Comparison

Degenson 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

Degenson

Create distorted percussion, hypnotic sequences, and aggressive sounds with this raw virtual analog drum machine. It offers six voices, dual LFOs, and fast hands-on control for electronic music production.

Highlights
  • Virtual analog drum machine
  • Distorted percussion
  • Hypnotic sequences
  • Aggressive sound design
  • Six voices
  • Dual LFOs
  • Hands-on control
Features
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Degenson is a raw virtual analog drum machine built for distorted percussion, hypnotic sequences and aggressive sound design. Six voices, dual LFOs and fast hands-on control for techno, EBM and experimental production. Now it's also an AUv3 plugin: run Degenson inside your favorite iOS host — GarageBand, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo and more — perfectly in sync with your project tempo. • Six punchy virtual-analog voices with analogue-style decay — percussive across most of the knob, opening into an infinite drone at the top • Full MIDI: notes trigger the voices, every knob responds to a fixed MIDI CC, and the sequencer can be bypassed to play live from any controller • Melodic mode: each octave maps the six voices and transposes them, so you can play the drums tuned across the keyboard • Fast, tactile step sequencer with per-step control and dual LFOs for evolving, hypnotic patterns • Crunch Verb: a gritty master reverb with Mix, Decay and Crunch — the tail degrades as it fades Free to play. The optional Pro upgrade unlocks the AUv3 plugin for use in your DAW and WAV export for bouncing your patterns.

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

Degenson3 screens
Tuner · Baro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Degenson at Free against Tuner · Baro's $0.99. Degenson also leads on ratings volume (8 vs 2). Tuner · Baro's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 2 weeks). On rating, ads, monetization model 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Degenson is free to download; Tuner · Baro costs $0.99 up front. Degenson 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 Degenson against 5.0 for Tuner · Baro. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 8 and 2 respectively.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Degenson ships an update every 2 weeks, Tuner · Baro every 3 days. Both last shipped on November 5, 2026.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Degenson versus Tuner · Baro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterDegensonTuner · Baro
PriceFree — better$0.99
Rating5.0 (8 ratings)5.0 (2 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings8 — better2
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeksEvery 3 days — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreeFree
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size17 MB20 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperFabrizio AlvitiEuiseok Kim

Customer experience

Degenson

All ratings8 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Tuner · Baro

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

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Degenson

One-time1
  • Degenson Pro Upgrade$7.99
None

Tuner · Baro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Degenson free?
Degenson is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tuner · Baro free?
Tuner · Baro costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Degenson or Tuner · Baro?
Degenson and Tuner · Baro are both rated 5.0 out of 5 on the App Store, from 8 and 2 ratings respectively.
Do Degenson or Tuner · Baro have ads?
Neither Degenson nor Tuner · Baro shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Degenson or Tuner · Baro?
Degenson ships an update every 2 weeks, and Tuner · Baro every 3 days. Most recently, Degenson was updated on November 5, 2026 and Tuner · Baro on November 5, 2026.

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