Comparison

Drone Tuner vs Comfy Composer

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

Head to head
About

Drone Tuner

Improve your musical pitch and sound with this app. It offers high-quality drone performances from professional musicians and a unique visualization to help you understand your place within a chord. Experience faster and more accurate tuning.

Highlights
  • Professional drone performances
  • Instrument sound list
  • Revolutionary chord visualization
  • Fastest digital tuner for iOS
  • Real-time harmonic relation indicator
Features
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Drone Tuner is a unique app designed to improve your sense of pitch and your sound. It features beautiful drone performances from professional orchestral musicians, as well as a gorgeous and revolutionary visualization that allows you to visualize your place within a chord! This tuner has the following unique features: 1. It has recordings from professional musicians playing long tones List of instrument sounds: Alto Sax Bass Clarinet Bassoon Cello Clarinet English Horn Flute French Horn Guitar Oboe Piano Tenor Sax Trombone Trumpet Tuba Upright Bass Ukelele Viola Violin 2. It incorporates a revolutionary visualization that allows you to simultaneously work on your tuning AND your sound quality. With this visual aid you can also tune yourself within a chord! 3. Drone tuner is the fastest digital tuner for iOS. Instead of detecting your pitch, it uses incoming sound to produce an interference pattern that indicates your harmonic relation to the selected root note in real time. The result is faster and more accurate than other digital tuner. You will see, and feel the difference. For more information, please visit our website! www.drone-tuner.com

About

Comfy Composer

A music notation and composition tool designed for a focused, low-stress creative experience. Quickly capture musical ideas on the go, craft custom instruments, and export your work in various formats. Works entirely offline with a one-time payment.

Highlights
  • Effortless note placement
  • Chord builders and copy/paste
  • Custom instrument synthesis
  • MIDI, audio, and PDF export
  • Offline composition
  • Synth Lab for custom instruments
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Take a moment and compose yourself. Comfy Composer is a thoughtful music notation and composition tool designed for those who want to slow down and focus on the art of writing music. Whether you are a student or a seasoned composer, Comfy Composer provides a low-stress and enjoyable workspace. Why Comfy Composer? In a world of complex, cluttered software, Comfy Composer strips away the noise giving you just what you need to create on the go. Compose when the inspiration strikes and quickly capture an idea, or grab a coffee and chill on the couch while you work on your next opus. When you have something you want to share, export the audio, MIDI, or a pdf of the score. Take it further and use the built in "Synth Lab" to craft your own custom instruments and use the drum tracks to build chip tune masterpieces. Privacy Focused. Your music is yours. Comfy Composer works entirely offline (no data collection, no accounts). One time payment. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, and no ads. Just like the good ol'days. Key Features: Effortlessly place notes, rests, accidentals, and dynamics. Use time savers like copy & paste, and chord builders. Change tempo, key signature, time signature, and instruments. Playback your composition to hear it as you create (note, ensure your phone isn't in silent mode). Craft custom instruments in the "Synth Lab" using subtractive, FM, or wavetable synthesis. Export and share your via MIDI, audio files, PDFs. Import and export .json files to share your compositions with other Comfy Composer users. Perfect For: Music students practicing theory and notation. Composers and songwriters sketching out ideas on the go. Musicians looking for a fun way to have rewarding time on their devices.

Screenshots

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Comfy Composer at 5.0 against Drone Tuner's 4.5. Comfy Composer also leads on price ($2.99 vs $9.99). Drone Tuner's advantage is ratings volume (40 vs 1) and device support. On in-app purchases and monetization model 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

Drone Tuner costs $9.99 and Comfy Composer $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Comfy Composer holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Drone Tuner has 40 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Drone Tuner versus Comfy Composer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDrone TunerComfy Composer
Price$9.99$2.99 — better
Rating4.5 (40 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews75.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings40 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 9 months—
AdsNo—
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — better—
Requires iOS9.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size253 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperBlue Mangoo Consulting Company LimitedNikolas Stewart

In-app purchases

None

Drone Tuner

No in-app purchases

None

Comfy Composer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Drone Tuner free?
Drone Tuner costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Comfy Composer free?
Comfy Composer costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Drone Tuner or Comfy Composer?
Comfy Composer is rated higher. Drone Tuner averages 4.5 out of 5 from 40 ratings, while Comfy Composer averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.

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