Pitchli vs Algonautic
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Pitchli
A highly accurate chromatic tuner designed for bass and guitar, offering real-time pitch detection. It functions as a standalone app using your device's microphone or as an AUv3 effect within compatible music applications.
- High-accuracy chromatic tuning
- Real-time pitch detection
- Standalone microphone tuning
- AUv3 extension support
- Adjustable reference pitch
- Low-noise idle behavior
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Pitchli is a high-accuracy chromatic tuner built for guitar, bass, and lower-register instruments. Use it as a standalone tuner with your device microphone, or load it as an AUv3 effect inside compatible music apps. Features: - Accurate real-time pitch detection tuned for bass notes below guitar low E through high guitar ranges - Smooth horizontal cents meter with clear flat/in-tune/sharp feedback - Adjustable reference pitch (A4 = 420-460 Hz) - Low-noise idle behavior that avoids unstable ghost readings - Audio Unit v3 extension support for compatible host apps Standalone mode: - Uses microphone input for direct instrument tuning - AUv3 host-specific controls (such as MIDI routing behavior) are disabled Notes: - Microphone permission is required for standalone tuning. - For AUv3 use, load Pitchli in a compatible host app.
Algonautic
This app provides an interactive ambient chord pad instrument for iPad, allowing musicians to generate full chord voicings with a single tap. It offers various modes for sequencing, strumming, and evolving chord progressions, and can be integrated with DAWs as an AUv3 MIDI effect.
- Pads fire complete chord voicings
- Sync to DAW or trigger freely
- Gate and Latch modes
- Strum mode for natural movement
- Transition rules for evolving progressions
- Mutation mode for harmonic variations
- AUv3 MIDI effect compatibility
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Algonautic A MIDI chord pad instrument for iPad. Each pad maps to a full voiced chord. Route the output to your DAW, layer it, sequence it, and capture it as MIDI. The chord library comes from my own catalogue: a harmonic language I developed across Sonic Dreams Vol. 1 & 2, now available as a playable instrument. *** Features • Pads fire complete chord voicings — one tap, full harmony • Sync to your DAW or trigger freely • Gate and Latch modes hold chords for as long as you need • Strum mode spreads chord attacks for natural movement • Transition rules step through chords in order or randomly — useful for progressions that evolve on their own • Mutation mode introduces inversions and harmonic variations over time • Two Part Doublers add bass and top-voice doublings in real time, each on its own MIDI output channel • Runs as an AUv3 MIDI effect in Logic Pro, AUM, Cubasis, and other compatible hosts — or standalone • MIDI only. No audio engine, no added audio latency *** Compatibility Notice Requires an AUv3-compatible host for plugin functionality.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Pitchli at Free against Algonautic's $5.99. Pitchli also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.0). Algonautic's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 months) and ratings volume (4 vs 1). On 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
Pitchli is free to download; Algonautic costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Pitchli holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 4 respectively.
Pitchli ships an update every 2 months, Algonautic every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 13, 2026 and September 7, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Pitchli | Algonautic |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $5.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | 4.0 (4 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 4 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.6 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 11 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Lars Guva | Axart Labs OU |
Customer experience
Pitchli
Algonautic
In-app purchases
Pitchli
No in-app purchases
Algonautic
No in-app purchases








