The app lists various instruments for tuning but in reality it is a automatic chromatic tuner just like Cleartune. I usually am happy to pay for an app that does what I need. This is the paid version – there’s also a free version but I think it had ads – can’t remember. I’m very happy with the current tuner app I’m using and it does support custom temperaments. I had been in contact with the developer several times over the years that I used the app and he had been very helpful and had been providing me with beta versions to solve various problems I had been having but at some point he stopped communicating and it also appears he stopped development on the app.
In Google Play the last update to the app is listed as 2012.
My iphone friends still all seem to be using Cleartune without any problems so apparently it’s just an Android issue. I had also noticed that the fix I mentioned for adding custom temperaments no longer worked (guess I should update my post about that – thanks for reminding me!).
Unfortunately I had to stop using Cleartune as the app store version was not being updated to accommodate Android updates and the app kept crashing on my Galaxy S7. This trick should work with any “legacy” app that used to rely on the old three-dot menu button. Once you are on the temperament screen hold down the back button until the menu appears. It only took a little searching on the web to find that a long-press on the back button brings up the menu containing the option to add a custom temperament. We’ve got an update planned, but it’s pretty far down our list and no idea when we might be able to get to it.” Since they did away with it, users are left to either map one of their existing buttons to activate a menu click, or use a third-party app to generate the click. Steve at Bitcount support told me this: “Unfortunately the old Android menu button is how you’d enter a custom temperament on Android. But on the temperament screen there was no button to add a new one.
The ability to add custom temperaments to the already robust list of available ones is a huge plus. This app is probably the most popular tuner app for early music performers and is available on both Apple and Android platforms. I seemed to have lost the ability to add a custom temperament in the Cleartune tuner app on my Galaxy S6 Android phone.