Comparison

Tune My String vs Kanteletar

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

Head to head
About

Tune My String

This chromatic tuner offers high accuracy for professionals and an intuitive wizard for beginners. It supports a wide range of stringed instruments and various temperaments, with multiple language options.

Highlights
  • Intuitive tuning wizard
  • High accuracy chromatic tuner
  • Supports 14 instruments and 55 tunings
  • Multiple temperament options
  • Configurable A4 frequency
  • Traditional accuracy meter
Features
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================ "A Killer Tuner with an adaptable UI for beginners and advanced musicians!" (Apps4iDevices) ================ Tune My String is a chromatic tuner for stringed instruments. Professional musicians will appreciate the high accuracy of the tuner, the quick tone identification and the configurations of A4 frequency and different temperaments. Beginners will appreciate the tuning wizard which helps you to tune your instrument without knowledge of tuning of the individual instruments. Tune My String includes: • an intuitive tuning wizard that helps you to tune your selected instrument without knowledge of tuning • a traditional accuracy meter (showing accuracy in cents) • presentation of exact frequency as well as target frequency for closest tone • configuration of A4-frequency • tuning definition of 14 instruments (Guitar, Bass guitar (4, 5 and 6-stringed), Violin, Viola, Cello, Contra bass/Double bass, Balalaika, Banjo (4, 5 and 6-stringed), Mandolin and Ukulele) with a total of 55 different tunings • different temperaments: Equal temperament, Pythagorean tuning, Quarter-comma meantone, 5-limit Symmetric N.1, 5-limit Symmetric N.2, 5-limit Asymmetric Std, 5-limit Asymmetric Ext, 7-limit tuning, 17-limit tuning App-languages: English, Chinese, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian and Swedish.

About

Kanteletar

Features
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Kantele in your pocket. With the Kantele app you can play the traditional Finnish string instrument. The app also includes pre-played songs that help you learn to play simple songs. The Kantele app is easy to use, fun and ready to play right away.

Screenshots

Tune My String4 screens
Kanteletar3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Kanteletar at Free against Tune My String's $1.99. Kanteletar also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs every 24 months). Tune My String's advantage is iOS requirement (8.0 vs 14.0). On ads, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Kanteletar is free to download; Tune My String costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tune My String ships an update every 24 months, Kanteletar every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Tune My String versus Kanteletar: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTune My StringKanteletar
Price$1.99Free — better
Rating3.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews50.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 24 monthsEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS8.0 — better14.0
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB44 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperILLOMJuha Hinkula

In-app purchases

None

Tune My String

No in-app purchases

None

Kanteletar

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tune My String free?
Tune My String costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Kanteletar free?
Kanteletar is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tune My String or Kanteletar have ads?
Neither Tune My String nor Kanteletar shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Tune My String or Kanteletar?
Tune My String ships an update every 24 months, and Kanteletar every 3 days. Most recently, Tune My String was updated on October 15, 2026 and Kanteletar on October 9, 2026.

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