UD Tuner vs Retro Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
UD Tuner
This tool helps tune Turkish and Arabic string instruments like the Oud, Cumbus, Tanbur, and Lute. It accurately measures instrument frequencies and provides tuning guidance. The app offers manual or automatic string selection and can produce reference sounds.
- Oud, Cumbus, Tanbur, Lute tuning
- Frequency measurement
- Manual string selection
- Auto string selection
- Reference sound production
- 0.01Hz professional sensitivity
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UD Tuner is a tool for tuning Turkish/Arabic musical instrument Oud. It can also tune instruments cumbus, tanbur and lute *It can listen to instrument sound and measures the sound frequency. So it gives directives for finding the correct tune. * It can run in two modes with manual string selection and auto string selection *It can also produce reference sounds when touching the strings on screen * you can reach 0.01Hz professional sensitivity in a silent room * it is a paid app, so you just buy the app, it doesn't run in subscription or auto-renewal mode. You just pay only once
Retro Tuner
This app provides accurate and fast pitch detection for musical instruments with a retro-inspired analog interface. It supports a wide range of instruments and features adjustable reference pitches for precise tuning.
- Analog panel meter UI
- Nixie tube note display
- Digital signal processing
- Supports 88-key piano range
- Adjustable reference pitch (A=440 Hz)
- Detune factor in cents
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Retro Tuner is a musical instrument tuner for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch. It features a user interface in the style of an analog panel meter and Nixie tube note display, but below this retro surface are all-new digital signal processing algorithms that determine the pitch of your instrument quickly and accurately. Retro Tuner was written by the owner of several crappy guitars and a 1920s player piano that is constantly going out of tune, with the idea that if it can tune those, it can tune anything. Retro Tuner tunes in equal temperament and can handle the full 88-key piano range. The reference pitch defaults to A=440 Hz and can be adjusted via Settings either as a frequency in Hz or as a detune factor in cents.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Retro Tuner at 63% against UD Tuner's 0%. UD Tuner's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 3.5) and ratings volume (22 vs 2). On update cadence, 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
UD Tuner costs $1.99 and Retro Tuner $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
UD Tuner holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: UD Tuner has 22 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 0% of UD Tuner's written reviews are positive against 63% of Retro Tuner's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.
UD Tuner ships an update every 7 months, Retro Tuner every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | UD Tuner | Retro Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $2.99 |
| Rating | 4.4 (22 ratings) — better | 3.5 (2 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 62.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 22 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 7 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 10.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 19 MB | 25 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Yasar Bozdag | Waxing Wave |
Customer experience
UD Tuner
Retro Tuner
In-app purchases
UD Tuner
No in-app purchases
Retro Tuner
No in-app purchases
