Comparison

Alby Wall vs Stringz Tuner

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

Head to head
About

Alby Wall

Features
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Alby wall turns your music library into a brand new visual experience. Re-explore your music through beautiful album cover and immersive interactions. Features - Browse your music collection in album wall visual style - Immersive interactions with album cover, rotate and zoom to view details - Enjoy a clean an minimal music experience

About

Stringz Tuner

Features
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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 β€’ Spin the Digital Crown to set the tempo from 40 to 240 BPM. Tap anywhere to start and stop. β€’ Feel every beat, hear it, or neither β€” the pulse on screen keeps time on its own, so you can practise silently. β€’ Time signatures from 2/4 through 7/8, with an accented downbeat you can switch off. β€’ Subdivisions: eighths, triplets and sixteenths. β€’ Tap tempo, for matching a song by ear. β€’ Keeps running when you lower your wrist. THE TUNER β€’ 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. β€’ Manual mode: tap a string to hear it, strum across all six, or hold one to sustain it for as long as you need. β€’ Tune by ear against a real plucked string tone, not a flat electronic beep. β€’ Adjustable reference pitch, 415 to 455 Hz. BUILT PROPERLY β€’ A pitch detector that doesn't mistake a plucked low E for the octave above β€” the mistake most tuners make, because that string's fundamental is quieter than its harmonics. β€’ Metronome timing computed from a fixed anchor rather than accumulated, so it cannot drift however long you practise. β€’ Haptics tuned per beat, so the downbeat feels different from the rest of the bar. PRIVATE BY DEFAULT β€’ No accounts, no sign-in, no ads, no analytics. β€’ No network requests at all. The app has no networking code in it. β€’ 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 β€” it unlocks nothing, because there is nothing left to unlock.

Screenshots

Alby Wall4 screens
Stringz Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

Alby Wall and Stringz Tuner are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters β€” price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them β€” neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

Scored on Price Β· Rating Β· Positive reviews Β· Number of ratings Β· Update frequency Β· Ads Β· In-app purchases Β· Monetization Β· Best chart rank Β· Devices Β· Requires iOS

CostPrice Β· In-app purchases Β· Ads Β· Monetization

Both are free to download. Alby Wall sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Stringz Tuner sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Alby Wall versus Stringz Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAlby WallStringz Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 2 daysβ€”
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, Apple Watch
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.0
Further details β€” not scored
Size15 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developer鹏凯 ε»–PureTech, Co.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Alby Wall

One-time1
  • Alby Wall Pro$4.99
3 purchases

Stringz Tuner

One-time3
  • Small Tip$1.99
  • Medium Tip$4.99
  • Large Tip$9.99

Questions

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

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