SS Tuner vs Super Simple Drum
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
SS Tuner
This app provides essential tools for musicians, offering a precise instrument tuner and a reliable metronome. It's designed for ease of use, allowing players of all levels to quickly tune their instruments and practice their timing without distractions.
- Chromatic tuner for any stringed instrument
- Real-time pitch detection
- Responsive needle display
- Metronome with full BPM range
- Tap tempo functionality
- Distraction-free interface
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Stay Sharp. Play in tune. Keep the beat. SS Tuner is a fast, clean instrument tuner and metronome built for musicians who just want the tools to work. No ads, no subscriptions, no clutter. Whether you're picking up a guitar for the first time or you've been playing for 20 years, the fundamentals don't change: stay in tune, stay in time. TUNER Chromatic tuning that works for any stringed instrument. Guitar, bass, ukulele, mandolin, banjo, or anything else. Play a note, watch it lock in, move on. That's it. • Chromatic tuner - works for any instrument in any key • Real-time pitch detection using your device's microphone • Clear, responsive needle display • Works in rehearsals, studios, and noisier environments You don't need to scroll through preset tunings or tap through menus. Open the app, play a note, you're tuned. METRONOME The most underused practice tool in any musicians arsenal. The metronome doesn't lie, it tells you exactly where your timing breaks down so you can fix it. Use it to slow down a difficult chord change until it's smooth, then bring the tempo up. Use it to lock in a strumming pattern. Use it to practice scales. Use it to build the kind of muscle memory that holds up when you're playing with other people. • Full BPM range covering everything from slow ballads to fast leads • Tap tempo - just tap the beat and it sets itself • Clean, distraction-free display BUILT FOR EVERY PLAYER Just starting out? Good habits start on day one. You can't develop your ear or build real technique if you're practicing out of tune or rushing through rhythms. SS Tuner gives you the two tools that matter most, in one place, for free. Been playing for years? You already know: the best players are always the most consistent ones. A tuner that opens fast and responds accurately is something you reach for every single time you pick up the instrument. SS Tuner gets out of your way so you can get to playing. FREE. NO ADS. NO SUBSCRIPTIONS. EVER. Not "free with a $4.99/month Pro unlock" free. Not "free but we show you an ad between every session" free. Just free because a tuner and a metronome should not cost you money every month. Download it. Tune up. Play something.
Super Simple Drum
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A bar is a word. A phrase is a sentence. Super Simple Drum teaches the drums the way a good teacher does: one groove, one fill, one bar at a time, until you can play the whole song. GROOVES & FILLS FOR EVERY STYLE 2,035 grooves and fills in 62 styles: rock, metal, punk, funk, disco, Motown, hip-hop, R&B, gospel, neo soul, shuffle, jazz swing, big band, bossa nova, samba, salsa, reggae, ska, drum & bass, paradiddles on the kit, polyrhythms and more. Every bar opens in a practice room with a click, a count-in and a tempo trainer, and a 3D drum kit on iPad. Two grooves and two fills of every style are free, and one more bar of your genre opens every day you come in. SIGNATURE: THE BARS SONGS ARE KNOWN BY 993 signature grooves and fills in 13 genres: the part one song is known by, which hardly any other song plays. Hear every one for free, learn them to grow your drum vocabulary, and build songs out of them. SCAN YOUR OWN DRUM CHARTS Choose a PDF, pick a photo or point the camera at a printed drum chart. Every bar is read into a song you can hear, check against your page and put right where it needs it. Bring in MusicXML and MIDI files too, with the rest of the band playing underneath. PLAY ALONG WITH THE RECORD Find the song on YouTube and the AI lines your chart up with the drums in the recording, bar by bar, so the score follows the record while you play. PRACTICE A SONG PART BY PART Every song becomes a course: first the groove it is mostly made of, then the fills and the parts that change, each with easier versions, in the order a teacher would teach them. Then play it from top to bottom. A PRACTICE ROOM BUILT FOR DRUMMERS - Tempo steps from 60% to 110% of the target, and a speed trainer - Click on beats, eighths or sixteenths, a count-in, and silent bars to test your time - Drum sheet notation or a lane grid, with the count and the sticking under the notes - The app plays the whole kit, the hands, the feet, or nothing at all - GOT IT when you play a whole pass as written, and it is saved to your collection - Connect an electronic drum kit over USB MIDI and see how close every hit lands TAP PRACTICE, NO KIT NEEDED (iPhone) Train your left and right hands on the glass. Every note has its hand, the wrong hand counts as a miss, and four clean bars take the tempo up. Calibrated to your phone and timed to the millisecond. BUILD A SONG Turn a style, or the bars you have saved, into a full song with verses, choruses and fills, and practice it all the way through. YOUR PLAN FOR TODAY Three things to play every day, sized to the minutes you have, a weekly goal of four days, and a daily reminder. PAY ONCE, KEEP IT No subscription. Unlock what you want, once: - Grooves & Fills: every groove and fill in every style - Signature: all 993 signature grooves and fills - Add a Song: keep every chart you scan or import, each with its course - Everything: all three together, for less
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: SS Tuner at none against Super Simple Drum's 1. On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement 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
Both are free to download. Super Simple Drum sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. SS Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | SS Tuner | Super Simple Drum |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better | — |
| Number of ratings | 1 — better | — |
| Update frequency | — | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 31 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Will Bryant | Bizzon Company Limited |
In-app purchases
SS Tuner
No in-app purchases
Super Simple Drum
- Unlock All$4.99
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