LH Tuner vs APTuner
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
LH Tuner
This app provides precise instrument tuning with accuracy up to ±0.001 semitone. It supports a wide range of acoustic and electric instruments and includes a tone generator with customizable wave types and temperaments.
- ±0.001 semitone accuracy
- Supports acoustic and electric instruments
- Adjustable A4 calibration
- Tone generator with 4 wave types
- Multiple temperament options
- Customizable keyboard
Read full descriptionHide full description
LH Tuner is a tuner app that helps you tune instruments quickly and accurately(±0.001 semitone or ±0.1 cent).It can tune most acoustic and electric instruments, such as piano, acoustic\electric guitar, bass, strings, brass, woodwinds, tympani etc. You can set the basic frequency (note A4) from 430Hz to 450Hz. Transposition function. The Tone Generator has four wave types : sine,saw,triangle and square. Two keyboard types. Classical and Custom Keyboard. The Classical Keyboard is a piano keyboard model. On the custom keyboard,you can set the frequency to any pitch you want to generate. The Tone Generator has automatic frequency calculating system, which could work under any temperament you chose. On the fine knob ,you can tune the cent of a generating note from -50 to +50 and display 'Hz'. The “init button “ initialize any offset to zero. The knob has 3 modes: rotary horizontal and linear mode. You can set the amplitude envelope, including attack and release time. With the noiseGate, you can set threshold value and filter noise. LH Tuner is well-designed and easy to use. Features: - Precise to ±0.001 semitone or ±0.1 cent - Equal, Pythagorean and Just Intonation temperament - Cent display. Note Wheel Display - Needle meter display - Precise to 0.01Hz (Tone Generator) - Adjustable A4 (Concert A) calibration - Tone Generator range :20Hz - 20000Hz - Wave type selection. sine saw triangle square - Mic input amplitude display - Tone Generator output amplitude led display - Custom keyboard - Fine function - Volume control - Oct selector - Key number display - Keyboard type switch Shortcuts Key - Auto save change - Initialize
APTuner
This application provides highly accurate chromatic tuning for a wide range of instruments. It features a clear interface, customizable settings, and the ability to detect note deviations with precision.
- Automatic note and cent deviation detection
- Accurate to 1/1000 semitone
- High contrast, high visibility UI
- Instrument presets
- User selectable noise threshold
- Settable A4 frequency
- Historical temperaments
Read full descriptionHide full description
Features: + Automatically detects the note and cent deviation for a wide variety of instruments + Accurate up to 1/1000 semitone (0.1 cent) + High contrast, high visibility user interface + Instrument presets + User selectable noise threshold + Settable A4 frequency + Frequency table + Select and edit historical temperaments
Screenshots
Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: APTuner at every 3 months against LH Tuner's every 27 months. LH Tuner's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 15.6). On price, rating, review sentiment and ratings volume 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
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for LH Tuner against 5.0 for APTuner. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 4 and 6 respectively. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
LH Tuner ships an update every 27 months, APTuner every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 12, 2026 and October 1, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | LH Tuner | APTuner |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (4 ratings) | 5.0 (6 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 6 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 27 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 9.0 — better | 15.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 33 MB | 26 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | 昊 刘 | Joseph Broms |
Customer experience
LH Tuner
APTuner
In-app purchases
LH Tuner
No in-app purchases
APTuner
No in-app purchases









