TuneLab Piano Tuner vs CyberTuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TuneLab Piano Tuner
This professional tool creates custom piano tunings by measuring inharmonicity. It offers advanced features for pitch-raising, storing hundreds of tuning files, and includes historical temperaments. Designed for experienced piano technicians, it provides detailed visual displays for precise tuning.
- Custom tuning based on inharmonicity
- Over-pull mode for pitch-raises
- Store hundreds of tuning files
- Cloud storage via Dropbox
- Historical temperaments
- Automatic note switching
- Strobe-like Phase Display
- Frequency spectrum display
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This app is for professional piano technicians. This is a professional tool that produces a custom piano tuning for any piano. It is part of the TuneLab line of piano tuning programs for smartphones, tablet computers and laptops that piano technicians have been using since 2001. Notable features: * Measures and uses inharmonicity of the piano to construct a custom tuning. * Provides an over-pull mode for more accurate pitch-raises. * Can store hundreds of tuning files for individual pianos. * Tuning files can be stored locally and in the Cloud on Dropbox. * Provides many historical temperaments for period music. * Switches notes automatically when you play the next note. * Provides a strobe-like Phase Display for fine-tuning. * Provides a versatile frequency spectrum display. TuneLab lets you customize a tuning by sampling the inharmonicity for a few notes of the particular piano. You can choose the kind of tuning stretch you want by specifying different intervals for the bass, the treble, and the mid-range of the scale. These intervals can be octaves, 12ths, double octaves, etc. Good defaults are in place if you are not sure which settings you prefer. After a custom tuning has been created from inharmonicity measurements you can store this tuning by name. The next time you need to tune that piano, or one very much like it, you simply load that same tuning file and start tuning. There is essentially no limit to the number of tuning files that you can store. TuneLab comes with some sample tuning files and an "Average" tuning file so you can start tuning right away without bothering to measure inharmonicity. TuneLab covers the normal piano range from A0 to C8 (88 notes). The automatic note-switching feature makes it possible to enjoy hands-free operation. There is also easy one-touch manual note switching. TuneLab has two different displays that are visible at the same time. One is the strobe-like Phase Display. This is a band where black squares move left or right depending on whether the note is sharp or flat. Tune the note to make the pattern stop moving. The other is the Spectrum Display. This is a graph of the frequency spectrum around the desired note that shows a peak in the audio frequency spectrum for every pitch present in the sound. The object in using this display is to tune the note until the peak in the graph is positioned at a central red line. The Spectrum Display makes it possible to do a rough pitch-raise without mutes since each string of a unison produces its own peak in the graph. Having both the Phase Display and the Spectrum Display visible at the same time gives you a more complete picture of the tuning than any single spinner-type or needle-type display. The Phase Display displays a selected partial at each note, but it can optionally display the tuning of up to four different partials at once in multi-partial mode.
CyberTuner
This professional piano tuning software offers advanced features for experienced technicians. It provides accurate pitch correction, aural skill development tools, and customizable tuning options. Designed for ease of use and exceptional accuracy, it's built on decades of professional feedback.
