Violin Tuner vs Chant Tools
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Violin Tuner
This application provides accurate tuning notes for the violin, covering the standard G, D, A, and E strings. It's a straightforward tool designed to help musicians achieve precise intonation for their instrument.
- Plays G tuning note
- Plays D tuning note
- Plays A tuning note
- Plays E tuning note
- Simple interface
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Plays tuning notes for the violin (G D A E).
Chant Tools
Access Gregorian Mass propers and ordinaries offline. This utility provides transcriptions from sources like Liber Usualis and GregoBase, with options to correct errors directly on the GregoBase platform.
- Offline Mass Propers
- Gregorian Mass Ordinaries
- Liber Usualis content
- GregoBase transcriptions
- Error correction via GregoBase
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Offline Mass Propers This app is an offline version of the chant tools available at http://bbloomf.github.io/jgabc/ It is mostly intended to be useful for containing the Gregorian Mass propers as well as the Gregorian Mass ordinaries as found in the Liber Usualis, and transcribed on GregoBase (http://gregobase.selapa.net) and there may be some mistakes in the chant. If you notice any, they can be corrected in GregoBase (if you go to http://bbloomf.github.io/jgabc/propers.html and find the chant with the mistake, you can click the link above the chant on the left side to get to the GregoBase version of the chant, and edit it there to fix it, or request that it be fixed.)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Chant Tools at none against Violin Tuner's shown. Chant Tools also leads on update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 16 months) and monetization model (free vs ad-supported). Violin Tuner's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 3.9) and ratings volume (1.5K vs 32). On price, review sentiment, in-app purchases 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Violin Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 3.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Violin Tuner has 1.5K ratings behind it against 32, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 42% and 42% positive.
Violin Tuner ships an update every 16 months, Chant Tools every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 25, 2026 and September 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Violin Tuner | Chant Tools |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.3 (1.5K ratings) — better | 3.9 (32 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 41.7% of reviews | 41.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 32 |
| Update frequency | Every 16 months | Every 3 weeks — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Ad-supported | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 38 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Alvin Yu | Benjamin Bloomfield |
Customer experience
Violin Tuner
Chant Tools
Bugs and requests
Violin Tuner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Buttons don't always register input
- App crashes or freezes on some devices
- No sound output on certain devices
Requested features
3 requests- Longer note duration
- Chromatic tuner functionality
- Ability to detect if string is flat or sharp
Chant Tools
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Violin Tuner
No in-app purchases
Chant Tools
No in-app purchases
