Tuner+ vs Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuner+
This app provides perfectly tuned reference notes for various musical instruments, allowing users to tune by ear. It offers both real audio and sine wave sounds and supports VoiceOver accessibility. It does not analyze instrument notes but serves as a quick reference for tuning in any key.
- Plays reference notes for tuning
- Supports guitar, bass, piano, and more
- Real audio and sine wave sounds
- VoiceOver accessibility
- Tune in any key
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Tuner+ Tune your Guitar, Bass, Banjo, Mandolin, Cello, Violin, Piano, Viola, or Ukulele in seconds. This app plays perfectly tuned notes for you to match your pitch to. The sounds are both real audio and sine wave form. We're also proud to announce that Tuner+ is now supports full VoiceOver Accessibility. This app does NOT analyze the notes of your instrument to tell you if you are sharp or flat. It is just a quick way to get reference notes for ear tuning in any key. Enjoy! Nick Moby Pixel
Tuner
This music tool helps you tune instruments by detecting sound frequencies and displaying musical notation. It also includes a metronome with adjustable tempo and time signatures, and allows simultaneous use of both features.
- Instrument tuning
- Sound frequency detection
- Musical notation display
- Metronome with tempo control
- Multiple time signatures
- Simultaneous tuner and metronome use
- Standard instrument templates
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Music Tuner is a tool to tune instruments, detect frequency of any sounds, and show notations directly on the staff. It can support full range notes, from C0 to C8. It contains some standard instruments template, including guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, pipa, violin, viola and cello. Also this app contains a metronome with accurate tempo from 20bpm to 200bpm, selected from 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4. Even you can use both tuner and metronome at the same time.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Tuner+ at 4.7 against Tuner's 2.0. Tuner+ also leads on ratings volume (1.1K vs 1) and review sentiment (82% vs 67%). Tuner's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 months vs every 6 months). On price, in-app purchases, monetization model 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. Tuner+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tuner+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tuner+ has 1.1K ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 82% of Tuner+'s written reviews are positive against 67% of Tuner's.
Tuner+ ships an update every 6 months, Tuner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 2, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuner+ | Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | 2.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.3% of reviews — better | 66.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 13 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 17 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Culbertson | Heavenbrook Software Inc. |
Customer experience
Tuner+
Tuner
Bugs and requests
Tuner+
Reported bugs
2 issues- App crashes on certain devices
- Distortion on some string notes
Requested features
4 requests- Add support for alternate tunings
- Provide visual tuning indicators
- Include a metronome feature
- Expand instrument selection
Tuner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tuner+
- Remove Ads - Tuner+$0.99
Tuner
- Tuner Upgrade$1.99
