FreeSong 2 vs Things
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
FreeSong 2
Create soothing melodies with 11 enchanting tones. This app blends ambient sounds and intelligently generates music to help you relax. It's perfect for all ages, from children to music therapy professionals.
- 11 enchanting tones
- Ambient background sound mixing
- Intelligent tone generation
- Adjustable volume per tone
- Random tone patterns with tempo control
- Save favorite loop configurations
- Key shifting
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Freesong 2 melds all of the sounds and functionality of Freesong, Freesong Bamboo, and Freesong Koto in one beautiful universal app. 11 enchanting tones to soothe and relax you. Easily create enchanting melodies with no skill at all. Mix ambient background sounds and melt into your zen place while Freesong intelligently generates tones to ease into or out of your day. Tiny fingers love it as well as mothers and music therapy professionals. New features include the ability to rearrange the tones, volume variation on each tone, random tone patterns with tempo control, and the ability to save favorite loop configurations, and key shifting!
Things
This app transforms sounds into ambient soundscapes or adds drone vibes to tracks using granular reverb, pitch shifting, and mid/side processing. It's inspired by sound design techniques from an award-winning indie game.
- Granular reverb
- Pitch shifting
- Mid/side mode
- AUv3 plugin
- Standalone app
- Soundscape creation
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Texture is an easy to use granular reverb with pitch shifting and mid/side mode available as AUv3 and Standalone. Texture can transform any sound into an ambient soundscape, or add that drone vibe to your tracks. This plugin was inspired by the techniques used in the soundtrack and sound design of the award-winning indie game The Swapper.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: FreeSong 2 at every 2 days against Things's every 32 months. FreeSong 2 also leads on price ($0.99 vs $6.99). Things's advantage is ratings volume (15 vs 1). On rating, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases 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
FreeSong 2 costs $0.99 and Things $6.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for FreeSong 2 against 5.0 for Things. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Things has 15 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 100% and 100% positive.
FreeSong 2 ships an update every 2 days, Things every 32 months. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 3, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | FreeSong 2 | Things |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $6.99 |
| Rating | 5.0 (1 ratings) | 5.0 (15 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 1 | 15 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Every 32 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.2 | 12.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 65 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Kory Fluckiger | AudioThing Ltd. |
Customer experience
FreeSong 2
Things
In-app purchases
FreeSong 2
No in-app purchases
Things
No in-app purchases
