Comparison

Tuner · Baro vs Practimo Tuner

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

Head to head
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.

About

Practimo Tuner

Features
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Practimo Tuner is a fast, accurate chromatic tuner for guitar and any string instrument — completely free, no ads, no account. • Accurate chromatic pitch detection — tune any note, any instrument • Every common guitar tuning: Standard, Drop D, DADGAD, Open G, and more • Tap a string to hear a clean reference tone and tune by ear • Adjustable A4 calibration (430–450 Hz) • A clear cents meter so you land perfectly in tune • Works entirely offline — your audio never leaves your device No ads. No paywall. No sign-up. Just open it and tune. From the makers of Practimo, the practice companion for musicians.

Screenshots

Tuner · Baro4 screens
Practimo Tuner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: Tuner · Baro at 13.0 against Practimo Tuner's 16.4. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard1 real difference · 8 level
Tuner · Baro versus Practimo Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuner · BaroPractimo Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.0 — better16.4
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB40 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEuiseok KimAner Sarid

In-app purchases

None

Tuner · Baro

No in-app purchases

None

Practimo Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tuner · Baro free?
Tuner · Baro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Practimo Tuner free?
Practimo Tuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tuner · Baro or Practimo Tuner have ads?
Neither Tuner · Baro nor Practimo Tuner shows ads.

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