Remote guitar tuner web app
Browser guitar tuner in Audio
A free, ad-free browser tuner that works for guitars and is fun to play with. Critics report microphone access failures.
A free, ad-free browser tuner that works for guitars and is fun to play with. Critics report microphone access failures.
16 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 13
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 81%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 13 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 4.3 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Fun to play with
“I just used it to check my whistle tones. How fun!”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” “this was fun, I sang notes for a bit”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” “This is hilarious and fun.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” Works well for tuning guitars
“I just tuned my guitar and it worked fine”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” “love this, just tuned up a guitar.”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” “Tuned my guitar and donated 5$!”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Microphone access errors
“it says "Mic needed - refresh to allow" but refreshing doesn't change anything”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner” “I get a "Failed to access microphone" above the button”
Comment from 10 Mar 2026 in “Show HN: Remotely use my guitar tuner”
What people said
11 of the 16 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I just tuned my guitar and it worked fine”
“the browser doesn't allow users to select which channel of their audio interface to use as input”
“love this, just tuned up a guitar.”
“Tuned my guitar and donated 5$!”
“I get a "Failed to access microphone" above the button”
“this makes this project even more awesome in my book”
“this was fun, I sang notes for a bit”
“it says "Mic needed - refresh to allow" but refreshing doesn't change anything”
“This is hilarious and fun.”
“I just used it to check my whistle tones. How fun!”
“There are no ads, no tracking scripts, and no paywalls.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.