Banjo Tuner

Name: Banjo Tuner
Rating: 4.4 (372 reviews)
Author: Alvin Yu

By: Alvin Yu

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Features & Capabilities

Banjo Tuner is a lightweight Chrome extension that plays standard tuning notes for the 5-string banjo.

Designed as a simple tuning tool and practice aid, it helps you get accurate pitches quickly during jams or practice sessions.

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By:

Alvin Yu

Rating:

4.40

(372) 1 new ratings

Version:

1.13.0 Last updated: 2026-05-13

Version code:

885482817

Creation date:

2009-11-26

Compatible devices:

Size:

13.75MB

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Full description:

Source:

Apple Apps Store

Data ingested on:

2026-06-07

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# 90,776 ▲ 750

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Developed by:

Alvin Yu

Apple Apps Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/banjo-tuner/id341018597

Website:

https://alvinyu.com

User Reviews

User reviews repeatedly highlight ads and a lack of true tuning functionality. The app is praised for its ease of use and simple design, and for providing standard tuning notes, but many users complain it doesn’t listen to the instrument, offers no alternate tunings, and has unstable note playback with short sustains. Overall sentiment is negative due to reliability and feature limitations, with a minority finding it acceptable for basic reference tuning.

Pros

Easy to use / intuitive interface
Provides standard banjo tuning notes for quick reference
Simple, clean design

Cons

Ads are intrusive and frequently displayed
Not a real tuner — it only plays notes on tap and lacks pitch-detection
Lacks microphone input or any way to read the instrument
Only supports standard tuning with no alternate tunings
Notes do not sustain or cut off quickly, making tuning difficult

Recent reviews

Made no sounds when a string was selected. Useless unless I’m missing something…

by El*****, 2025-07-08

Does not do any tunings other than G. Even that feature was not good. Ads in the way. Skip this garbage.

by Mr*****, 2025-04-28

On my iPhone, this is a picture of a banjo with the standard tuning open string notes beneath it. Pressing the open string notes does nothing. It seems like it primarily exists to serve up ads across the bottom and on the info screen. If those buttons actually worked, I still wouldn’t call this a tuner - it would be a tuning reference, much like the recorded reference notes that start off a lot of banjo tutorials.