PianoMeter – Piano Tuner 4+
Professional piano tuning
Willey Piano
Designed for iPad
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- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases
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Description
PianoMeter is a piano tuning app that will transform your device into a professional quality electronic tuning aid.
NOTE
The "free" version of this app is primarily for evaluation, and it only allows you to tune notes on the piano between C3 and C5. To tune the entire piano you will need to buy an upgrade through an in-app purchase.
What makes PianoMeter unique
Unlike regular chromatic tuning apps that simply tune to a pre-calculated equal temperament, this app actively measures the tonal characteristics of each note and automatically calculates the ideal “stretch” or offset from equal temperament. In other words, it creates a custom tuning for your piano with the best compromise between intervals like fifths, fourths, octaves, and twelfths, the way aural piano tuners do when fine-tuning.
Functionality and pricing
There are three levels of functionality: a free (evaluation) version, a paid "plus" version with basic tuning functionality, and a "professional" version with features geared towards professional piano tuners. The extra functionality is unlocked through one-time in-app purchases.
The Free version includes the following functionality:
• Tuning functionality for the mid-range of the piano only
• Automatic note detection
• Ability to measure each note on the piano to see how its current tuning compares to the ideal tuning curve (see if a piano is roughly in tune)
• Swipe in the graphing area to show a live frequency spectrum or the inharmonicity of measured notes.
Upgrading to "Plus" adds the following functionality:
• Tuning functionality for the entire piano
• Tune to frequency standards other than A=440
• Tune to historical or custom temperaments
• Calibrate device to an external frequency source
Upgrading to Professional unlocks all features of the "Plus" version, plus the following:
• Save and load tuning files, so a piano doesn't need to be re-measured each time it is tuned
• Pitch raise mode that calculates overpull for an initial first pass "rough" tuning (for pianos that are extremely flat)
• Custom tuning styles: create a custom tuning curve by adjusting interval weighting and stretch
• Access to all future features and enhancements
Upgrade costs:
Free to Plus (approximately US$30)
Free to Pro (approximately US$350)
Note about permissions
This app requires permission to access the microphone on your device and permission to read and write files.
What’s New
Version 1.5.0
• Added the ability to adjust the contrast of the spinning strobe rings.
• Swipe to advance the current note by an octave, and tap to change by a semitone (instead of tapping for both).
• Added the ability to search tuning files by serial number.
• Added separate pitch raise overshoot limits for plain wire versus bass strings.
• Added a reminder to measure several notes before beginning to tune.
• Added the Preleur temperament as a built-in option.
• Fixed bugs with the placement of blue dots on the Styles page and with non-equal temperaments not loading from saved tuning files.
App Privacy
The developer, Willey Piano, indicated that the app’s privacy practices may include handling of data as described below. For more information, see the developer’s privacy policy.
Data Not Linked to You
The following data may be collected but it is not linked to your identity:
- Identifiers
- Usage Data
- Diagnostics
Privacy practices may vary based on, for example, the features you use or your age. Learn More
Information
- Provider
- Willey Piano LLC
- Size
- 27.7 MB
- Category
- Music
- Compatibility
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- iPhone
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- iPad
- Requires iPadOS 14.0 or later.
- iPod touch
- Requires iOS 14.0 or later.
- Mac
- Requires macOS 11.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later.
- Apple Vision
- Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- Languages
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English, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish, Swedish, Ukrainian
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Copyright
- © 2020 Willey Piano
- Price
- Free
- In-App Purchases
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- Pro 1-year subscription $49.99
- Pro version $349.99
- Pro version $349.99
- Plus version $29.99