- Concert Tune mode for large instruments
- Aural Tutor for skill improvement
- Smart Tune and Pitch Raise modes
- Accurate multi-partial sampling
- Customizable stretch choices
- CyberEar AI Mode for advanced tunings
- CyberAssist built-in tech support
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Reyburn CyberTuner, the pro piano technician's gold standard tuning software for over 30 years. Continuously refined through three decades of professional feedback from master piano technicians. This is a professional piano technicians' tuning tool. We expect users to already know piano tuning basics and have their own tuning equipment. What makes Reyburn CyberTuner for iOS (or "iRCT") superior to other tuning software? Ease of use. Clarity of functions. Intuitive and thoughtful design and programming by a Registered Piano Technician (RPT) member of the PTG with years of concert tuning and prep experience as well as "in the trenches" home tunings and repairs. Built on the collective knowledge of scores of RPTs. Flexibility to tune the way you want with unbelievable accuracy. Support by the creator, by either personal email (international) or toll-free phone (in the US & Canada) for registered users. Email listserv support is free for registered CyberTuner users. • Concert Tune mode combines the best of Fine Tune and Smart Tune, customized for 7 foot (210cm) and 9 foot (275cm) concert instruments. • Aural Tutor expert system analyzes your aural tuning and suggests intervals and check notes for improving your aural skills. • Extraordinarily accurate and fast pitch correction with iRCT's Smart Tune and Pitch Raise modes. These modes use a US Patented expert system to individually predict every note on the piano. • iRCT creates aural-quality tunings by directly matching sampled partials, just as concert aural tuners do. • iRCT accommodates all experience levels, giving beginning tuners a very simple interface, but offers advanced tuners customizable stretch choices. • iRCT is an "expert system" which automatically senses and compensates for short scaling in spinets, small grands, etc. • iRCT creates musical tunings from low bass to high treble because accurate multi-partial samples (to .01¢) are taken across a wide array of sample notes (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5 and A6). • Fast, high-resolution spinner provides unsurpassed stability and unisons. • New: Apple Metal graphics framework for improved battery life and responsiveness. • New: CyberAssist built-in tech support provides instant answers 24/7. • New: iCloud Sync with merge files feature keeps your files safe. • New: CyberEar AI Mode creates tunings which challenge even the best aural tuners. • Occasional internet connection (approximately once a month) required to calibrate A440. An iRCT license includes Standard Mode (ability to tune a 13 note temperament from A3 to A4) plus a FREE one (1) year subscription to CyberCare which upgrades the mode to Premium (tune 88 notes). Also included with a CyberCare subscription are free upgrades to any new iRCT features, CyberCloud calibration, and support. See "In-App Purchases" for CyberCare price in local currency. If your CyberCare Subscription lapses, iRCT will continue to function in original Standard mode. In subsequent years CyberCare one year subscriptions may be purchased in-app with automatic renewal option: • Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. • Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. • Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period. • Subscriptions may be managed and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. The iRCT software includes a single user license. iRCT may be used to tune pianos (or any keyboard instrument) on only one iOS device at a time, but may be installed on multiple iOS devices. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THE EULA TERMS, DO NOT PURCHASE A CYBERTUNER LICENSE. Complete Terms of Use are in the End User License Agreement (EULA) in the App Store and at: www.cybertuner.com/ircteula
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: TuneLab Piano Tuner at $299.99 against CyberTuner's $999.99. TuneLab Piano Tuner also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 1) and chart position (#191 vs unranked). CyberTuner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 7 months) and review sentiment (99% vs 83%). On rating, ratings volume, ads 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
TuneLab Piano Tuner costs $299.99 and CyberTuner $999.99 up front. CyberTuner sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $84.99 per year. TuneLab Piano Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for TuneLab Piano Tuner against 4.8 for CyberTuner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 93 and 59 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 83% of TuneLab Piano Tuner's written reviews are positive against 99% of CyberTuner's.
TuneLab Piano Tuner ships an update every 7 months, CyberTuner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TuneLab Piano Tuner | CyberTuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $299.99 — better | $999.99 |
| Rating | 4.8 (93 ratings) — better | 4.8 (59 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.3% of reviews | 98.6% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 93 — better | 59 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Best chart rank | #191 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 13 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Real-Time Specialties | Reyburn Piano Service, Inc. |
Customer experience
TuneLab Piano Tuner
CyberTuner
Bugs and requests
TuneLab Piano Tuner
Reported bugs
7 issues- App has problems
- Charged wrong price
- Clock disappeared in landscape
- Doesn't work with Apple Watch
- Major problems with auto note-switching in the bass
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- Doesn't always give a reading for the top treble
- Various display modes don't give synchronized readings of a pitch
Requested features
16 requests- 中文版
- iCloud syncing
- OneDrive, Google Drive support
- Better UI
- More beautiful look
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- Apple Watch compatibility
- Bring back clock in landscape
- Russian translation of manual
- Ability to zoom more
- Pitch raise for individual notes
- Easier editing of saved tuning names
- On/off button for auto note switching on main display
- Save bass bridge information in tuning file
- Reset pitch raise when loading saved tuning
- Dark mode
- More cloud storage options
CyberTuner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
TuneLab Piano Tuner
No in-app purchases
CyberTuner
- CyberCare Subscription$84.991 Year
Questions
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