Comparison

Ultimate Tuner Pro vs Ultimate Piper

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

Head to head
About

Ultimate Tuner Pro

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The Universal app for Precise Tuning, designed for Musicians & Audio enthusiasts. With Ultimate Tuner Pro you can tune any musical instrument with ease, offering a wide range of tunings and special features tailored to meet your needs. Features: State of the art Frequency Detection algorithm & Audio DSP Processing Extended Detection Range covers full spectrum of a Grand Piano A0-C8 (22-4698Hz) Adjustable Base Freq. (415-450Hz) with precise Hertz/Centesimal control Semitonal Transposition (±12 st) Cents Deviation Display with normal, or Double Zero precision (±0.01c) Selectable Reference Pitch Tuning Fork tone gen. plays selected Base Freq./Ref Pitch Fully Featured Metronome -Tuning Modes Besides of Chromatic mode, Ultimate Tuner Pro includes dedicated: Guitar, Lap Steel, Bass, Ukulele, Banjo, Mandolin, Violin (& Hardingfele), Viola, Viol, Cello and Double Bass tuning modes. And also Flat notation for tunings that include them (in all Notation Languages), as well as Banjo drone-string notation and tuning. With a total of +850 Tunings & Scordaturas, Ultimate Tuner Pro offers one of the most comprehensive collections available. Instrument Tunings: Guitar x156 - Standard, Drop, Open, 7/8-string, Baritone Lap Steel x28 Bass x60 - Drop, Open, 4 to 8-String Ukulele x24 - Std, Tenor, Baritone, Slack Key & Bass Banjo x20 - Std, Open, Minor & Tenor Mandolin x30 Violin x29 - Std, Cross, Gee-Dad, Celtic, Hardingfele & Scordaturas Viola x23 - Std, Cross & Scord. Viol x19 Cello x15 - Std, Open & Scord. Double Bass x26 - Std, Solo & Scord. -World Instruments Also includes a complete Collection of +450 World Instruments tunings from around the Globe. -16 Notation Languages: English - C D E F G A B Deutsche - C D E F G A H Latin - Do Re Mi Fa Sol La Si Ελληνικά - Ντο Ρε Μι Φα Σολ Λα Σι Русский - До Ре Ми Фа Соль Ля Си Byzantine - Ni Pa Vu Ga Di Ke Zo Hindi - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni हिन्दी - सा रे ग म प ध नि Japanese - Ha Ni Ho He To I Ro 日本語 - ハ ニ ホ ヘ ト イ ロ 日本語-現代 - ド レ ミ ファ ソ ラ シ 中文 - 黄钟 太簇 姑洗 中吕 林钟 南吕 应钟 한국어 - 다 레 미 파 솔 라 시 ไทย - โด เร มี ฟา ซอล ลา ที עברית - דו רה מי פה סול לה סי لعربية - دو ري مي فا صول لا سي -Graph Displays FFT Harmonic Graph Displays with 10x Harmonics Adjustable FFT Window Size (256 - 2048) Micro-Tonal Deviation Graph for Precise micro-tuning, featuring clear 25c and 50c deviation lines. Strobe Tuner with 5 Rows of gradation in alternating scroll direction; for enhanced Precision and Dynamic effect. Spectrum Analyzer displays Audio signal over reference Piano Roll; while Piano Roll shows tuning Range for the selected Tuning/mode, and Highlights last detected Note. Dedicated Temperament Gradation Needle shows exact deviation of tempered notes. Advanced Processing: Adjustable Sample Rate: 11-22KHz Noise Gate with RMS detection Adjustable FFT Graph Window: 256 - 2048 spl HP Filter: 10 - 250Hz (12 to 96 dB/oct) LP Filter: 500Hz - 20kHz (12 to 96 dB/oct) DC Bias Filter Temperament Adjustment: 3 Base Temperaments - 12T Equal Temperament, Just, Pythagorean 5 Guitar Temperament Sweetenings: James Taylor, Thidell Formula 1™, Die Wohltemperierte Gitarre™, Meantone Blues™ 28 Historic Temperaments -Metronome: Fully featured Metronome with Tempo Trainer, and unique Metro Lane Display; includes all Note Subdivisions and a Global collection of rhythmic Patterns to explore (Balkan, Greek, Turkish, Arab, Hindu, African, Latin American..) Metro Clock: Signals the current Number of Beats and their Type, highlighting First/Strong, Secondary and Normal Beats in different color. Metro Lane: Shows the Beats of the selected Pattern advancing over a Time Line Tempo Range: 12-350 BPM Time Signature dial with up to 16 Beats, and x/1 x/2 x/4 x/8 x/16 bases All possible Note Figure subdivisions for any selected Time Sig. Tempo Trainer with selectable BPM Increase, and cycle Repetitions Bell and 9 different Metronome Sound types. -Packed with 56 vibrant Color Themes to customize the tuner, adding a Personal touch.

About

Ultimate Piper

This music app helps bagpipers of all levels improve their playing. It features score scanning, practice tools with performance feedback, and composition capabilities. It also includes a tuner, metronome, and audio playback for practice and sharing.

