Comparison

Verity Tuner vs PanStrobe

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

Head to head
About

Verity Tuner

This app offers precise guitar tuning with a clean interface. It provides real-time pitch tracking, ignoring distracting noise, and offers advanced features like alternate tunings and instrument presets through a one-time unlock.

Highlights
  • Real-time pitch tracking
  • Chromatic detection
  • Standard guitar tuning
  • Alternate tunings
  • Instrument presets
  • Adjustable reference pitch
  • High-precision strobe mode
Features
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Verity is a guitar tuner built for precision and restraint — a clean needle, an honest reading, and nothing in the way. Play a string and the note settles into place. Verity listens on-device, tracks your pitch in real time, and shows exactly how far you are from in tune, down to the cent. It ignores string noise and the octave errors that make lesser tuners jump around, so the reading you see is the one you can trust. The free tuner is complete — chromatic detection, standard guitar tuning, and the full needle display at concert pitch A = 440. No ads, ever. VERITY PRO — a one-time unlock • Alternate tunings — Drop D, Half Step Down, DADGAD, Open G, Open D • More instruments — dedicated presets for bass, ukulele, and violin/mandolin • Adjustable reference pitch — A = 430–450, with 432/440/442 presets • High-precision strobe mode for fine, studio-grade tuning • Accent themes to make it your own • Manual string mode — lock onto a single string when it's far off Unlock Pro once and it's yours forever. No subscription, ever. Private by design: audio is analyzed on your device and never recorded, stored, or sent anywhere. Tune with confidence.

About

PanStrobe

Features
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PanStrobe is a harmonic strobe tuner built for handpan makers, tuners and players. A handpan note is not one frequency — it is a fundamental with an octave and a compound fifth tuned above it. PanStrobe shows all of them at once as true strobe motion: each ring is one partial, position is phase, and drift speed is exactly how far off you are. When a ring stands still, that partial is in tune. TUNE BY SIGHT • Half-circle strobe disc or horizontal strobe rows — one band per partial • True strobe physics: left = flat, right = sharp, stillness = in tune • Live cents readouts with glitch rejection — and no averaging: the wobble you see is real signal • Strobe divisors (÷2, ÷3, ÷5) slow the pattern for far-off notes HEAR THE WHOLE NOTE • Real-time spectrum with a piano-key axis and labelled peaks • Waterfall view: watch each strike's harmonics evolve over time • Automatic note detection, or lock to the note you are working on BUILT FOR THE WORKSHOP • Chromatic notes with octave control, adjustable A4 reference, global cents offset • Band editor with multi-partial templates (1:2:3 and more) • Pitch pipe on every band — double-tap a strobe for a reference tone • Dark, glare-free UI designed for metal shops • Works fully offline — audio never leaves your device, no account, no tracking FREE TRIAL, FAIR PRICING Every install starts with a full-featured 8-day trial. After that, the free tier stays a single-band chromatic strobe tuner. PanStrobe Pro adds what the app is really for — every partial of a note at once, the spectrum analyser, the band editor and the pitch pipe — monthly, or yearly at about 20% less. Made by Panlab — we build and tune handpans in Hong Kong. This is the tuner we use ourselves. Privacy Policy: https://panstrobe.app/privacy.html Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Screenshots

Verity Tuner4 screens
PanStrobe4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is iOS requirement: PanStrobe at 15.0 against Verity Tuner's 17.0. On price, ads, in-app purchases 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. Verity Tuner sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and PanStrobe sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard1 real difference · 9 level
Verity Tuner versus PanStrobe: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVerity TunerPanStrobe
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequency—Weekly
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.015.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size3 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperCarpenter Create LLCPanlab Limited

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Verity Tuner

One-time1
  • Verity Pro$7.99
2 purchases

PanStrobe

Subscriptions2
  • PanStrobe Pro7 Days trial$7.991 Month
  • PanStrobe Pro Yearly$76.991 Year

Questions

Is Verity Tuner free?
Verity Tuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is PanStrobe free?
PanStrobe is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Verity Tuner or PanStrobe have ads?
Neither Verity Tuner nor PanStrobe shows ads.

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