Comparison

Braw Chromatic Tuner vs Ultimate Piper

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

Head to head
About

Braw Chromatic Tuner

Features
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A simple, clear, and precise tuner application to help you tune your musical instrument. Use as a guitar tuner, a violin tuner, or for almost any musical instrument. Features an optional high contrast display for use outdoors. Free and fully functional, with the in-application option to purchase an unlock for advanced features. Braw Chromatic Tuner uses the most advanced algorithms customized to give the most accurate, precise, and responsive tuning experience. It has a focus on ease of use and technical quality. It it also written to be efficient, so you don't need the latest phone or tablet to be able to run it. The efficiency also means it has relatively low battery consumption. The tuner automatically detects which note you are playing, based on what is the loudest/closest to your devices microphone. The gauge will then clearly indicate how sharp or flat you are compared to the automatically calculated reference frequency for the note. We genuinely welcome feedback, and in particular if you have any problems please don't hesitate to get in touch, either through the app, or via our website. If there is a feature you would like to see added, please let us know.

About

Ultimate Piper

This music app helps bagpipers learn, compose, and practice. It features automatic score scanning, advanced editing tools, and intelligent practice aids. Users can also tune instruments, use a metronome, and track their progress.

Highlights
  • Automatic score scanning
  • Compose and edit music
  • Intelligent play-along tracking
  • Practice loop for difficult passages
  • Audio playback and sharing
  • Built-in tuner and metronome
  • Structured practice tracking
Features
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Ultimate Piper is the complete music app for bagpipers – whether you're learning on a practice chanter or performing with a full pipe band. SCAN ANY SCORE Point your camera at a printed bagpipe score — or import a PDF or photo — and Ultimate Piper reads it into a playable tune in seconds, notes, gracenotes and barlines included, all on-device. Several pages scan in one go. JUST ASK SIRI "Tune my pipes in Ultimate Piper." "Start the metronome at 84." "Play Scotland the Brave in Ultimate Piper." Siri can also start practice or scan a score. Your library is in Spotlight, and every command is a Shortcut. COMPOSE & EDIT Complete scores for light music and piobaireachd alike, with reactive grace notes and a full embellishment picker — doublings, grips, taorluaths and more. Triplets straight or with mixed values, played as notated. Select a range to transpose, re-time or copy between tunes. Add rests, 1st/2nd time bars, harmonies and colour-coded markup. PLAY ALONG Tracking follows your playing by microphone or MIDI chanter, scrolling the score — turn your iPhone sideways for a full-screen music stand — and colouring each note green or red. Connect a Blair Digital Chanter or Fagerström Technopipes for precise detection. Record a session and replay it, or analyse it for the gracenotes the tracker missed. PRACTICE LOOP Loop any range of bars, and let the tempo climb each time you nail it. LISTEN & SHARE AUDIO Play back any tune with realistic chanter or pipe sounds — or record your own instrument and hear every tune on it — timed with the idiom's own lilt, strathspey snap to piobaireachd's held close. Render any tune or set to a shareable audio recording — melody, harmonies and drones — to send to a pupil or bandmate. TUNE UP The tuner hears bass, tenors and chanter at once — a beat meter for the tenors, a per-note chanter grid, and drones tuned to your chanter, not a number. A guided tune-up takes the drones one at a time, with a needle for each tenor showing which way to move the slide. Four tuning schemes, GHB Standard to Seumas MacNeill. Also on Apple Watch. A Blowing mode draws twenty seconds of pitch for chanter and drones as steadiness lines, scored out of 100 — pitch follows pressure, so it reads your bag. STANDALONE METRONOME Authentic pipe band drum sounds — side, bass and tenor — tuned to your target Low A. Choose time signature, toggle accents and subdivisions, and tap to set tempo. Also on Apple Watch with haptic taps on every beat. STRUCTURED PRACTICE Reminders, session tracking, suggested warm-ups, and a rating for every tune from Want to Learn to Mastered. VERSION HISTORY & COMPARE Every edit is saved — browse your history, see colour-coded diffs, revert with a tap. Compare two tunes note by note and merge the best of both. SHARE WITH YOUR BAND Export to PDF, share tunes with other Ultimate Piper users, or send as .pipescore to the PipeScore web editor. Shared folders keep your whole band on the latest music, with control over who can edit. Write notes on a score for the band, or keep them private. ORGANISE YOUR LIBRARY Import BWW and PipeScore files. Organise tunes into nested folders. Search by title, composer, genre or time signature. FOR EVERY PIPER VoiceOver reaches every note in the editor and tells you where playback is. Resize the score without a pinch; Reduce Motion is honoured. Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Ultimate Piper Premium is a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription with a 7-day free trial, and Family Sharing lets up to five family members use it. After the trial, payment is charged to your Apple ID account and recurs each billing period; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://ultimatepiper.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Braw Chromatic Tuner4 screens
Ultimate Piper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Piper at none against Braw Chromatic Tuner's shown. Ultimate Piper also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 33 months). Braw Chromatic Tuner's advantage is iOS requirement (12.0 vs 26.0). On price, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Braw Chromatic Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ultimate Piper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Braw Chromatic Tuner ships an update every 33 months, Ultimate Piper every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 7, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Braw Chromatic Tuner versus Ultimate Piper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterBraw Chromatic TunerUltimate Piper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 33 monthsEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size16 MB236 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAvoir TechnologyMixolydian Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Braw Chromatic Tuner

One-time1
  • Premium Upgrade$4.99
2 purchases

Ultimate Piper

Subscriptions2
  • Ultimate Piper Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Ultimate Piper Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Braw Chromatic Tuner free?
Braw Chromatic Tuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Piper free?
Ultimate Piper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Braw Chromatic Tuner or Ultimate Piper have ads?
Braw Chromatic Tuner shows ads; Ultimate Piper does not.
Which is updated more often, Braw Chromatic Tuner or Ultimate Piper?
Braw Chromatic Tuner ships an update every 33 months, and Ultimate Piper every 10 days. Most recently, Braw Chromatic Tuner was updated on October 25, 2026 and Ultimate Piper on October 7, 2026.

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