MultiMetronome vs ToneGen PlusMinus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
MultiMetronome
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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.
ToneGen PlusMinus
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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.
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Verdict
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
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.
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.
| Parameter | MultiMetronome | ToneGen PlusMinus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | Free — better |
| Update frequency | Every 25 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 39 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hal Rushton | Dan Richardson |
In-app purchases
MultiMetronome
No in-app purchases
ToneGen PlusMinus
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is MultiMetronome free?
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