Entonal Tuner vs VividShaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Entonal Tuner
This app allows you to tune instruments to any imaginable scale, from perfect harmony to extreme dissonance. It accurately recreates global traditional music and can also function as a standard instrument tuner. Explore scales by playing their notes before tuning your instrument.
- Tune to any scale
- Explore scales by playing notes
- Adjust root note frequency
- Recreate traditional music
- Standard instrument tuner function
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Tune your instrument to any scale you can imagine. Perfect harmony, or super sharp dissonance, and everything in between. Accurately recreate traditional music from around the world, as well as pre-modern western music. Or use it as a standard instrument tuner! Each scale can be selected, and its notes can be played to get a feel for it before tuning your instrument. Each scale may have a different root note (1/1), and the root note frequency (1/1) can be adjusted while tuning. Entonal Tuner was created when the developer began to learn about Just Intonation and microtonal music. He soon found that it, although some tuning apps support different temperaments and scales, they are difficult to edit, and not a "first class citizen". So the seed was planted... and Entonal Tuner was born.
VividShaper
This AUv3 plugin synthesizer allows real-time wave design using Lua programming. Create complex sounds with multiple generators and oscillators, and share patches across devices via iCloud.
- Real-time wave programming with Lua
- Customizable waveforms
- 16-voice polyphony
- 8 oscillators per generator
- iCloud patch sharing
- AUv3 plugin compatibility
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*** This is an AUv3 extension and not a standalone app. *** *** It requires a host app like Garageband or similar. *** VividShaper is a cutting-edge AUv3 plugin synthesizer akin to a wave table synth that gives you the power to design your own waves in real-time. Its unique interface allows you to program your own waves with the built-in Lua programming language, offering a level of customization and control unparalleled in the world of digital music production. With VividShaper, you can dynamically change your waveforms over time, bringing a whole new level of creative possibilities to your music. Use up to 16 generators for polyphony, and 8 oscillators per generator, to create rich, intricate sounds. Each oscillator wave can be manipulated in Lua code in real time, giving you full control over your sound design. The plugin supports iCloud, so you can share your patches between both iOS and macOS devices.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Entonal Tuner at Free against VividShaper's $5.99. Entonal Tuner also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 4 months) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 16.0). VividShaper's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.4) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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
Entonal Tuner is free to download; VividShaper costs $5.99 up front. Entonal Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. VividShaper asks for nothing beyond the download.
VividShaper holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 14 and 8 respectively. Written reviews complicate that: 86% of Entonal Tuner's written reviews are positive against 83% of VividShaper's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
Entonal Tuner ships an update every 3 days, VividShaper every 4 months. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Entonal Tuner | VividShaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (14 ratings) | 5.0 (8 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 85.7% of reviews — better | 83.3% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 14 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Node Audio | Lars Forsberg |
Customer experience
Entonal Tuner
VividShaper
In-app purchases
Entonal Tuner
- Upgrade to Pro$3.99
VividShaper
No in-app purchases









