Comparison

Tune Again vs Helix Tuner

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Tune Again

This application helps you tune various musical instruments, including guitars and basses. It offers quick responses, adjustable sensitivity, and a wide sensory range to detect notes accurately. Users can also customize instruments and tuning methods for free.

Highlights
  • Quick response tuning
  • Changeable sensitivity
  • Wide sensory range
  • Add custom instruments
  • Free customization
Features
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This is the successor of ‘Pano Tuner’ app. If you cannot find Pano Tuner on App Store, download this instead. Tune Again, The one and only tuner app you need. Tune Again is a tuner app for tuning your guitars, basses and all other instruments you have. Do not look around for free tuner apps more. Just end up here and enjoy tuning! * Quick responses - Reaction snaps into the pitch you play. No delay, no stress. * Changeable sensitivity - Control the sensitivity to react only for your sound. * Wide range of sensory - Pano Tuner senses notes from the lowest to the highest on piano. Basses, and piccolos? No problem. * Customize for your use, for free - Add your own instruments and tuning methods freely and for free.

About

Helix Tuner

This app offers a novel approach to instrument tuning by visualizing sound as an interference pattern. It avoids pitch detection, instead creating an optical illusion of motion that indicates sharpness or flatness, appearing stable when in tune. This method is highly resistant to background noise and harmonics, providing clear tuning information even in noisy environments.

Highlights
  • Visual interference pattern tuning
  • No pitch detection
  • Optical illusion of motion for tuning
  • Stable visualization when in tune
  • Resistant to background noise
  • Useful in noisy environments
Features
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Helix Tuner is a completely new way to tune your instrument. Unlike all other tuning apps, it does not detect your pitch at all. Instead, it combines the sound coming into the microphone with the desired tuning pitch to create a beautiful interference pattern on the screen. The interaction between your sound and the reference pitch creates an optical illusion of motion when your note is sharp or flat, and it appears stable when you're in tune. If you are tired of digital tuners that jump around erratically, have slow or delayed response to changes in your tuning, or in general just don't give you good tuning information, then Helix Tuner is the one you are looking for. When you manually select the tuning note, as opposed to letting the app detect it automatically, Helix Tuner is extremely resistant to background noise and higher string harmonics that confuse other tuners, causing them to jump around to higher notes and give wrong tuning information. Because the visualization system naturally responds more clearly to sounds near the selected tuning pitch, it is useful even when other musicians are playing nearby.

Screenshots

Tune Again3 screens
Helix Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tune Again at Free against Helix Tuner's $15.99. Tune Again also leads on iOS requirement (9.0 vs 11.0). Helix Tuner's advantage is rating (4.8 vs 4.1) and review sentiment (90% vs 73%). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model and device support there is nothing between them.

Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tune Again is free to download; Helix Tuner costs $15.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Helix Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Helix Tuner has 164 ratings behind it against 28, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 73% of Tune Again's written reviews are positive against 90% of Helix Tuner's.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tune Again versus Helix Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTune AgainHelix Tuner
PriceFree — better$15.99
Rating4.1 (28 ratings)4.8 (164 ratings) — better
Positive reviews73.1% of reviews89.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings28164 — better
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS9.0 — better11.0
Further details — not scored
Size53 MB198 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKaleloft Limited Liability CompanyBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Tune Again

All ratings28 ratings
Positive75.0%
Neutral10.7%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews26 reviews
Positive73.1%
Neutral19.2%
Negative7.7%

Helix Tuner

All ratings164 ratings
Positive97.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative2.4%
Written reviews29 reviews
Positive89.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative10.3%

In-app purchases

None

Tune Again

No in-app purchases

None

Helix Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tune Again free?
Tune Again is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Helix Tuner free?
Helix Tuner costs $15.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tune Again or Helix Tuner?
Helix Tuner is rated higher. Tune Again averages 4.1 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Helix Tuner averages 4.8 from 164 ratings.
Do Tune Again or Helix Tuner have ads?
Neither Tune Again nor Helix Tuner shows ads.

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