Tuner ∞ vs PiaTune
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuner ∞
This highly accurate and customizable digital tuner is essential for musicians of all levels. It offers visual feedback on pitch deviation and sound frequency, with automatic or manual note selection. An optional metronome with perfect timing is available via in-app purchase.
- High precision digital tuning
- Visual pitch deviation indicators
- Sound frequency graph display
- Automatic or manual note selection
- Wide detection range (A0-C8)
- Selectable visualization modes
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High precision Digital Tuner! Whether or not you're an aspiring recording artist, music teacher or student this highly accurate and customizable Tuner for the iPhone is the must-have for you! LED indicators show the pitch deviation while a graph displays the sound frequency making it a highly visual tool. Features Include: • Automatic or manual note selection modes • Wide Detection Range from A0-C8 • Highly visual and intuitive interface • Selectable visualization modes • Proprietary tuning logic designed for mobile devices In App Purchases include a Metronome with Perfect Timing! ================================ Follow us on Twitter - @PanoramicSoft Like us on Facebook - PanoramicSoft
PiaTune
This app assists professional piano tuners and enthusiasts in achieving precise piano tunings. It offers a simple, fast, and reliable method for measuring inharmonicity and setting tuning parameters, with advanced features for voicing and beat measurement.
- Professional-grade piano tuning
- Measures inharmonicity quickly
- Customizable tuning parameters
- Voicing and beat measurement tools
- Precise to +/- 0.01 cents
- Supports various piano types
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PiaTune is a professional-grade piano tuning app designed for professional piano tuners and tuning enthusiasts. PiaTune tunes the piano like an aural tuner would tune. PiaTune comes in three versions: Free, Home and Pro (formerly Paid). Free version is for evaluation and has all features of the Pro version up to first 500 note changes, after which features are locked. Home version has limited features and is aimed for piano enthusiasts. Upgrading to Home version price is US$ 19.99. Pro version has premium features and is aimed for professional tuners. Pro version price is: US$ 99.99 for upgrading from Free version or US$ 79.99 for upgrading from Home version. See version comparison below for details. Home Version: Unlimited Notes Inharmonicity Curve Unequal Temperaments Create New Temperament Minimal Tuner display only Auto Stretch Pro Version: Unlimited Notes Inharmonicity Curve Unequal Temperaments Create New Temperament Indicator, Spinner, Horizontal, Vertical, Horizontal Phase and Minimal Tuner displays Set Indicator Response Independent Bass/Mid/Treble stretch selection Magic Wand (stretch assistant) File Save & Load Over Pull (pitch raise) Inharmonicity Measurement in Tuner Screen Overlay Inharmonicity Graph Tuning Curve Temperament Beats Chart Starting Pitch Curve Custom Offsets Check Pitch Measure Beats Check Note Tone Generator iCloud Drive Support Advanced Start Page PiaTune is your simple, fast, reliable, precise and versatile tool to assist you in your tunings. SIMPLE Using PiaTune is simple. Just select piano size, measure or sample inharmonicity, set tuning parameters and start tuning. FAST PiaTune measures inharmonicity of all 76 notes in just a few minutes. Or you can sample a few notes and fill in the rest automatically in just a few seconds. Built-in generic files let you start an “out of the box” tuning right away. Measure starting pitch, smooth, trend data and transfer to use for over pull. You can also use on the fly over pull starting pitch measurements. RELIABLE Be it a spinet, console with poor scale design or a concert grand, PiaTune always calculates an optimum tuning curve. You can set stretch options for bass, middle and treble while observing the best fit tuning curve. PRECISE PiaTune is precise to +/- 0.01 cents. VERSATILE Besides tuning functionality, PiaTune also offers screens that help with Voicing and Measuring Beats. For more information visit https://piatune.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: PiaTune at 4.4 against Tuner ∞'s 3.6. PiaTune also leads on review sentiment (78% vs 56%) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 2 months). Tuner ∞'s advantage is iOS requirement (7.0 vs 15.0). On price, ratings volume, 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
Both are free to download. Tuner ∞ sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and PiaTune sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
PiaTune holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 3.6. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 13 and 11 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 56% of Tuner ∞'s written reviews are positive against 78% of PiaTune's.
Tuner ∞ ships an update every 2 months, PiaTune every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 23, 2026 and October 25, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuner ∞ | PiaTune |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.6 (13 ratings) | 4.4 (11 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 56.3% of reviews | 77.8% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 13 — better | 11 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 45 MB | 49 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Panoramic Software Inc. | HAKKI BAYKA |
Customer experience
Tuner ∞
PiaTune
In-app purchases
Tuner ∞
- Digital Tuner: Remove Ads$0.99
- Metronome$0.99
- Full Version$1.99
PiaTune
- Upgrade to Paid Version$99.99
