Comparison

MultiMetronome vs ToneGen PlusMinus

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

Head to head
About

MultiMetronome

Features
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MultiMetronome is free. No ads, no charges. It is a musician's friend. It lets musicians store and retrieve tempos and sets of tempos, so that they can quickly change the tempo. It is simple and easy to use, and very straightforward.

About

ToneGen PlusMinus

Features
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Signal generator for identifying audio frequencies by manually matching the pitch. Identifying feedback frequencies rapidly and precisely as an audio tech in a concert situation is a crucial function. Sometimes the feedback is intermittent, or only happens for an instant. For decades I and others have used the procedure of holding a heard pitch in my head and them matching it with some sort of tone generator. There are several iPhone apps that I have used, holding the phone up to my ear to hear the tone. They all have either a dial or a slider to set the pitch. An endless dial can be very precise, but is difficult to operate without looking at the screen. A slider is resolution limited by the length on the screen and so can't be precise. ToneGen PlusMinus uses a novel pitch setting UI which I invented 20 years ago for a Palm III app I wrote. It is very easy to rapidly and precisely match a frequency across it's range of 30 Hz to 10 kHz, without looking at the screen at all. The farther up or down from center your touch slides, the faster the pitch changes. Slide back to center and it stays stable.

Screenshots

MultiMetronome2 screens
ToneGen PlusMinus1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: ToneGen PlusMinus at Free against MultiMetronome's $0.99. ToneGen PlusMinus also leads on update cadence (every 3 months vs every 25 months) and iOS requirement (15.1 vs 26.0). 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

ToneGen PlusMinus is free to download; MultiMetronome costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MultiMetronome ships an update every 25 months, ToneGen PlusMinus every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 8, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 3 level
MultiMetronome versus ToneGen PlusMinus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMultiMetronomeToneGen PlusMinus
Price$0.99Free — better
Update frequencyEvery 25 monthsEvery 3 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS26.015.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB39 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHal RushtonDan Richardson

In-app purchases

None

MultiMetronome

No in-app purchases

None

ToneGen PlusMinus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MultiMetronome free?
MultiMetronome costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is ToneGen PlusMinus free?
ToneGen PlusMinus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MultiMetronome or ToneGen PlusMinus have ads?
Neither MultiMetronome nor ToneGen PlusMinus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MultiMetronome or ToneGen PlusMinus?
MultiMetronome ships an update every 25 months, and ToneGen PlusMinus every 3 months. Most recently, MultiMetronome was updated on October 8, 2026 and ToneGen PlusMinus on October 18, 2026.

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