Guitar Tuner vs NeckTune
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
NeckTune
This app provides a fast, accurate, and user-friendly way to tune your guitar. It offers real-time pitch detection and a clear visual indicator to guide you to perfect pitch. Works with both acoustic and electric guitars.
- Real-time pitch detection
- Clean needle meter
- Automatic string highlighting
- Clear note-name and frequency readout
- Works with acoustic and electric guitars
- Fast tuning
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NeckTune is a fast, accurate, and beautifully simple tuner for your guitar. Just play a string and NeckTune instantly shows the note, tells you how sharp or flat you are, and guides you to perfect pitch with a smooth, easy-to-read needle. No clutter, no learning curve — open the app and tune. FEATURES • Real-time pitch detection that's quick and accurate • A clean needle meter — see sharp, in-tune, or flat at a glance • All six standard strings (E A D G B e) highlight automatically as you play • Clear note-name and frequency readout • Works with both acoustic and electric guitars • Designed to get you in tune in seconds NeckTune is free to use. A one-time "Remove Ads" purchase is available if you'd like an ad-free experience. Tune up and play.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: NeckTune at daily against Guitar Tuner's every 4 months. NeckTune also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.6). Guitar Tuner's advantage is ratings volume (8.2K vs 1). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. Guitar Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and NeckTune sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
NeckTune holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guitar Tuner has 8.2K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Guitar Tuner ships an update every 4 months, NeckTune daily. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Guitar Tuner | NeckTune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (8.2K ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 63.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 8.2K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Daily — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 16.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Last Harmonic LLC | WRJ Ventures LLC |
Customer experience
Guitar Tuner
NeckTune
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
NeckTune
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Guitar Tuner
- Remove Ads$4.99
NeckTune
- Remove Ads$2.99
Questions
Is Guitar Tuner free?
Is NeckTune free?
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