Comparison

Tuner · Baro vs MusicToolKit

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

MusicToolKit

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MusicToolKit is a simple, capable toolkit for practicing music. Five tools in one app: metronome, tuner, tuning fork, recorder and keyboard. Open it and start right away. METRONOME · Accurate clicks: no drift or lag, however long it runs · Accents, compound meters (6/8 etc.) and bar-by-bar meter changes (4/4 + 5/4 etc.) TUNER · A steady readout: the display doesn't jump around, so you can tune calmly · Piano-roll-style scrolling graph shows how your pitch moves TUNING FORK · Pick the note on a piano-style keyboard · Reference pitch can be set anywhere from 400 to 500 Hz and is shared with the tuner and keyboard. 415, 432 and 440–444 are one tap away RECORDER · Dual level graph (peak and average): clipping warnings make distortion obvious, so setting the level is easy · Lock button prevents accidental taps while recording. Levels are shown before you start · Saves as WAV / M4A. Open recordings directly in the Files app, or export via the share sheet KEYBOARD · A simple tap-to-play keyboard · Sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waveforms Tuning is equal temperament. For just intonation and other temperaments, see "MultiTuneKeys". Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Tuner · Baro4 screens
MusicToolKit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tuner · Baro at none against MusicToolKit's 1. Tuner · Baro also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 18.1). MusicToolKit's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 days). On price 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. MusicToolKit sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Tuner · Baro asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tuner · Baro ships an update every 3 days, MusicToolKit daily. The most recent releases landed on October 31, 2026 and October 26, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 5 level
Tuner · Baro versus MusicToolKit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuner · BaroMusicToolKit
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (2 ratings) — better—
Number of ratings2 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 daysDaily — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS13.0 — better18.1
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperEuiseok KimYasuhiro Misawa

In-app purchases

None

Tuner · Baro

No in-app purchases

1 purchases

MusicToolKit

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$4.99

Questions

Is Tuner · Baro free?
Tuner · Baro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is MusicToolKit free?
MusicToolKit is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Tuner · Baro or MusicToolKit have ads?
MusicToolKit shows ads; Tuner · Baro does not.
Which is updated more often, Tuner · Baro or MusicToolKit?
Tuner · Baro ships an update every 3 days, and MusicToolKit daily. Most recently, Tuner · Baro was updated on October 31, 2026 and MusicToolKit on October 26, 2026.

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