Tuner by Piascore vs BounceMeter
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuner by Piascore
This app provides a chromatic instrument tuner and pitch pipe for musicians. It offers accurate tuning for a wide range of instruments using your device's microphone, with advanced features for precise adjustments.
- Chromatic instrument tuning
- Pitch pipe/tone generator
- Custom temperaments
- Transposition support
- Spectrum power indicator
- Adjustable calibration
- Needle meter display
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** More than 10,000,000 musicians are now using the Tuner by Piascore! ** "Tuner by Piascore" is a chromatic instrument tuner and pitch pipe that allows you to quickly and accurately tune your instrument using the built-in mic in your iPhone or iPad. "Tuner by Piascore" supports a custom temperaments, transposition, notations such as solfège, adjustable calibration and more. By spectrum power indicator, you can understand sound more intuitively. "Tuner by Piascore" packs more power than most pro tuners, yet it is simple enough for everyone to use. "Tuner by Piascore" can tune acoustic or electric guitar, bass, bowed strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, tympani, and any other instrument that can sustain a tone. Free version "Tuner Lite by Piascore" is offered. ** Features ** - Needle meter display - Ultra responsive 50 cents range fine tuning display - LED display easy-to-understand high and low sound - Accuracy ±0.01 semitone (±1 cent) - Landscape view (iPhone5 or later) - Power spectrum indicator - Selectable Temperaments - Selectable Notations (such as Solfège) - Support for transposing instruments - Pitch Pipe/Tone generator - Automatic reference note calibration - Changing the wallpaper ** Contact ** : http://piascore.com/service/tuner/ : contact@piascore.com
BounceMeter
This app provides a highly accurate metronome with a visually intuitive bouncing ball animation. Customize beat sounds and volume to create dynamic rhythms. Sync seamlessly with other devices and applications using Ableton Link.
- Bouncing ball animation
- Customizable beat volume and sound
- Savable session presets
- Tap tempo detection
- Ableton Link synchronization
- Adjustable tempo and beats per bar
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A metronome with perfect timing, clean user interface and Ableton Link support. Highly accurate clock engine generates perfectly timed metronome clicks. Bouncing ball animation provides very natural and perceptible visualization of beat phase movement. Feel the beats clearly even with the volume turned all the way down. Customize volume level and sound of each beat to create living rhythms. Save your session as a preset for the future usages. Play in sync with other apps or devices using Ableton Link. FEATURES - Bouncing ball animation - Customizable volume and sound of each beat - Savable presets - Tap tempo detection - 20 to 300 bpm tempo range - 1 to 16 beats in a bar - 8 sound themes - Light and Dark colour themes - Italian tempo names - Ableton Link support (a technology that synchronises beat, phase and tempo on multiple apps or devices. http://ableton.com/link)
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tuner by Piascore at none against BounceMeter's 2. Tuner by Piascore also leads on ratings volume (1.5K vs 92) and chart position (#144 vs unranked). BounceMeter's advantage is update cadence (fortnightly vs every 2 months) and price ($1.99 vs $4.99). On rating, review sentiment, ads 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
Tuner by Piascore costs $4.99 and BounceMeter $1.99 up front. BounceMeter sells 2 one-off in-app purchases. Tuner by Piascore asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tuner by Piascore against 4.7 for BounceMeter. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tuner by Piascore has 1.5K ratings behind it against 92, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 91% of Tuner by Piascore's written reviews are positive against 94% of BounceMeter's.
Tuner by Piascore ships an update every 2 months, BounceMeter fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuner by Piascore | BounceMeter |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $4.99 | $1.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.8 (1.5K ratings) — better | 4.7 (92 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 90.8% of reviews | 93.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 1.5K — better | 92 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Best chart rank | #144 — better | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Piascore, Inc. | Dmitrii Klochkov |
Customer experience
Tuner by Piascore
BounceMeter
Bugs and requests
Tuner by Piascore
Reported bugs
2 issues- Tuner stops working after iOS updates
- App crashes when trying to tune certain instruments
Requested features
4 requests- Add metronome functionality
- Improve transposition and temperament settings
- Provide more wallpaper/theme options
- Expand display of note frequency information
BounceMeter
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Tuner by Piascore
No in-app purchases
BounceMeter
- Coffee for Dmitry$2.99
- Pro Version$3.99
Questions
Is Tuner by Piascore free?
Is BounceMeter free?
Which has better reviews, Tuner by Piascore or BounceMeter?
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