Comparison

iPegs vs ECDTunes Vol. 3

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

Head to head
About

iPegs

This application serves as a multi-temperament tuning instrument for musicians, particularly those in classical and early music. It offers a tone generator, multiple display modes, and supports custom temperaments, allowing for precise pitch adjustments and easy sharing of settings.

Highlights
  • Multi-temperament tuning
  • Tone generator
  • Customizable note names
  • Temperament sharing
  • Adjustable reference pitch
  • Extensive help file
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An artful tuner designed by and for professional musicians working in classical and early music. The tuner provides a tone that is easy to tune to, or it can listen to you. It includes twenty-five default temperaments, and if those aren't enough, you can add your own. It allows for easy selection between flats and sharps in meantone temperaments. Keep your instruments in iPegs (strings, courses, frets, diapasons) and tune them string by string. The string calculator works out gauges and tensions from the string length, the pitch and the material. Profiles put your pitch, temperament and instrument one tap away. Full list of features: - Tone generator with five different tones, playing one note or several at once - Tuner with four displays, including strobe bands for each overtone - Instruments, with a string tension and gauge calculator - Profiles - 25 included temperaments, shown on a circle of fifths and an interval size chart - Customizable note names (A4, fixed Do, a', etc.) - Temperaments can easily be shared with others - Reference pitch (A4) adjustable from 350 to 500Hz in 1Hz increments - Supports transposing instruments - Footswitch support to change tones

About

ECDTunes Vol. 3

Features
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ECD Tunes Vol 3. is meant for English Country Dance musicians. It contains a copy of the Green Barnes and allows users to add their own volumes of music by creating ZIP archives of PDF, GIF, TIF, and PNG files. Users can also capture images using their iPad's camera and image library. Events can be created and shared via AirDrop, email, and file sharing apps. You can find instructions for this app at http://www.TransportedProductions.com/iDeas

Screenshots

iPegs4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: iPegs at $3.99 against ECDTunes Vol. 3's $24.99. iPegs also leads on update cadence (every 2 months vs every 24 months). On ads, in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

iPegs costs $3.99 and ECDTunes Vol. 3 $24.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPegs ships an update every 2 months, ECDTunes Vol. 3 every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 20, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
iPegs versus ECDTunes Vol. 3: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPegsECDTunes Vol. 3
Price$3.99 — better$24.99
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPad
Requires iOS18.017.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB235 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHank HeijinkTransported Productions

In-app purchases

None

iPegs

No in-app purchases

None

ECDTunes Vol. 3

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPegs free?
iPegs costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ECDTunes Vol. 3 free?
ECDTunes Vol. 3 costs $24.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do iPegs or ECDTunes Vol. 3 have ads?
Neither iPegs nor ECDTunes Vol. 3 shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPegs or ECDTunes Vol. 3?
iPegs ships an update every 2 months, and ECDTunes Vol. 3 every 24 months. Most recently, iPegs was updated on October 23, 2026 and ECDTunes Vol. 3 on October 20, 2026.

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