Spindle vs Henry's Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Spindle
This app helps you journal your vinyl listening experience by tracking spin times, sides played, and your listening habits. It allows importing your collection, noting thoughts during playback, and participating in community challenges. It also integrates with Last.fm for automatic scrobbling.
- Log every spin from Lock Screen
- Import collection from Discogs
- Track multiple turntables
- Real-time listening statistics
- Private listening journal
- Community listening challenges
- Last.fm scrobbling integration
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The vinyl listening journal. You drop the needle. Spindle does the rest — counting hours, tracking sides, remembering what you played, and quietly building a picture of your year in records. It's built around the act of spinning a record. Not around cataloging what you own. — Log every spin — Tap once when the needle drops. Spindle keeps tracking from the Lock Screen and Dynamic Island so you can flip the record without unlocking your phone. — Bring your collection — Import from Discogs in seconds, or add records by hand. Track multiple turntables, each with its own cartridge wear and needle hours. — Real stats — Hours spun. Top artists, labels, decades. Listening streaks. Records you've quietly forgotten you owned. No formulas. No spreadsheets. — A private journal — Write down what came up while the record played — thoughts, moods, memories. Stays private unless you choose to share. — Challenges — Short series of daily prompts hosted by other record heads. Each day, pick one record from your collection that answers the prompt. See what everyone else picked. React. The good ones make you walk to a record you haven't played in years. — Last.fm scrobble — Every spin scrobbles automatically. Spindle complements Last.fm — it doesn't try to replace it. Questions: support@joinspindle.com Community: joinspindle.com
Henry's Tuner
This application provides a quick and private way to tune musical instruments. It aims to make the tuning process enjoyable and efficient for musicians.
- Fast tuning
- Private tuning
- Instrument tuning
- Enjoyable experience
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A guitar tuner with reactions. Choose photos for flat, in tune, and sharp.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Henry's Tuner at none against Spindle's 3. Spindle's advantage is update cadence (every 4 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (24 vs 1). On price, rating, ads 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
Both are free to download. Spindle sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Henry's Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Spindle against 5.0 for Henry's Tuner. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Spindle has 24 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Spindle ships an update every 4 days, Henry's Tuner monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Spindle | Henry's Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (24 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 24 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 18 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Michael Warner | Henry Zhu |
Customer experience
Spindle
Henry's Tuner
In-app purchases
Spindle
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99
Henry's Tuner
No in-app purchases
