Tuner by Frido vs Centimental
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tuner by Frido
Tune your guitar with clear feedback and save your own lyrics and chords. Follow along as your songs scroll while you play, and explore editable song ideas to spark your creativity.
- Guitar tuning with sharp/flat feedback
- Auto Move string selection
- Personal songbook for lyrics and chords
- Scrolling lyrics and chords
- Editable song idea generator
- iCloud sync for iPhone and iPad
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Tune your acoustic or electric guitar, save your own lyrics and chords, and follow them as you play. Tuner by Frido combines a guitar tuner, a personal songbook, and editable song ideas in one app. GET YOUR GUITAR IN TUNE Play a string and see whether it is sharp, flat, or in tune. Clear pitch feedback helps you tune acoustic and electric guitars to standard six-string tuning. Choose each string yourself, or let Auto Move take you to the next one when it is ready. KEEP YOUR SONGS READY Write and save your own lyrics and chords in a personal songbook organized by artist. Songbook is an editor for your own material, not a catalogue of songs or ready-made song transcriptions. Keep different arrangements of the same song, add the key and tempo, and write down capo positions, strumming patterns, or anything you want to remember. FOLLOW ALONG WHILE YOU PLAY Open the lyrics and chords you have saved in Live mode and let them scroll as you play. Adjust the text size and scrolling speed, add timed pauses where you need them, and loop a song to keep practicing. FIND YOUR NEXT SONG IDEA Jam gives you original song sketches across different styles, including rock, folk, blues, funk, and jazz. Each sketch has chords and sections ready to play. Change the key, edit the chords, and rearrange the sections to make it yours or start with a blank Jam. FEATURES • Acoustic and electric guitar tuning with clear sharp, flat, and in-tune feedback • Auto Move to advance to the next string once it is in tune • A personal songbook for lyrics and chords you enter yourself, organized by artist • Named versions for keeping different arrangements of the same song • Scrolling lyrics and chords with adjustable text size, speed, and timed pauses • Editable Jam chords, keys, and sections for developing your own ideas • Version history to revisit earlier edits and restore them as a separate version • Private iCloud sync between iPhone and iPad. We never see your songbook, and your songs stay available offline • On-device tuning audio processing, without saving or uploading recordings No subscriptions. No locked features.
Centimental
This app provides precise chromatic tuning for guitars, basses, and ukuleles using professional audio technology. It offers a wide variety of visual themes and supports numerous alternate tunings, with advanced features available via a one-time purchase.
- Chromatic tuning for guitar, bass, ukulele
- Precision pitch detection
- 20+ visual tuner themes
- 30+ alternate tuning presets
- Custom tuning builder (Pro)
- Capo support
- Apple Watch app
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Centimental is a chromatic tuner for guitarists, bassists, and anyone who takes pitch seriously. Tune your guitar, bass, or ukulele with precision pitch detection powered by professional audio technology. Whether you're at home with your acoustic, on stage with an electric, or on the go with your ukulele, Centimental gets you in tune fast and makes the experience genuinely enjoyable. TWENTY-PLUS VISUAL THEMES Pick a tuner that matches your mood. Classic Needle for the vintage analog feel. Strobe Tuner for rock-solid accuracy. Neon Arc, Spinning Platters, Foucault Pendulum, Metronome Arm, Horizon Split, Converging Columns, and many more. Swipe through themes on the tuner screen or browse the full catalog — each one draws the same precise pitch data in a different visual language. EVERY INSTRUMENT YOU PLAY • 6-string guitar • 7-, 8-, and 12-string guitar (Pro) • 4-string bass • 5- and 6-string bass (Pro) • Ukulele ALTERNATE TUNINGS BUILT IN Over 30 presets covering Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, Open D, Open E, Open A, Double Drop D, half-step down, whole-step down, Nashville tuning, baritone, and more. Create your own custom tunings for any instrument (Pro) — save as many as you want, sync them across all your devices. CAPO SUPPORT Set your capo fret and Centimental shifts all targets automatically. Tune to the capo'd pitch while still reading open-chord note names. APPLE WATCH APP — FULLY FREE Tune from your wrist. The Watch app is completely free and includes every Watch-compatible theme regardless of your Pro status. Haptic feedback guides you to pitch so you can tune by feel — perfect for backstage tuning in the dark. iCLOUD SYNC (PRO) Your custom tunings, favorite themes, and preferences sync automatically across your iPhone, iPad, and any other signed-in Apple device. Build a tuning on one device, use it everywhere. NO COMPROMISES ON PRIVACY Centimental processes audio entirely on-device. Nothing is recorded. Nothing is transmitted. We don't track you, collect data, or show ads. Ever. CENTIMENTAL PRO — ONE-TIME PURCHASE • Every visual theme • 7-, 8-, 12-string guitar and 5-, 6-string bass • All alternate tunings and custom tuning builder • Capo support • iCloud sync across devices Buy once, use forever. No subscription. WORKS WITH YOUR GEAR Plug in a USB-C audio interface for the cleanest possible signal, or use your device's built-in microphone. Centimental automatically adjusts sensitivity for whichever input is active, and handles route changes the moment you plug or unplug. Fast. Accurate. Beautiful. Centimental.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Centimental at Free against Tuner by Frido's $1.99. On update cadence, 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
Centimental is free to download; Tuner by Frido costs $1.99 up front. Tuner by Frido sells 3 one-off in-app purchases and Centimental sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tuner by Frido ships an update every 2 weeks, Centimental every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tuner by Frido | Centimental |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 weeks — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Freemium — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch — better |
| Requires iOS | 18.2 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 7 MB | 9 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Madsen Vale | Vagabond Burro LLC |
Customer experience
Tuner by Frido
Centimental
In-app purchases
Tuner by Frido
- Quiet Thanks$0.99
- Kind Push$3.99
- Real Boost$12.99
Centimental
- Centimental Pro$4.99
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