The Pitch Pipe vs goodtags
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
The Pitch Pipe
This app provides a digital pitch pipe with multiple instrument tunings and a unique AI-powered text-to-pitch feature. It assists users with sheet music, scale finding, and instrument tuning, making it ideal for musicians of all levels.
- AI Text-to-Pitch
- Sheet Music Note Helper
- Classic and Modern Pitch Pipes
- Scale and Pitch Wizard
- Instrument Tuning
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Looking for the perfect pitch pipe companion? Need more features that just playing a note? Don't know how to read music? This app is perfect for: - Music Teachers and Students - Song Leaders - A Capella and Band Groups - Solo Performers - Students learning music - Choirs and Music Groups - Instrument Tuning Features: - Note Helper for help with Sheet Music - Classic C-C and F-F Pitch Pipes - Modern Button Layout with C-C and F-F versions - Local AI Model for Text-to-Pitch - Add wizard for finding correct scale and pitch
goodtags
Access and organize a vast library of community-generated barbershop song snippets. Play learning tracks, watch videos, and find specific tags with an interactive interface.
- Organize favorites by label
- Navigate lists in sheet music view
- Play starting note for tags
- Find tags by ID
- Play learning tracks
- Watch learning videos
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Goodtags provides a rich interactive interface to the library of community-generated barbershop tags, or song snippets, from the barbershoptags.com database. Features: - Store favorites on your device, and organize them by label - Navigate lists without leaving the sheet music view - Play the starting note for a tag - Find tags by id - Play learning tracks - Watch learning videos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: goodtags at Free against The Pitch Pipe's $1.99. goodtags also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 5) and review sentiment (89% vs 76%). The Pitch Pipe's advantage is ratings volume (108 vs 20). On rating, update cadence, ads 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
goodtags is free to download; The Pitch Pipe costs $1.99 up front. The Pitch Pipe sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. goodtags asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for The Pitch Pipe against 4.8 for goodtags. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: The Pitch Pipe has 108 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 76% of The Pitch Pipe's written reviews are positive against 89% of goodtags's.
The Pitch Pipe ships an update every 4 months, goodtags every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 2, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | The Pitch Pipe | goodtags |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (108 ratings) | 4.8 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 76.5% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 108 — better | 20 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 53 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Rody Davis | Kenji Matsuoka |
Customer experience
The Pitch Pipe
goodtags
In-app purchases
The Pitch Pipe
- Nice Tip$0.99
- Kind Tip$2.99
- Generous Tip$4.99
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- Amazing Tip$9.99
- Incredible Tip$19.99
goodtags
No in-app purchases
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