Comparison

MouthPedal vs Tuner Wave

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

Head to head
About

MouthPedal

This app uses your device's camera to detect mouth openness, acting as a hands-free sustain pedal for music creation. It offers MIDI connectivity for DAWs and standalone use with MIDI keyboards, providing an accessible solution for musicians.

Highlights
  • Mouth openness recognition via TrueDepth camera
  • MIDI network connectivity for DAWs
  • AUv3 instrument support
  • Adjustable responsiveness threshold
  • Accessible design with VoiceOver and haptics
  • Hands-free control for music creation
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Introducing MouthPedal, app that harnesses mouth openness recognition technology to turn your iPhone or iPad with Face ID into a convenient, hands-free sustain pedal. Designed for a wide range of users, including people with disabilities, MouthPedal offers an accessible and alternative solution for effortlessly controlling the piano pedal. Seamlessly compatible with various DAWs on Mac or iPad or use as standalone solution with keyboard connected into device and AUv3 instrument loaded. MouthPedal enhances your music creation experience with ease. Key Features: - Mouth Openness Recognition: Benefit from real-time TrueDepth camera mouth openness recognition for controlling sustain pedal. - Coaching for Face Detection and Low Light Alert feature. - MIDI Network Connectivity: Connect your iPhone to your Mac via Wi-Fi or cable and MIDI Network Settings, ensuring compatibility with popular DAWs like GarageBand, Logic, etc. - BLE: Bluetooth Low Energy allows the app to connect to Mac, iPad, or other devices that support MIDI over BLE. - AUv3 and Support for MIDI Keyboard: The app lets you to load AUv3 instruments into the app and control them using a connected MIDI keyboard. - Adjustable Responsiveness Threshold: Customize the sensitivity of the mouth-controlled sustain pedal according to your preferences. - Accessible Design: MouthPedal is specifically developed to cater to users with disabilities, providing a unique and empowering alternative to traditional MIDI sustain pedals. VoiceOver support combined with haptics delivers instant and accessible feedback while setting the threshold. - Tutorial on connecting to Mac that automatically closes after a successful connection. Enjoy!

About

Tuner Wave

This utility precisely tunes guitar strings with advanced frequency resolution, achieving less than 0.2% offset. It offers superior accuracy compared to other iOS tuning apps.

Highlights
  • Precise guitar string tuning
  • Enhanced frequency resolution
  • Less than 0.2% offset accuracy
  • Superior to other iOS tuning apps
Features
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Tuner Wave is a tool to be used to tune guitar strings. The accuracy of Tuner Wave beats other tuning applications running in iOS device using unique sample method to enhance the resolution of frequency. You can achieve less than 0.2% of offset of target frequency.

Screenshots

MouthPedal4 screens
Tuner Wave1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: MouthPedal at every 2 months against Tuner Wave's every 19 months. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MouthPedal ships an update every 2 months, Tuner Wave every 19 months. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
MouthPedal versus Tuner Wave: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMouthPedalTuner Wave
PriceFreeFree
Rating—5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 months — betterEvery 19 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB7 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPeter HafnerTaehyuk Kwon

Customer experience

MouthPedal

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tuner Wave

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

MouthPedal

No in-app purchases

None

Tuner Wave

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MouthPedal free?
MouthPedal is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tuner Wave free?
Tuner Wave is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MouthPedal or Tuner Wave have ads?
Neither MouthPedal nor Tuner Wave shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MouthPedal or Tuner Wave?
MouthPedal ships an update every 2 months, and Tuner Wave every 19 months. Most recently, MouthPedal was updated on November 3, 2026 and Tuner Wave on November 3, 2026.

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