Comparison

Pro Guitar Tuner vs YgTuner

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

Head to head
About

Pro Guitar Tuner

This app provides real-time audio analysis for tuning a wide variety of stringed instruments. It offers a vast library of custom tunings and an intuitive interface with visual feedback to ensure accurate intonation. Users can also tune by ear using high-quality instrument samples.

Highlights
  • Real-time audio analysis
  • Chromatic tuning for multiple instruments
  • Over 200 custom tunings
  • Tune by ear with instrument samples
  • Intuitive interface with visual feedback
  • Save favorite tunings
Features
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The guitar tuner app used by professional guitar makers, guitar repair shops and musicians around the world. The app listen and analyze the sound in real time from the built-in mic, headset, guitar clip on or from any other external microphone. It is so accurate that it will be your best friend for guitar intonation! Because Pro Guitar Tuner is chromatic you can tune most types of stringed instruments. High-quality samples of real instruments are also accessible (i.e. tune by ear if preferred!). A massive library of different tunings for guitar, bass, balalaika, violin, ukulele and more makes it easy to find more qualities and characteristics from your instrument. The interface: To make it more intuitive, we give you information about the current pitch in many different ways: *Cents for the current pitch *A red/green light indicating the closest pitch *A note wheel corresponding to the chromatic scale *A fretboard with the current tuning setting displayed Standard guitar is set as default but the guitar tuner can be used to tune many different instruments, such as: *Guitars - Standard, 4-string, 5-string, 7-string, 8-string , 9-string, 10-string, 11-string, 12-string, and 13-string guitar *Bass guitars - Standard, 5-string bass and 6-string bass *Ukuleles - std (Soprano), Pocket, Concert, Tenor, Baritone, Bass, and Contrabass *Banjo - 4-string, 5-string, 6-string *Mandolin family - Mandolin (Soprano), Piccolo, Mandola (alto), Octave Mandolin (tenor), Mandocello (Baritone), Mandobass, Irish Bouzouki, Cittern, and Greek Bouzouki *Violin family - Violin, Viola, Cello (violoncello), Double bass and 5-string Double bass *Balalaika family - Prima, Piccolo, Secunda, Alto, Tenor, Bass and Contrabass After you have selected an instrument you choose a specific tuning. The app provides you with over 200 custom tunings. The tuning options are divided into groups to make them easier to find. For guitar, the categories are: *General tunings *Raised tunings *Lowered tunings *Dropped tunings *Double dropped tunings *Major open tunings *Minor open tunings (cross-note) *Modal tunings *Miscellaneous tunings If you have certain tunings that you often use, you can save them as favorites. This gives you easy access to them under favorite tunings. In the app, you can choose to subscribe to Pro Guitar Tuner Premium. It´s a monthly subscription that gives you the following features: *No Ads *All Tunings *All Instruments *Extra Settings Privacy Policy: https://www.proguitar.com/about/policies/privacy Terms of Service: https://www.proguitar.com/about/policies/terms

About

YgTuner

Features
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A simple guitar tuner

Screenshots

Pro Guitar Tuner4 screens
YgTuner1 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: YgTuner at none against Pro Guitar Tuner's 5. YgTuner also leads on ads (none vs shown). On price, device support and iOS requirement 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. Pro Guitar Tuner sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. YgTuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Pro Guitar Tuner versus YgTuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPro Guitar TunerYgTuner
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (10K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews64.8% of reviews—
Number of ratings10K — better—
Update frequencyMonthly—
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPod
Requires iOS15.015.0
Further details — not scored
Size46 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPro Guitar Sweden AByuan su

Bugs and requests

Pro Guitar Tuner

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes when changing tuning modes
  • Tuner not responding to some strings
  • Microphone not working on certain devices

Requested features

4 requests
  • Custom tuning options
  • Support for more instrument types
  • Landscape mode support
  • Ability to save tuning profiles

YgTuner

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

5 purchases

Pro Guitar Tuner

Subscriptions4
  • Pro Guitar Tuner Premium$2.991 Month
  • Premium Membership$24.991 Month
  • Pro Guitar Tuner Premium3 Days trial$24.991 Year
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  • ProGuitar Academy7 Days trial$79.991 Year
One-time1
  • Premium Tuner$59.99
None

YgTuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pro Guitar Tuner free?
Pro Guitar Tuner is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is YgTuner free?
YgTuner is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Pro Guitar Tuner or YgTuner have ads?
Pro Guitar Tuner shows ads; YgTuner does not.

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