Comparison

Weird Type vs Engine Sounds & Revs

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

Head to head
About

Weird Type

Create unique visual art by writing words in augmented reality. Type custom phrases and explore various creative modes to see your text transform in innovative ways. Record and share your AR text creations.

Highlights
  • Draw with text in AR
  • Type custom phrases
  • Multiple creative modes
  • Record and share videos
  • Multi-lingual input support
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Have you ever wanted to draw with words? Weird Type is an AR app that lets you paint with text in space! You can type your own phrases and pick from multiple modes and see your text in completely new ways. You can record videos of your messages and share them or save them to you camera roll. It's based on a series of AR experiments that the authors Zach Lieberman and Molmol Kuo have been posting to Instagram over the last few months. People kept asking, "is that an app?" Now, together with our collaborator Design Indaba, which helped produce this, we're packaging some of these experiments into app and we hope you enjoy them! The app is designed by Richard The, with iOS help from Ying Quan Tan, Robby Kraft, and Peter Sibley Note the app now supports multi-lingual input.

About

Engine Sounds & Revs

Experience a variety of high-quality engine and rev sound effects. This app offers an easy-to-use interface with options to loop sounds, play them randomly, or set a timer. Enjoy these realistic sounds offline for entertainment and fun.

Highlights
  • High-quality engine and rev sounds
  • Loop sound option
  • Random sound playback
  • Timer feature for sound playback
  • Offline functionality
  • Clean and easy-to-use interface
Features
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An engine revving sound is a rising roar, building as the accelerator is pressed, creating a powerful, throaty growl or sharp whine. It’s the intense vibration and rising pitch that signals readiness, energy, and raw mechanical power. What does a car and motorcyle engine sounds like? A car engine often has a steady hum or growl, varying from a smooth purr in smaller cars to a deep roar in powerful engines, especially when revving. Motorcycles, on the other hand, have a sharper, higher-pitched sound, often a rapid, rhythmic rumble or a loud, aggressive roar, creating a thrilling, unmistakable noise as it accelerates down the road. Features of Our Soundboard Apps: - Easy to use, nice clean interface - High-quality sounds (meticulously remastered to cut out any background noise) - Loop option to play sound endlessly - Random button to play sounds randomly - Timer feature (select a specific time when to play sound) - Works offline (no internet connection required) - Help page / Contact us support About Our Soundboard Apps: Our soundboard apps have been used for joking around with friends and family, to support favorite sports team on game day and just for pure fun! We hope you enjoy our apps and contact us if you have any questions or concerns.

Screenshots

Weird Type4 screens
Engine Sounds & Revs3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Weird Type at 87% against Engine Sounds & Revs's 0%. Weird Type also leads on monetization model (free vs paid) and iOS requirement (11.0 vs 13.4). Engine Sounds & Revs's advantage is chart position (#188 vs unranked). On price, ads, 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

Weird Type costs $0.99 and Engine Sounds & Revs $0.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard4 real differences · 7 level
Weird Type versus Engine Sounds & Revs: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterWeird TypeEngine Sounds & Revs
Price$0.99$0.99
Rating4.9 (814 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews87.1% of reviews — better0.0% of reviews
Number of ratings814 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 months—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree — betterPaid
Best chart rank—#188 — better
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS11.0 — better13.4
Further details — not scored
Size23 MB24 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperZach LiebermanArsosa Network Inc.

Customer experience

Weird Type

All ratings814 ratings
Positive97.4%
Neutral0.9%
Negative1.7%
Written reviews155 reviews
Positive87.1%
Neutral7.1%
Negative5.8%

Engine Sounds & Revs

Written reviews1 reviews
Positive0.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative100.0%

Bugs and requests

Weird Type

Reported bugs

2 issues
  • Orientation issues when sharing videos
  • Inconsistent performance on older devices

Requested features

5 requests
  • Add support for more languages
  • Allow custom font/color options
  • Implement selfie camera mode
  • Add audio recording capabilities
  • Improve video export quality

Engine Sounds & Revs

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

Weird Type

No in-app purchases

None

Engine Sounds & Revs

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Weird Type free?
Weird Type costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is Engine Sounds & Revs free?
Engine Sounds & Revs costs $0.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Weird Type or Engine Sounds & Revs have ads?
Neither Weird Type nor Engine Sounds & Revs shows ads.

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