Tuning Helper vs The New Beed
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuning Helper
This app provides a chromatic tuner and metronome for string instruments. It supports various tuning systems and base frequencies, offering precise pitch sensitivity and customizable metronome settings with visual cues.
- Chromatic tuner
- Metronome with multiple rhythm figures
- Adjustable base frequency standards
- Multiple tuning systems
- Fractional cent pitch sensitivity
- Visual cue indicator lights
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Violin, Viola, Cello, & Guitar Open String Tone Generator, Chromatic Tuner, & Metronome Tuning Systems: · Equal Temperament (Twelve Tone) · Pythagorean Temperament (Pure Perfect Fifths) Base Frequency Pitch Standards: · Custom Pitch Calibration (A₄ æ 392-465 Hz) · Concert Pitch (A₄ æ 440 Hz) · Baroque Pitch (A₄ æ 415 Hz) · Verdi Pitch (A₄ æ 432 Hz) Chromatic Tuner Features: · Fractional Cent Pitch Sensitivity · Amplitudinal Sensitivity Control Slider · Pitchwise Rotating Dodecagon with Amplitudinally Responsive Beaming Garland Metronome Features: · Three Modes: Standard, Accented Downbeat, and Five Common Rhythm Figures— · Duplet, Triplet, Swinging Triplet, Quadruplet, and Swinging Quadruplet · Accented Downbeat Settings: 0-8 Beats per Measure · Tempo: 20-224 BPM (Beats per Minute) · Visual Cue Indicator Lights · Wood Block Tone App Interface Colors: · Blue · Olive · Purple · Bronze · Amaranth · Chlorophyll
The New Beed
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The New Beed is meant for drummers who want to create their own exercises. The app generates 234.256 different rhythmic combinations per bar that can be used as melodies for your drums. In the settings menu, you’ll find the tools to manipulate these melodies and add more context to them. Visit thenewbeed.com for a quick start guide, video lessons and more.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tuning Helper at none against The New Beed's shown. Tuning Helper also leads on update cadence (weekly vs every 5 weeks). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Tuning Helper ships an update weekly, The New Beed every 5 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 4, 2026 and November 12, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuning Helper | The New Beed |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 5 weeks |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.1 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 28 MB | 89 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Filip May'r | Mark Robben van Reusel |
In-app purchases
Tuning Helper
No in-app purchases
The New Beed
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is Tuning Helper free?
Is The New Beed free?
Do Tuning Helper or The New Beed have ads?
Which is updated more often, Tuning Helper or The New Beed?
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