ToneAnchor vs SimpleTone
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
ToneAnchor
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ToneAnchor is your reliable pitch companion for daily practice. Choose an arpeggio, set the octave, and shape the sound to fit your instrument or room. With quick key changes, tasteful timbre control, and responsive audio, it helps you center pitch fast—perfect for long tones and rehearsal tune-ups across strings, winds, brass, and voice.
SimpleTone
This application provides a straightforward virtual tuning fork. Simply select your desired pitch to tune your instrument. It aims to offer a no-nonsense, ad-free experience for musicians.
- Virtual tuning fork
- Pitch selection
- Ad-free experience
- Simple interface
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It's a virtual tuning fork. Select the pitch you want to tune to. That's it. I got tired of all the BS tuning apps that have ads and purchases built in. C'mon, we're better than this.
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Verdict
ToneAnchor and SimpleTone 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
| Parameter | ToneAnchor | SimpleTone |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Fortnightly | — |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | — | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 26.0 — better | 26.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 27 MB | 2 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Stefan Reich | Evan Brass |
In-app purchases
ToneAnchor
No in-app purchases
SimpleTone
No in-app purchases
