Comparison

Quick Pocket Tuner vs Pitch Pipe

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

Head to head
About

Quick Pocket Tuner

This music app helps you stay in tune with various instrument options and a chromatic tuner. It's designed to be a simple, essential tool for musicians and singers.

Highlights
  • Pitch Pipe
  • Guitar tuning
  • Bass tuning
  • Piano tuning
  • Chromatic tuner
  • Note identification
Features
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Always in your pocket, always in tune! Need to tune your guitar or find the right note for your choir? Free Tuner will make sure you have the pitch you need. Everything you need, nothing you don't. You will always be in tune with Free Tuner. Your choice of notes: Pitch Pipe, Guitar, Bass or Piano. In addition the chromatic tuner can listen to your instrument or voice and tell you the pitch to dial in the perfect note. Remember to take your device off of mute to get started!

About

Pitch Pipe

Features
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A warm, always-in-tune reference pitch — every note from C to B, held as long as you need. It plays a pure, steady reference tone for any note — tune by ear with confidence. All 12 chromatic notes across multiple octaves. Tap a note and it rings true, warm, and clean. Sustain a tone indefinitely while you match strings, vocals, or wind instruments. No ads, no noise — just a clean reference pitch whenever you reach for it. Perfect for guitar, violin, choir, brass — a chromatic pitch pipe that fits in your pocket. — SUBSCRIPTION — Premium unlocks all features. Payment is charged to your Apple ID at confirmation of purchase. Subscriptions auto-renew unless turned off at least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Manage or cancel anytime in App Store settings. Terms of Use (EULA): https://web-levi.web.app/terms Privacy Policy: https://web-levi.web.app/privacy-policy

Screenshots

Quick Pocket Tuner4 screens
Pitch Pipe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Quick Pocket Tuner at none against Pitch Pipe's 2. Pitch Pipe's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 31 months). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pitch Pipe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per 7 days. Quick Pocket Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Quick Pocket Tuner ships an update every 31 months, Pitch Pipe every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 3, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Quick Pocket Tuner versus Pitch Pipe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterQuick Pocket TunerPitch Pipe
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 31 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationAd-supported—
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.017.0
Further details — not scored
Size31 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperJUSTIN W MARRIOTTPhuc Pham

In-app purchases

None

Quick Pocket Tuner

No in-app purchases

2 purchases

Pitch Pipe

Subscriptions2
  • Weekly$3.997 Days
  • Yearly$19.991 Year

Questions

Is Quick Pocket Tuner free?
Quick Pocket Tuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Pitch Pipe free?
Pitch Pipe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Quick Pocket Tuner or Pitch Pipe have ads?
Quick Pocket Tuner shows ads; Pitch Pipe does not.
Which is updated more often, Quick Pocket Tuner or Pitch Pipe?
Quick Pocket Tuner ships an update every 31 months, and Pitch Pipe every 2 months. Most recently, Quick Pocket Tuner was updated on October 3, 2026 and Pitch Pipe on October 8, 2026.

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