Comparison

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner vs loadmate

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

Head to head
About

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner

This app offers precise bagpipe tuning with readings accurate to 0.1 Hz. It features a historical pitch view to monitor fluctuations and adjust tuning, with a simple interface for easy use. Tailored algorithms ensure accuracy for various drone and reed combinations.

Highlights
  • 0.1 Hz accuracy
  • Historical pitch view
  • Simple one-button readings
  • Adjustable scale range
  • Relative to concert pitch option
  • Solo temperament options
Features
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BeeFlat provides readings that are accurate to .1 of a hertz and a historic view of the pitch that allows you to monitor fluctuations in blowing and adjust your tuning accordingly. The interface has been designed with simplicity and ease of use in mind. You can take a new reading with just one button press, reverse the scale for use on drones, lock the current reading and more. BeeFlat uses pitch detection algorithms that have been tested on a wide range of drone and reed combinations. These algorithms have been tailored to temperament and tonal qualities of the bagpipes making BeeFlat the most accurate tuner for the bagpipes available today. The settings are configurable including an adjustable scale range, the ability to have readings shown relative to concert pitch (450s) or their actual pitch (480s) and solo temperament options. The adjustable scale range allows you to dial in a level of sensitivity that is suitable to the level of the player you are tuning. BeeFlat is suitable for use by a top level Grade One band about to go on at The World's right through to a novice band at their first practice. BeeFlat was designed and developed by Matt Fraser in Melbourne, Australia. Matt lived in Scotland for five years where he played for the Inveraray and District Pipe Band and competed in solo competitions around the games, including the Silver Medal piobaireachd competitions at Oban and Inverness. In addition to Matt's piping credentials, he has been a professional software developer for over 10 years, developing software for some of the world's largest and well known enterprises.

About

loadmate

This app helps caravan owners calculate towing weights to ensure safe and legal journeys. It offers smart load adjustments, weight distribution insights, and professional compliance checks for peace of mind on the road.

Highlights
  • Caravan & towing weight calculator
  • Smart load adjustments
  • Road trip planning
  • Weight distribution insights
  • Professional compliance checks
  • Intuitive design
Features
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Every trip starts with the same quiet question: are we under our ratings, and how do we actually know? loadmate answers it with one number. RigScore checks your whole rig, truck, trailer and everything you load, against your weight ratings and shows a 0–100 score with the working shown. Green means your numbers sit inside every rating. Anything less shows you what's over and what moves it, in plain language. Built on the numbers that matter in North America: GVWR, GCWR, GAWR, payload, tongue weight and pin weight, the same terms as your door placard and your scale ticket. WHAT'S IN THE APP Can I Tow It? Free for everyone. Shopping for a travel trailer, fifth wheel or tow vehicle? Enter the specs and see whether the combination works before you sign anything. No account needed. Your rig, profiled once. Truck and trailer specs, dry weights and ratings, hitch position, storage zones. Set it up once and the system runs underneath every screen. Cargo, where it actually rides. Assign gear to storage zones in the trailer and the truck. loadmate works out tongue weight and axle loads from where things sit, not just what they weigh. See the change before you make it. Shift 50 lb from the truck bed to the front compartment and watch tongue weight, axle loads and your RigScore move, before you touch a thing. Weigh-ins that stick. Pull onto a truck-stop scale once, enter the figures, and your baselines update. The score's confidence reflects how current your data is. Tire intelligence. Pressures, age and load margins are watched in the background and raised only when they matter. Maintenance, warranty and trips. Service items, warranty coverage and trip planning stay connected to the same rig profile, so nothing is tracked twice. Exceeding your ratings can complicate warranty claims, loadmate keeps your numbers where you can see them. More than one rig. A travel trailer and a boat, or two tow vehicles, switch setups and everything re-scopes. DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE WHO TOW Plain language, big touch targets, nothing buried two menus deep. If you currently run your weights on a spreadsheet, this will feel like an upgrade, not a learning curve. FREE AND PRO Free: the full Can I Tow It? research tool, plus a complete demo rig so you can explore every feature with realistic numbers. Pro: your own rig, live RigScore, cargo tracking, weigh-ins, simulation, tires, maintenance, warranty and trips. One annual subscription, no tiers. Current pricing is always shown on this page and in the app. Auto-renews unless canceled in your App Store account settings at least 24 hours before the period ends. SUPPORT Questions to hello@loadmate.io Privacy policy: https://loadmate.io/privacy Terms of use: https://loadmate.io/terms

Screenshots

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner2 screens
loadmate4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: loadmate at Free against BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner's $24.99. loadmate also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 19 months). BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner's advantage is rating (4.7 vs 1.0) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

loadmate is free to download; BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner costs $24.99 up front. loadmate sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $19.99 per year. BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner has 30 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 80% of BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner's written reviews are positive against 86% of loadmate's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner ships an update every 19 months, loadmate every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner versus loadmate: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBeeFlat Bagpipe Tunerloadmate
Price$24.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (30 ratings) — better1.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews80.0% of reviews85.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings30 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 19 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size7 MB107 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMatt Fraser4Thought RV Pty Ltd

Customer experience

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner

All ratings30 ratings
Positive93.3%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive80.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative20.0%

loadmate

All ratings1 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews7 reviews
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%

In-app purchases

None

BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

loadmate

Subscriptions1
  • loadmate Pro Annual$19.991 Year

Questions

Is BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner free?
BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is loadmate free?
loadmate is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner or loadmate?
BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner is rated higher. BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner averages 4.7 out of 5 from 30 ratings, while loadmate averages 1.0 from 1 ratings.
Do BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner or loadmate have ads?
Neither BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner nor loadmate shows ads.
Which is updated more often, BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner or loadmate?
BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner ships an update every 19 months, and loadmate every 3 days. Most recently, BeeFlat Bagpipe Tuner was updated on November 6, 2026 and loadmate on November 3, 2026.

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