Comparison

Fingering Woodwinds vs TuneWave

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

Head to head
About

Fingering Woodwinds

Access interactive fingering charts for a wide range of woodwind instruments, including alternate fingerings and trills. View fingerings from written or concert pitch, with visual guides and audio playback.

Highlights
  • Interactive fingering charts
  • Alternate fingerings and trills
  • Written and concert pitch input
  • Audio playback of notes
  • Visual guides for key locations
  • Support for multiple clefs
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Immediate access to fingerings (with alternates and trills) for each instrument’s entire playable range. Get fingerings from the written or concert pitch. Support for Key Signatures to more easily find a fingering in the music you're working on. Instruments: Piccolo, Concert, Alto and Bass Flutes, Oboe and Cor Anglais, Soprano, Alto, Bass and Contrabass Clarinets, Bassoon and Contrabassoon, Soprano, Alto, Tenor and Baritone Saxophones The 'Piano' instrument displays the note names, the locations on the piano, and the musical notations of up to 8 pitches in either Treble, Alto, Tenor or Bass clef. The Notation can be transposed for most all instrumental transpositions. • All woodwinds have trill fingerings for minor 2nd and major 2nd intervals. • Flutes and Saxophones have additional fingerings for minor 3rd and major 3rd trills. • Alto and Tenor Sax include altissimo fingerings up to written F, two octaves above the top line F of the treble clef. • All Woodwinds include visual guides to the key names and locations on the instrument to understand the fingering charts better. • Bassoon and Contrabassoon include Treble, Tenor and Bass clefs. How to Use: Pick a written note (touch the staff) and have the fingering displayed and concert pitch played on the piano. Play a concert pitch on the piano, and have that pitch's fingering displayed and the transposed note written on the staff. • If there are alternate fingerings available for a note or trill, a button will allow you to navigate through them. • Use the 'Play Note' or 'Play Trill' button to repeatedly hear what's being displayed. • Use the mute button to access the fingerings without hearing the pitches. Selecting a Pitch: Using the Staff (transposed for the current instrument): Simply touch and slide up and down on the staff to select the note, slide to the right or left of the note for sharps and flats. Using the Piano (concert pitch): drag in the area below the keyboard to move the keyboard, touch to play notes, touch & slide to change the pitch. When you glissando up the keyboard, notes will be notated as a raised value (sharps), when you glissando down, notes will be notated as lowered values (flats). Use the up and down arrows to move chromatically up and down without touching the music staff or piano keyboard.

About

TuneWave

A minimalist and efficient instrument tuner that offers quick and easy tuning with a focus on visibility and glanceable feedback. It allows for transposition and base frequency adjustments, along with input volume control for optimal sound.

Highlights
  • Sleek, minimalist design
  • Quick and easy tuning
  • Glanceable feedback
  • Transposition feature
  • Adjustable base frequency
  • Adjustable input volume
Features
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Sleek, efficient, and responsive, TuneWave is the no-nonsense utility that lets you tune your instrument quickly and easily. TuneWave puts everything you need front and center for optimal visibility and glanceable feedback. It can transpose if you’re using an instrument that requires it, and it can even adjust the base frequency to fit your needs. You can even adjust the input volume based on your instrument or surroundings for the best possible results. Forget big dials and fake wood, just get in, get ready, and then get back to your music. "the design is modern and the app has few distracting bells and whistles...minimalist and speedy." - The New York Times

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Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is rating: Fingering Woodwinds at 5.0 against TuneWave's 2.5. TuneWave's advantage is update cadence (every 5 months vs every 16 months) and price ($0.99 vs $3.99). On review sentiment, ratings volume, 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

Fingering Woodwinds costs $3.99 and TuneWave $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Fingering Woodwinds holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 2.5. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 4 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of Fingering Woodwinds's written reviews are positive against 44% of TuneWave's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Fingering Woodwinds ships an update every 16 months, TuneWave every 5 months. The most recent releases landed on November 1, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Fingering Woodwinds versus TuneWave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterFingering WoodwindsTuneWave
Price$3.99$0.99 — better
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better2.5 (4 ratings)
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews — better44.4% of reviews
Number of ratings24 — better
Update frequencyEvery 16 monthsEvery 5 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPadiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better
Requires iOS26.017.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size85 MB17 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPatrick Q. KellyforScore LLC

Customer experience

Fingering Woodwinds

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews4 reviews
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%

TuneWave

All ratings4 ratings
Positive25.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative75.0%
Written reviews18 reviews
Positive44.4%
Neutral16.7%
Negative38.9%

In-app purchases

None

Fingering Woodwinds

No in-app purchases

None

TuneWave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Fingering Woodwinds free?
Fingering Woodwinds costs $3.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is TuneWave free?
TuneWave costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Fingering Woodwinds or TuneWave?
Fingering Woodwinds is rated higher. Fingering Woodwinds averages 5.0 out of 5 from 2 ratings, while TuneWave averages 2.5 from 4 ratings.
Do Fingering Woodwinds or TuneWave have ads?
Neither Fingering Woodwinds nor TuneWave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Fingering Woodwinds or TuneWave?
Fingering Woodwinds ships an update every 16 months, and TuneWave every 5 months. Most recently, Fingering Woodwinds was updated on November 1, 2026 and TuneWave on November 6, 2026.

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