6 Best free guitar tuner apps in 2020

Think of a situation where you’re about to play a live show with your band and you decide to tune your guitar or bass guitar and find out that the battery ran out! Believe me really it did happen, and it’s not pleasant.!!

Luckily, there’s lots of mobile free guitar tuner apps out there for Android and iOS devices. These apps are not only excellent, but can also get out of a sticky situations. These tuner apps has made the task to tune your guitar much better. Any stringed instrument player can tell you that it’s always good to have a tuner on you. Here are few best guitar tuner apps for Android and iOS based devices.

BOSS Tuner

Price: Free, no in-app purchases.

One of the most versatile guitar tuner apps is BOSS Tuner. The app supports the usual array of instruments, including guitar, ukulele, bass, and others. It also works for other instruments like cello, violin and some others. The app encompasses a simple, decent interface, audible reference pitches and multiple tunings. If you care about BOSS Products, then there is also news about that stuffs.

Pros	Cons
VersatileEasy to use	Only tuner, no other features included such as metronome, etc.

Gstrings

Price: Free / $3.99

Gstrings is one of the first really good guitar tuner apps. A dial-style tuner along with a bunch of customization options is featured in this app. It includes microphone sensitivity settings, theme settings and others.

It supports almost all stringed instruments and also some non-stringed instruments like piano. The app is simple, good and is relatively inexpensive. It has a pro – version which goes for about $3.99. You can try out it’s free version as well.

Pros	Cons
Very AccurateExtremely simple	Only tuner, no metronome or any other features

GuitarTuna

Price: Free / Up to $12.99

GuitarTuna is also one of the most popular guitar tuner apps consisting a fun little play on words. It boasts advanced tuning options, auto-tune options and some other customization options. The app also works with a variety of instruments including some unusual ones like the balalaika.

It’s a great app for beginners and intermediates additionally. The app consist of a basic set of chords and exercises for beginners especially. It’s actual tuning portion is almost good enough for all guitar players.

Pros	Cons
Very accurateTune almost any instrument in a variety of tuningsBeginner learning games included	only 5 tutorials for free per game

Pro Guitar Tuner

Price: Free / Up to $9.99

Pro-Guitar Tuner is one of the popular guitar tuner apps having a website also. This means that you can tune on your smartphone as well as on your computer. This app is chromatic tuner. Thus, it supports most of the stringed instruments as well as several non-stringed instruments.

The interface of the app looks nice, boasting above instruments average accuracy. The free version contains advertising while the Pro version that goes upto $9.99 doesn’t contains Ads. Additionally, only standard tuning is allowed in free version. If you want the pro version, that should be good enough to test the app.

Pros	Cons
Lots of different tuning optionsGreat looking interface	Ad in the middle of the screen

Fender Guitar Tuner

Price: Free

Fender Guitar Tuner is one of the basic guitar tuner apps that does what it sets out to do rather well. The app supports bass also along with guitar. The app boasts an auto- tune mode, 22 different tunings, and separate tuners for acoustic and electric guitar. If you prefer freestyle tuning, it has a chromatic mode for that. Else, for guitar players it’s just a basic app with basic tuning tools. The app is free with no advertisements or no in-app purchases.

Pros	Cons
Created by Fender, one of the most respected companies in the Guitar industry. Simple to use	Not as accurate as other tunersThe Pro tuner, which is much better, needs to be paid for.

Smart Chords and Tools

Price: Free / $3.83 per year / Additional in-app purchases

Smart Chords and Tools is a decent all-in-one app encompassing tuning support. It contains a bunch of chords, scale, arpeggios and fretboard charts. Additionally, For a bunch of instruments including bass, guitar, ukulele, banjo and others, it boasts tuning support.

For practicing, There is even a metronome with upto 300 BPM. This all makes it a great choice for beginner and intermediate guitar players. It no only teaches your guitar but also teaches you things. This version of app offers a bunch of additional in-app purchases. Additionally, there is a $3.83 per year subscription which is extremely reasonable as it encompasses a lot more features.