Comparison

MapMySound. Soundscape Map vs Sound Hunt

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

Head to head
About

MapMySound. Soundscape Map

Record, analyze, and share soundscapes with detailed mapping and spectrogram views. This app helps you document environmental sounds, edit recordings, and discover new audio experiences.

Highlights
  • Record soundscapes
  • Analyze audio with spectrogram
  • Edit and mix recordings
  • Share soundscapes
  • Search and save audio
  • Categorize audios
Features
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MapMySound is a soundscape recording and mapping app for capturing the world as it sounds. Record ambient sounds, music, conversations, and nature — anywhere — and each recording is automatically tagged with its location, temperature, and humidity. Every sound you capture appears on a global map, so you can explore recordings from cities, coastlines, and communities around the world — or revisit your own sound memories exactly where you made them. Start recording immediately — no account required. Record as a guest, and when you're ready, sign in to save your sounds to your account automatically. Features: • Record and geo-tag sounds anywhere, even without an account • View the walking path of every recording on a map • Analyze sound with a live spectrogram and decibel readout • Browse a global map of soundscapes recorded by users worldwide • Bookmark, share, and organize your favorite sounds • Upload, download, and revisit your recordings anytime Whether you're a field recordist, a traveler, or simply curious what the world sounds like, MapMySound turns every walk into a sound map worth remembering. Privacy Policy: https://mapmysound.com/terms-and-conditions/ Terms of Use (EULA): https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

About

Sound Hunt

Features
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Make an instrument from where you are. Sound Hunt turns nearby sounds into a playable drum kit. Knock on a table, click a pen, tap a cup, rustle some leaves. Collect a few recordings, choose the useful moments and start playing your own sounds. YOUR FIRST HUNT, STEP BY STEP Choose your surroundings and follow simple recording prompts. Sound Hunt finds events, trims quiet edges, suggests acoustic categories and helps select distinct variations. Listen, remove what you don’t want and fill your first nine pads. PLAY WHAT YOU FOUND Tap your pads and record a rhythm. Pause, resume and stop to save a performance as a stereo WAV. Set a tempo, use a count-in or metronome, and optionally snap saved timing to sixteenth notes. Play in portrait or landscape on iPhone and iPad. SHAPE THE SOUND Adjust the trim, level, pitch and tail fade. Try Natural, Warm, Crisp or Radio tone presets. Choose another moment from an original recording whenever you like. Your originals stay intact. KEEP THE PLACE Give each collection a name and a few notes. Add an optional location to remember it on your personal sound map. A kitchen after hours, a walk through the park, the objects in your pocket: each can become its own instrument. TAKE YOUR KIT WITH YOU Share an individual sample as WAV, export a kit as a ZIP of WAVs, or share your recorded performance. Continue working in your favourite music software. START WITH POCKET STUDIES Nine included nature and foley sounds let you play immediately: wood, twigs, gravel, water, birds, a frog, leaves, rain and wind. The demo recordings are CC0 and can be used in your music. YOUR SOUNDS STAY YOURS Audio processing happens on your device. No account or audio upload is needed. Optional usage analytics helps improve the app without sending your recordings, names, notes or saved places. Your first complete kit, its exports and recorded performances are included. Unlimited sound hunts are available with a single lifetime in-app purchase. No subscription.

Screenshots

MapMySound. Soundscape Map4 screens
Sound Hunt4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Sound Hunt at none against MapMySound. Soundscape Map's 2. MapMySound. Soundscape Map's advantage is iOS requirement (15.0 vs 26.0). On price, update cadence, 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

Both are free to download. MapMySound. Soundscape Map sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Sound Hunt asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

MapMySound. Soundscape Map ships an update monthly, Sound Hunt every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on November 6, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
MapMySound. Soundscape Map versus Sound Hunt: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterMapMySound. Soundscape MapSound Hunt
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (1 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews0.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings1 — better—
Update frequencyMonthlyEvery 3 weeks — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree—
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS15.0 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size109 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperDuriye Rhythm and Sound Productions, LLCDmytro Polianskyi

In-app purchases

2 purchases

MapMySound. Soundscape Map

Subscriptions2
  • Premium Monthly$3.991 Month
  • Premium Annual$29.991 Year
None

Sound Hunt

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is MapMySound. Soundscape Map free?
MapMySound. Soundscape Map is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Sound Hunt free?
Sound Hunt is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do MapMySound. Soundscape Map or Sound Hunt have ads?
Neither MapMySound. Soundscape Map nor Sound Hunt shows ads.
Which is updated more often, MapMySound. Soundscape Map or Sound Hunt?
MapMySound. Soundscape Map ships an update monthly, and Sound Hunt every 3 weeks. Most recently, MapMySound. Soundscape Map was updated on November 6, 2026 and Sound Hunt on October 31, 2026.

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