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Tuners and metronomes you buy once.

Buy TonalEnergy. It is the one music teachers hand to students, and it covers tuning, the metronome, recording and pitch analysis without you buying four things. If you only want a metronome, Tempo is better at that one job and costs a third as much. Tuner by Piascore is the plainest tuner here, Tunable is the one that charts your intonation over time, and Pano Tuner is the cheap reliable fallback.

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Top pick

TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome

TonalEnergy, Inc
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$6.99 once4.8★ (58,445)Updated Aug 29, 2026
Verdict
The one band rooms run on. Tuner, metronome, recorder and pitch analysis in a single app, and the smiley face that appears when you hold a note in tune does more for a beginner than any number.
Best for
A student or teacher in a band or orchestra who needs all of it in one place.
The catch
It is built around wind and brass, and guitarists say so — four of the last two hundred reviews call it unintuitive for guitar specifically, where a plain chromatic tuner would be quicker.
One-time purchaseTuner and metronomeRecordingNo subscription

Tempo - Metronome with Setlist

Frozen Ape Pte. Ltd.
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$2.99 once4.8★ (4,869)Updated Jul 9, 2026
Verdict
A metronome and nothing else, which is why it is the best one. Subdivisions, odd meters and setlists you can walk through mid-rehearsal.
Best for
Someone who practises to a click often enough to care how the click is set up.
The catch
Nine of the last two hundred reviews call the current version close to unusable, and backing up or exporting setlists has been broken for several iOS releases.
One-time purchaseMetronome onlySetlists

Tuner by Piascore

Piascore, Inc.
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$4.99 once4.8★ (1,448)Updated Aug 12, 2024
Verdict
The cleanest tuner here. It opens, it listens, it shows you how far off you are, and there is nothing else on the screen.
Best for
Anyone who wants a tuner and is uninterested in practice tools around it.
The catch
No metronome, no recording, no history — if you need more than pitch you will end up buying a second app, which costs more than buying one of the combined ones outright.
One-time purchaseTuner onlyPitch pipe

Tunable – Tuner & Metronome

AffinityBlue
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$7.99 once4.8★ (6,830)Updated Aug 22, 2021
Verdict
The one that shows you your pitch over time rather than in the moment, so you can see a note drifting sharp as it gets louder.
Best for
Someone working on intonation deliberately, who wants evidence of whether it is improving.
The catch
The dearest app on this list, and reviewers report it freezing mid-session. That is a poor trade when the cheaper tuners here do the basic job just as accurately.
One-time purchasePitch historyTuner and metronome

Pano Tuner – Chromatic Tuner

Kaleloft Limited Liability Company
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$2.99 once4.7★ (695)Updated Jul 19, 2026
Verdict
The cheap one that people keep for years. Accurate enough for a dulcimer or a guitar and it opens instantly.
Best for
Someone tuning an instrument occasionally who does not want to think about it.
The catch
Nine of the last two hundred reviews say a recent update made it hang on certain notes, which is a bad failure for the one thing it does.
One-time purchaseTuner onlyAd-free

Side by side.

AppPriceTunerMetronomeExtrasUpdated
TonalEnergy Tuner & Metronome$6.99YesYesRecording, analysisAug 29, 2026
Tempo - Metronome with Setlist$2.99NoYesSetlistsJul 9, 2026
Tuner by Piascore$4.99YesNoPitch pipeAug 12, 2024
Tunable – Tuner & Metronome$7.99YesYesPitch historyAug 22, 2021
Pano Tuner – Chromatic Tuner$2.99YesNoNoneJul 19, 2026

Who should skip this entirely.

If you play guitar or bass and nothing else, a clip-on tuner costs about the same as these, works in a loud room where a microphone cannot, and never needs charging. Phone tuners struggle exactly where you most need one, which is on a noisy stage. Buy an app when you want the metronome and practice tools too, not just the pitch.

Questions.

Are phone tuners accurate enough?For practice, yes — all of these resolve well within a cent or two. The limit is the microphone, not the maths: in a loud room a clip-on pickup will beat any of them.
Is one app better than a tuner and a metronome separately?If you use both in the same session, yes. TonalEnergy and Tunable each cost less than buying the two best single-purpose apps here.