Comparison

Volume Limit Control vs Volume Booster

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

Head to head
About

Volume Limit Control

This app lets parents set a maximum volume limit for their iPhone or iPad. It intelligently adjusts the limit based on ambient noise, ensuring audio is never too loud in quiet environments. Designed for parents of children with sensory sensitivities, it provides essential volume control.

Highlights
  • Set maximum volume limit
  • Adjusts limit based on background noise
  • Works in background
  • Requires microphone access
  • Parental control for children's devices
Features
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The app allows you to impose a limit on the maximum volume of the iPhone / iPad. Do you have a child who always plays video at full blast? This is not a problem anymore! From today, YOU control your iPhone/iPad's speaker volume, not your child! Volume Limit is the only parental volume manager that works with iOS 12! The app works by monitoring the background noise. In loud spaces, the app allows to increase the volume limit a little bit above the set value. In quiet rooms, it sticks with defined value. The app requires access to a microphone. The app can work in the background. The application has been specially designed for parents of children with Autism Spectrum, Asperger, Down Syndrome & other development delays or sensory issues.

About

Volume Booster

Enhance your device's audio with this app, offering volume boosting, bass enhancement, and a customizable equalizer. It includes an offline music player with 3D surround sound capabilities, allowing you to fine-tune audio for music, videos, and more.

Highlights
  • Volume boosting up to 1000%
  • Bass booster and virtualizer
  • 10-band customizable equalizer
  • Offline music player
  • 3D surround sound with 8D effects
  • Supports various audio formats
Features
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Volume Booster is able to push the phone volume up higher than the system defaults. This app enhances music volume and output to headphones or earphones. Making the all sounds of your device much louder having volume+ BOOST THE VOLUME OF YOUR DEVICE SPEAKERS! Amazing Hearing Amplifier Bass Booster lets you adjust sound effect levels so that you get the best out of your Music, Audio or Video coming out of your device. Improve the sound quality of your device with the Bass Boost, Virtualizer and Equalizer by using this bass booster app. Turn on the Bass Booster application and adjust sound level and frequency. Equalizer FX : Rich sound effects system, 10 bands Equalizer, Customizable preset like Accoustic, Bass Booster, Bass Reducer, Classic, Dance, Deep, Electronic, Hip-Hop, Jazz, Latin, Loudness, Lounge, Piano, Pop, RnB, Rock, Small Speakers, Spoken Word, Treble Booster, Treble Reducer, Vocal Booster. Offline Music Player : Browse and play music by songs, album, artist, playlist. 3D Surround Music Player : Powerful 8D music player with 3D surround sound system. 8D effects with different types of reverb like Room, Hall, Chamber, Plate, Ambiences etc. BOOST YOUR IPHONE's music volume and customize your SOUND! Customize the sound quality for music tracks from your: -> iPhone / iPad / iPod touch music library, -> Import music from Files App & iTunes music library using shared folder Key features - Helps various types like mkv, mp4, aac, avi, mp3, mov, aiff, m4a. - Open the Music player and play your music - Bass Booster : enhance the sound quality & music sensations - Amp Audio FX + Bass : Amplifier Music Player - Music equalizer boosts volume and ensures no distortion when increasing - Boost your music file volume with one tap. - It helps decrease or mute sound for your sound file too. - Music player volume booster for headphones & external speaker - Increase video, audio, music, voice, audio book volume. - Supports boost any audio format file. - Import your sound file from device, other apps, or clouds. - Boost your music file volume up to 200%,300%,400%,500%,600%,700%.800%,900%,1000%. - Bass booster expands system volume - Simple, easy to use interface - Improve sounds using Equalizer + Volume Booster Extra volume booster, a max volume visualizer for iOS, can be your best choice! No complex operations Disclaimer: Playing audio at high volume may damage your hearing or broke your speakers. We advise you to boost the volume step by step, to get the appropriate volume. By installing this application you agree that you will not hold its developer responsible for any damage to hardware or hearing, and you are using it AT YOUR OWN RISK. UNLIMITED PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Subscriptions are weekly, monthly and annual** Payment will be charged to iTunes account at confirmation of purchase Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours prior to the end of the current billing period ** Subscription amounts are equal to the value that the "Apple's App Store Matrix" determines to be the equivalent of the subscription price of your local currency in $USD. Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/krterms/home Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/krapps/home

