Comparison

Pitch trainer vs Tuner (チューナー)

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

Head to head
About

Pitch trainer

Develop perfect and relative pitch with this ear training app focused on just intonation. Learn to identify and match harmonic intervals by ear, moving beyond equal temperament. Ideal for musicians and singers seeking precise intonation.

Highlights
  • Just intonation ear training
  • Perfect and relative pitch development
  • Double-stop note learning
  • Harmonic interval matching
  • Beat-based tone adjustment
Features
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Ear training, play by ear, intervals, chords and rhythm — 15 games in one app. Warm up your ears before singing, band, orchestra, choir, guitar or piano practice. Harmonize teaches distance between notes by making you rebuild what you just heard. Your mic picks up your voice or instrument and shows how far off you are, in cents. No music theory needed: a friendly shrimp plays the example, and you copy it. ■ Build the interval - Double Stop — add a second note on top of a reference: octave, perfect fifth, major third and more - Chords — take one role inside a three-note chord and hold your part - Moon — a slow, low-gravity version of Double Stop for advanced ears - Low Register — the real bass range, so low that a phone speaker cannot reproduce the fundamental; you read the pitch from its overtones - Trill — hold one finger down and press/lift with another. 6 fingerings x 36 exercises ■ Read the score - Sight Reading — read the notes on the staff and answer on the two-row keyboard. The white keys are labeled with their note names, so you can count lines and spaces even if sheet music is new to you. 9 categories, 180 levels, 1,020 exercises ■ Rhythm - Rhythm — tap along with the scrolling score - Polyrhythm — two different pulses at once, one per hand - Mimic Taiko — call and response on Japanese drums. Hear a pattern, play it back - Silence — no sound at all. Measure time with your internal clock ■ Listen and remember - Play by Ear — reproduce the melody you heard on the keyboard. 9 categories, 129 levels, 516 phrases - Scales — trace a scale one note at a time - Arpeggios — hear a broken chord and follow it - Memory — a sound version of concentration: find the two takoyaki that ring alike - Goldfish Scooping — memorize each swimming fish by its note, then scoop them in the order given ■ Tools - Weekly Challenge — 5 tasks that change every week, with the example played only once. 3 runs per week, ranked on a Game Center weekly leaderboard - Metronome - Tuner — live readout in cents ■ Under the hood - 14 instrument sounds to choose from - Reference A from 440 to 446 Hz - Note names in English, German, Japanese or Italian - Rhythm games calibrate audio latency for your device - Judged against just intonation, so it carries straight over to choir, wind band, orchestra and ensemble work - A tutorial that gets you playing right away ■ Made for - Singers who want to stop drifting off pitch - Anyone training relative pitch - Players who want to pick up tunes by ear - Musicians chasing that moment when your note locks into the chord ■ Languages Japanese, English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional) Free to start. Extra content and ad removal are one-time purchases — there is no monthly subscription.

About

Tuner (チューナー)

This app provides a highly accurate chromatic tuner. It allows you to set a reference tone A4 between 400Hz and 480Hz in 1Hz increments. You can also generate test tones across a wide range of notes.

Highlights
  • High-precision chromatic tuning
  • Adjustable reference tone (400Hz-480Hz)
  • Test tone generation (C0-B8)
  • Wide note range support
  • 1Hz increment tuning
Features
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高精度なクロマチックチューナーアプリです。 基準音 A4 を 400Hz 〜 480Hz で 1Hz 単位で設定できます。 C0 〜 B8 の広い音程でサイン波のテスト音を鳴らすことができます。 【注意】 耳を痛めないように、音量を上げないでテスト音を鳴らしてください。 特に B2 以下の低い音は聞こえなくても、物理的に音としては出ているので音量を上げて耳を痛めないように気をつけてください。 C6 以上の高い音も、同様です(高い音は気づくと思いますが)。

Screenshots

Pitch trainer4 screens
Tuner (チューナー)2 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Tuner (チューナー) at none against Pitch trainer's 7. Tuner (チューナー) also leads on ads (none vs shown) and review sentiment (100% vs 68%). Pitch trainer's advantage is update cadence (every 3 days vs every 123 months) and rating (4.4 vs 4.0). On price 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. Pitch trainer sells 7 one-off in-app purchases. Tuner (チューナー) asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Pitch trainer holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Pitch trainer has 413 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews complicate that: 68% of Pitch trainer's written reviews are positive against 100% of Tuner (チューナー)'s, so the app with the better star average is not the one people write more warmly about.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Pitch trainer ships an update every 3 days, Tuner (チューナー) every 123 months. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and June 1, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
Pitch trainer versus Tuner (チューナー): the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterPitch trainerTuner (チューナー)
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.4 (413 ratings) — better4.0 (1 ratings)
Positive reviews68.0% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings413 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 123 months
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS14.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size62 MB3 MB
Age rating9+4+
DeveloperToshihiko AraiNobuhiro Takahashi

Customer experience

Pitch trainer

All ratings413 ratings
Positive85.0%
Neutral4.8%
Negative10.2%
Written reviews100 reviews
Positive68.0%
Neutral12.0%
Negative20.0%

Tuner (チューナー)

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

7 purchases

Pitch trainer

One-time7
  • Buy a coffee$4.99
  • Unlock Moon Stage$4.99
  • Unlock all Rhythm stages$4.99
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  • Support generously$9.99
  • Unlock All PRO Features$9.99
  • Remove Ads$9.99
  • Support a lot$29.99
None

Tuner (チューナー)

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Pitch trainer free?
Pitch trainer is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tuner (チューナー) free?
Tuner (チューナー) is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Pitch trainer or Tuner (チューナー)?
Pitch trainer is rated higher. Pitch trainer averages 4.4 out of 5 from 413 ratings, while Tuner (チューナー) averages 4.0 from 1 ratings.
Do Pitch trainer or Tuner (チューナー) have ads?
Pitch trainer shows ads; Tuner (チューナー) does not.
Which is updated more often, Pitch trainer or Tuner (チューナー)?
Pitch trainer ships an update every 3 days, and Tuner (チューナー) every 123 months. Most recently, Pitch trainer was updated on September 23, 2026 and Tuner (チューナー) on June 1, 2026.

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