Comparison

Tuner Lite by Piascore vs Musical Note Recognizer

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

Head to head
About

Tuner Lite by Piascore

This app provides accurate chromatic tuning for a wide range of musical instruments using your device's microphone. It features a responsive needle meter, pitch pipe, and automatic calibration for precise tuning. An optional full version offers advanced features.

Highlights
  • Chromatic instrument tuning
  • Built-in microphone support
  • Needle meter display
  • Pitch pipe/tone generator
  • Automatic reference note calibration
  • High accuracy ±0.01 semitone
Features
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** More than 10,000,000 musicians are now using the Tuner by Piascore! ** "Tuner Lite 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 Lite by Piascore" can tune acoustic or electric guitar, bass, bowed strings, woodwinds, brass, piano, tympani, and any other instrument that can sustain a tone. Full version (paid) is offered. supports a custom temperaments, transposition, notations such as solfège, adjustable calibration and more. By spectrum power indicator, you can understand sound more intuitively. ** 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) - Pitch Pipe/Tone generator - Automatic reference note calibration - Changing the wallpaper ** Contact ** : http://piascore.com/service/tuner/ : contact@piascore.com

About

Musical Note Recognizer

This app acts as a professional chromatic tuner and pitch pipe, assisting music learning by detecting and processing musical notes in real-time. It helps users tune instruments and practice vocal training with high accuracy.

Highlights
  • Professional chromatic tuner
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Pitch pipe and reference note
  • Supports vocal training
  • Wide instrument compatibility
  • Multiple note naming systems
Features
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Musical Note Recognizer is a professional chromatic tuner with unique algorithms designed for most accurate tuning. It works well for a wide range of instruments and is tested with guitar, violin, flute, ukulele, some woodwind and brass, voice, and more. Musical Note Recognizer - App that Assists Music Learning by Detecting and Processing Musical Characteristics from Microphone in Real-Time This tuning app also works as a pitch pipe and can sound a reference note to tune your instrument. Pitched Tuner displays a traditional tuner needle and dial. It clearly shows the frequency being played as well as the nearest note and error in cents. The dial then allows you to easily track small changes in pitch. A separate volume indicator tells you how clearly the microphone is picking up your instrument sound. Musical Note Recognizer - you just play the sound and the note and frequency are detected. It will let you tune any musical instrument with a very high accurateness and a wide range that covers A0 (27.50 Hz) – C8 (4186.01 Hz). This app can be used for vocal training and do you have little or no singing experience or voice training. Voice Training App plays a note or phrase of notes, and you sing to it. This App showing which note you should sing and which pitch you are correctly singing your note names in Accurate Chromatic Tuner. Musical Note Recognizer Designed in collaboration with The Great And professional singing teacher. User can choose from different note naming systems such as - Standard (#) - Standard (b) - German (#) - German (b) - Indian Sargam (#) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (b) (Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni Sa) - Indian Sargam (#) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Indian Sargam (b) (सा रे गा माँ पा धा नि) - Do Re Mi (#) - Do Re Mi (b) Easy to use and innovative must have features are all included. - The most accurate chromatic tuner - Superfast and simple! - One touch Start / stop - Automatic note selection - Analog like needle - Exact frequency display. - Wide Detection Range from A0-C8 - Clean bright and simple analog like UI - High precision tuner - Tuning fork, pitch pipe - Works in noisy surroundings - Adjust the volume sensitivity of the app for quieter instruments and noisy environments. Simple and easy to use - No need to record anything, just open the app and sing - See at a glance if you're on pitch, sharp or flat, and by how much Real-time pitch detection - Notes covered: C0 - B8 - Displays note names, cents, and exact pitch frequency in Hz Universal app - Works on your iPhone and iPad As a pitch detector the tuner app is capable of working in noisy environment.

Screenshots

Tuner Lite by Piascore4 screens
Musical Note Recognizer2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tuner Lite by Piascore at 84% against Musical Note Recognizer's 0%. Tuner Lite by Piascore also leads on price (Free vs $1.99) and rating (4.5 vs 1.0). Musical Note Recognizer's advantage is ads (none vs shown). On in-app purchases, device support and iOS requirement 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

Tuner Lite by Piascore is free to download; Musical Note Recognizer costs $1.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Tuner Lite by Piascore holds the better App Store score, 4.5 against 1.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tuner Lite by Piascore has 10K ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 84% of Tuner Lite by Piascore's written reviews are positive against 0% of Musical Note Recognizer's.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Tuner Lite by Piascore versus Musical Note Recognizer: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuner Lite by PiascoreMusical Note Recognizer
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating4.5 (10K ratings) — better1.0 (3 ratings)
Positive reviews84.2% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings10K — better3
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better14.2
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPiascore, Inc.Suresh Verma

Customer experience

Tuner Lite by Piascore

All ratings9,949 ratings
Positive89.1%
Neutral2.6%
Negative8.3%
Written reviews1,488 reviews
Positive84.2%
Neutral3.9%
Negative11.9%

Musical Note Recognizer

All ratings3 ratings
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%
Written reviews8 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral12.5%
Negative87.5%

Bugs and requests

Tuner Lite by Piascore

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Displays incorrect note values
  • Microphone issues on certain devices
  • Tuning scale not aligned with standard
  • App crashes when switching between instruments

Requested features

4 requests
  • Customizable background options
  • Metronome feature
  • More advanced tuning modes
  • Ability to save tuning preferences

Musical Note Recognizer

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Tuner Lite by Piascore

No in-app purchases

None

Musical Note Recognizer

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tuner Lite by Piascore free?
Tuner Lite by Piascore is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Musical Note Recognizer free?
Musical Note Recognizer costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Tuner Lite by Piascore or Musical Note Recognizer?
Tuner Lite by Piascore is rated higher. Tuner Lite by Piascore averages 4.5 out of 5 from 10K ratings, while Musical Note Recognizer averages 1.0 from 3 ratings.
Do Tuner Lite by Piascore or Musical Note Recognizer have ads?
Tuner Lite by Piascore shows ads; Musical Note Recognizer does not.

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