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Best Instrument Tuning Apps for iPhone (2026)

28 apps ranked S through F · · Ranked by AppTierList, computed, never sold · JSON

GuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar is the top-ranked of 28 instrument tuning apps on iPhone, at S tier with 4.8/5 from 148,551 ratings.

  1. 1
    GuitarTuna: Tune & Play GuitarS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 148,551 ratings · score 97
  2. 2
    Guitar Tuner - Simply TuneS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 105,834 ratings · score 97
  3. 3
    TonalEnergy Tuner & MetronomeS
    $6.99 · ★ 4.8 · 59,544 ratings · score 94
  4. 4
    Smart Metronome & TunerS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 61,540 ratings · score 94
  5. 5
    Guitar Tuner Easy tune chordsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 45,945 ratings · score 93

What belongs in this list

Tune a musical instrument by ear-free pitch detection so it plays in tune.

Not here: a metronome alone; an audio editor alone; a guitar-only tuner alone; a pitch pipe or reference tone list alone; a title keyword alone

More lists: Best Guitar Tuning Apps

How we pick

For this list we ask the App Store the same searches a person would, in several countries, and keep every app it returns. A model reads each app's listing and rejects the ones that only mention the use case. Every app that stays is scored out of 100 from four parts, each 0 to 100 and averaged with no weights: its App Store rating, how many people rated it, where the App Store itself ranks it for this list's searches, and how recently its current version shipped. An app showing Apple's Editors' Choice badge gets a fifth part of 100, which can only lift its score. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier. Read the full method →

S
GuitarTunaGuitar Tuner - Simply TuneTonalEnergySmartGuitar TunerFender Tune
A
Pano TunerPro GuitarChromaticTuner T1Tuner ProPitched Tuner
B
n-Track TunerViolin TunerUkulele Tuner & LessonsUkulele TunerTuner Lite
C
TunableGuitar Tuner: Bass and UkuleleBanjo TunerMetronomeinsTuner FreeUkulele Tuner & ChordsGuitar Tuner - Ukulele & Bass
D
TuneforGuitarTunio
F
Pitch ProSimply Tuner

Compare every app

  1. 1
    GuitarTuna: Tune & Play GuitarS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.8 · 148,551 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  2. 2
    Guitar Tuner - Simply TuneS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 105,834 ratings · score 97 · best in class
  3. 3
    TonalEnergy Tuner & MetronomeS
    $6.99 · ★ 4.8 · 59,544 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  4. 4
    Smart Metronome & TunerS
    Free · ★ 4.7 · 61,540 ratings · score 94 · best in class
  5. 5
    Guitar Tuner Easy tune chordsS
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 45,945 ratings · score 93 · best in class
  6. 6
    Fender Tune: Guitar Tuner AppS
    Free · ★ 4.8 · 151,740 ratings · score 92 · best in class
  7. 7
    Pano Tuner LiteA
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 7,755 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  8. 8
    Pro Guitar TunerA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 10,224 ratings · score 92 · excellent
  9. 9
    Guitar Tuner - ChromaticA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 8,217 ratings · score 91 · excellent
  10. 10
    Tuner T1A
    Free · ★ 4.5 · 10,558 ratings · score 90 · excellent
  11. 11
    Tuner Pro: Guitar Tuner & TabA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.5 · 45,904 ratings · score 89 · excellent
  12. 12
    Pitched Tuner - Tuning AppA
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.6 · 5,364 ratings · score 87 · excellent
  13. 13
    n-Track TunerB
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 3,202 ratings · score 86 · good
  14. 14
    Violin Tuner - LikeTonesB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 3,795 ratings · score 84 · good
  15. 15
    Ukulele Tuner & Lessons: KalaB
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.7 · 12,851 ratings · score 80 · good
  16. 16
    Ukulele Tuner - LikeTonesB
    Free download · ★ 4.9 · 4,583 ratings · score 77 · good
  17. 17
    Tuner Lite by PiascoreB
    Free download · ★ 4.5 · 10,005 ratings · score 72 · good
  18. 18
    Tunable - Tuner & MetronomeC
    $7.99 · ★ 4.8 · 6,851 ratings · score 67 · situational
  19. 19
    Guitar Tuner: Bass and UkuleleC
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 2,495 ratings · score 67 · situational · provisional
  20. 20
    Banjo Tuner - LikeTonesC
    Free download · ★ 5.0 · 2,678 ratings · score 64 · situational · provisional
  21. 21
    Metronome Tuner | Practice+C
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 2,830 ratings · score 63 · situational · provisional
  22. 22
    insTuner Free - Chromatic TunerC
    Free download · ★ 4.4 · 5,049 ratings · score 63 · situational
  23. 23
    Ukulele Tuner & ChordsC
    Free download · ★ 4.1 · 3,617 ratings · score 62 · situational · provisional
  24. 24
    Guitar Tuner - Ukulele & BassC
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.4 · 7,475 ratings · score 61 · situational
  25. 25
    Tunefor Ukulele tuner & chordsD
    Free + IAP · ★ 4.3 · 14,672 ratings · score 60 · weak
  26. 26
    Guitar Tuner - GuitarTunioD
    Free download · ★ 4.7 · 4,352 ratings · score 60 · weak
  27. 27
    Pitch Pro Tuner & MetronomeF
    Free download · ★ 4.6 · 2,709 ratings · score 47 · avoid · provisional
  28. 28
    Simply Tuner - Violin, CelloF
    Free download · ★ 4.2 · 2,567 ratings · score 38 · avoid · provisional

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Questions people ask

What is the best instrument tuning app for iPhone?
GuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar, S tier, ranked #1 of 28, rated 4.8 by 148,551 people.
Which instrument tuning apps are free?
26 of 28 are free to download: GuitarTuna: Tune & Play Guitar (S), Guitar Tuner - Simply Tune (S), Smart Metronome & Tuner (S), Guitar Tuner Easy tune chords (S) and more. 9 of them sell in-app purchases. 4 report no in-app purchases.
Which instrument tuning app has the best App Store rating?
Banjo Tuner - LikeTones at 5.0 from 2,678 ratings.
How many instrument tuning apps reach S or A tier?
12 of 28. Tiers follow fixed score bands: S from 90, A from 80, B from 70, C from 60, D from 50, F below. The list's leader is S if it scores 80 or more. On a list of 20 or more ranked apps, a tier from S to D takes in new apps only up to a quarter of the top 40: an app pushed out of a full tier falls to the next tier with room, and F takes the rest. An app already in a tier keeps its place while the tier is at most 2 apps over a quarter; past that, only the apps over that margin go down, lowest score first. Equal scores share a tier, and no app has a better tier than an app ranked above it. An app keeps its tier until its score passes the band edge by more than 1 point, or a full tier or the order above moves it. Only the top 40 of a list get a tier.

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