Pitch Pipe+ vs goodtags
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pitch Pipe+
This app provides reference pitches for singers and musicians. It offers multiple tuning modes, including chromatic, a traditional pitch pipe simulation, and a dedicated guitar tuner with various popular tunings. Users can calibrate the tuning frequency for precise adjustments.
- Chromatic pitch playback (6 octaves)
- Sustaining or 3-second note options
- Traditional pitch pipe simulation
- Dedicated guitar tuner
- Multiple guitar tunings (Standard, Dropped D, etc.)
- Adjustable tuning calibration (A=414-466 Hz)
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Featured by Apple as "New and Noteworthy" on the main App Store landing page. Pitch Pipe+ is a tuner application for the playback of reference pitches, perfect for singing and tuning instruments. It consists of three views: Chromatic - Playback of all pitches from 6 octaves. Choose between the note sustaining indefinitely or for 3 seconds. Useful for choirs and a-capella singers as reference for starting note. Pitch Pipe - This one is for singers used to using chromatic pitch pipes. Sounds are sampled from actual pitch pipes. Choose between C-C and F-F pipes. Tap a currently playing note to kill it immediately. Guitar - Dedicated guitar tuner lets you tune to guitar samples in addition to the sine wave tone. Auto advance moves down the strings so you don't have to keep reaching for the phone. The following tunings are available: Standard, Dropped D, DADGAD, Open D, Open G, Open A. The last visited view is shown whenever you relaunch the app so you have instant access to your preferred view. Calibrate tuning from A = 414 to 466 Hz. Retina Displays supported.
goodtags
Access and organize a vast library of community-generated barbershop song snippets. Play learning tracks, watch videos, and find specific tags with an interactive interface.
- Organize favorites by label
- Navigate lists in sheet music view
- Play starting note for tags
- Find tags by ID
- Play learning tracks
- Watch learning videos
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Goodtags provides a rich interactive interface to the library of community-generated barbershop tags, or song snippets, from the barbershoptags.com database. Features: - Store favorites on your device, and organize them by label - Navigate lists without leaving the sheet music view - Play the starting note for a tag - Find tags by id - Play learning tracks - Watch learning videos
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: goodtags at Free against Pitch Pipe+'s $0.99. Pitch Pipe+'s advantage is update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 5 months) and ratings volume (175 vs 19). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
goodtags is free to download; Pitch Pipe+ costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Pitch Pipe+ against 4.7 for goodtags. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pitch Pipe+ has 175 ratings behind it against 19, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 87% of Pitch Pipe+'s written reviews are positive against 89% of goodtags's.
Pitch Pipe+ ships an update every 6 weeks, goodtags every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitch Pipe+ | goodtags |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.7 (175 ratings) — better | 4.7 (19 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 86.7% of reviews | 88.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 175 — better | 19 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 weeks — better | Every 5 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.3 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Frozen Ape Pte. Ltd. | Kenji Matsuoka |
Customer experience
Pitch Pipe+
goodtags
Bugs and requests
Pitch Pipe+
Reported bugs
10 issues- App crashes on launch with iOS 14 and iOS 17.0.3
- Sound stops working after switching to background apps
- Inconsistent octave pitch accuracy (D note out of tune)
- No sound output on iPhone 3.1.3
- Crashes after recent updates requiring app restart
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- Splash screen appears too slowly in performance situations
- Pitch pipe function doesn't sound when iPhone is silenced
- Guitar string recordings have poor audio quality
- Keyboard only offers single octave in some versions
- Buttons not labeled/readable with VoiceOver accessibility
Requested features
11 requests- Update to 64-bit and maintain iOS compatibility
- Softer flute sound option for singers
- Save tuning presets for different instruments
- Faster app loading time
- Adjustable note duration options
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- Microphone input to detect pitch
- More guitar tuning alternate options
- Multiple octave selection for keyboard mode
- Accessibility improvements for VoiceOver users
- Metronome and tuner integration
- Different tone options (piano, flute sounds)
goodtags
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Pitch Pipe+
No in-app purchases
goodtags
No in-app purchases
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