Comparison

iPegs vs APTuner

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

APTuner

This application provides highly accurate chromatic tuning for a wide range of instruments. It features a clear interface, customizable settings, and the ability to detect note deviations with precision.

Highlights
  • Automatic note and cent deviation detection
  • Accurate to 1/1000 semitone
  • High contrast, high visibility UI
  • Instrument presets
  • User selectable noise threshold
  • Settable A4 frequency
  • Historical temperaments
Features
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Features: + Automatically detects the note and cent deviation for a wide variety of instruments + Accurate up to 1/1000 semitone (0.1 cent) + High contrast, high visibility user interface + Instrument presets + User selectable noise threshold + Settable A4 frequency + Frequency table + Select and edit historical temperaments

Screenshots

iPegs4 screens
APTuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: APTuner at Free against iPegs's $3.99. APTuner also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 78%) and ratings volume (6 vs 2). On rating, update cadence, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

APTuner is free to download; iPegs costs $3.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for iPegs against 5.0 for APTuner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 6 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 78% of iPegs's written reviews are positive against 100% of APTuner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

iPegs ships an update every 2 months, APTuner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
iPegs versus APTuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameteriPegsAPTuner
Price$3.99Free — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings)5.0 (6 ratings)
Positive reviews77.8% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings26 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 3 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS18.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size10 MB26 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHank HeijinkJoseph Broms

Customer experience

iPegs

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive77.8%
Neutral0.0%
Negative22.2%

APTuner

All ratings6 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews2 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

iPegs

No in-app purchases

None

APTuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is iPegs free?
iPegs costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is APTuner free?
APTuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, iPegs or APTuner?
iPegs and APTuner are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 2 and 6 ratings respectively.
Do iPegs or APTuner have ads?
Neither iPegs nor APTuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, iPegs or APTuner?
iPegs ships an update every 2 months, and APTuner every 3 months. Most recently, iPegs was updated on October 31, 2026 and APTuner on November 3, 2026.

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