Comparison

RT Analyzer vs PitchMage

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

Head to head
About

RT Analyzer

Features
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RT Analyzer is a long-term intonation analysis tool for wind instruments, strings, and piano. It accumulates measurements for every note so players can review intonation across the full range of an instrument. Key features: β€’ Dedicated detection modes for wind, string, and piano instruments β€’ Switchable Classic and Enhanced detector groups for comparison β€’ Full 88-key range in Piano mode β€’ View 3, 4, or 5 octaves at once with continuous horizontal navigation β€’ Equal temperament and just intonation, with key and harmony filtering β€’ Adjustable Good, Acceptable, and Poor cent thresholds β€’ LED-style input level meter β€’ Long-press or double-tap a note to inspect the fundamental and 2nd–4th harmonics, including frequency, level, and cent offset β€’ Automatic measurement history with rename, delete, and full-range image sharing β€’ Interface languages include English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and more Audio is analyzed in real time on the device. No account is required.

About

PitchMage

Features
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PitchMage listens through your microphone and draws what it hears: a scrolling picture with low notes at the bottom, high notes at the top, and the newest sound at the right. What makes it different from an ordinary spectrogram is the color. Every sound is split two ways. One color is sound that holds a steady pitch β€” a sung note, a bowed string, a struck bell still ringing. The other is everything else β€” breath, consonants, percussion, handling noise, the general hiss of a room. A sound that is part one and part the other is drawn as a mix, in proportion, so the color is a reading rather than a label. A tone and a noise burst can carry exactly the same energy at exactly the same pitch, and a conventional display cannot tell them apart. PitchMage can, and shows you which is which as it happens. A singer can see the moment a note settles, and the moment it stops being supported. A player can watch an instrument's overtones appear above the note being played. Anyone can watch a room's background noise sit quietly out of the way while the sound they care about stands out from it. It is also fun to look at as it paints the world around you. FEATURES β€’ Real-time display, about a twentieth of a second from sound to screen β€’ Range of 27.5 Hz to 14 kHz β€’ Two views: tone and noise together, or the tone alone β€’ Four color schemes, including ones chosen to stay readable with color blindness β€’ Freeze the display and drag back through the last minute β€’ Three speeds, trading detail against how much history fits on screen β€’ Background noise hidden by default, so quiet rooms stay quiet β€’ iPhone and iPad, portrait and landscape PitchMage needs sound to show anything. In a silent room the display stays dark β€” that is it drawing what it hears. Hum, whistle, play something, or put on music. Everything happens on your device. PitchMage never records audio, never stores it, and sends nothing anywhere.

Screenshots

RT Analyzer3 screens
PitchMage4 screens

Verdict

The call

RT Analyzer and PitchMage are too close to call on the numbers: across 6 compared parameters β€” price, update cadence, ads and in-app purchases 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

RT Analyzer ships an update weekly, PitchMage every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 31, 2026.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
RT Analyzer versus PitchMage: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRT AnalyzerPitchMage
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyWeeklyEvery 6 days β€” better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 β€” better18.2
Further details β€” not scored
Size2 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
Developerθˆͺ 徐Ian Greenhoe

In-app purchases

None

RT Analyzer

No in-app purchases

None

PitchMage

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is RT Analyzer free?
RT Analyzer is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is PitchMage free?
PitchMage is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do RT Analyzer or PitchMage have ads?
Neither RT Analyzer nor PitchMage shows ads.
Which is updated more often, RT Analyzer or PitchMage?
RT Analyzer ships an update weekly, and PitchMage every 6 days. Most recently, RT Analyzer was updated on October 31, 2026 and PitchMage on October 31, 2026.

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