Comparison

Simple Dictaphone vs Piano Tuner Pro

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

Head to head
About

Simple Dictaphone

Record audio and voice memos using your device's microphone. Access your recordings easily through iTunes file-sharing support. This app offers a straightforward way to capture sound.

Highlights
  • Audio recording
  • Voice memo capture
  • Microphone usage
  • iTunes file-sharing support
  • Simple interface
Features
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Simple audio and voice recorder using a microphone. Recorded audio are available through iTunes file-sharing support

About

Piano Tuner Pro

Features
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Piano Tuner turns your iPhone into a precise, fast, and genuinely usable tuning tool — built around how pianos actually work, not just generic chromatic tuning. Most pianos have more than one string per note: two in the middle register, three across the treble. If those strings drift apart, even by a few cents, the note loses its bloom and starts to beat. Piano Tuner is built for exactly this. Switch between 1-, 2-, and 3-string modes and watch each string land on pitch independently, so your unisons ring clean. REAL-TIME PITCH DETECTION A responsive autocorrelation engine listens through your mic and locks onto the fundamental in milliseconds. The note name and octave appear instantly, with live frequency in hertz right below. A DIAL YOU CAN READ AT A GLANCE A smooth, weighted needle sweeps across a −50 to +50 cent arc. The whole readout shifts color as you close in: amber when you’re off, red when you’re sharp, and a clean teal the moment you’re within a few cents of perfect. No squinting at tiny numbers mid-tune. CENTS OR HERTZ, YOUR CALL Tap once to switch the readout between cents and hertz. Work in cents for fine unison matching, or hertz when you want the raw frequency. The dial and per-string panel follow whichever you choose. PER-STRING UNISON PANEL Set the app to 2 or 3 strings and each one gets its own live deviation bar. Bring the first string to pitch, then match the rest to it by eye — no mutes, no guesswork, no beating. CLEAN, FOCUSED, DARK A calm dark interface with a single bright “in-tune” cue keeps your attention on the one thing that matters: the pitch. Subtle haptics confirm every tap. Portrait-locked and distraction-free. WHO IT’S FOR • Piano owners keeping their instrument in shape between professional visits • Students and teachers checking pitch by ear and by number • Technicians and hobbyists who want a fast reference in their pocket • Anyone tuning a multi-string acoustic instrument No accounts. No clutter. Just open it and tune. Note: Piano Tuner uses your device microphone to detect pitch. It works best in a quiet room.

Screenshots

Simple Dictaphone4 screens
Piano Tuner Pro4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Piano Tuner Pro at none against Simple Dictaphone's 1. Simple Dictaphone's advantage is iOS requirement (6.0 vs 15.1). On price, ads 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

Both are free to download. Simple Dictaphone sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Piano Tuner Pro asks for nothing beyond the download.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Simple Dictaphone versus Piano Tuner Pro: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSimple DictaphonePiano Tuner Pro
PriceFreeFree
Rating1.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews35.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 11 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS6.0 — better15.1
Further details — not scored
Size4 MB41 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDmitri MarfinDANIEL JUSTIN JOBE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Simple Dictaphone

One-time1
  • Remove advertising from application$1.99
None

Piano Tuner Pro

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Simple Dictaphone free?
Simple Dictaphone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Piano Tuner Pro free?
Piano Tuner Pro is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do Simple Dictaphone or Piano Tuner Pro have ads?
Neither Simple Dictaphone nor Piano Tuner Pro shows ads.

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