Comparison

Tune Lab vs Piano Tuner Pro

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

Head to head
About

Tune Lab

Features
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Tune Lab — Simple, accurate guitar tuner that works instantly. Just pluck a string. Tune Lab listens through your microphone and shows you exactly how in tune you are — no buttons to press, no setup needed. FEATURES • Real-time pitch detection via microphone • Visual needle dial showing deviation in cents • All 6 guitar strings: E2 · A2 · D3 · G3 · B3 · E4 • Reference tone for each string to tune by ear • Clean dark interface, easy to read in any lighting • No internet required · No account needed · Completely free

About

Piano Tuner Pro

Features
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Piano Tuner turns your iPhone into a precise, fast, and genuinely usable tuning tool — built around how pianos actually work, not just generic chromatic tuning. Most pianos have more than one string per note: two in the middle register, three across the treble. If those strings drift apart, even by a few cents, the note loses its bloom and starts to beat. Piano Tuner is built for exactly this. Switch between 1-, 2-, and 3-string modes and watch each string land on pitch independently, so your unisons ring clean. REAL-TIME PITCH DETECTION A responsive autocorrelation engine listens through your mic and locks onto the fundamental in milliseconds. The note name and octave appear instantly, with live frequency in hertz right below. A DIAL YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE A smooth, weighted needle sweeps across a −50 to +50 cent arc. The whole readout shifts color as you close in: amber when you’re off, red when you’re sharp, and a clean teal the moment you’re within a few cents of perfect. No squinting at tiny numbers mid-tune. CENTS OR HERTZ, YOUR CALL Tap once to switch the readout between cents and hertz. Work in cents for fine unison matching, or hertz when you want the raw frequency. The dial and per-string panel follow whichever you choose. PER-STRING UNISON PANEL Set the app to 2 or 3 strings and each one gets its own live deviation bar. Bring the first string to pitch, then match the rest to it by eye — no mutes, no guesswork, no beating. CLEAN, FOCUSED, DARK A calm dark interface with a single bright “in-tune” cue keeps your attention on the one thing that matters: the pitch. Subtle haptics confirm every tap. Portrait-locked and distraction-free. WHO IT’S FOR • Piano owners keeping their instrument in shape between professional visits • Students and teachers checking pitch by ear and by number • Technicians and hobbyists who want a fast reference in their pocket • Anyone tuning a multi-string acoustic instrument No accounts. No clutter. Just open it and tune. Note: Piano Tuner uses your device microphone to detect pitch. It works best in a quiet room.

Screenshots

Tune Lab1 screens
Piano Tuner Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

Tune Lab and Piano Tuner Pro are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Tune Lab versus Piano Tuner Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTune LabPiano Tuner Pro
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.615.1 — better
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperVAN ANH AUDIO COMPANY LIMITEDDANIEL JUSTIN JOBE

In-app purchases

None

Tune Lab

No in-app purchases

None

Piano Tuner Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tune Lab free?
Tune Lab is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Piano Tuner Pro free?
Piano Tuner Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tune Lab or Piano Tuner Pro have ads?
Neither Tune Lab nor Piano Tuner Pro shows ads.

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