Comparison

linotune vs PANet

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

Head to head
About

linotune

This professional strobe tuner displays the precise tuning of harmonics and the fundamental frequency. It offers a two-week trial period, after which usage is limited unless a cross-platform license is purchased.

Highlights
  • Harmonic tuning display
  • Fundamental frequency tuning
  • Cross-platform compatibility
  • Two-week trial period
  • Enlarged controls on iPhone (horizontal view)
Features
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Our cross-platform professional strobe tuner, simultaneously showing the precise tuning of harmonics as well as the fundamental. This full-featured TRlAL runs for two weeks initially, then for short periods of time: 4 minutes per day that has passed since the last previous use. Unlimited use then requires the purchase of a cross-platform license at linotune.com. On iPhones, turn horizontal to enlarge the controls for operation.

About

PANet

Learn to play the handpan with this intuitive app. It offers interactive lessons, step-by-step songs, and free play modes for beginners to explore calming melodies and understand musical notes.

Highlights
  • Interactive lessons
  • Step-by-step songs
  • Free play mode
  • Learn musical notes
  • Understand rhythm and notation
  • Beginner-friendly interface
Features
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PANet is a handpan learning app for learning, playing, and exploring handpan, hang drum, and pantam music. Whether you are completely new to the instrument or already play handpan, PANet gives you practical tools to learn songs, practice, explore scales, and improve your playing. Learn handpan step by step with the PANet Way Course. Learn practical techniques, understand handpan notation, and build the skills you need to play songs with more confidence. Explore a large collection of handpan songs with easy-to-follow numeric notation. Adjust playback speed, practice at your own pace, and use the notation editor to create, save, and work with your own patterns. Use Game Mode to practice your timing and accuracy while playing along with notes on screen. Track your performance and make practice more interactive. Explore handpan scales and discover different note layouts to better understand your instrument. PANet also includes Magic PAN, a digital handpan experience for playing and exploring musical ideas. Discover handpans and makers through the PANet marketplace, where you can explore available instruments and handpan makers. Whether you call it a handpan, hang drum, or pantam, PANet brings learning, songs, practice tools, scales, notation, and handpan discovery together in one app.

Screenshots

linotune1 screens
PANet4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: PANet at Free against linotune's $5.99. PANet also leads on rating (4.7 vs 2.9) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). linotune's advantage is iOS requirement (5.1.1 vs 15.0). On ads, in-app purchases 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

PANet is free to download; linotune costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

PANet holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.9. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: PANet has 171 ratings behind it against 14, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 53% of linotune's written reviews are positive against 63% of PANet's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

linotune ships an update every 3 weeks, PANet weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 29, 2026 and October 28, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
linotune versus PANet: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterlinotunePANet
Price$5.99Free — better
Rating2.9 (14 ratings)4.7 (171 ratings) — better
Positive reviews53.3% of reviews63.2% of reviews — better
Number of ratings14171 — better
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksWeekly — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaidFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS5.1.1 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size41 MB125 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperLino SchraudolphHossein Mehrabani

Customer experience

linotune

All ratings14 ratings
Positive50.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative50.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive53.3%
Neutral0.0%
Negative46.7%

PANet

All ratings166 ratings
Positive94.0%
Neutral0.6%
Negative5.4%
Written reviews38 reviews
Positive63.2%
Neutral2.6%
Negative34.2%

In-app purchases

None

linotune

No in-app purchases

None

PANet

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is linotune free?
linotune costs $5.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PANet free?
PANet is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, linotune or PANet?
PANet is rated higher. linotune averages 2.9 out of 5 from 14 ratings, while PANet averages 4.7 from 171 ratings.
Do linotune or PANet have ads?
Neither linotune nor PANet shows ads.
Which is updated more often, linotune or PANet?
linotune ships an update every 3 weeks, and PANet weekly. Most recently, linotune was updated on October 29, 2026 and PANet on October 28, 2026.

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