Retro Tuner vs wART FM 95.5
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
wART FM 95.5
Listen to live radio broadcasts and interact with the station. Send voice messages, receive notifications for your favorite shows, and discover new programs. Stay connected with social media feeds and share your ideas directly through the app.
- Live radio streaming
- Send voice shoutouts
- Show playing notifications
- In-app social feeds
- Topic and suggestion submission
- Program schedule browsing
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: wART FM 95.5 at Free against Retro Tuner's $2.99. wART FM 95.5 also leads on rating (4.9 vs 3.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 63%). Retro Tuner's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On update cadence, in-app purchases 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
wART FM 95.5 is free to download; Retro Tuner costs $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
wART FM 95.5 holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 3.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: wART FM 95.5 has 221 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 63% of Retro Tuner's written reviews are positive against 100% of wART FM 95.5's.
Retro Tuner ships an update every 9 months, wART FM 95.5 every 7 months. The most recent releases landed on November 7, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Retro Tuner | wART FM 95.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $2.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 3.5 (2 ratings) | 4.9 (221 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 62.5% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 221 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Every 7 months — better |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Ad-supported — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 25 MB | 24 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 17+ |
| Developer | Waxing Wave | Madison County Arts Council |
Customer experience
Retro Tuner
wART FM 95.5
In-app purchases
Retro Tuner
No in-app purchases
wART FM 95.5
No in-app purchases
Questions
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