Comparison

TuneBench vs Guitar Strings Tuner

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

Head to head
About

TuneBench

Features
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Tuner, metronome and practice journal on one calm desk. TuneBench puts the three tools every musician reaches for in one place. Tune your instrument, keep steady time and log every session, with no account and no ads. Your audio and your journal stay on your iPhone. Why musicians practice with TuneBench • Chromatic tuner with a smooth cents needle and a green lock when you are dead on • Audio is analyzed on your iPhone: nothing is recorded or uploaded • Metronome with tap tempo, drag-to-set BPM, accented downbeat and beat lights • Haptic pulse on every beat, so you can feel the click • Practice journal: log minutes, instrument, focus notes and mood in seconds • Today strip with your streak, minutes practiced and last tuned note TuneBench Pro Free includes the chromatic tuner at A4 440, a 40–208 BPM metronome in 2/4, 3/4 and 4/4, and the last 7 days of your journal. Pro unlocks: • Historical temperaments in any key and a custom A4 from 415 to 466 Hz • Subdivisions, 3/5/7 polyrhythm clicks, 30–260 BPM and odd meters • Unlimited journal history, a 14-day practice chart and CSV export • Setlist tempos: save each piece's tempo and meter, recall it in one tap • Home Screen widget: streak, today's minutes and last tempo Subscription details • Payment is charged to your Apple ID when you confirm the purchase • Subscriptions renew automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel any time in your App Store account settings Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/privacy-policy-tunebench Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Guitar Strings Tuner

Features
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Pluck a string and tune in seconds. Guitar Tuner listens through your microphone and shows exactly how far each string is from its note, in cents. • Auto mode: detects which string you are playing • Manual mode: pick a string and tune it, even in noisy rooms • Chromatic mode: any note from E1 to E6 • Guitar, bass, ukulele and violin • Alternate tunings: Drop D, Half-step Down, DADGAD, Open G, Open D, Drop C, plus your own custom tuning • Adjustable reference pitch (A4 from 415 to 466 Hz) No ads, no accounts, no tracking, no in-app purchases. Sound is analyzed on your device and never recorded or sent.

Screenshots

TuneBench4 screens
Guitar Strings Tuner4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Guitar Strings Tuner at none against TuneBench's 2. Guitar Strings Tuner also leads on iOS requirement (13.0 vs 17.0). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. TuneBench sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. Guitar Strings Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 4 level
TuneBench versus Guitar Strings Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTuneBenchGuitar Strings Tuner
PriceFreeFree
Update frequencyEvery 4 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPod — better
Requires iOS17.013.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size11 MB18 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDheeraj SharmaDigital Communications di Marra Felice

In-app purchases

2 purchases

TuneBench

Subscriptions2
  • TuneBench Pro Monthly$4.991 Month
  • TuneBench Pro Yearly$29.991 Year
None

Guitar Strings Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is TuneBench free?
TuneBench is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Guitar Strings Tuner free?
Guitar Strings Tuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do TuneBench or Guitar Strings Tuner have ads?
Neither TuneBench nor Guitar Strings Tuner shows ads.

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