Comparison

Touch Tuner vs NumericTadpole

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

NumericTadpole

Create MIDI data for music production using a numeric interface. This app allows you to input note position, pitch, length, and velocity to generate musical sequences for other applications. It does not produce sound itself, requiring an external sound module.

Highlights
  • Numeric data input for notes
  • Adjustable note position, length, and velocity
  • MIDI data generation
  • Table and data views
  • Song and track management
  • 16 tracks available
Features
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This is a music sequencer using numeric data. This app is for making MIDI data to send to an another app applied to virtual MIDI. This app doesn't have any sound generation. You have to choose a destination sound module on the setting page. The modules applied to virtual MIDI are listed in MIDI setting page. If you don't select any module, the default sound module is selected by OS. Data are four elements, position, note, length, and velocity. Position shows the time a note start at. Position is displayed in two ways, MEASURE / BEAT / TICK or MEASURE / TICK. The resolution of a beat is 48. Note is pitch.(0-127) Note is displayed in two ways, number (60) or name (C4). Length shows how long a note continues. Length is displayed in two ways, BEAT / TICK or TICK. The resolution of a beat is 48. Velocity shows how strong note is.(0-127) You can change how to display on setting page. Table view: you can see data in the graphic table. Data view: you can see and control numeric data. The view shows position, note, length, velocity from left to right. Direction: you can move the focus cell to up, down, right or left. Ins/Del: you can insert or delete a note. Number: you can enter numbers to a focused cell or increase/decrease a focused number. Play: you can play or stop the song. you can choose to play all tracks or only focused track. Song tab: you can change a song, enter a song name, change the tempo of a song. Track tab: you can change a track, see and change some track parameters. 16 tracks are prepared. Setting: pops up the setting page.

Screenshots

Touch Tuner4 screens
NumericTadpole4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Touch Tuner at 43% against NumericTadpole's 0%. Touch Tuner also leads on ratings volume (7 vs 1) and price ($0.99 vs $2.99). NumericTadpole's advantage is rating (5.0 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 2 months vs every 6 months). On ads, in-app purchases, monetization model 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

Touch Tuner costs $0.99 and NumericTadpole $2.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

NumericTadpole holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.1. 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 complicate that: 43% of Touch Tuner's written reviews are positive against 0% of NumericTadpole's, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Touch Tuner ships an update every 6 months, NumericTadpole every 2 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and August 12, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard6 real differences · 4 level
Touch Tuner versus NumericTadpole: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTouch TunerNumericTadpole
Price$0.99 — better$2.99
Rating4.1 (7 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews43.5% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings7 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 6 monthsEvery 2 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS12.0 — better15.5
Further details — not scored
Size20 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKawai Musical Instruments Manufacturing Co., Ltd.Motonari Hibi

Customer experience

Touch Tuner

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

NumericTadpole

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral100.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

Touch Tuner

No in-app purchases

None

NumericTadpole

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Touch Tuner free?
Touch Tuner costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is NumericTadpole free?
NumericTadpole costs $2.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Touch Tuner or NumericTadpole?
NumericTadpole is rated higher. Touch Tuner averages 4.1 out of 5 from 7 ratings, while NumericTadpole averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Touch Tuner or NumericTadpole have ads?
Neither Touch Tuner nor NumericTadpole shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Touch Tuner or NumericTadpole?
Touch Tuner ships an update every 6 months, and NumericTadpole every 2 months. Most recently, Touch Tuner was updated on October 12, 2026 and NumericTadpole on August 12, 2026.

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