iTuner Pro vs Stringz Tuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side ā with what reviewers say about each.
iTuner Pro
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iTuner Pro is a clean, accurate tuning toolkit for musicians who want fast feedback and a focused practice experience. Use your iPhone or Apple Watch microphone to detect pitch in real time, view the current note, frequency, and tuning deviation, and quickly bring your instrument into tune. On iPhone, use the built-in metronome to keep time and the tuning fork to play a precise reference tone. Key Features - Real-time pitch detection through the microphone - Clear note, frequency, and cents deviation display - Automatic or manual target note selection - Tuning presets for guitar, bass, ukulele, violin, viola, cello, mandolin, and banjo - Metronome with 30-250 BPM, tempo presets, multiple time signatures, sound, and haptic feedback - Tuning fork with selectable notes, adjustable A4 reference pitch, and configurable tone duration - Adjustable A4 reference pitch from 430 Hz to 450 Hz - Six appearance themes, including light and dark options - Apple Watch support for tuning right from your wrist - Simple, distraction-free interface for practice, rehearsal, and performance Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Stringz Tuner
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Stringz is a guitar tuner and metronome built for your wrist first. Most tuners treat the Apple Watch as an afterthought. Stringz works the other way round: everything happens on the watch, and the iPhone app mirrors it on a bigger screen. Settings follow you between the two. THE METRONOME ⢠Spin the Digital Crown to set the tempo from 40 to 240 BPM. Tap anywhere to start and stop. ⢠Feel every beat, hear it, or neither ā the pulse on screen keeps time on its own, so you can practise silently. ⢠Time signatures from 2/4 through 7/8, with an accented downbeat you can switch off. ⢠Subdivisions: eighths, triplets and sixteenths. ⢠Tap tempo, for matching a song by ear. ⢠Keeps running when you lower your wrist. THE TUNER ⢠Automatic mode: play a string and Stringz names it, shows how many cents off you are, and tells you which way to turn the peg. ⢠Manual mode: tap a string to hear it, strum across all six, or hold one to sustain it for as long as you need. ⢠Tune by ear against a real plucked string tone, not a flat electronic beep. ⢠Adjustable reference pitch, 415 to 455 Hz. BUILT PROPERLY ⢠A pitch detector that doesn't mistake a plucked low E for the octave above ā the mistake most tuners make, because that string's fundamental is quieter than its harmonics. ⢠Metronome timing computed from a fixed anchor rather than accumulated, so it cannot drift however long you practise. ⢠Haptics tuned per beat, so the downbeat feels different from the rest of the bar. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT ⢠No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics. ⢠No network requests at all. The app has no networking code in it. ⢠The microphone is used only to measure pitch, in real time, on your device. Audio is never recorded, saved or sent anywhere. FREE, PROPERLY FREE Every feature is free and always will be. There are no paywalls, no subscriptions and nothing held back. If Stringz becomes part of your practice, there is an optional tip jar in Settings ā it unlocks nothing, because there is nothing left to unlock.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is iOS requirement: iTuner Pro at 15.0 against Stringz Tuner's 18.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price Ā· Rating Ā· Positive reviews Ā· Number of ratings Ā· Update frequency Ā· Ads Ā· In-app purchases Ā· Monetization Ā· Best chart rank Ā· Devices Ā· Requires iOS
Both are free to download. iTuner Pro sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month and Stringz Tuner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
| Parameter | iTuner Pro | Stringz Tuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Update frequency | Monthly | ā |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch ā better | iPhone, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 ā better | 18.0 |
| Further details ā not scored | ||
| Size | 8 MB | 4 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | å¹äŗ® ē | PureTech, Co. |
In-app purchases
iTuner Pro
- iTuner Pro Monthly7 Days trial$0.991 Month
- iTuner Pro Yearly7 Days trial$9.991 Year
Stringz Tuner
- Small Tip$1.99
- Medium Tip$4.99
- Large Tip$9.99









