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Optima Guitar Tuner app review: a must-have tool for guitarists

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Introduction

Optima Guitar Tuner, a high-quality chromatic tuner for guitars, has been developed with a great deal of professionalism and a real connection to what musicians want, making this a must-have tool for any guitarist.

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Whether you’re a beginner just picking up a six-string for the first time or you’re a seasoned performer and are looking for a neat tool to ensure you and your band mates are pitch perfect, I think you’ll find this app fits the bill perfectly.

I should point out that there seems to be some compatibility issues for iPhone 5 users, as you’ll see in the Pros & Cons section below, but other than that I would definitely recommend considering this app because I’ve had a very positive experience with it so far.

Optima Guitar Tuner

$0.99

High-Precision Chromatic Tuner

Even the most pitch perfect of musicians needs to rely on a tuner from time to time, so with this guitar tuning app at your fingertips you’ll have access to a high-precision chromatic guitar tuner including real-time cent display, as well as the currently playing note and octave.

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By default the tuner is set to Concert A; however, you can adjust this in small increments where necessary, and there are also some fairly realistic guitar audio samples so you can hear what the open strings should sound like, rather than having to rely on the visual display.

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Simple Yet Effective

Having a tone generator like this is well suited to those of you who are working with a band and want to get everyone in tune with each other in a hurry.

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Optima Guitar Tuner enables you to invert the interface color scheme to make it easier on the eyes, and it also provides support for both landscape and portrait modes, making it a simple yet highly dynamic utility.

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Optima Guitar Tuner

$0.99

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Utilize a professionally designed chromatic tuner for guitar
  • Includes real-time cent display as well as the currently playing note and octave
  • Invert the interface color scheme to make it easier on the eyes
  • Adjust from Concert A where necessary
  • Includes realistic guitar audio samples so you can hear what the open strings should sound like
  • Provides full support for both landscape and portrait modes

Cons

  • There appears to be some potential compatibility issues for iPhone 5 users, with one user remarking: “This app worked great on iPhone 4. Purchased it for 5S and it will not work. The needle disappears and nothing else happens.”

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Final Words

Optima Guitar Tuner isn’t as extensively featured as some comparable iPhone and iPad apps in the Music category of the App Store, but if you’re looking for a dependable guitar tuner that won’t cost you a fortune then this is definitely worth checking out.

Optima Guitar Tuner

$0.99
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MarkBangs

Mark is an opinionated writer who loves to review apps. In 2012, he started reviewing Apple apps on a regular basis and wonders how he survived up to that point without these apps.