Comparison

Yarn Spin vs Black Audio Tool

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

Yarn Spin

Create personalized animated stickers by taking photos of yourself and customizing your character with various costumes and actions. Express your emotions through a wide range of animations, perfect for sending unique messages within messaging apps or sharing on social media.

Highlights
  • Personalized animated stickers
  • Customizable character costumes
  • Wide range of facial animations
  • Integration with Messages app
  • Shareable via social media
  • Photo cut-out feature
Features
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Spin a Yarn with YarnSpin™ Send funny animated stickers starring... YOU! Take photos of all your emotions, cut them out, then watch your character come to life. Choose from a wide range of costumes to put you character in. Next, pick from tons of actions that animate you facial emotions to send just the right message. Become a Pirate, Fairy, Ninja, Viking, Ballerina, Mermaid, Cat, Bunny, or so many more! Jump for joy, Moonwalk, Dance, Cry, Stomp, Barf, Laugh, Love, and Celebrate to send the perfect custom animated emoji to express your mood. Works right inside of Messages app for convenience. Use the full app if you want to share via all other social media! Endless possibilities and hillarious fun!

About

Black Audio Tool

This app is a versatile sound generation tool for exploring audio. It allows users to create and control a wide range of sounds, from classic waveforms to various noise colors, with built-in effects for further shaping. Designed for audiophiles, sound designers, and musicians, it offers precise real-time control for creative experimentation.

Highlights
  • Precise waveform generation
  • Multiple noise colors
  • Built-in reverb and distortion
  • Real-time parameter control
  • Infra sonic and ultra sonic modes
  • Audio recording to file
Features
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Black Audio Tool – B.A.T. Black Audio Tool (B.A.T.) is a powerful and versatile sound-generation app for anyone who enjoys exploring audio. Whether you are an audiophile, sound designer, musician, engineer, or simply curious about the physics of sound, B.A.T. turns your device into a compact laboratory for tone creation, noise shaping, and experimental listening. Create and control a wide range of sounds with precision. Generate classic waveforms such as sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, then fine-tune them in real time with responsive controls for frequency, tuning, fine tuning, amplitude, and wet/dry mix. B.A.T. goes beyond standard tone generation. Explore interference, layered signal combinations, and a rich collection of noise colors, including white, pink, brown, blue, violet, green, and black noise for everything from soft ambience to unpredictable textures and randomized bursts. To shape your sound even further, B.A.T. includes built-in audio effects such as reverb and distortion, with the option to combine them for more complex and aggressive sonic results. The interface is designed for fast experimentation, precise adjustment, and smooth real-time control. From clean reference tones to abstract soundscapes, from audible frequencies to infra sonic and ultra sonic ranges, B.A.T. is built for discovery, testing, and creative play. Key Features: * Precise waveform generation * Sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle waves * Interference and overlay sound generation * Multiple noise colors, including black noise * Reverb, distortion, and mixed effects * Infra sonic and ultra sonic tone modes * Real-time parameter control * Audio recording to file * AirPlay support Private by Design: * No ads * No in-app purchases * No trackers * No data collection B.A.T. is a focused utility app made for pure sound experimentation — clean, direct, and fully yours.

Screenshots

Yarn Spin4 screens
Black Audio Tool4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Yarn Spin at Free against Black Audio Tool's $1.99. Yarn Spin also leads on update cadence (every 9 days vs every 24 months) and iOS requirement (10.0 vs 15.6). Black Audio Tool's advantage is review sentiment (100% vs 57%) and rating (5.0 vs 3.1). On ratings volume, ads 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Yarn Spin is free to download; Black Audio Tool costs $1.99 up front. Yarn Spin sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Black Audio Tool asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Black Audio Tool holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 3.1. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 9 and 7 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 57% of Yarn Spin's written reviews are positive against 100% of Black Audio Tool's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Yarn Spin ships an update every 9 days, Black Audio Tool every 24 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
Yarn Spin versus Black Audio Tool: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterYarn SpinBlack Audio Tool
PriceFree — better$1.99
Rating3.1 (9 ratings)5.0 (7 ratings) — better
Positive reviews57.1% of reviews100.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings9 — better7
Update frequencyEvery 9 days — betterEvery 24 months
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases — betterPaid
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS10.0 — better15.6
Further details — not scored
Size99 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperPolished Play, LLCPhilippe Zay

Customer experience

Yarn Spin

All ratings9 ratings
Positive33.3%
Neutral33.3%
Negative33.3%
Written reviews42 reviews
Positive57.1%
Neutral16.7%
Negative26.2%

Black Audio Tool

All ratings7 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews1 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Yarn Spin

One-time1
  • Unlock all Costumes and Actions$0.99
None

Black Audio Tool

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Yarn Spin free?
Yarn Spin is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Black Audio Tool free?
Black Audio Tool costs $1.99, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, Yarn Spin or Black Audio Tool?
Black Audio Tool is rated higher. Yarn Spin averages 3.1 out of 5 from 9 ratings, while Black Audio Tool averages 5.0 from 7 ratings.
Do Yarn Spin or Black Audio Tool have ads?
Neither Yarn Spin nor Black Audio Tool shows ads.
Which is updated more often, Yarn Spin or Black Audio Tool?
Yarn Spin ships an update every 9 days, and Black Audio Tool every 24 months. Most recently, Yarn Spin was updated on November 2, 2026 and Black Audio Tool on November 4, 2026.

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