Ringtone Maker vs GeoShred Play
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Ringtone Maker
Easily create custom ringtones, alarms, and notification sounds from your existing music library. This app allows you to select specific audio clips and set custom lengths for your alerts. Supports various audio formats.
- Create unlimited ringtones, alarms, and notification tones
- Set custom start and end points for audio clips
- Intuitive touch interface for audio selection
- Built-in music player for previewing clips
- Supports MP3 and M4A audio formats
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Ringtone maker is a free application that lets you creates ringtone, alarms, and notifications tones using songs in your iPhone’s music library. App Features : * Create unlimited Ringtone / Alarm / Notification Tone of custom lengths * Set start & end for the audio clip, using an option touch interface. * Tap to play button the built in Music Player starts playing at that position. * Support many audio-format like mp3, m4a.
GeoShred Play
This app offers a unique musical playing surface that allows anyone to create music without hitting a wrong note. It features a diatonic keyboard and supports backing tracks, with options for purchasing additional instruments and upgrading to advanced features.
- Diatonic playing surface
- Physically modeled guitar
- Support for backing tracks
- Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support
- Optional instrument purchases
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GeoShred Play Version 7 With In-App Purchases for GeoSWAM and Naada instruments on devices running iOS 13 or later. With GeoShred Play, everyone can shred. Play with confidence on GeoShred’s innovative diatonic playing surface, where every key can fit the scale. Slide your finger in any direction and let the music flow with expressive vibrato, seamless fretless playing, and GeoShred’s groundbreaking intelligent pitch rounding. GeoShred Play is the play-only version of the award-winning GeoShred musical instrument for iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch. It is a great way to get started with GeoShred, giving you access to the expressive GeoShred performance surface and the ability to play GeoShred Pro presets. GeoShred Play can also be upgraded** to the functionality of GeoShred Pro, adding powerful features including preset editing, AUv3 plug-in support, MIDI/MPE, and setlist editing. GeoSWAM and Naada instruments are also available as In-App Purchases. GeoShred’s expressive performance surface with “almost magic” pitch-rounding algorithms is coupled with physics-based models of musical instruments. It is a fusion of Jordan Rudess’ performance concepts and moForte’s powerful modeled guitar and effects technology, based on the physical modeling research of Dr. Julius O. Smith III of Stanford/CCRMA. Awards • 2nd Place Winner, 2022/2025 MIDI Innovation Award for Software • Gold Medal Winner, 2019 Denny Award • Winner, 2019 Guthman New Musical Instrument Award • Winner, 2017 Electronic Musician Editor’s Choice Award GeoShred Play Features • Fluidly expressive playing surface • Built-in physically modeled guitar • Diatonic keyboard mode where every key is in the scale • Backing track support • 3D Touch on supported devices • Inter-App Audio and Audiobus support • Play GeoShred Pro presets • In-App Purchases for GeoSWAM and Naada instruments • Upgrade path to the functionality of GeoShred Pro GeoSWAM and Naada instruments can be performed from the GeoShred keyboard, MPE controllers, conventional MIDI controllers, and wind controllers. Praise for the GeoShred family of apps “GeoShred is brilliant - it’s a real instrument.” — Eddie Jobson “A fantastic new invention which is going to revolutionize the way music is played, expressed and learned!” — Patrick Moraz “That’s just nuts. You’re the best guitarist-without-a-guitar of all time.” — Joe Satriani “GeoShred is a breakthrough musical instrument for the iPad.” — Craig Anderton, Harmony Central We are dedicated to delivering the highest level of musical instrument experience for our customers worldwide. If you enjoy GeoShred Play, please leave a review on the App Store. Questions? Contact us at support@moforte.com Minimum Requirements iOS 13 or later is required for the GeoSWAM and Naada instruments. * Due to App Store limitations, previously purchased individual instrument IAPs cannot be applied to the purchase of a collection IAP. ** The Pro upgrade is to the functionality of GeoShred Pro. The app remains GeoShred Play, but gains all Pro features and becomes functionally identical to GeoShred Pro
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: GeoShred Play at 91% against Ringtone Maker's 0%. GeoShred Play also leads on rating (4.8 vs 1.3) and update cadence (every 2 weeks vs every 18 months). Ringtone Maker's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 10) and price ($1.99 vs $6.69). On 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
Ringtone Maker costs $1.99 and GeoShred Play $6.69 up front. GeoShred Play sells 10 one-off in-app purchases. Ringtone Maker asks for nothing beyond the download.
GeoShred Play holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 1.3. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: GeoShred Play has 518 ratings behind it against 6, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 0% of Ringtone Maker's written reviews are positive against 91% of GeoShred Play's.
Ringtone Maker ships an update every 18 months, GeoShred Play every 2 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and November 6, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Ringtone Maker | GeoShred Play |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $1.99 — better | $6.69 |
| Rating | 1.3 (6 ratings) | 4.8 (518 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | 90.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 6 | 518 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 18 months | Every 2 weeks — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Paid | Free with in-app purchases — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 13.2 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 4 MB | 829 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Suresh Verma | Wizdom Music LLC |
Customer experience
Ringtone Maker
GeoShred Play
Bugs and requests
Ringtone Maker
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
GeoShred Play
Reported bugs
3 issues- Crashes when playing multiple simultaneous notes
- Compatibility issues with certain iOS devices
- Inconsistent behavior when using the app with other DAWs
Requested features
4 requests- More tutorial and learning resources
- Improved MIDI integration and compatibility
- Expanded sound library with more instrument types
- Ability to save and share custom presets
In-app purchases
Ringtone Maker
No in-app purchases
GeoShred Play
- Naada Saraswati Veena$14.99
- Pro Features Upgrade$14.99
- GeoCello$14.99
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- GeoTenorSax$14.99
- GeoFlute$14.99
- GeoViolin$14.99
- Naada Carnatic Violin$14.99
- Naada Bansuri$14.99
- GeoSWAM Collection I$74.99
- GeoSWAM Collection I & II$119.99
Questions
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