iStroboSoft

App doesn’t work well, especially compared to the competition. Notes just don’t seem to track well, seems to be a sensitivity issue / calibration between mic input and the strobe UI. Love my strobostomp but this app isn’t worthy of the Peterson name.

I have a Peterson strobo clip tuner which I love to use, and I also like the sweetened tunings. However, this app can only use the microphone for its input. If you are using a guitar interface and amp sim for iPad or iPhone, you can only tune acoustically using the microphone, which does not work for a noisy environment. Huge bummer.

The initial purchase price unlocks a crippled version of the app, and it is $60 to get a discounted bundle of features. I bought this to basically preview the method the hardware uses to tune, and now I’m totally put off and will be buying another brand of strobe tuner. In-app purchases shouldn’t be displayed as app features you get for your initial also high prices for an app $9.99. I wish Apple made it easier to get a refund. Completely dismayed at this travesty of marketing. $70 buys me hardware, the app shouldn’t cost more than the actual hardware.

I had noticed that when pictures of Neil Young during his rust never sleep tour had five different orange light dials that I didn’t understand. I came by accident to find out that those were Conn ST 11 strobe tuners. And the reason he has five instead of six is because he repeats itself and open tuning. About 12 years ago, I discovered by accident online the Peterson strobe tuners and saw that there was an app for the strobe tuner which I instantaneously purchased and have been using as my main source of tuning for the last decade. It took me a little while to figure it out, but it’s pretty straightforward and it’s a heck of a lot more accurate than my old analog Conn ST 11. I kind of wish I would’ve kept that because not everyone you buy on eBay or Reverb is going to be operating at a level that’s useful. Just like the last one I had that I actually sent it back to the shop to get fixed and I held onto that one for 3+ years. Bottom line is I remain using this form of tuning for my guitars over the other platforms that are either free or pay. And I set my colors as close as I could get to the S 11 and it doesn’t work the same way as the analog but the accuracy is very precise every time I use it. And I think of my hero, my inspiration, always close to the surface and still playing shows with most of the musicians that make up Crazy Horse. In other words, thank you for all you do Neil Young! You’re always my guiding light in the sea of the other crappy, phony and small minded fools out there today.

Goes hard in the paint like flocka flame.

not the easiest app to find your way around. however, once you get it set up, with the sweetener you want to use, the actual tuning and tuning interface is amazing. if you didn’t already need an iphone, this app alone would justify having an iphone for a musician.

This app is so bad. It keeps freezing up on my iphone 13. When it does work it is unable to tune my acoustic guitar correctly. What a waste of money. Do not buy this. Then I asked for a refund and they said they can’t do that. I need to go to Apple for my money back. This must be a scam of an app. My free fender tuner app works so much better than this junk.

It is such a luxury to be able to use this app on a tablet and benefit from the humongous screen, compared to the relatively small screens on most tuners, even strobe tuners. I used to own a Conn strobe tuner. That was an old analog beast, and it made lots of mechanical noise all by itself. This is even more accurate and totally silent. If you set intonation on your instruments yourself you absolutely need a strobe tuner, and this is a very elegant option because of the ability to use a tablet size screen. There is a learning curve when using strobe tuners because they are so sensitive. It is essential that you study up on this before you dig in or you will wonder why the notes don’t stabilize. It’s actually because the notes do not stabilize on your instrument. They are moving constantly as harmonics jump out and die away, so you need to know how to use the tuner and what indicates a note is in tune. Most other types of tuners filter out those jittery fluctuations, which seem to make tuning fast and easy, but actually give you a much less accurate assessment of what the string is doing. Because strobe tuners are so superior, they show you everything that is going on and you have to know how to read it. Is extremely simple once you get the hang of it and well worth the effort for an instrument that plays in tune all over the neck. ***BEST RESULTS I RECOMMEND USING THIS WITH AN AUDIO INTERFACE FOR PLUGGING IN YOUR INSTRUMENT IF IT HAS A PICK UP. YOU WILL BE REWARDED WITH SMOOTHNESS AND ACCURACY. I AM USING A FOCUSRITE WHICH IS BUS POWERED FROM MY TABLET AND IT IS A FABULOUS EXPERIENCE***

compared to the hardware tuner days life is so much easier now. And more accurate

I’ve patiently waited for updates to improve note recognition and have been disappointed. I have the paid version of the app, but can’t justify adding upgrades until this is fixed