Comparison

Touch Tuner vs Tuner (チューナー)

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

Head to head
About

Touch Tuner

This app offers precise tuning for musicians with a visual cent meter, rotating pitch dial, and real-time waveform display. Customize the interface with adjustable layouts, colors, and wallpapers for an enjoyable user experience.

Highlights
  • Accurate cent meter for pitch deviation
  • Dynamically rotating pitch dial
  • Real-time waveform display
  • Customizable interface layout and color
  • Chromatic tuner with adjustable sensitivity
  • Selectable classical temperament tuning methods
  • Pitch pipe mode
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〓 Intuitive, enjoyable operation 〓 Elegant, customisable interface 〓 Fast, accurate pitch response ◎ Developed for musicians by a leading musical instrument manufacturer. ◎ Designed for iOS 10, with a clean, elegant interface. ===================================== ● Matching Touch Metronome app also available! ===================================== ■Key strengths 1: Visibility - Cent meter accurately indicates the deviation from the pitch - Dynamically rotating pitch dial with 12 semitone scale - Real-time waveform display provides a visual indication of the input sound - Strobe illumination with attractive light and rotation effect - Lamp display immediately shows the current pitch ■Key strengths 2: Customisability - Freely adjustable interface layout and colour - Amusing ‘auto-layout’ mode - Selectable wallpaper background with accent flash ■Key strengths 3: Functionality - Highest level of pitch accuracy possible with an iPhone/iPad - Accuracy of detection within ±0.1 cent (Range ±50 cent) - Detection range from E0 to E9 (in case of A4=440Hz) - A4 calibration range from 392 to 466 Hz - Chromatic tuner (Automatic/Manual switchable) - Adjustable sensitivity for optimising the detection accuracy - Ability to select classical temperament tuning methods (7 types) - Simple, one-touch operation to switch between tuner and pitch pipe modes - SETTINGS - Initialize: Reset settings and the screen layout Temperament: Equal / Pythagorean / Pure (Major) / Pure (Minor) / Meantone/ Werckmeister III / Kirnberger III Notation: Standard / # / b Tuning sensitivity: Slider control Wallpaper: Camera / Camera Roll / Parallax / Brightness Show/Hide: Strobe / Circles / Cent meter / Detected frequency Theme Color: White / Black Octave Notation: A4=440Hz / A3=440Hz Rotational Direction of the Strobe: Clockwise / Counterclockwise Swipe Direction (Pitch up): Left/Down, Right/Up Lock: On / Off Auto Layout: On / Off - HELP - Outline of Operation / Detail of Operation / Troubleshooting / Support Link

About

Tuner (チューナー)

This app provides a highly accurate chromatic tuner. It allows you to set a reference tone A4 between 400Hz and 480Hz in 1Hz increments. You can also generate test tones across a wide range of notes.

Highlights
  • High-precision chromatic tuning
  • Adjustable reference tone (400Hz-480Hz)
  • Test tone generation (C0-B8)
  • Wide note range support
  • 1Hz increment tuning
Features
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高精度なクロマチックチューナーアプリです。 基準音 A4 を 400Hz 〜 480Hz で 1Hz 単位で設定できます。 C0 〜 B8 の広い音程でサイン波のテスト音を鳴らすことができます。 【注意】 耳を痛めないように、音量を上げないでテスト音を鳴らしてください。 特に B2 以下の低い音は聞こえなくても、物理的に音としては出ているので音量を上げて耳を痛めないように気をつけてください。 C6 以上の高い音も、同様です(高い音は気づくと思いますが)。

Screenshots

Touch Tuner4 screens
Tuner (チューナー)2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tuner (チューナー) at Free against Touch Tuner's $0.99. Touch Tuner's advantage is update cadence (every 6 months vs every 123 months) and ratings volume (7 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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

Tuner (チューナー) is free to download; Touch Tuner costs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.1 for Touch Tuner against 4.0 for Tuner (チューナー). That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Touch Tuner has 7 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 43% of Touch Tuner's written reviews are positive against 40% of Tuner (チューナー)'s.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch Tuner ships an update every 6 months, Tuner (チューナー) every 123 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 19, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Touch Tuner versus Tuner (チューナー): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch TunerTuner (チューナー)
Price$0.99Free — better
Rating4.1 (7 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews — better40.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 months — betterEvery 123 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS12.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.feb19

Customer experience

Touch Tuner

All ratings7 ratings
Positive85.7%
Neutral0.0%
Negative14.3%
Written reviews23 reviews
Positive43.5%
Neutral21.7%
Negative34.8%

Tuner (チューナー)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews5 reviews
Positive40.0%
Neutral20.0%
Negative40.0%

In-app purchases

None

Touch Tuner

No in-app purchases

None

Tuner (チューナー)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch Tuner free?
Touch Tuner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Tuner (チューナー) free?
Tuner (チューナー) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touch Tuner or Tuner (チューナー)?
Touch Tuner is rated higher. Touch Tuner averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while Tuner (チューナー) averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touch Tuner or Tuner (チューナー) have ads?
Neither Touch Tuner nor Tuner (チューナー) shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch Tuner or Tuner (チューナー)?
Touch Tuner ships an update every 6 months, and Tuner (チューナー) every 123 months. Most recently, Touch Tuner was updated on October 12, 2026 and Tuner (チューナー) on October 19, 2026.

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