iPhone · iOS 17+iOS Only (Android Coming Soon!)

TuneLab Tuner

Like mad science for musicians

Create & mutate guitar tunings. An accurate chromatic tuner, plus a lab for building your own alternate tunings, mutating them with one tap and seeing what each one is made of.

Chromatic tuner The Lab Light & Dark

TestFlight beta capped at 500 testers · Pro features free for testing during the beta

The Lab: a note wheel for each string The Lab: a note wheel for each string
Tuner showing E2 in tune Tuner showing E2 in tune
Explore: curated tunings by genre Explore: curated tunings by genre

01 · The Lab

Out of ideas in standard?

TuneLab Tuner is for guitarists who have run out of ideas in standard tuning, or never wanted to live there in the first place. Tune up accurately, then head into the Lab to build a tuning, push it in a new direction and save the ones worth writing with.

LowerRaiseDarkerBrighterOpen upDrone

Six one-tap mutations. Preview each one, then keep it or undo.

The Lab screen in TuneLab Tuner The Lab screen in TuneLab Tuner

02 · Features

Everything on board

The Lab

A note wheel for every string, so you can build any tuning by hand. Then mutate it with one tap: Lower, Raise, Darker, Brighter, Open up or Drone.

TuneDNA

Every tuning scored 0 to 100 on seven traits: Resonance, Consonance, Tension, Openness, Dissonance, Dark and Melodic. Plus a live personality name that changes as you edit.

Explore

30 curated tunings across genres: metal, emo and midwest emo, shoegaze, folk and open tunings, DADGAD and more. Open any of them in the Lab and mutate it.

Tuner

An accurate live chromatic tuner for 6-string, 7-string and 8-string guitar. Plus a little bass!

Fretboard

A fretboard that redraws scales and chords for whatever tuning you're in.

Also on board

Themes, My Instruments to save each guitar's setup, and string gauge barcode scan.

03 · Dark Mode

See it in light and dark

Real screens from the app. Flip the appearance switch up top to see the other mode.

04 · Join

Get in early

Pick how you want in. Beta testers try TuneLab Tuner early through Apple's TestFlight. The waitlist hears from us when it lands on the App Store.

TuneLab Tuner runs on iPhone with iOS 17 or later.

05 · FAQ

Questions

What devices does it run on?

iPhone, on iOS 17 or later.

How does the beta work?

The beta runs on Apple's TestFlight and is capped at 500 testers, first come first served. Beta testers get Pro features free for testing during the beta. Feedback goes through TestFlight's built-in feedback (take a screenshot, then share).

Will it cost anything?

TuneLab Tuner is a free download with a free tier, plus an optional TuneLab Pro upgrade. Final pricing will be confirmed at launch.

Which guitars does the tuner support?

6-string, 7-string and 8-string guitar. Bass gets 4 presets in Pro.

Who makes it?

HY Design, the independent studio of designer and developer Alex Hylton. TuneLab Tuner is its first app.