APTuner is a sophisticated chromatic tuner for your computer, tablet, and phone.
Come see the unparalleled accuracy and insightful user interface features.
Note Detection
APTuner is built around a best-in-class note detector spanning 8 octaves even for low piano notes.
Our analysis algorithm eliminates many of the octave or fifth errors you often see with other tuners.
Strobe Display
New to version 1.2 is our true 8 octave strobe display. Every audio sample is fed through the GPU to calculate the real stroboscopic effect--exactly like a mechanical spinning disk. Looks absolutely amazing in landscape on a retina display! (currently only for iPhone)
Performance Analyzer
For the aspiring musicians in the group, you will love APTuner's exclusive Performance Analyzer feature. Get an in-depth analysis of your playing ability over time. This is perfect for ear-training, scales, and getting a better awareness of your tonal quality.
You can also watch the loudness of each note against its pitch. This way you are not only improving the consistency of your tone, but your volume as well. (currently only for iPhone)
Temperaments & Transpositions
APTuner has all the features you expect in a full featured tuner:
Adjustable A4 frequency
Transpose concert pitch to your instrument.
Switch to a wide range of historical temperaments.
OpenSourceSoftware added AP Tuner as alternative to Tuner iOS App
OpenSourceSoftware added AP Tuner as alternative to BOSS Tuner
Comments and Reviews
It's a simple and lightweight software, and I've never had any issues with running it on Vista x64.
AP Tuner is a simple and typical tool for tuning your guitar (probably other instruments as well).
It is labeled shareware by the authors, but after an initial information/licensing window - closed via a simple button click - you are free to use the application without any limitation or time limit. Hence, the usage model is really fair. And if you find the program useful are encouraged to buy a key, to support the authors and prevent the initial window on successive application launches.
The program listens to the systems default input (probably your microphone) and registers noise/acoustics above a certain loudness level. On the right, it shows the guitar strings notes. When it hears a strings note (not limited to the 6 displayed on the right), it will display the name of the analysed (closest) note, and the offset the actual noise had from the note. Additionally to the digital representation of the offset it displays an “analogue” representation.
This is a typical representation that hardware-tools use as well, and is very fitting.
Other than that, it provides some settings, but not much more. Which is great. A simple tool that does its job right. I found nothing that hindered or annoyed me at all.