TuneWave vs TinyPitch
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TuneWave
A minimalist and efficient instrument tuner that offers quick and easy tuning with a focus on visibility and glanceable feedback. It allows for transposition and base frequency adjustments, along with input volume control for optimal sound.
- Sleek, minimalist design
- Quick and easy tuning
- Glanceable feedback
- Transposition feature
- Adjustable base frequency
- Adjustable input volume
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Sleek, efficient, and responsive, TuneWave is the no-nonsense utility that lets you tune your instrument quickly and easily. TuneWave puts everything you need front and center for optimal visibility and glanceable feedback. It can transpose if you’re using an instrument that requires it, and it can even adjust the base frequency to fit your needs. You can even adjust the input volume based on your instrument or surroundings for the best possible results. Forget big dials and fake wood, just get in, get ready, and then get back to your music. "the design is modern and the app has few distracting bells and whistles...minimalist and speedy." - The New York Times
TinyPitch
This app provides a portable pitch pipe directly on your Apple Watch. Easily play any note from the chromatic scale with adjustable volume and intuitive controls for octave shifts and instrument selection.
- Play chromatic scale notes
- Adjustable volume
- Multiple instrument sounds
- Octave up/down controls
- Tap to play/stop notes
- Digital Crown volume control
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"Tiny Pitch is by far the best pitch pipe app for the Apple watch." -Pixiepepper56, 5-star review "It is simple enough for elementary students to use yet crafted with attention to the most subtle details useful to pros." --SternVocalStudio, 5-star review "The only pitch pipe I'll ever need." -JacobMusic100, 5-star review -- TinyPitch is a pitch pipe that lives on your wrist. Give a choir its starting note, check your own pitch, or find a key without digging your phone out of your pocket. TAP TO PLAY Every note of the 12-tone chromatic scale is on one screen. Tap a note to start it, tap again to stop, or let it fade out on its own. THREE INSTRUMENTS Press and hold any note to choose piano, clarinet, or a pure tone. THREE OCTAVES, AND IT REMEMBERS Swipe up on a note for the octave above, down for the one below. Your choice stays until you change it — including the next time you open the app — so you are not resetting it after every note. The keypad shades to the left when you are in the low octave and to the right when you are in the high one, so you can always see where you are. VOLUME IN YOUR FINGERTIPS Spin the Digital Crown, while a note is playing or between notes. Loud enough for a whole choir, or quiet enough that only you hear it with the watch held to your ear. ONE TAP FROM YOUR WATCH FACE Add the TinyPitch complication to any face, including the modern Infograph faces, and your starting note is one tap away. No phone required once it is installed. No account, no ads, no subscription.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: TinyPitch at 4.3 against TuneWave's 2.7. TinyPitch also leads on review sentiment (83% vs 50%) and update cadence (fortnightly vs every 9 months). TuneWave's advantage is device support (5 vs 3). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model 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
TuneWave costs $0.99 and TinyPitch $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TinyPitch holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 2.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: TinyPitch has 19 ratings behind it against 3, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 50% of TuneWave's written reviews are positive against 83% of TinyPitch's.
TuneWave ships an update every 9 months, TinyPitch fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 16, 2026 and September 19, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TuneWave | TinyPitch |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 | $0.99 |
| Rating | 2.7 (3 ratings) | 4.3 (19 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 83.3% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 3 | 19 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 9 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #191 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 17 MB | 43 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | forScore, LLC | Matthew Schwartz |
Customer experience
TuneWave
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In-app purchases
TuneWave
No in-app purchases
TinyPitch
No in-app purchases
Questions
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