Comparison

Tuner+ vs UniTuner

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Plays reference notes for tuning
  • Supports guitar, bass, piano, and more
  • Real audio and sine wave sounds
  • VoiceOver accessibility
  • Tune in any key
Features
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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

About

UniTuner

This app provides precise chromatic tuning for a wide range of instruments. It offers advanced features like capo simulation, audio visualization, and a tone generator for accurate tuning and sound analysis. Explore over 200 tunings and customize your own for a personalized experience.

Highlights
  • Capo Simulation
  • Accurate Cent Readout
  • Tone Generator
  • Audio Visualization (Spectrum)
  • Tuning Map
  • Over 200 Tunings
  • Customizable Concert Pitch
Features
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Features: - Capo Simulation: Simulate a capo on your instrument while maintaining familiar results. - Accurate Cent Readout with Direct Feedback: No more guessing! Get precise 1/10th cent accuracy from bass to the highest note. - Tone Generator: Tune your drums or instrument by ear using the tone generator, which includes Sinewave, Triangle, and Square-Wave options. - Audio Visualization (Spectrum): View your instrument's harmonic spectrum for better understanding. - Tuning Map: The Tuning Map is a tool for tuning notes of instruments that only sound briefly. So, if the tuner doesn't show anything yet, you can already read out the pitch in the Tuning Map. - Timeline: Visualize the pitch in cents of the detected note. - Customizable Concert Pitch: Set your concert pitch from 220 Hz to 880 Hz. - Over 200 Tunings for String Instruments, including: Ahenk, Armonico, Arpeggione, Bağlama / Saz - long neck, Baglamas, Bajo Quinto, Bajo Sexto, Balalaika, Bandurria - Spanish, Banjo, Banjo - Bass, Banjo - Cello, Banjo - Contrabass, Banjo - Tenor, Banjolete, Bass (Doublebass), Bouzouki (trichordo), Bouzouki (tetrachordo), Cello, Cuban Laúd, Dotara, Dulcimer - 3 course, Dulcimer - 4 course, Fiddle, Gekkin, Guitalete, Guitar, Guitar - 12-String, Guitar - Baritone, Guitarrón, Halszither, Hurdy Gurdy, Irish Bouzouki, Jarana Huasteca, Kamancheh, Kithara Sarda, Kora, Koto, Laúd - Spanish, Laúd - Cuban, Laúd - Philippine, Mandobass - 4 String, Mandobass - 8 String, Mandocello, Mandola, Mandolin, Nevoud, Oud, Pedal Steel Guitar, Pipa, Portuguese Guitar, Qinqin, Requinto, Russian Guitar, Setar, Ukulele, Ukulele - Baritone, Ukulele - Bass, Ukulele - Soprano, Vihuela, Viol (Baritone, Bass, Contrabass, Soprano, Tenor, Treble), Viola, Violin, Violin - Tenor, Xiaoruan, Yueqin, Zheng - "Perfect 5th" tuning for: Violin, Viola, Cello, Double bass. - Tone Names: English, German, Japanese, Fixed & Movable Solfège - Choose from Various Tuning Systems for Open Tunings or Historical Instruments: Just Intonation, Pythagorean, Meantone, and many more. You can also create and store your own custom temperaments. - Enhance Your Open Tunings with Just Intonation: Experience the unique sound quality of pure tuning by setting the UniTuner to Just Intonation and the root note of your tuning

Screenshots

Tuner+4 screens
UniTuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: UniTuner at none against Tuner+'s shown. UniTuner also leads on update cadence (every 6 weeks vs every 6 months) and review sentiment (94% vs 82%). Tuner+'s advantage is ratings volume (1.1K vs 127) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Tuner+ sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and UniTuner sells 5 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for Tuner+ against 4.6 for UniTuner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tuner+ has 1.1K ratings behind it against 127, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 82% of Tuner+'s written reviews are positive against 94% of UniTuner's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tuner+ ships an update every 6 months, UniTuner every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 16, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tuner+ versus UniTuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuner+UniTuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better4.6 (127 ratings)
Positive reviews82.4% of reviews93.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1.1K — better127
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 6 weeks — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size9 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperNick CulbertsonKlaus Fecker

Customer experience

Tuner+

All ratings1,078 ratings
Positive92.8%
Neutral3.5%
Negative3.7%
Written reviews148 reviews
Positive82.4%
Neutral6.8%
Negative10.8%

UniTuner

All ratings127 ratings
Positive87.4%
Neutral7.9%
Negative4.7%
Written reviews201 reviews
Positive93.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative4.0%

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

UniTuner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tuner+

One-time1
  • Remove Ads - Tuner+$0.99
5 purchases

UniTuner

One-time5
  • Silver Supporter$1.99
  • Gold Supporter$3.99
  • Purple Supporter$5.99
Show 2 more
  • Emerald Supporter$7.99
  • Sapphire Supporter$24.99

Questions

Is Tuner+ free?
Tuner+ is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is UniTuner free?
UniTuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Tuner+ or UniTuner?
Tuner+ is rated higher. Tuner+ averages 4.7 out of 5 from 1.1K ratings, while UniTuner averages 4.6 from 127 ratings.
Do Tuner+ or UniTuner have ads?
Tuner+ shows ads; UniTuner does not.
Which is updated more often, Tuner+ or UniTuner?
Tuner+ ships an update every 6 months, and UniTuner every 6 weeks. Most recently, Tuner+ was updated on October 16, 2026 and UniTuner on October 14, 2026.

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