Comparison

White Noise Plus vs Frequency Sound Wave Generator

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

Head to head
About

White Noise Plus

This utility app provides a variety of ambient sounds like white, brown, and pink noise to aid relaxation and sleep. It includes customizable features such as a sleep timer, volume fading, and theme options. Integration with Siri Shortcuts and widgets enhances user convenience.

Highlights
  • White, brown, and pink noise generation
  • Sleep timer
  • Wavy and fading volume control
  • Dark/light theme options
  • Siri Shortcuts support
  • Widget integration
Features
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A white, brown, and pink noise player focused on ease-of-use and a calm design. Most features are free - sleep timer - wavy volume - fading volume - dark/light theme - Siri Shortcuts support - widgets Premium unlocks: - nature, fire, and rain - more themes - nightlight

About

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

Generate and analyze sound waves with a comprehensive suite of tools. Create single or multiple tones, test speakers, tune instruments, and explore various sound effects. Play sounds in the background and export them as audio files.

Highlights
  • Single and multiple frequency generation
  • Musical note presets
  • Binaural beats and SFX generator
  • Sweep and noise generator
  • Bass/Subwoofer sound test
  • Metronome
  • Background sound playback
Features
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All frequency sound generator tools in one app! Tone generation, sound tests, musical tuning and many more. This app helps if you are looking for generating sounds in different frequencies, analyzing sound and making sound tests which produce sound waves based on the desired tone. Frequency sound generator includes user-friendly and very high-quality tone generation tools: • Single frequency generator • Multiple frequency tone generation. • Musical notes presets • Binaural beats • SFX sound generator • Sweep generator. • Bass/Subwoofer sound test • DTMF tones • Metronome • Noise generator Features: • Play sound in background: Play your frequency generation sounds in the background while your app is minimized or your screen is off. • Export all generated sounds to an audio file that you can share. • Animated wave in the single oscillator tool. • Frequency generator effects such as Vibrato (FM), Tremolo (AM), Ring Modulation (RM) and also Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) - for square wave only. • Noise generator effects such as auto-pan and breathing effect. • Play up to 15 oscillators at once in the multi oscillator tool. • Play up to 15 sweep oscillators at once. • Tap your tempo in metronome. Commonly used for: • Make you own experiments with sound generation. • Testing own hearing. Human ear is capable of hearing frequencies between 20Hz to 20000Hz. • Use this app as an instrument for playing or producing music. • Tune your musical instruments with musical notes presets. • Test speakers for high end (treble) and low end (bass) tones. • Discover how your audio handles sweeps of frequencies which range from ultrasound to infrasound. • Relax with binaural beats which play different frequencies in each ear. • Find a way to mask your tinnitus frequency. • Or have fun generating random sound effects, different frequencies and exploring all tone generation tools in this app. • Relax with white noise, brown noise, blue noise, violet noise, grey noise or pink noise playing in the background. Notes: • This app supports decimal values as input for frequencies when generating a tone. • This app makes an animated sound wave which tries to visualize a current frequency. • There are several waveforms available: sine, square, triangle and sawtooth. • Clean UI makes navigation simple through the navigation bar or pages where there are more frequency sound generating tools available. • Customize how the app behaves through settings menu where you can change themes, enable octave buttons, decimal points and more. • Phone speakers are not high-quality audio sources and may vary in quality. Sometimes a "parasite" noise can be generated by those speakers in very low or high frequencies which don't define the frequency. • Turn the volume down when creating high frequencies to not cause any discomfort when experimenting with the app. Privacy policy: https://www.frequencysoundgenerator.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.frequencysoundgenerator.com/terms

Screenshots

White Noise Plus3 screens
Frequency Sound Wave Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: White Noise Plus at none against Frequency Sound Wave Generator's shown. White Noise Plus also leads on monetization model (free vs free with in-app purchases) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). Frequency Sound Wave Generator's advantage is update cadence (every 4 weeks vs every 15 months) and ratings volume (100 vs 28). 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. White Noise Plus sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Frequency Sound Wave Generator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

White Noise Plus holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 28 and 100 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 100% of White Noise Plus's written reviews are positive against 91% of Frequency Sound Wave Generator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

White Noise Plus ships an update every 15 months, Frequency Sound Wave Generator every 4 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 3, 2026 and November 8, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard7 real differences · 3 level
White Noise Plus versus Frequency Sound Wave Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWhite Noise PlusFrequency Sound Wave Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (28 ratings) — better4.7 (100 ratings)
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews — better90.9% of reviews
Number of ratings28100 — better
Update frequencyEvery 15 monthsEvery 4 weeks — better
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod
Requires iOS18.615.0 — better
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB146 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDavid AlbersDavid Krejci

Customer experience

White Noise Plus

All ratings27 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews15 reviews
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

All ratings99 ratings
Positive91.9%
Neutral3.0%
Negative5.1%
Written reviews22 reviews
Positive90.9%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.1%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

White Noise Plus

One-time1
  • Premium$3.00
3 purchases

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly PRO subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO membership$19.99

Questions

Is White Noise Plus free?
White Noise Plus is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frequency Sound Wave Generator free?
Frequency Sound Wave Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, White Noise Plus or Frequency Sound Wave Generator?
White Noise Plus is rated higher. White Noise Plus averages 5.0 out of 5 from 28 ratings, while Frequency Sound Wave Generator averages 4.7 from 100 ratings.
Do White Noise Plus or Frequency Sound Wave Generator have ads?
Frequency Sound Wave Generator shows ads; White Noise Plus does not.
Which is updated more often, White Noise Plus or Frequency Sound Wave Generator?
White Noise Plus ships an update every 15 months, and Frequency Sound Wave Generator every 4 weeks. Most recently, White Noise Plus was updated on November 3, 2026 and Frequency Sound Wave Generator on November 8, 2026.

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