Comparison

Temperaments vs PitchMatch

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

Head to head
About

Temperaments

Explore historical and unconventional musical tunings. This app allows you to retune MIDI files and live performances in real-time, offering instant comparisons between different temperaments and the ability to compose with unique sounds.

Highlights
  • Learn historical musical tunings
  • Retune MIDI files in real-time
  • Apply temperaments to live performances
  • Instant comparison of tunings
  • Compose with unconventional tunings
  • Export retuned MIDI files
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Temperaments: Tune your music and your ears. Temperaments is an application for learning about musical tunings and temperaments used throughout history. Want to play Bach in a tuning he actually used? Would you like to try early music as it was heard at the time? How about composing new music with an unconventional tuning? Temperaments tunes your music and your ears. Temperaments uses MIDI to retune your music on the fly. You can play any standard MIDI file, apply a temperament, and hear the result in real time. You can connect an external keyboard, let Temperaments retune your performance, and send it to any synthesizer you choose. You can even record your music to standard MIDI files and export them to play on any sequencer. Your recordings can be sent to anyone via email. They can be dropped onto Dropbox, and you can tell the world about them on Facebook, all from within Temperaments. Temperaments includes twenty six temperaments in addition to Equal Temperament, with both meantone and unequal-interval types. You can switch back to Equal Temperament instantly just by pressing a button for instant comparison - even while notes are sounding. You can even change to an entirely different temperament instantly, any time, even in the middle of a performance. Temperaments includes a large, expandable display showing the differences between Equal Temperament and a chosen temperament. And, of course, you can select any note to be the root key of any temperament, so that your temperament matches the key of any file or performance. Use Temperaments to learn about nonstandard tunings. Use Temperaments to compose new music in unusual ways. Or experiment with applying a temperament to your MIDI files. Any way you want to use it, Temperaments tunes your music and your ears.

About

PitchMatch

Features
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Made by a musician for musicians! Do you care about having good intonation? Do you want to improve your singing or playing? This tuner will help you on your journey every step of the way! Accurate to fractions of a cent, this tuner is much easier to read than regular chromatic tuners. The graph interface makes it really easy to see how your sound and intonation has changed over time. By adding this app to your collection, you will also be gaining direct contact with the app developer. Please send me your feature requests! This app will help me sustain my journey as a conductor. If you're a performer of historically accurate concerts, you will be able to tune based on historical temperaments including but not limited to: - Vallotti (1680 Venice) - Kirnberger (1771) - Neidhardt, Big City (1732) - Siracusa (17th Century) - Werckmeister (1691) - Gallimard (1754) - Lambert-Chaument (1695) - Mercadier (1771) Many more features/improvements to follow!

Screenshots

Temperaments2 screens
PitchMatch4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is update cadence: PitchMatch at every 13 months against Temperaments's every 30 months. Temperaments's advantage is iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

Temperaments costs $4.99 and PitchMatch $4.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Temperaments ships an update every 30 months, PitchMatch every 13 months. The most recent releases landed on June 3, 2026 and September 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
Temperaments versus PitchMatch: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTemperamentsPitchMatch
Price$4.99$4.99
Rating4.7 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 30 monthsEvery 13 months — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationPaid—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size22 MB4 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperHUMBLE EARTH PRODUCTIONS INCNotesmiths LLC

In-app purchases

None

Temperaments

No in-app purchases

None

PitchMatch

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Temperaments free?
Temperaments costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is PitchMatch free?
PitchMatch costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Temperaments or PitchMatch have ads?
Neither Temperaments nor PitchMatch shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Temperaments or PitchMatch?
Temperaments ships an update every 30 months, and PitchMatch every 13 months. Most recently, Temperaments was updated on June 3, 2026 and PitchMatch on September 6, 2026.

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