Screenshots

Volume Limit Control3 screens
Volume Booster4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is review sentiment: Volume Booster at 57% against Volume Limit Control's 12%. Volume Booster also leads on rating (3.6 vs 3.4). Volume Limit Control's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (10.3 vs 16.0). On price, ratings volume, update cadence 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Volume Limit Control sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Volume Booster sells 5 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per 7 days. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

Volume Booster holds the better App Store score, 3.6 against 3.4. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 862 and 682 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 12% of Volume Limit Control's written reviews are positive against 57% of Volume Booster's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on October 18, 2026 and October 17, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
Volume Limit Control versus Volume Booster: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterVolume Limit ControlVolume Booster
PriceFreeFree
Rating3.4 (862 ratings)3.6 (682 ratings) — better
Positive reviews11.8% of reviews57.0% of reviews — better
Number of ratings862 — better682
Update frequencyEvery 3 weeksEvery 3 weeks
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS10.3 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size26 MB88 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcin OlawskiKartum Infotech

Customer experience

Volume Limit Control

All ratings862 ratings
Positive57.1%
Neutral4.9%
Negative38.1%
Written reviews195 reviews
Positive11.8%
Neutral7.7%
Negative80.5%

Volume Booster

All ratings682 ratings
Positive65.0%
Neutral3.8%
Negative31.2%
Written reviews165 reviews
Positive57.0%
Neutral3.6%
Negative39.4%

User reviews

Volume Limit Control

From 862 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Works great
  • 👍 Helpful for special needs kids
  • 🔒 Allows volume control with password

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work consistently
  • 🐛 Resets volume settings frequently
  • 🐛 Can be easily bypassed by closing the app

Volume Booster

From 682 App Store ratings

What we love

  • 🚀 Volume booster
  • 👍 Excellent sound quality
  • 🔋 Enhances audio experience
  • 🔊 Powerful bass boost
  • 🎧 Works well with speakers/headphones

Room to improve

  • 🐛 Doesn't work with existing music
  • 💰 Requires subscription for full features
  • 📢 Too many ads in free version
  • 🔌 Doesn't work with all devices
  • 🤔 Confusing to use

Bugs and requests

Volume Limit Control

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • Volume limit doesn't stay set
  • Restore purchase feature doesn't work
  • App crashes or stops functioning after a short time

Requested features

3 requests
  • Ability to lock volume controls even when app is closed
  • Option to set a fixed volume limit that cannot be exceeded
  • Compatibility with Bluetooth devices

Volume Booster

Reported bugs

3 issues
  • App crashes frequently
  • Volume boost not working consistently
  • Subscription issues

Requested features

4 requests
  • Offline mode
  • Equalizer controls
  • Ability to save custom settings
  • Integration with music streaming apps

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Volume Limit Control

One-time1
  • Pro version$4.99
5 purchases

Volume Booster

Subscriptions4
  • Weekly unlimited$2.997 Days
  • Monthly unlimited$3.991 Month
  • Quarterly unlimited$5.993 Months
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  • Yearly unlimited$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Volume Booster Pro, Lifetime!$39.99

Questions

Is Volume Limit Control free?
Volume Limit Control is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Volume Booster free?
Volume Booster is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, Volume Limit Control or Volume Booster?
Volume Booster is rated higher. Volume Limit Control averages 3.4 out of 5 from 862 ratings, while Volume Booster averages 3.6 from 682 ratings.
Do Volume Limit Control or Volume Booster have ads?
Volume Booster shows ads; Volume Limit Control does not.
Which is updated more often, Volume Limit Control or Volume Booster?
Volume Limit Control ships an update every 3 weeks, and Volume Booster every 3 weeks. Most recently, Volume Limit Control was updated on October 18, 2026 and Volume Booster on October 17, 2026.

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