Comparison

Guitar Note Recognizer vs Pinkish Trombone

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

Head to head
About

Guitar Note Recognizer

This tool helps identify guitar fretboard notes using your device's microphone. It offers high-quality sounds and supports various tuning systems, assisting in music learning and instrument tuning.

Highlights
  • Fretboard note identification
  • Real-time audio analysis
  • Multiple tuning systems
  • Pitch detection and tuning fork
  • Works in noisy environments
  • Automatic note detection
Features
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Guitar Note Recognizer is the simplest and the best tool for the fretboard note identification of the guitar. It has the high-quality sounds of the tuned acoustic guitar. Standard, drop D, drop A, open C, half step down, and many more. The application captures audio signal using the microphone and performs Fast Fourier Transform in order to analyser the signal and determine its frequency, which in turn determines the note being played. Guitar Note Recognizer that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time. Guitar Note Recognizer to help you quickly and easily tune your musical instrument. As a pitch detector the tuner app is capable of working in noisy environment. This tuning app also works as a pitch pipe and can sound a reference note to tune your instrument. Pitched Tuner displays a traditional tuner needle and dial. Guitar Note Recognizer designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. User can choose from different strings naming systems such as - Standard Tuning (E-A-D-G-B-E)", - Drop D (D-A-D-G-B-E) - Open D Tuning (D-A-D-F#-A-D) - Open C Tuning (C-G-C-G-C-E) - Open A Tuning (E-A-C#-E-A-E) - Open B Tuning (B-F#-B-F#-B-D#) - Open E Tuning (E-B-E-G#-B-E) - Open F Tuning (F-A-C-F-C-F) - Open G Tuning (D-G-D-G-B-D) - Half step (D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#) - One step down (D-G-C-F-A-D) - F-A-D-G-B-E - D-A-D-G-A-D - D-A-D-D-A-D - C#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D# Easy to use and innovative must have features are all included. - The most acoustic, electric or bass guitar tuning app - Super fast and simple user interface! - Automatic note detection - Analog like needle - Exact frequency display. - Wide Detection Range - Clean bright and simple analog like UI - High precision tuner - Tuning fork, pitched pipe - An Alternative tunings app for other musical instrument - Works in noisy surroundings - Input microphone volume control to control microphone gain. - No advertisements

About

Pinkish Trombone

This app is a studio-ready instrument for iOS, expanding on a classic web-based speech synthesizer. It offers multitouch playability with modulation options and automatable parameters, functioning as a standalone app or AUV3.

Highlights
  • Articulatory speech synthesizer
  • Multitouch playability
  • Modulation options
  • Automatable parameters
  • Standalone app
  • AUV3 support
Features
Currently charting
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Based on Neil Thapen's classic web-based interactive articulatory speech synthesizer, Pink Trombone, Pinkish expands the original into a studio-ready instrument for iOS. While staying faithful to the original's multitouch playability, Pinkish Trombone adds a suite of modulation options and automatable parameters that breath new life into that venerable vocal tract. Pinkish Trombone operates as a standalone app as well as an AUV3 so you can use it in any of your favorite iOS DAW apps. Apple Silicon macOS users can even use it in Ableton Live!

Screenshots

Guitar Note Recognizer2 screens
Pinkish Trombone4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Pinkish Trombone at 100% against Guitar Note Recognizer's 0%. Pinkish Trombone also leads on rating (5.0 vs 1.0) and chart position (#173 vs unranked). Guitar Note Recognizer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs fortnightly) and price ($0.99 vs $4.99). On ratings volume, ads, 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

Guitar Note Recognizer costs $0.99 and Pinkish Trombone $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pinkish Trombone holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 1.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 2 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Guitar Note Recognizer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Pinkish Trombone's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Guitar Note Recognizer ships an update every 3 days, Pinkish Trombone fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 17, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 5 level
Guitar Note Recognizer versus Pinkish Trombone: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterGuitar Note RecognizerPinkish Trombone
Price$0.99 — better$4.99
Rating1.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings22
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterFortnightly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
Best chart rank—#173 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB55 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperSuresh VermaAaron Meyers

Customer experience

Guitar Note Recognizer

All ratings2 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Pinkish Trombone

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Guitar Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

None

Pinkish Trombone

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Guitar Note Recognizer free?
Guitar Note Recognizer costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pinkish Trombone free?
Pinkish Trombone costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Guitar Note Recognizer or Pinkish Trombone?
Pinkish Trombone is rated higher. Guitar Note Recognizer averages 1.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while Pinkish Trombone averages 5.0 from 2 ratings.
Do Guitar Note Recognizer or Pinkish Trombone have ads?
Neither Guitar Note Recognizer nor Pinkish Trombone shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Guitar Note Recognizer or Pinkish Trombone?
Guitar Note Recognizer ships an update every 3 days, and Pinkish Trombone fortnightly. Most recently, Guitar Note Recognizer was updated on October 17, 2026 and Pinkish Trombone on October 19, 2026.

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