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Guitar Tuner Easy tune chords
Manomaya SA · 45,715 ratings · ★ 4.6
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Top complaints - extracted from 72 negative reviews
Recurring phrases mined from 1-2★ reviews. The bigger the percentage, the more users have the same problem. Fix the top 2-3 in your version and you have product-market fit on day one.
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"work"
19 negative reviews mention this · 26% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It was better before the update. The automatic recognition doesn’t work and they delete the manual option" - LeoRivas0605
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"free"
18 negative reviews mention this · 25% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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"subscription"
16 negative reviews mention this · 22% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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"tuner"
15 negative reviews mention this · 21% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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"tune"
13 negative reviews mention this · 18% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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"watch"
12 negative reviews mention this · 17% of all complaints
★★★★★ "just stopped working??. i’ve been using it for a while, i play bass so i usually had to watch 2 adds to get to the bass tuner but recently it just stopped working." - dhcutjbceeyuopkhgxcdddhfh
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"doesn"
11 negative reviews mention this · 15% of all complaints
★★★★★ "It was better before the update. The automatic recognition doesn’t work and they delete the manual option" - LeoRivas0605
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"guitar"
10 negative reviews mention this · 14% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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"tuning"
9 negative reviews mention this · 13% of all complaints
★★★★★ "Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year. Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that." - RockBandit
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Ugh
Pathetic switch to subscription garbage that’s now $50 / year
Time to vibe code a free guitar tuner app. This used to be a great guitar tuning app. I haven’t opened it in a while and now it’s turned into subscription garbage. $8 / week or $50 / year. Looool. Screw that.
Horrible tuning
Reads another note during tuning and makes me struggle more than I should to tune my three guitars. Also everything is locked behind payments and ads. 1 star never using this damn app again.
Won’t work
I’ve loaded app and got 3 day subscription and it won’t show me anything after that page!
It’s not free
Fake advertising. I just want to tune my guitar not pay for lessons.
Poor renewal policies
Signed up for the premium trial and cancelled within the trial period but was still billed.
Doesn’t work
App is useless. Used to work great now it doesn’t work at all. I’ve deleted and redownloaded so many times on many different devices and always make sure to give access to my microphone but it doesn’t not work at all anymore on anything I’ve tried.
Already paid
So I bought the app for the 2.99 before it was a weekly and life time subscription and now they are asking me to pay again, I know this was a while ago but still. The other problem I had was the tuner hardly worked! the app 99.9% of the time was way off when I was trying to tune down especially in D or a half step down from E. I loved the app when it did work but that was almost never.
NOT THE RIGHT APP FOR ME!!
This app does not work for me and my guitar i tried tuning it and it would say "ok" in green and then it kept repeating without me doing anything and then when i would go back to check my other strings and i would get to a certain string that said it was right would now be wrong..
App will authorize purchases on your account
While just taking a cursory look at what I believed to be a free app, the app authorized a $50 purchase for a year-subscription.
Even though it was canceled immediately apple refuses to refund the charge, zero response from the app developer.
Will edit my review pending any update, but there’s nothing yet, so you’d do well to steer clear of this app and it’s apparent predatory charge scheme.
Even though it was canceled immediately apple refuses to refund the charge, zero response from the app developer.
Will edit my review pending any update, but there’s nothing yet, so you’d do well to steer clear of this app and it’s apparent predatory charge scheme.
Doesn’t work
This app used to work but as of now it hasn’t worked for over a year.
just stopped working??
i’ve been using it for a while, i play bass so i usually had to watch 2 adds to get to the bass tuner but recently it just stopped working.
Unannounced pay wall??
This went from being free to having adds to having to subscribe to use. Thats crazy.
I never leave reviews but man this app fell off.
The ads completely broke the app. No amount of closing the app, viewing the ads, reloading, or just waiting allow the app the work. It just stays frozen. It used to be great, what a waste.
Used to work. Now it doesn’t
Grrr
Trash
Useless app $50 subscription for a tuner, go buy a physical one for $10
Ads stop the app from loading
This is a decent app if you want standard tuning but anything after that is impossible to use. The ads keep interfering from getting the tuning app to load.
If you try later on the standard tuning may appear but to try any other tuning it is impossible. It asks you to watch a short video but it never returns to the app.
If you try later on the standard tuning may appear but to try any other tuning it is impossible. It asks you to watch a short video but it never returns to the app.
The subscription is intrusive and not required
Accidentally subscribed without realizing there's a free portion. Wasn't able to get money back even though I only pipers the app once
Hi
I don’t know what is going on with the family and I’m not doing it anymore I don’t want you in that relationship anymore anymore but you are not a
Typical clickbait fake reviews
Don’t bother the ads won’t even let you into the app.
Aaaaaads and more ads
. This used to be a great app. Back before it had ads. I’m literally just trying to tune. My six string acoustic guitar, and I have to sit through over one full minute of stupid ads with stupid games.
