# Bass Tuner

> Utilities

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id325350194](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id325350194)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id325350194`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Alvin Yu
- **Category:** Utilities
- **Rating:** 4.40 / 5 (1,050 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.11.0
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-15
- **First published:** 2009-08-12
- **Size:** 14 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-19
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bass-tuner/id325350194)
- **Website:** [https://alvinyu.com](https://alvinyu.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [http://alvinyu.com/privacy\_policy/bass\_tuner.html](http://alvinyu.com/privacy_policy/bass_tuner.html)

## Description

Bass Tuner is a lightweight Chrome extension that plays the standard tuning notes for a 4-string bass guitar, helping you tune quickly and accurately.

Use it for on-the-go practice, rehearsals, or whenever you need an instant reference tone. Designed for simplicity and fast access from your browser.

## Rankings

- #55,122 — Overall

## Review summary

Most reviewers like Bass Tuner for accuracy, ease of use, and its free availability, with several noting it helps keep basses in tune quickly. However, recurring problems include no or very quiet sound, ads and privacy concerns, and requests for real-time listening and more tuning options (half-step/Drop B). Reliability is mixed: some users find it consistent, others report it stops working after weeks.

### Pros

- Accurate tuning with clean bass sound
- Easy to use and quick to check tuning; handy to have
- Free to use and straightforward
- Supports common tunings including standard, Drop D, and half-step
- Generally consistent and reliable for many users

### Cons

- Not producing sound or very quiet; sometimes no sound at all
- Intrusive ads and concerns about spyware/adware
- Does not provide real-time listening/input to hear the string as you tune
- Missing or inconsistent half-step/Drop B tuning options (feature requests)
- Occasional unreliability; stops working after weeks for some users

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id325350194)