Guitar Tuner vs Frequency Meter PRO
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Guitar Tuner
This application provides a highly accurate chromatic tuner for any instrument. It features advanced noise cancellation and a detailed fine-tuning display, ensuring precise pitch readings for musicians of all levels. The tuner offers a fast refresh rate and works with any note.
- Works with any instrument
- Chromatic tuning for any note
- Accurate to 0.33 Hz
- Noise cancellation slider
- Fine tuning display (+/- 50 cents)
- Fast 0.1 second refresh rate
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A simple, free tuner that works. What the users are saying: "This is the only chromatic tuner that I tried on here that actually works." - dharris (USA) "Great app, love the noise cancellation thingy and it's probably the most accurate tuner on the app store" - Joshua Joe (New Zealand) "Awesome! - One of the best tuners on the app store! I'm impressed" - Ybxbmhnjgl (Canada) Guitar Tuner is a chromatic tuner which uses the iPhone/iPod microphone to give you an accurate pitch reading. Features: - works with any instrument! Guitar, Bass, Ukulele...you name it! - chromatic: works with any note! - accurate to 0.33 Hz - slider control to filter background noise - fine tuning display with +/- 50 cent range and 2 cent increments - wide range display shows +/- 2.5 semitones with 10 cent increments - extremely fast 0.1 second refresh rate
Frequency Meter PRO
Analyze audio frequencies in real-time using your device's microphone. Visualize audio levels, noise, and frequency ranges with a spectrum analyzer and oscilloscope. Export data for further analysis.
- Real-time audio scanning
- Spectrum analyzer visualization
- Frequency oscilloscope
- Adjustable noise threshold
- Customizable frequency range
- Export data to CSV
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Frequency Meter PRO is a comprehensive tool for audio frequency diagnostics. Includes REAL TIME scanning of audio signal from internal or external microphone. *** OUTPUT *** Visualization is done on real like device that shows: - Audio level - Noise Level - Frequency range - Current frequency - Frequency oscilloscope - Spectrum analyzer *** ACCURACY *** Application is calibrated with real tone generator. Working range is around 15 - 22500 Hz, and accuracy around +/- 0.5 %. *** NOISE LIMIT *** You can easily set a limit that removes noise treshold with included trackbar. *** RANGE SELECTION *** Choose minimum and maximum frequency you want to scan. *** EXPORT *** You can export output chart to comma-separated file that you can later analyze with MS Excel or other table processor. Application shares document folder in iTunes. *** SUPPORT*** Please don't hesitate to write us for details or questions: lubomir.havran@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Guitar Tuner at 61% against Frequency Meter PRO's 15%. Guitar Tuner also leads on price (Free vs $2.99) and rating (4.6 vs 1.8). Frequency Meter PRO's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On update cadence 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
Guitar Tuner is free to download; Frequency Meter PRO costs $2.99 up front. Guitar Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Frequency Meter PRO asks for nothing beyond the download.
Guitar Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.6 against 1.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guitar Tuner has 8.2K ratings behind it against 30, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 61% of Guitar Tuner's written reviews are positive against 15% of Frequency Meter PRO's.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 4 months. Both last shipped on September 24, 2026.
| Parameter | Guitar Tuner | Frequency Meter PRO |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.2K ratings) — better | 1.8 (30 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 61.4% of reviews — better | 14.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 30 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 4 months |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 8.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Last Harmonic LLC | Lubomir Havran BINARTS |
Customer experience
Guitar Tuner
Frequency Meter PRO
User reviews
Guitar Tuner
From 8.2K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 Simple and easy to use
- 🚀 Accurate tuning
- 💡 Useful background noise filter
- 🎨 Clean and intuitive interface
- 🆓 Free and no ads
Room to improve
- 🐛 Unstable and freezes/crashes frequently
- 🤔 Struggles with lower strings and some notes
- 🤷♂️ Inconsistent performance across devices
- 🙄 Displays incorrect note information at times
Frequency Meter PRO
From 30 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- ✨ Identifies frequency quickly
- 💡 Can filter sound frequencies
- 💡 Detects harmonics
- 💡 Useful for ultrasonic devices
- 💡 Can be used to tune instruments
Room to improve
- ❌ Inaccurate readings
- ❌ Not a reliable frequency meter
- ❌ Fake, toy, not a frequency meter
- ❌ Useless for tuning
- ❌ Waste of money
Bugs and requests
Guitar Tuner
Reported bugs
3 issues- Freezes and crashes on certain devices
- Incorrect note detection and tuning
- Fails to work in noisy environments
Requested features
3 requests- Add more tuning options (e.g. drop tunings)
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide more customization options
Frequency Meter PRO
Reported bugs
25 issues- Sticks on a reading
- Below C4 indicates wrong notes
- Frequency range indicated when NOISE indicator is ON
- Fails to change output when tone changes
- Works only if shut down and restarted
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- App crashes on open
- App worked only once, now nothing happens
- Crashes ever since the update
- Crashing at the push of a button
- Meter freezes
- Locks up after 3-5 seconds
- Buttons don't work
- App closes when buttons are pressed
- Cannot download
- Ne fonctionne pas sur iPad mini, pas d accès au micro
- Threshold sliders don't work as expected
- App doesn't read frequency and gives out odd numbers
- Barely works
- Crashes frequently
- Doesn't work on anything but a pure sine wave
- Fails to work on current iOS version
- Freezes every time I use it
- Does not work at all
- Random numbers displayed
- Sometimes determines frequency well, other times completely wrong
Requested features
15 requests- Include a short/simple manual
- Explain how to find CSV file in iTunes
- Update with accuracy fix
- Allow measurement of frequencies above 20kHz
- Add help function for operation
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- Improve display readability
- Add option to filter background noise
- Allow selection of recording intervals
- Add real-time display of all main frequencies
- Allow filtering of frequencies in a certain range
- Include instructions in updates
- Increase size of data presentation screen
- Support for iPhone 5 resolution
- More control over frequency filtering
- Dark mode option
In-app purchases
Guitar Tuner
- Remove Ads$4.99
Frequency Meter PRO
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Guitar Tuner free?
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