No, I don’t want to upgrade to premium cause I don’t ukulele. And $8/week is high way robbery
No, I don’t want to upgrade to premium cause I don’t ukulele. And $8/week is high way robbery
Used to be good
This app stinks now because before it was free and now you have to pay for everything and watch a bunch of ads for now sub par quality
One of the worst tuners out there!
This app doesn’t even respond to inputs. The needle appears frozen to one spot most of the time. I wouldn’t recommend this app for free users. For free users they will also make you watch a 30sec or longer ad every time you choose an option. I don’t mind that since I’m not a paying customer but at least do what you’re supposed to! There are plenty free apps out there.
Stay away if you value your life
This garbage app is going to burn away minutes of your life forcing ads on you. It used to work fine and be free. Now super long ads pop up if you don’t pay the exorbitant ransom.
Ads are necessary; however
Happy to watch an ad for a minute but not longer
Guitar tuner / $8.09 per week
Not worth the money.
Better options available.
Better options available.
absolutely trash
all the reviews from 6 years ago WERE true, but now you can’t even USE the tuner w/o a premium subscription or with ads. AND when you watch the ad the tuner doesn’t even WORK! so you close the app to try and refresh it, WHOOPS! gotta watch another ad for that! and what’d ya know it still doesn’t work. they’ve ruined this app.
Another & trap
Age old fb trick to steal your cash
It used to work but...
It used to work but when I went on it just now it said "you don't have access to this" apparently now you have to pay to LITERALLY TUNE A GUITAR, like that is so STUPID
False advertising
Says on App Store free then download and you want $29 no thank you quit trying false advertising
Free
It says its free. But its not free?!?!
Nice ads.
Yeah let’s make the user watch an ad before they can use a simple guitar tuner. I’ll be spending my money on a real tuner now. If the app had a cost to begin with then there wouldn’t be a problem, but now forcing the user to choose either watching ads or buying “premium” is ridiculous. No thanks.
Xx
Made major league mistake by downloading this app. When I open app, it won’t let me proceed unless I allow access to my microphone or I buy an upgrade.
The volume is not working properly!!!
See above ! I even deleted the app and reloaded and worked then 10 min later it won’t work!
Potential Scam
Once started, there appears there is no way to cancel the subscription once downloaded. The App, which claimed to be free, but auto-renews in 3 days charging you $30.... BEWARE OF FREE 3 DAY TRIAL!!!! There is nowhere to cancel the subscription!
Removing the APP.... DOESN"T STOP THE SUBSCRIPTION AND CREDIT CARD CHARGE!!!
Removing the APP.... DOESN"T STOP THE SUBSCRIPTION AND CREDIT CARD CHARGE!!!
USED TO BE GREAT
A year or so ago yeah it was free.. NOW you have to pay for a subscription or constantly watch ads.. god I can’t stand apps that do this to us. Even after watching the ads it STILL didn’t work right.
Avoid this scam!
Once you accept # day free trial you are screwed and you can search until you go blind but you cannot find a way to cancel before it charges you… BEWARE!
Low rating
I shouldn't have to watch a 30 second video to tune my guitar right after I write this I'm deleting this app my guitar don't sound tuned after I tune it with this app I had to use my old tuner.
Be up front
It looks like a wonderful app, tuner, chord dictionary, tracks. I can ger any of these free, they have a convenient package. But $29.95 a year? Too much. I'd rather spend a few years worth and get a proper pedal I can use anytime, on stage, practice studio. I'd pay $10 one time for just the tuner, but no way this much
Worst tuner in my life
This didn’t work for me as much because anytime I try to tune my CD cord on my ukulele it kept at asking me to watch an ad every 10 seconds for me to do my ukulele and my audio never worked on this app
Rip off
It stopped working after tuning 3 strings.
Deceptive
So I love the ap. That said I purchased it years ago then they made it free for everyone and now I have to purchase it again or choose to watch 15 mins of add for what used to be a minute to three minute chord check. Arg.
30 sec videos to use the app??
This app used to be free. In order to make any changes including switching between automatic tuning and manual tuning, you have to be provided “granted rewards,” by watching ridiculous 30 second ads. The kicker is that it doesn’t work have the time, so you’re watching ads back to back without being able to actually use the app. Definitely deleting.
Used to be great
Used to use this app all the time to help me tune my bass. Now I can’t do anything without watching at LEAST a 30 second app, and it still barely helps me tune anymore. Waste of my time and immediately deleting. Used to be a go-to, now they’ve ruined it because someone got greedy.
Will not tune guitar
I’ve tried everything and it will not help me tune my guitar.
Terrible app
It makes my guitar sound so bad and even more out of tune and it thinks my E string is my A string
Works great until it doesn’t
App won’t even open anymore, paid for a year subscription. Just get a loading cloud screen
Disappointed
Was excited for this app but it literally won’t load, cancelled my subscription bc of it
Won’t install.
First you pay and then it won’t install. it’s designed to make money, but not work at all. The dang thing just won’t even go on my iPhone.
Tuner
Is not working…🤷
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Sentiment summary
90%
Positive (4-5★)
5%
Neutral (3★)
5%
Negative (1-2★)