UniTuner vs Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UniTuner
This app provides precise chromatic tuning for a wide range of instruments. It offers advanced features like capo simulation, audio visualization, and a tone generator for accurate tuning and sound analysis. Explore over 200 tunings and customize your own for a personalized experience.
- Capo Simulation
- Accurate Cent Readout
- Tone Generator
- Audio Visualization (Spectrum)
- Tuning Map
- Over 200 Tunings
- Customizable Concert Pitch
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Features: - Capo Simulation: Simulate a capo on your instrument while maintaining familiar results. - Accurate Cent Readout with Direct Feedback: No more guessing! Get precise 1/10th cent accuracy from bass to the highest note. - Tone Generator: Tune your drums or instrument by ear using the tone generator, which includes Sinewave, Triangle, and Square-Wave options. - Audio Visualization (Spectrum): View your instrument's harmonic spectrum for better understanding. - Tuning Map: The Tuning Map is a tool for tuning notes of instruments that only sound briefly. So, if the tuner doesn't show anything yet, you can already read out the pitch in the Tuning Map. - Timeline: Visualize the pitch in cents of the detected note. - Customizable Concert Pitch: Set your concert pitch from 220 Hz to 880 Hz. - Over 200 Tunings for String Instruments, including: Ahenk, Armonico, Arpeggione, Bağlama / Saz - long neck, Baglamas, Bajo Quinto, Bajo Sexto, Balalaika, Bandurria - Spanish, Banjo, Banjo - Bass, Banjo - Cello, Banjo - Contrabass, Banjo - Tenor, Banjolete, Bass (Doublebass), Bouzouki (trichordo), Bouzouki (tetrachordo), Cello, Cuban Laúd, Dotara, Dulcimer - 3 course, Dulcimer - 4 course, Fiddle, Gekkin, Guitalete, Guitar, Guitar - 12-String, Guitar - Baritone, Guitarrón, Halszither, Hurdy Gurdy, Irish Bouzouki, Jarana Huasteca, Kamancheh, Kithara Sarda, Kora, Koto, Laúd - Spanish, Laúd - Cuban, Laúd - Philippine, Mandobass - 4 String, Mandobass - 8 String, Mandocello, Mandola, Mandolin, Nevoud, Oud, Pedal Steel Guitar, Pipa, Portuguese Guitar, Qinqin, Requinto, Russian Guitar, Setar, Ukulele, Ukulele - Baritone, Ukulele - Bass, Ukulele - Soprano, Vihuela, Viol (Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Soprano, Tenor, Treble), Viola, Violin, Violin - Tenor, Xiaoruan, Yueqin, Zheng - "Perfect 5th" tuning for: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass. - Tone Names: English, German, Japanese, Fixed & Movable Solfège - Choose from Various Tuning Systems for Open Tunings or Historical Instruments: Just Intonation, Pythagorean, Meantone, and many more. You can also create and store your own custom temperaments. - Enhance Your Open Tunings with Just Intonation: Experience the unique sound quality of pure tuning by setting the UniTuner to Just Intonation and the root note of your tuning
Tuner
This application provides precise instrument tuning capabilities. It assists musicians in achieving accurate pitches for their instruments.
- Precise instrument tuning
- Achieve accurate pitches
- Supports various instruments
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Tuner lets you tune your instruments with precision.
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Verdict
UniTuner and Tuner both sit at 4.6 stars, but that hides the real split: 94% of UniTuner's written reviews are positive against 52% of Tuner's. UniTuner also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 14 months) and device support (3 vs 1). Tuner's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 5). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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
Both are free to download. UniTuner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for UniTuner against 4.5 for Tuner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 139 and 214 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 94% of UniTuner's written reviews are positive against 52% of Tuner's.
UniTuner ships an update every 2 months, Tuner every 14 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.
| Parameter | UniTuner | Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (139 ratings) — better | 4.5 (214 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 93.5% of reviews — better | 51.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 139 | 214 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 14 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Klaus Fecker | Julian Boehm-Tettelbach |
Customer experience
UniTuner
Tuner
Bugs and requests
UniTuner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Tuner
Reported bugs
4 issues- Advertisement for another app does not disappear even after download
- App causes iPhone to crash or freeze
- Screen freezes with blue spots
- App causes phenomenal bugs, not recommended
Requested features
7 requests- Allow changing reference frequency (440, 442, baroque, etc.)
- Option to select instrument (e.g., French horn)
- Ability to switch between sharps and flats
- Show octave of the note
- Microtonal tuning options (24TET, cent modifier)
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- Just intonation option
- Option to turn off metronome app pop-up
In-app purchases
UniTuner
- Silver Supporter$1.99
- Gold Supporter$3.99
- Purple Supporter$5.99
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- Emerald Supporter$7.99
- Sapphire Supporter$24.99
Tuner
No in-app purchases
