Comparison

Room Impulse Response vs Drone Tuner

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

Head to head
About

Room Impulse Response

Analyze the acoustic properties of rooms and loudspeakers. Record impulses or swept sines to generate Impulse Responses (IRs) and visualize various acoustic metrics like RT60, EDT, and clarity. Perform spectral analysis with FFT for detailed sound decay visualization.

Highlights
  • Record impulse or swept sine
  • Generate Impulse Response (IR)
  • View ETC with RT60 cursors
  • Analyze Schroeder curve (EDT, T10, T20, T30)
  • Spectral analysis with FFT
  • 3D waterfall plot for sound decay
Features
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Room Impulse Response measures audio characteristics of a room or loudspeaker. Start by recording an impulse, such as a handclap or balloon pop, or record a swept sine and use the built-in deconvolution to create your Impulse Response (IR). Now, view the ETC, with RT60 decay cursors, apply windowing if you wish, or trim the IR. Next, see these other graphs: ** Impulse, where you can play back the actual IR ** ETC, which includes cursors to read out RT60 times directly, and allows pinch-zoom gesture for trimming the file. Apple a window, and see the effects of the window on the ETC plot. ** Schroeder curve, with EDT, T10, T20, and T30 markers And then see these charts, all in either in Octave or 1/3 Octave bands: ** T20 or T30 (RT60) times ** Reverb Early Decay Times (EDT) ** Clarity C50 ** Clarity C80 ** CT times ** Definition ** Signal / Noise And then you can also do spectral analysis, using our FFT, which can be windowed, for analyzing loudspeaker response without reflections, or see the 3D waterfall plot to view the decay of sound in the room by frequency, over time. Works great with the internal iOS device microphone, or attach or iTestMic or iAudioInterface2 for fully professional results. See the other great apps by Studio Six Digital, including AudioTools.

About

Drone Tuner

Improve your musical pitch and sound with this app. It offers high-quality drone performances from professional musicians and a unique visualization to help you understand your place within a chord. Experience faster and more accurate tuning.

Highlights
  • Professional drone performances
  • Instrument sound list
  • Revolutionary chord visualization
  • Fastest digital tuner for iOS
  • Real-time harmonic relation indicator
Features
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Drone Tuner is a unique app designed to improve your sense of pitch and your sound. It features beautiful drone performances from professional orchestral musicians, as well as a gorgeous and revolutionary visualization that allows you to visualize your place within a chord! This tuner has the following unique features: 1. It has recordings from professional musicians playing long tones List of instrument sounds: Alto Sax Bass Clarinet Bassoon Cello Clarinet English Horn Flute French Horn Guitar Oboe Piano Tenor Sax Trombone Trumpet Tuba Upright Bass Ukelele Viola Violin 2. It incorporates a revolutionary visualization that allows you to simultaneously work on your tuning AND your sound quality. With this visual aid you can also tune yourself within a chord! 3. Drone tuner is the fastest digital tuner for iOS. Instead of detecting your pitch, it uses incoming sound to produce an interference pattern that indicates your harmonic relation to the selected root note in real time. The result is faster and more accurate than other digital tuner. You will see, and feel the difference. For more information, please visit our website! www.drone-tuner.com

Screenshots

Room Impulse Response4 screens
Drone Tuner3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Drone Tuner at 75% against Room Impulse Response's 0%. Drone Tuner also leads on price ($9.99 vs $49.99) and in-app purchases (none vs 1). On update cadence, ads, 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

Room Impulse Response costs $49.99 and Drone Tuner $9.99 up front. Room Impulse Response sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Drone Tuner asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, Drone Tuner every 9 months. Both last shipped on October 24, 2026.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Room Impulse Response versus Drone Tuner: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterRoom Impulse ResponseDrone Tuner
Price$49.99$9.99 — better
Rating—4.5 (40 ratings) — better
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews75.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings—40 — better
Update frequencyEvery 5 months — betterEvery 9 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationPaidPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS15.09.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size56 MB253 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperAndrew SmithBlue Mangoo Consulting Company Limited

Customer experience

Room Impulse Response

Written reviews2 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral50.0%
Negative50.0%

Drone Tuner

All ratings40 ratings
Positive87.5%
Neutral2.5%
Negative10.0%
Written reviews12 reviews
Positive75.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative25.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Room Impulse Response

One-time1
  • Reference Curves Option$14.99
None

Drone Tuner

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Room Impulse Response free?
Room Impulse Response costs $49.99, and also offers in-app purchases.
Is Drone Tuner free?
Drone Tuner costs $9.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Room Impulse Response or Drone Tuner have ads?
Neither Room Impulse Response nor Drone Tuner shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Room Impulse Response or Drone Tuner?
Room Impulse Response ships an update every 5 months, and Drone Tuner every 9 months. Most recently, Room Impulse Response was updated on October 24, 2026 and Drone Tuner on October 24, 2026.

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