Highlights
  • Scan bagpipe scores from photos or PDFs
  • Progress tracking with missed bar highlighting
  • Play along with scrolling score and note lighting
  • Practice loop with auto tempo adjustment
  • Compose and edit bagpipe music with embellishments
  • Realistic audio playback and recording
  • Integrated tuner and metronome
Features
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Ultimate Piper is the complete music app for bagpipers – whether you're learning on a practice chanter or performing with a full pipe band. SCAN ANY SCORE Point your camera at a printed bagpipe score – or import a PDF or photo – and Ultimate Piper reads it into a playable tune, all on-device: in seconds for a typical tune, a little longer for a long or busy one. Several pages scan in one go, and braced harmony comes in as harmony parts. SEE THE BARS YOU MISS MOST Progress shades every bar of a tune by how your last five runs went, from green for the bars you play solidly to red for the ones you miss. Most Missed Bars lists them; tap one to select it for the Practice Loop. Say yes to recording your runs and you can listen back to any of them. PLAY ALONG Follow Along hears your playing through the microphone or a MIDI chanter and scrolls the score, lighting each note as you play it. Runs on the pipes are scored like runs on the chanter, gracenotes included, against your chanter's tuning on the day. Connect a Blair Digital Chanter or Fagerström Technopipes for precise detection. Turn your iPhone sideways and the score fills the screen. PRACTICE Mark the tunes you're working on as Focus and they join every session, longest-neglected first, with a Tune of the Week and warm-ups from tunes you know. A calendar and streak show your practice; log band practice too. Rate every tune from Want to Learn to Mastered. Loop any bars and let Auto + raise the tempo each time round. COMPOSE & EDIT Complete scores for light music and piobaireachd, with reactive grace notes and an embellishment wheel – doublings, grips, taorluaths and more. Mixed-value triplets play as written. Select notes to raise, lower, lengthen or copy them into another tune. Add rests, 1st/2nd time bars, harmonies, notes on the score, and tempo changes that speed up or slow down across a run of bars. LISTEN & SHARE AUDIO Hear any tune on realistic chanter or pipes – or record your own instrument and hear every tune on it – with each idiom's own timing, from strathspey snap to piobaireachd's held close. Render a tune or set, with harmonies and drones, to an audio file to send to a pupil or bandmate. TUNE UP The tuner hears bass, tenors and chanter at once, with a beat meter for the tenors and drones tuned to your chanter, not a number, on Apple Watch too. A guided tune-up takes the tenors one at a time. Four tuning schemes. Blowing mode scores your bag's steadiness out of 100. METRONOME Pipe band side, bass and tenor drums, tuned to your Low A, with accents, subdivisions and tap tempo. Also on Apple Watch, with haptic taps. JUST ASK SIRI "Tune my pipes in Ultimate Piper." "Start the metronome at 84 in Ultimate Piper." "Play Scotland the Brave in Ultimate Piper." Your library is in Spotlight, and every command is a Shortcut. HISTORY, SHARING & LIBRARY Every save is kept as a version, with colour-coded diffs; compare two tunes note by note and merge them. Export to PDF, send .pipescore to the PipeScore web editor, or share folders that keep your band on the latest music, choosing who can edit. Import BWW and PipeScore files into nested folders, and search by title, composer, genre or time signature. FOR EVERY PIPER VoiceOver reaches every note in the editor and tells you where playback is. Resize the score without a pinch. Works on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple Watch. Ready for iPhone Duo. SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION Ultimate Piper Premium is a monthly or yearly auto-renewable subscription with a 7-day free trial, and Family Sharing lets up to five family members use it. After the trial, payment is charged to your Apple ID account and recurs each billing period; it renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the period ends. Manage or cancel subscriptions in your Account Settings. Privacy Policy: https://ultimatepiper.com/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Ultimate Tuner Pro4 screens
Ultimate Piper4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: Ultimate Piper at none against Ultimate Tuner Pro's shown. Ultimate Piper also leads on update cadence (every 10 days vs every 3 weeks). Ultimate Tuner Pro's advantage is iOS requirement (15 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Ultimate Tuner Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Ultimate Piper sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $5.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Ultimate Tuner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, Ultimate Piper every 10 days. The most recent releases landed on November 13, 2026 and November 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 7 level
Ultimate Tuner Pro versus Ultimate Piper: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterUltimate Tuner ProUltimate Piper
PriceFreeFree
Rating—4.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 10 days — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesYes
Monetization—Freemium
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch — better
Requires iOS15 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size54 MB217 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperErnest SolerMixolydian Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Ultimate Tuner Pro

One-time1
  • Full Features Unlock$9.99
2 purchases

Ultimate Piper

Subscriptions2
  • Ultimate Piper Premium Monthly7 Days trial$5.991 Month
  • Ultimate Piper Premium Yearly7 Days trial$49.991 Year

Questions

Is Ultimate Tuner Pro free?
Ultimate Tuner Pro is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Ultimate Piper free?
Ultimate Piper is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Ultimate Tuner Pro or Ultimate Piper have ads?
Ultimate Tuner Pro shows ads; Ultimate Piper does not.
Which is updated more often, Ultimate Tuner Pro or Ultimate Piper?
Ultimate Tuner Pro ships an update every 3 weeks, and Ultimate Piper every 10 days. Most recently, Ultimate Tuner Pro was updated on November 13, 2026 and Ultimate Piper on November 9, 2026.

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