island for the metronome
• Control Center and Action button controls
• Apple Watch: haptic metronome on the Digital Crown, and a wrist tuner
• iPad and Mac: tuner and metronome side by side
• Mac menu bar tuner

ACCESSIBLE BY DESIGN
• Full VoiceOver support with spoken tuning
• Sonar tuning: hear how far off you are
• Color-blind-safe palette
• Haptic lock and haptic metronome

TINE PRO · ONE-TIME PURCHASE
• Tempo trainer: speeds up a few BPM every few bars until you reach your goal tempo
• Gap trainer: the click drops out for a few bars so you keep time on your own
• Full practice history with monthly and yearly charts, and CSV export
• Premium skins: Vector, Heritage, Strobe Lab, Stage, Bench, Terrarium and Songbook, in the app and on your widgets
• Strings Practice in full: every exercise, a daily practice plan, and your intonation note by note (the D major scale is free)
One purchase, no subscription, Family Sharing included.

OUR PLEDGE
No ads. No account. No tracking. Tuning and timekeeping are free forever, and a free feature will never move behind a paywall.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Tine Pro | $19.99 | one-time |


## Is Tine safe?

Not enough ratings yet to assess Tine.

## Is Tine legit?

Tine: Tuner & Metronome appears legitimate, with a few gaps. The AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Tine is 65 out of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.


## Version history (last 5 releases)

### 1.3.6 — 2026-10-30

A more reliable tuner for bass, cello and other low instruments, and better lock on violin.
Smaller fixes.

### 1.3.5 — 2026-10-27

Better readings, and a new privacy switch.
• Oboes and other reedy instruments are no longer read as the wrong note.
• New in Settings: share anonymous usage stats, so we can see which features matter. No name, account or location, never your audio, and you can switch it off.

### 1.3.4 — 2026-10-16

A steadier tuner.
• The needle now locks only on a settled note, so far fewer false locks.
• Reads better through background noise, room hum and other instruments playing nearby.

### 1.3.3 — 2026-10-15

A quieter, steadier tuner.
• Hears quieter instruments in a silent room, and still ignores room hum.
• When a string locks in tune, the needle holds on its settled position and a soft bell rings once. Turn either off in Settings, under "When a string is in tune", for continuous live matching.
• The strobe is calmer and no longer jumps on a fading note.
• New Settings button on the Tune screen.
• Vector and Bench mark the harmonics of your target note on the spectrum: tune until the peaks sit under the ticks.

### 1.3.1 — 2026-10-15

A steadier, more accurate tuner.
• The needle glides with your note and holds still once it settles. Readouts show whole cents.
• Every skin glows when your note is steady and in tune, and shows a thin ring when it's steady but off.
• Pianos read true: the needle no longer runs sharp on stretched piano strings.
• Room hum and rumble no longer show up as low notes, and quieter instruments are picked up.
• On iPhone, swipe left or right to change skins.

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All apps by Joseph Ting: https://appshunter.io/developer/6775193825

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