Lugwise: Drum Tuner & Pitch
Snare, tom & kick lug tuning
Only for iPhone
$9.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Save the sound of a head you love, then get back to it lug by lug: every rod graded against your saved pitch, with a plain line on which way to turn. Never records.
Tap near a tension rod, and Lugwise tells you which way to turn it.
Every drum tuner shows a number. Lugwise shows the head. The ring is your drum seen from above — one node for every rod — and it fills in as you go: green where a lug is in, blue where it is flat and needs tightening, orange where it is sharp and needs loosening, with the cents beside each. The rod to tap next is marked, in the cross pattern every tuning guide teaches. When the last lug lands, the head reads Even.
EDGE FOR LUGS, CENTRE FOR THE NOTE
A light tap near a rod rings the lug tone. One hit in the middle rings the drum's note, shown big enough to read from across the room and checked against the target you set: Tighten, Loosen or In tune, to the cent.
BOTH HEADS
Tune the resonant head against the batter: equal, a minor third, a fourth or a fifth above, or a minor third below. Lugwise works out what each reso lug should read and tells you when the pair sits on the interval.
EVERY DRUM IN THE KIT
Kick, snare, rack and floor toms from 8" to 24", each with its usual lug count and a sensible starting range. Set a target note for every drum, space the toms a minor third, a major third or a fourth apart, and see at a glance which drums in the kit are done.
KITS, REMEMBERED
Save the studio kit and the jazz kit side by side. Every drum keeps its note, its lug count, its head interval and its last lug readings.
THE STRIKE, TAKEN APART
The last strike's spectrum, every mode labelled with its ratio to the lowest, how loud the overtones ring against the note, and the sustain: how long the drum takes to fall 30 dB.
5, 6, 8, 10 OR 12 RODS
The ring redraws for the drum in front of you. Choose how close is close enough: ±5 cents in the studio, ±10 for most work, ±20 for a changeover at a gig.
IT LISTENS, NEVER RECORDS
Each strike is measured on the phone as it happens and thrown away. Nothing is recorded, stored or sent. No account, no subscription, no ads, and it works with no connection at all.
Pitch comes from the spectrum of each strike, not a period detector, because a drum's overtones are not multiples of its note. Work in a quiet room, one tap at a time.
One payment. No subscription.
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The welcome screens now fit every screen, from the smallest iPhone to iPad, and no text runs under the buttons any more. Plus small fixes and polish.
The developer, Yaniv van der Stigchel, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy .
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Information
- Seller
- Yaniv van der Stigchel
- Size
- 3.9 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 2 more
- English, German, Japanese
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2026 Yaniv Vanderstigchel
