AccessibleTuner vs Octal
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AccessibleTuner
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Accessible Tuner is a simple multi-tuner app created by LUCA, a blind developer, who has had some difficulties finding a VoiceOver-accessible tuner app in the past herself. It will start listening for any sounds when the START button is pressed, and will show the closest note, and wheather the note is too high, too low, or in tune. Since the result area changes live, I recommend stopping the function before checking it with VoiceOver. While the Beep sound toggle is turned on, a short beep will be played when the note comes in tune. Keeping this toggle off is recommended bwhen earphones are unconnected, ecause the microphone may pick up the sound. For your information, notes falling within a 10-cent range are determined as in tune. -------- Accessible Tunerは全盲の開発者、LUCAが自らウクレレやカリンバをチューニングする際にVoiceOverで使いやすいチューナーアプリがなく困った経験を元に、乏しいSwiftの知識でなんとか形にした、視覚障害者向けのマルチ・チューナーです。 「START」ボタンを押すと聞き取りが開始され、聴取された音に最も近い音階(A~G)と、それが高いか、低いか、丁度合っているかを表示します。聞き取り中はリアルタイムで結果が変わってしまうため、落ち着いてVoiceOverに読み上げさせたい場合には、音を鳴らした後に一度「STOP」を選択して、結果表示部をご確認ください。 「ビープ音」をオンにすると、丁度になった時に短い音が鳴ります。ただし、イヤホンを使わない場合はビープ音をマイクが拾ってしまうことがあるため、通常はオフがおすすめです。 なお、本アプリでは+-10セント以内を「ちょうど」と判定します。
Octal
This app transforms your phone into a musical instrument with eight intuitive buttons that always create harmonious chords or notes. Easily record loops, layer beats, and arrange them into full songs. Explore a variety of sounds and share your creations.
- Eight-button chord/note interface
- Loop recording and editing
- Song arrangement
- Diverse sound library
- Undo/history functionality
- Audio file sharing
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Octal turns your phone into an instrument. The eight buttons play chords or notes that always go together, so whatever you press sounds like music. The bead under your other thumb changes their mood or behavior as you play. MAKE A LOOP Press record and play a few bars. Open the wheel, pick drums or a bass, and play over the top. Swipe over to the Loop Deck to see your loop and change it bar by bar. TURN LOOPS INTO A SONG Pinch the Loop Deck and chain your loops into a song. SOUNDS Synths, keys, drum kits, textures and acoustic instruments, a tap away on the wheel. NEVER LOSE AN EDIT Every edit is kept. The history tool lets you wind back to any of them. SHARE IT Send the mix as an audio file, or send the loop or song itself to a friend who has Octal. Making music in Octal is free, with four saved loops and one song. THE FULL VERSION One purchase, no subscription. MIDI and stems to finish your song in a DAW, MIDI out to play other synths, the bead lab to make and keep sounds of your own, and as many loops and songs as you like. PRIVACY Octal collects no data. The microphone is only on while you record a sound or play a Vocoder.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: AccessibleTuner at none against Octal's 1. AccessibleTuner also leads on iOS requirement (17.0 vs 26.0). On price, ads 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
Both are free to download. Octal sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AccessibleTuner asks for nothing beyond the download.
| Parameter | AccessibleTuner | Octal |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Daily |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 — better | 26.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 36 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | NAOKI LUCA NUMOTO | RYAN JAMES,GALANG ELLIS |
In-app purchases
AccessibleTuner
No in-app purchases
Octal
- Octal, the full version$9.99









