iontuner vs Rig Tuner

The honest tuner. Free, no ads, no subscriptions, no sign-up, no data collection. iontuner does one thing well: it helps you tune your instrument quickly and accurately. Open the app, pick your instrument, play a string, watch the needle. That's it. INSTRUMENTS Built for guitar, 12-string guitar, bass, double bass, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, mandolin, banjo, piano, and chromatic mode. Tap "Show world instruments" to access oud, saz, charango, cuatro (Venezuelan and Puerto Rican), tres cubano, bouzouki (Greek and Irish), balalaika, erhu, and pipa — with proper regional tuning traditions for each. 40+ TUNINGS Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, Half Step Down, and dozens more. Five double bass tunings including the historical Viennese tuning. Multiple regional traditions for oud (Arabic, Iraqi, Turkish, Egyptian) and bouzouki (tetrachordo, trichordo, Irish). Star your favorites for quick access. FIVE CONCERT A PITCHES 440 Hz (Standard), 442 Hz (Orchestral), 432 Hz (Alternative), 430 Hz (Classical), and 415 Hz (Baroque). For period instrument musicians, modern orchestras, and everyone in between. SUB-CENT PRECISION Standard mode hits ±1 cent accuracy for everyday tuning. Pro mode goes sub-cent for piano tuning, double bass low octave, and reference work. CUSTOM TUNINGS Build your own tunings string by string. Save unlimited custom presets. Frequencies update automatically when you change Concert A. REFERENCE TONES Play a clean reference pitch for each string. Tap, tune by ear, tap to stop. DESIGNED FOR YOUR INSTRUMENT Each instrument has its own detection profile — buffer sizes, filter cutoffs, and harmonic correction tuned for what you're actually playing. Bowed strings get extra smoothing. Bass instruments get expanded low-frequency analysis. Double bass detection reaches down to B0 (30.9 Hz). WHAT YOU WON'T FIND No ads. No subscriptions. No in-app purchases. No "premium tier." No data collection. No analytics. No account creation. No paywall after seven free uses. No "unlock with rating." Nothing tracking you, ever. 10 LANGUAGES English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Russian, Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Japanese, and Korean. iPad AND iPHONE Designed for both. iPad gets a sidebar layout that keeps everything visible. PRIVACY Audio is analyzed entirely on your device. Nothing leaves your phone. Ever. Built by a solo developer who got tired of tuner apps full of ads and paywalls. iontuner is what a tuner app should be. Open the app. Tune your instrument. Close the app. Make music.

Every tuning. No paywall. No account required. Rig Tuner is a fast, accurate chromatic tuner built by RigVerse for players who are tired of tuners that put Drop D behind a subscription. Every tuning below is free, and always will be. FAST AND ACCURATE Pitch detection runs entirely on your device using normalised autocorrelation — the same approach used in professional audio software. It locks on in a fraction of a second and stays steady on low strings, where cheaper tuners drift and flicker. 22 TUNINGS, ALL FREE Guitar — Standard, Drop D, Drop C#, Drop C, Drop B, Half Step Down, Full Step Down, Open G, Open D, Open E, Open C, Open A, DADGAD, DADAAD, All Fourths, Nashville Bass — 4-string, 5-string, Drop D Other — Ukulele, Mandolin, Banjo (open G) REFERENCE PITCH Tune to A = 432, 438, 440, 441 or 442 Hz for orchestral, period and ensemble work. PRIVATE BY DESIGN Audio is analysed on your device. Nothing is recorded, stored or sent anywhere. PART OF RIGVERSE Connect a free RigVerse account and Rig Tuner remembers the tuning you use for each instrument in your collection. Entirely optional — every tuning works without an account.