inTone Basic vs Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
inTone Basic
This app assists musicians with real-time tone and note identification for instrument tuning and vocal accuracy. It offers a customizable dashboard and supports numerous instruments with various tunings. Additional companion packages are available for purchase to enhance practice.
- Real-time tone/note identification
- Instrument tuning wizard
- Vocal accuracy training
- Customizable dashboard
- Support for 15 instruments and 55 tunings
- In-app companion packages
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========= "I really love this App... A Killer App!" (Apps4iDevices) ========= inTone – The iPad, iPhone and iPod touch music companion for beginners as well as professional musicians with features such as real-time tone/note identification usable for instrument tuning, intonation accuracy, Circle of fifths and more. inTone can also be used to identify vocal accuracy and is an excellent companion for vocal training. inTone presents the identified tones/notes on a companion dashboard (up to four simultaneous companions on the iPad and up to two on iPhone/iPod touch). You can easily arrange your dashboard as you wish. You can select any of the 15 instruments (Guitar, Bass guitar (4, 5 and 6-stringed), Violin, Viola, Cello, Contra bass/Double bass, Balalaika, Banjo (4, 5 and 6-stringed), Mandolin, Ukulele and Piano) with a total of 55 different tunings/types. inTone comes with a free of charge intuitive tuning wizard that helps you to tune your selected instrument without knowledge of tuning. It also comes with a frequency graph and a vocal/singing range finder. In addition to that, the in-app store contains four different companion packages (where each companion presents the played tone/note in different ways): + Fingerboard/fretboard package with a fingerboard presenter, a fingerboard scale trainer showing any of the 12 major and 12 minor keys (plus the harmonic and melodic minor scale variants) and a fingerboard interval trainer. + Note sheet package with a note accuracy presentation of identified note on the note sheet, a presentation of a flowing note sheet of the notes played during the last 10 seconds as well as a note sheet scale trainer. + Tuning package with a more detailed frequency and accuracy presenter as well as the traditional tuning meter. + Circle of fifths and intervals where the last two identified notes are presented in the circle of fifths as well as in the note sheet (with interval size in cents). More information about the free and in-app store companions can be found on http://intoneapp.se/ inTone is currently available in three languages (English, German and Swedish). We hope that you will enjoy inTone.
Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator
This app provides a chromatic tuner for string instruments, compatible with both iPhone and Apple Watch. It accurately detects tuning notes and generates tones, offering precise frequency detection in hertz. It supports custom tuning for instruments like guitar, ukulele, violin, viola, and cello.
- Chromatic tuner
- Tone generator
- Precise frequency detection (Hz)
- Apple Watch compatibility
- Custom tuning notes
- Supports guitar, ukulele, violin, viola, cello
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The 1st Apple Watch + iPhone Chromatic Tuner that detects and displays your tuning accurately and precisely . It's FREE. Quick and Easy to use. Clear and Simple to read. Custom tuning notes specifically for string instruments like Guitar, Ukulele, Violin, Viola, Cello. Features (Apple Watch + iPhone): - detects your tuning notes - generates tones - precise frequencies detection in hertz Download now and to make your Watch and iPhone a chromatic tuner! Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator at 4.1 against inTone Basic's 1.6. Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator also leads on ratings volume (936 vs 20) and review sentiment (52% vs 33%). inTone Basic's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and update cadence (every 3 weeks vs every 101 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. inTone Basic sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator holds the better App Store score, 4.1 against 1.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator has 936 ratings behind it against 20, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 33% of inTone Basic's written reviews are positive against 52% of Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator's.
inTone Basic ships an update every 3 weeks, Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator every 101 months. The most recent releases landed on October 11, 2026 and October 13, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | inTone Basic | Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 1.6 (20 ratings) | 4.1 (936 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 33.3% of reviews | 51.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 20 | 936 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 101 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 12.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | ILLOM | Karaoke Music Coach App |
Customer experience
inTone Basic
Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator
Bugs and requests
inTone Basic
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator
Reported bugs
3 issues- Tunes strings too high, leading to broken strings
- Inconsistent frequency readings compared to other tuners
- App crashes or freezes during use
Requested features
3 requests- Add more tuning options (open tunings, alternate tunings)
- Improve accuracy and calibration
- Reduce ads and upgrade prompts in free version
In-app purchases
inTone Basic
- Tuner package$0.99
- Note sheet package$1.99
- Fingerboard package$1.99
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- Circle of fifths/Intervals package$3.99
Guitar Tuner & Tone Generator
- ProTuner Premium - Monthy$4.991 Month
- ProTuner Premium - Yearly$9.991 Year
- Premium Upgrade$3.99
Questions
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