Well Tempered vs Beaupré Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Well Tempered
This app provides precise chromatic instrument tuning using your device's speaker and microphone. It offers a vast library of temperaments and customizable reference frequencies, along with a built-in keyboard for immediate sound testing. Control is also available via Apple Watch.
- Chromatic instrument tuner
- Pitch pipe and tuning fork
- 268 unique temperaments
- Customizable reference frequency
- Built-in keyboard for testing
- Apple Watch control
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Well Tempered is a chromatic instrument tuner, pitch pipe and tuning fork using your iPhone or iPads speaker and microphone, or an external microphone. Well Tempered features 268 unique temperaments that you can customize to start with any of 12 notes, totalling 3205 unique tunings! You can define a precise reference frequency, such as A = 417.32 Hz, making Well Tempered a favourite among instrument makers. With all these tuning options, Well Tempered provides a keyboard so that you can play with the tuning right away to decide if this is the tuning you want for the music you will play on your instrument. Control the tuner through your Apple Watch Made by musicians, for musicians with input from musicians
Beaupré Tuner
This app offers ultra-high acoustic precision for musicians, serving as a tuner, sound spectrum analyzer, and temperament laboratory. It provides advanced features for maintaining instruments and refining sound across a wide range of musical applications.
- High precision and dynamic smoothing
- Absolute versatility for all instrument types
- Advanced spectral analysis
- Temperament laboratory with 90+ historical temperaments
- Polyphonic generator
- Multiple display modes
- Dynamic inharmonicity curve calculation
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Born from the rigor required by artisanal harpsichord making and the maintenance of historical instruments, Beaupré Tuner puts ultra-high acoustic precision within reach of all musicians. Whether you play the guitar, organ, violin, trumpet, clarinet, harpsichord, piano, or timpani, the intonation of your instrument and the beauty of your tone should never be compromised. Developed by passionate experts, this tool rejects the superfluous to focus on the essential: immediate responsiveness and perfect readability. Much more than just a highly reliable tuner, Beaupré Tuner is a powerful sound spectrum analysis tool (harmonics and volumes) and a true temperament laboratory. You now have in your pocket the only tool needed to maintain your instruments and an advanced analysis console to refine your sound according to your repertoire. Main features: • High precision and dynamic smoothing: Optimized algorithm for fine, real-time detection. Navigate between surgical precision of 0.1 cents (precise mode) or an intelligent smoothing of 0.33 cents (smooth mode) ideal for quick pitch raising and rough tuning. • Absolute versatility: Perfectly adapted to string, wind, keyboard, and percussion instruments, as well as voice. • Advanced spectral analysis: The interface adapts to your device to display up to 24 simultaneous harmonics in Landscape mode. Observe their relative volumes and their natural or normalized deviation in real time. Customize the display by hiding certain harmonics according to your needs. • Temperament laboratory: Over 90 historical temperaments included, all transposable across all 12 keys, with the ability to add your own custom configurations. • Polyphonic generator: Emit reference frequencies and chords of up to 5 notes, modify the temperament, pitch, or transposition, and listen to the interference beats change instantly. • 5 Display modes: Linear, circular, stroboscopic, graphic, and harmonic. • Dynamic calculation of the inharmonicity curve (Railsback). Enabled by default in Piano mode, available for other Strings. • Pitch detection by listening (Mic enabled) / Zen Mode (Full Screen Visualization - Mic enabled). • Ergonomics and Accessibility: A dark, minimalist design to prevent eye strain, including a Colorblind mode (Okabe-Ito palette) for universal readability. • Hardware support: Native support for external microphones for optimal capture. • Pure experience: No ads. No hidden subscriptions. No intrusive banners will ruin your practice session. The complete app is yours upon purchase. • Total respect for privacy: Audio signal processing is done strictly locally on your device. Nothing is recorded, nothing is transmitted. • Translated into 13 languages: Français, English, Español, Italiano, Português, Deutsch, Nederlands, العربية, हिन्दी, Русский, 日本語, 中文, 한국어. The exacting standards of acoustic professionals, now in your pocket.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Beaupré Tuner at 100% against Well Tempered's 40%. Beaupré Tuner also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 2 months). Well Tempered's advantage is price ($4.99 vs $19.99). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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
Well Tempered costs $4.99 and Beaupré Tuner $19.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Well Tempered ships an update every 2 months, Beaupré Tuner every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Well Tempered | Beaupré Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 — better | $19.99 |
| Rating | 3.7 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 40.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 41 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Niklas Saers | BENOIT BEAUPRE |
Customer experience
Well Tempered
Beaupré Tuner
In-app purchases
Well Tempered
No in-app purchases
Beaupré Tuner
No in-app purchases
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