TapWidget vs Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
TapWidget
This utility app allows users to measure and fine-tune tapping tempos directly from their device's lock screen using a notification center widget. It provides visual and auditory feedback to match specific song tempos with high accuracy.
- QuickTap widget in Notification Center
- Start tapping from lock screen
- Display current tapping tempo
- Visual and auditory tempo feedback
- Fine-tune tempo by sliding
- Match specific song tempos accurately
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TapWidget features the QuickTap widget in Notification Center, so you can start tapping right from the lock screen. The widget and app show at which tempo you are tapping. As soon as you stop tapping, TapWidget keeps flashing and/or clicking in the same tempo. In the app, this tempo can then be fine-tuned by sliding across the bottom section of the screen. This allows you to match a specific tempo of a song much more accurately than only tapping along.
Frequency
Generate various sound waves, including sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, with adjustable frequencies from 1Hz to 22000Hz. Visually observe animated sound waves and control volume. Useful for testing hearing, speakers, instruments, and even cleaning water from speakers.
- Generate sine, square, sawtooth, triangle waves
- Adjustable frequency (1Hz-22000Hz)
- Animated sound wave visualization
- Volume control (0-100%)
- Note selection
- Speaker cleaning function
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Are you producing? Want to sound test your speakers or tune your instruments? Or simply, do you want to generate sounds and listen to the generated sounds in different frequencies? Well, then you need a frequency sound generator to produce sound waves in different frequencies. Introducing Frequency Sound Generator! Frequency: Generator Sound player lets you generate a sine, square, sawtooth or triangle sound wave with a frequency between 1Hz and 22000Hz (Hertz). It produces accurate tone & soundwaves while being simple and easy to use. Additionally, pick from a wide variety of notes by taping the notes icon. No matter if you need to sound test and generate high frequency sounds or low frequency sounds, our frequency tone generator is your #1 best solution. EASY CONTROL Frequency: Sound Generator allows you to easily change the soundwaves from the main menu. Simply tap on the sound wave icon and pick between sine, square, sawtooth or triangle. ANIMATED SOUND WAVE You’ll love the animated sound wave function which visually represents the sound for a given frequency. You can change waveform by clicking on a round button at the left side and get a different sound and animated wave. ADJUST FREQUENCY & VOLUME Adjust the sound generating frequency easily by dragging the yellow dot. Make use of the - & + buttons for added adjusting precision. Additionally, control the volume of the generated sounds from 0-100%. NUMEROUS USES: This sound generating app can be used in multiple use cases: - Test your hearing. A human being is capable of hearing frequencies in the average range of 20Hz-20000Hz. This range is getting smaller by age, so it’s interesting to sound test your hearing capabilities. - Test speakers and headphones for the high end (treble) and low end (bass) tones. - Use this app as an instrument tuner when playing or producing. - Cleaning water from the speaker. Since sound is making small vibrations it can help to shake off unwanted water from your speakers. - Find your tinnitus frequency. NOTE: Since mobile phones are not high-quality audio sources and in-built speakers may vary in quality, sometimes users can hear sounds at very low or high frequencies even beyond the scope of human hearing. That noise is not sound of a given frequency but static or “parasite” noise generated by your mobile device. For the best experience use a pair of good quality headphones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: TapWidget at none against Frequency's shown. TapWidget also leads on review sentiment (100% vs 73%) and monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases). Frequency's advantage is ratings volume (340 vs 6). On price, in-app purchases and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
TapWidget holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frequency has 340 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of TapWidget's written reviews are positive against 73% of Frequency's.
TapWidget ships an update every 3 days, Frequency fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on October 10, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | TapWidget | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (6 ratings) — better | 4.7 (340 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better | 72.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 340 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Fortnightly |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 8.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Oscar Bouwmans | Lucija Jaksic |
Customer experience
TapWidget
Frequency
Bugs and requests
TapWidget
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Frequency
Reported bugs
4 issues- Slider snaps to certain numbers, skipping decimals
- Missing specific frequencies (431Hz, 432Hz, 128Hz)
- Settings/controls off-screen on smaller devices
- App crashes when switching between applications
Requested features
9 requests- Manual text input for precise frequency selection
- Ad-free paid version option
- Timer feature for sessions
- Digital tuning with +/- buttons on main screen
- Background image customization or frequency healing chart
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- Decimal frequency support
- Increased decibel/amplification levels
- Language localization (Turkish requested)
- Continuous background play without app switching interruption
In-app purchases
TapWidget
No in-app purchases
Frequency
No in-app purchases
Questions
Is TapWidget free?
Is Frequency free?
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Do TapWidget or Frequency have ads?
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