Comparison

EQ Ear vs Tuner Now

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

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About

EQ Ear

Features
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Most producers learn to see a mix before they can hear one. EQ Ear works the other way round. Every question is audio first. You hear a loop, you make a call, and you find out exactly how close you were — in hertz and decibels. FIVE WAYS TO LISTEN EQ — Move four faders until your curve locks onto the track. Bass, low-mid, high-mid, treble. Compare — Two mixes, one band moved. The sliders are locked, so you diagnose by ear alone: which band, and was it boosted or cut? Pinpoint — Forget four broad bands. Name the exact frequency, from 125 Hz to 8 kHz, on a logarithmic scale that shows you where each one really sits. Tempo — Drum loops from 60 to 200 BPM. Tap along, read your pulse, lock your internal clock before you open the DAW. Recall — Hear a take. Five seconds of silence. Hear it again. Did the tone change, or is your memory filling in the gaps? A PATH, NOT A QUIZ 900+ questions across nine categories of music. Every lesson mixes three of the five modes, so you never settle into one kind of listening. Start with First Training — four bands, no genre, nothing to memorise. Then move into vocals, guitar, piano, pop, electronic, rock, classical, jazz and hip-hop. Each one carries its own frequency problems: sibilance in a vocal, mud in a guitar, sub weight in an 808. SEE EXACTLY WHAT YOU MISSED Getting it wrong is the lesson. After every round you see your curve drawn against the track, band by band, with the hertz and decibels you were off by. Then you can play the loop again with the correct EQ applied and hear the difference you could not hear a minute ago. Retrying a lesson is always free. Take a level as many times as you need. SURVIVAL MODE When you want to stop studying and start competing: all five modes, every category, endless. Speed feeds your score, one miss ends the run, and your best resets every week. BUILT FOR EARS THAT WORK Four bands mapped to real ranges — 20-250 Hz, 250-500 Hz, 500 Hz-4 kHz, 4-20 kHz — colour-coded everywhere in the app so the map stays in your head. Clean filters, seamless A/B switching with no click, and loops that keep running while you decide. Practice mode lets you pull any single mode out of the lessons you have finished and drill it on its own. Weak on tempo? Run tempo only. Streaks, XP and ranks track the long game, from Tin Ear upward. WHO IT IS FOR Producers and mixing engineers who want faster decisions. Musicians who want to hear what an engineer hears. Anyone who has stared at an EQ curve wondering whether they are fixing the sound or just moving it. No theory. No notation. No prior training. PASSES AND PLUS Passes open new lessons. You start with ten and get more every day, so you can work through the app for free at a steady pace. EQ Ear Plus removes the limit: every category, every lesson, unlimited Survival runs, no waiting. The full tutorial is free and always will be. Headphones or monitors strongly recommended. Phone speakers cannot reproduce the low end, and the low end is half the training. EULA: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/ Support: https://eqear.candevecioglu.com/support.html Terms of Use: https://eqear.candevecioglu.com/terms.html Privacy Policy: https://eqear.candevecioglu.com/privacy.html

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Tuner Now

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Tuner Now is a no-nonsense chromatic tuner built for one thing: guitar and bass. Open the app, and there's nothing to figure out. Play a note. Tune it. That's it. ■ Built for you if... ・You're tired of picking an instrument mode or switching presets ・You just want to tune fast and accurately ・You want a clear, easy-to-read meter ■ Key Features ・High-precision pitch detection ・Handles low strings well, including 5-string bass Low B ・Easy-to-read LED-bar style meter ・Adjustable reference pitch from A=430 to 450Hz ・Color-coded tuning status at a glance (green = in tune, yellow/red = off) ■ Simplicity by design No instrument selection, no presets, no metronome, no recording — nothing that isn't directly about tuning. Open it. Play it. Tune it. That's the whole app. An optional ad-removal purchase is also available.

Screenshots

EQ Ear4 screens
Tuner Now3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: EQ Ear at none against Tuner Now's shown. Tuner Now's advantage is iOS requirement (15.6 vs 17.0). On price, 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. EQ Ear sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $7.99 per month and Tuner Now sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
EQ Ear versus Tuner Now: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterEQ EarTuner Now
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 8 days—
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPod
Requires iOS17.015.6 — better
Further details — not scored
Size142 MB7 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperCan DeveciogluShunsuke Takasu

In-app purchases

2 purchases

EQ Ear

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Plus$7.991 Month
  • Yearly Plus$34.991 Year
1 purchases

Tuner Now

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$2.99

Questions

Is EQ Ear free?
EQ Ear is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tuner Now free?
Tuner Now is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do EQ Ear or Tuner Now have ads?
Tuner Now shows ads; EQ Ear does not.

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