PulseMaster vs Tonesmith
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
PulseMaster
This rhythm trainer offers four distinct modes to hone your timing and internal metronome. Practice strumming patterns, subdivisions, and custom beat accents with visual aids and adjustable silent bars. All features are unlocked and available offline.
- Silent bars for internal metronome practice
- Visual strumming pattern training
- Rhythm pyramid for subdivision mastery
- Customizable beat pattern design
- Offline functionality
- No sign-up required
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Train your inner metronome. Pulse Master is a free rhythm trainer with four modes that help you practice timing and rhythm specifically. No subscription, no in-app purchases, no ads—just open it and practice. SILENT BARS Test your internal metronome. The click plays a few bars, then it stops — you continue playing on your own. When it starts again, you’ll immediately hear whether you stayed in time. Choose freely which bars are loud and which are silent. STRUMMING PATTERNS Internalize strumming patterns by visualizing them. Arrows or DUs show you downstrokes and upstrokes, mutes, and rests. Work in eighths or sixteenths, save your favorite patterns as presets. RHYTHM PYRAMID Climb through subdivisions — quarter notes, eighth notes, sixteenth notes, tuplets up to septuplets. The pyramid automatically changes step by step so you can learn to embed subdivisions cleanly into the beat. BEAT PATTERN Design your own accent patterns. Configurable per beat, with different subdivisions per beat. ALSO • Everything stored locally on your device, no sign-up required • Anonymized usage statistics via Amplitude (EU servers), without tracking COMPLETELY FREE Pulse Master is 100% free — no in-app purchases, no subscription, no ads. All modes are unlocked from the start. Terms of Use: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Privacy Policy: https://repetude.com/privacy
Tonesmith
This app uses AI to help guitarists replicate the exact amp settings, pedal chains, and EQ for any song and artist. It provides real-time feedback on your tone accuracy and supports multiple guitar parts. Ideal for musicians of all levels looking to save time on tone shaping.
- AI tone generation for any song
- Dual-guitarist support
- Section picker for specific parts
- Live tone accuracy meter
- Album art and song suggestions
- Free first search
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ToneSmith is your personal AI guitar tone advisor. Type any song and artist — get the exact amp settings, pedal chain, and EQ to sound like the record. Works with Fender, Marshall, Vox, Boss, Ibanez, and every gear brand. Features: • AI tone generation for any song • Dual-guitarist support (rhythm + lead) • Section picker (rhythm, solo, interlude) • Live tone accuracy meter — play into your mic, get scored • Album art + similar song suggestions • Free first search, upgrade for unlimited Whether you're a beginner learning your first riff or a gigging player prepping a set, ToneSmith saves you hours of trial and error. Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is monetization model: PulseMaster at free against Tonesmith's freemium. Tonesmith's advantage is ratings volume (3 vs 1). On price, rating, update cadence and ads 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
Both are free to download. PulseMaster sells 4 one-off in-app purchases and Tonesmith sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for PulseMaster against 5.0 for Tonesmith. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 3 respectively.
PulseMaster ships an update every 4 days, Tonesmith every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on September 28, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | PulseMaster | Tonesmith |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 17.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | David Schulze | Matan Czertok |
In-app purchases
PulseMaster
- Small Tip$0.99
- Nice Tip$2.99
- Generous tip$4.99
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- Huge tip$9.99
Tonesmith
- monthly$2.991 Month
- tonesmith pro yearly$17.991 Year
- Lifetime$29.99
