Tuner+ vs Smiley 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
Smiley Tuner
Tune your guitar, bass, ukulele, and other stringed instruments with high precision. Offers a variety of tuning presets, an amplifier with effects, and a metronome. Unlock additional features with a one-time purchase.
- High-precision tuning up to 0.01Hz
- Over 50 guitar tuning types
- Multiple ukulele and bass tuning options
- PhoneAmp amplifier with studio effects
- Recording feature
- Metronome with beat grouping
- One-time purchase for lifetime access
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You can use this app to tune your guitar, bass, and ukulele up to 0.01Hz of sensitivity(in a silent room). Just bring the indexes to the center with green area and you are in tune. Just pay once for the extra features for the lifetime No subscriptions or auto-renewals Some of the features are * more than 50 types of guitar tuning(drop, open, etc) * 9 types of ukulele tuning (including tenor, soprano, baritone, etc.) * 8 types of bass tuning * 6 types of banjo tuning * 7 types of mandolin tuning * auto and manual string selection * both octave and tone approach indexes * warning for too tight strings which may break(in manual string selection mode) * phoneAmp amplifier with common studio effects and recording feature * metronome with grouping of beats
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tuner+ at 82% against Smiley Tuner's 60%. Tuner+ also leads on rating (4.7 vs 4.4) and ratings volume (1.1K vs 99). Smiley Tuner's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 13.0). 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. Tuner+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Smiley Tuner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tuner+ holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 4.4. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tuner+ has 1.1K ratings behind it against 99, 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 60% of Smiley Tuner's.
Tuner+ ships an update every 6 months, Smiley Tuner every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on November 10, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuner+ | Smiley Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better | 4.4 (99 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 82.2% of reviews — better | 60.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1.1K — better | 99 |
| Update frequency | Every 6 months | Every 2 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 | 10.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 21 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Nick Culbertson | Yasar Bozdag |
Customer experience
Tuner+
Smiley 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
Smiley Tuner
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tuner+
- Remove Ads - Tuner+$0.99
Smiley Tuner
- Remove Ads$0.99
- Remove Time Limits$0.99
- Unlock All Styles Of Tunings$1.99
Questions
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