Ensemble Friends vs HarmoTuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ensemble Friends
This app offers a highly customizable metronome with advanced features for complex time signatures and tempo changes. It also includes a keyboard with pure temperament tuning and transposition for instrumental practice.
- Customizable metronome with complex time signatures
- Advanced tempo and rhythm pattern settings
- Pattern sharing for efficient practice
- Pure temperament keyboard with four tone colors
- Transpose function for various instruments
- Calibration and natural seventh tuning options
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It has everytihing you need like metronome function providing more detailed setting than analogue ones and keyboards which can be set in pure temperament. ENSEMBLE FRIENDS FEATURES: Metronome [Simple] - Easy to control even you're playing instruments. - You can set tempos from slow to fast. - You can set not only 4/4 or 6/8, but also any complicated times like 19/16. - You can set uneven times for 8 bars or less. - Metronome can play different rhythm at the same time, and you can change the volume of each rhythm. Metronome [Advanced] - High functional metronome which can deal with dizzying tempo changing! - You can set peculiar times and tempos of practicing pieces. - You can share designed patterns with other devices, which can make your sectional practice more efficient. Keyboard - You can check the sound of pure tempered chords!! - Has best tone colors for instrumental practice. - Provides transpose function for transposed instruments. - Can procude pure tempered and natural seventh, which is best to learn chord sound. Specifications: Metronome (General) - Tempo: BPM = 20 – 280 - Time signatures: Numerator - 1〜20, Denominator - 2 / 4 / 8 / 16 - Simultaneous rhythm click: Accent note / Quarter note / Eighth note / Sixteenth note / Triplet note - Triplets: Eighth triplet / Quarter triplet Metronome [Simple] - Number of setting time signatures: 1 – 8 Metronome [Advanced] - Number of setting bars: 1 – 999 - Number of setting time signatures in each bar: 8 - Number of saving patterns: 20 Keyboard - Tone colors: Four (Flute / Clarinet / Trumpet / Violin) - Transposition: -7 – +7 (chromatically) - Rainge of keybord in the app: C1 – C8 - Calibration: A = 427.5 – 452.9 Hz (-50.0 – +50.0 cent) - Temperament: Equal tempered / Pure tempered (major) /Pure tempered (minor) - Natural seventh: on/off (only for pure tempered setting) - Keyboad holding: on/off - MIDI input: on/off
HarmoTuner
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HarmoTuner is a tuner and metronome designed to help ensembles explore harmony through just intonation. Alongside precise single-note tuning, HarmoTuner lets you choose a target chord and compare the current position of each chord tone with its just-intonation target. Use it for individual long-tone practice or for shaping intonation and resonance in wind bands, orchestras, chamber groups, and other ensembles. CHORD TUNING Choose a target from 96 chords, including C, Am, G7, and CM7. HarmoTuner detects up to four input tones and displays a separate gauge for each role in the chord, such as the root, third, fifth, and seventh. In addition to the deviation from equal temperament, a target marker shows where each tone sits in just intonation. You can also find possible chords by selecting the note names you hear, making it easy to choose a target even when you do not know the chord symbol. SINGLE-NOTE TUNER View the note name, frequency, and deviation in cents from the selected reference in real time. • Adjustable A4 reference pitch • Equal temperament, just intonation, Pythagorean tuning, and meantone temperament • Adjustable input sensitivity and lock sensitivity • Lock indicator for a stable pitch • Reference tone with selectable note and octave • Analysis display for waveform and harmonic content Use it not only for tuning an instrument, but also for long tones and for checking the stability of embouchure and breath support. METRONOME Set the tempo, meter, and subdivision, then follow the beat through sound and visual feedback. • 30–300 BPM • Meters from 1/4 to 10/4 • Quarter-note, eighth-note, triplet, and sixteenth-note subdivisions • Tap tempo • Tempo marking display • Optional screen-edge beat flash Practice intonation and tempo without switching between apps. THREE FOCUSED MODES Open Tuner, Chord, or Metronome directly from its own tab. HarmoTuner remembers your most recently used mode and settings, so you can get back to practice quickly. PRIVACY All microphone input is analyzed on your device. HarmoTuner does not save recordings, transmit audio to external servers, or collect personal information.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: HarmoTuner at Free against Ensemble Friends's $17.99. HarmoTuner also leads on update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 4 months). Ensemble Friends's advantage is iOS requirement (11.0 vs 17.0). On ads, 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
HarmoTuner is free to download; Ensemble Friends costs $17.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Ensemble Friends ships an update every 4 months, HarmoTuner every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 1, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ensemble Friends | HarmoTuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $17.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 11.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 21 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stone System Corp. | Shunsuke Hosomi |
In-app purchases
Ensemble Friends
No in-app purchases
HarmoTuner
No in-app purchases
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