Comparison

Midilo vs Tuner · Baro

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

Head to head
About

Midilo

Shape and transform musical patterns in real-time with this live MIDI looper. Build ideas across slots, connect them in Graph mode, and combine MIDI with audio recordings. Perfect for live improvisation with hardware synths and MIDI controllers.

Highlights
  • Live MIDI recording, looping, and overdubbing
  • Graph mode for connecting loops
  • Layered Audio Freeze recordings
  • Extra playheads with independent controls
  • MIDI routing and MPE support
  • Record performance mixes as WAV files
Features
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Midilo is a MIDI-first live looper for musicians who want to shape patterns as they perform. Capture a phrase, keep it moving, and transform it while it plays. Slice a loop, pitch the active slice, change its timing and velocity, or add playheads that echo, reverse, delay, transpose, and send notes to different MIDI channels. Build ideas across loop slots, connect them in Graph mode, and combine MIDI with layered Audio Freeze recordings. When a variation feels right, record your performance into a new slot or use Bake to commit your edits and playheads to the current loop. Built for hardware synths, MIDI controllers, and live improvisation, Midilo turns small musical ideas into evolving performances. FEATURES - Live MIDI recording, looping, and overdubbing - Projects and loop slots for organizing and switching ideas - Graph mode for connecting loops into evolving sequences - Combined Slices and Pitch performance with shared Grid/Free, Reset, and Record controls - Record slicing and pitching together into a new loop slot - Chromatic and scale-based pitch tools, with Simple and Advanced performance layouts - Extra playheads with independent speed, direction, delay, pitch, MIDI channel, and level - Quantize, swing, timing and velocity humanize, velocity shaping, note-length, repeat, and tempo tools - Bake edits and extra playheads into the current loop, then reset the modifiers - Layer controls and trimming that preserve locked layers - Layered Audio Freeze and Stack, with individual mute, solo, level, and lock controls - Optional multichannel Freeze capture with compatible audio hardware - MIDI routing between devices and per-loop routing, with MPE support - Record complete performance mixes as stereo WAV files - Import and export MIDI files, and export Freeze stems in their native channel layouts - Swipeable Tools pages and customizable Quick Tools EARLY ACCESS All features are unlocked during Early Access, with no purchase needed. The 7-day trial is paused, and new users won't start a trial during this period. Paid launch is planned for November 2026, with an introductory price of €7.99 or the local App Store equivalent. Pricing may vary by region.

About

Tuner · Baro

This offline chromatic tuner analyzes your microphone's audio in real-time to display the exact note and frequency you're playing. It prioritizes user privacy by processing all audio analysis on-device without any internet connection, tracking, or data collection.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch detection
  • Offline functionality
  • On-device audio analysis
  • Clear note name and frequency display
  • Visual tuning indicator
  • Adjustable concert-pitch reference
  • Screen stays awake during use
Features
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Your audio never leaves your phone. Tuner is a chromatic tuner that listens through your microphone and tells you the exact note you're playing — entirely on your device. No internet, no account, no tracking. Don't trust it? Turn on airplane mode: turn off Wi-Fi and cellular, and it keeps working. Nothing is ever recorded, and nothing is ever uploaded. Play a string, press a key, or sing a note. A big, clear note name fills the center (like A4), with the live frequency in Hz and a smooth 180-degree needle that swings with every cent. The moment you land in tune, the whole note glows yellow — you tune by feel, not by squinting at numbers. WHY OMITTUNER IS DIFFERENT Most tuners pay their bills with ads, accounts, or tracking of mic-adjacent data — or gate real accuracy behind a monthly subscription. Tuner does neither. No ads. No subscriptions. No accounts. PRIVATE BY DESIGN • Microphone audio is analyzed in memory and discarded instantly — never written to disk, never uploaded. • Pitch detection runs 100% on device with pure-DSP YIN math. No machine-learning model, no cloud, nothing sent to any server. • Zero analytics, zero telemetry, zero third-party SDKs. Privacy label: Data Not Collected. WHAT IT DOES • Real-time pitch detection, fast enough to follow your tuning peg as you turn it. • A huge, readable note name plus the live frequency in Hz — legible across a music stand. • A 180-degree needle that leans flat or sharp, and glows when you're within 5 cents. • Adjustable concert-pitch reference — 432, 438, 440, 442, or 444 Hz, one tap, remembered next time. • The screen stays awake mid-session so you can keep both hands on the instrument. GREAT FOR Guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, cello, bağlama / saz and other strings; brass and woodwind intonation checks; singers and choirs warming up; piano reference checks; students and teachers in any room. HONEST ABOUT WHAT IT IS Tuner reads what your microphone hears using 12-tone equal temperament to within about 5 cents, across 25–4500 Hz. It's an excellent everyday and practice-room tuner — it isn't a studio strobe and doesn't claim that precision. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS, NO ADS No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, no ads. That's the whole deal. Part of the Baro family — The tools you reach for first.

Screenshots

Midilo4 screens
Tuner · Baro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tuner · Baro at none against Midilo's 1. Tuner · Baro also leads on update cadence (every 3 days vs weekly) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, ratings volume 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Midilo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tuner · Baro asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Midilo against 5.0 for Tuner · Baro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 1 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Midilo ships an update weekly, Tuner · Baro every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard3 real differences · 6 level
Midilo versus Tuner · Baro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMidiloTuner · Baro
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Number of ratings12 — better
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.613.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size18 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus ZeppEuiseok Kim

Customer experience

Midilo

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tuner · Baro

All ratings2 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Midilo

One-time1
  • Midilo Pro$6.99
None

Tuner · Baro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Midilo free?
Midilo is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tuner · Baro free?
Tuner · Baro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Midilo or Tuner · Baro?
Midilo and Tuner · Baro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 1 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Midilo or Tuner · Baro have ads?
Neither Midilo nor Tuner · Baro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Midilo or Tuner · Baro?
Midilo ships an update weekly, and Tuner · Baro every 3 days. Most recently, Midilo was updated on October 10, 2026 and Tuner · Baro on October 8, 2026.

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