Comparison

Tuning Helper vs Metronome for Dummies

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Chromatic tuner
  • Metronome with multiple rhythm figures
  • Adjustable base frequency standards
  • Multiple tuning systems
  • Fractional cent pitch sensitivity
  • Visual cue indicator lights
Features
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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

About

Metronome for Dummies

Features
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A beginner-friendly metronome app built with SwiftUI for iOS. Features include basic tempo control, visual beat patterns, essential time signatures (4/4 and 3/4), and tap tempo functionality. The app focuses on simplicity and ease of use, with a clean interface and professional-grade timing accuracy. Designed to help music students and beginning musicians develop their sense of rhythm without complicated features or settings.

Screenshots

Tuning Helper4 screens
Metronome for Dummies3 screens

Verdict

The call

Tuning Helper and Metronome for Dummies are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tuning Helper versus Metronome for Dummies: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuning HelperMetronome for Dummies
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS16.115.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size28 MB0 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFilip May'rAlexei Strasser

In-app purchases

None

Tuning Helper

No in-app purchases

None

Metronome for Dummies

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tuning Helper free?
Tuning Helper is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Metronome for Dummies free?
Metronome for Dummies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tuning Helper or Metronome for Dummies have ads?
Neither Tuning Helper nor Metronome for Dummies shows ads.

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