Comparison

NiceTuner vs Cadentia

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

Head to head
About

NiceTuner

Features
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NiceTuner is a professional instrument tuner designed for musicians of all levels. Whether you're tuning a guitar before a gig, practicing violin, or exploring traditional instruments, NiceTuner delivers studio-quality precision in your pocket. KEY FEATURES ◆ Multi-Instrument Support • Guitar (Standard, Drop D, Open G, DADGAD) • Bass (Standard, Drop D, 5-string) • Ukulele (Standard C, Low G, D tuning) • Violin (Standard tuning) • Piano (Full 88-key range) • Erhu (D-A, C-G, G-D tunings) • Guzheng (D Major, G Major) ◆ Professional-Grade Precision • High-resolution 16K-point FFT analysis • ±0.1 cent accuracy for precise tuning • Real-time pitch detection at 30 FPS • Adaptive sensitivity for any environment ◆ 4 Musical Temperaments • Equal Temperament (modern standard) • Just Intonation (pure intervals) • Pythagorean (classical tuning) • Meantone (Renaissance music) ◆ Reference Tone Generator • 4 instrument sounds: Piano, Electric Piano, Guitar, Violin • Full chromatic range across all octaves • Quick-play scales: C Major and Chromatic • Adjustable A4 frequency (400-480 Hz) ◆ Smart Tuning Features • String-by-string guided tuning mode • Auto-advance to next string when in tune • Note stability detection prevents false readings • Color-coded visual feedback (green/yellow/red) ◆ Beautiful Design • Premium Aurora theme with glassmorphism effects • Dark and Light mode support • Smooth animated dial and level meters • Clean, intuitive interface ◆ Customizable Settings • Pointer damping (Low/Medium/High) for different instruments • Detection sensitivity adjustment • Reference pitch: 432 Hz, 440 Hz, 442 Hz, or custom • Volume control for reference tones ◆ 9 Languages Supported English, 日本語, Deutsch, Français, 简体中文, 繁體中文, 한국어, Español, Português Perfect for guitarists, violinists, pianists, and enthusiasts of traditional instruments like erhu and guzheng. NiceTuner combines professional accuracy with an elegant user experience. Download NiceTuner and tune with confidence.

About

Cadentia

This app offers advanced audio manipulation for musicians, allowing on-device song splitting into vocals, bass, and drums. It also includes a precise tuner, a stable metronome, virtual instruments, and a multitrack recorder for practice and composition.

Highlights
  • On-device stem separation (vocals, bass, drums)
  • Karaoke backing track creation
  • Accurate pitch tuner
  • Drift-free metronome
  • Synthesized drums and piano
  • Multitrack tablature editor
  • Multitrack audio recorder
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Cadentia splits any song into four stems (vocals, bass, drums and the rest) inside the iPhone itself, with nothing uploaded to a server. Remove the vocals and sing over it as karaoke, isolate the bass to learn it by ear, or practise over what is left. Free, no account, no ads. In the same app: tuner, metronome, drums, piano, tablature and a multitrack recorder, all working with the phone in airplane mode. STEM SEPARATION ON THE DEVICE Pick a song from your library and Cadentia splits it into four tracks with a Core ML model that runs on your iPhone. Mute the vocals and you have a backing track; mute the rest and you have just the bass or just the drums. The karaoke apps that do this send the song to the cloud and charge a subscription. Here nothing leaves the device, and it costs nothing. A TUNER THAT DOESN'T WOBBLE Pitch detection through the YIN algorithm, accurate to about one cent. The ring runs red, amber, green; the note sits in the middle and the deviation in cents just above it. Reference pitch goes from 415 to 466 Hz, for orchestra players and period instruments. There is also Analyse tuning: play for up to a minute and see how much of it you spent in tune. A METRONOME THAT DOESN'T DRIFT The click is scheduled on the audio clock, not the screen clock, so it still lands where it should after ten minutes. Time signatures from 2/4 to 7/8, subdivisions, polyrhythm, tap tempo, a microphone BPM detector and a practice timer. It plays through the silent switch, which is half the reason to build a metronome natively. REAL DRUMS AND A REAL PIANO The pads and the keys don't fire samples: the sound is synthesised as you play, with Bessel-mode membranes on the drums and true inharmonicity on the piano. In practice: how hard you hit changes the timbre, not just the volume. Sixteen-step sequencer, 25 ready grooves, a vertical multitouch keyboard, 77 chords and 144 scales. TABLATURE WITH A BAND BEHIND IT Open and edit multitrack tablature with bass, drums and 48 backing tracks. It is the same .rostab file you write in RoqueOS in the browser: back and forth, nothing to convert. MULTITRACK RECORDER Play over what you already recorded, with Apple's echo cancellation and noise reduction. The timeline actually edits: trim, split, fade, pan, undo. Export the mix as M4A when you're done. YOUR LIBRARY, IF YOU WANT IT If you use RoqueOS, you can pair Cadentia with your account using a short code and play the music already there. It is the only part of the app that uses the internet, and it is optional: without pairing, everything else works the same. No ads, no charge, no in-app purchases. In 10 languages.

Screenshots

NiceTuner4 screens
Cadentia4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: Cadentia at every 8 days against NiceTuner's every 3 weeks. NiceTuner's advantage is iOS requirement (17.6 vs 26.0). On price, 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

NiceTuner ships an update every 3 weeks, Cadentia every 8 days. The most recent releases landed on October 7, 2026 and October 30, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
NiceTuner versus Cadentia: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterNiceTunerCadentia
PriceFreeFree
Rating—3.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews—100.0% of reviews
Number of ratings—1 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 8 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
Monetization—Free
DevicesiPhone, iPad — betteriPhone
Requires iOS17.6 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size27 MB160 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperGuizhou Vanilla Information Technology Co., Ltd.Roque Ribeiro

In-app purchases

None

NiceTuner

No in-app purchases

None

Cadentia

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is NiceTuner free?
NiceTuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Cadentia free?
Cadentia is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do NiceTuner or Cadentia have ads?
Neither NiceTuner nor Cadentia shows ads.
Which is updated more often, NiceTuner or Cadentia?
NiceTuner ships an update every 3 weeks, and Cadentia every 8 days. Most recently, NiceTuner was updated on October 7, 2026 and Cadentia on October 30, 2026.

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