Tone Gen Pro vs Husker Scope
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Tone Gen Pro
Create various audio signals, including single tones, sweeps, and merged sounds, with extensive parameter control. Ideal for students, musicians, educators, and audio professionals exploring sound.
- Generate single type signals (sine, square, noise)
- Create sweep (chirp) signals (linear/exponential)
- Generate click signals with adjustable duty cycle
- Merge multiple tones and sweeps
- Frequencies up to 20 kHz
- Extensive parameter control
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Generate audio signal of different shapes with many parameters and options. You can generate frequencies up to 20 kHz of audio signal. If you are curious student about sound after a physics class, music instruments hobbyist/professional, a teacher, or a professional in audio equipment, this app is for you ! You can generate: - Single type signal (sinusoidal, square, noise, etc) - Sweep (chirp) signal (linear or exponential) - Click: ON-OFF sine wave with any duty cycle and ON frequency - Merged sound of any number of tones or sweeps
Husker Scope
This utility app functions as a multi-channel signal generator and analyzer. It supports audio range signals through device speakers and can process higher frequencies with a custom hardware board. The app offers oscilloscope, spectrum analyzer, and logic analyzer capabilities.
- Dual Channel Function Generator
- DC AM/FM Modulator
- DC Oscilloscope
- DC Spectrum Analyzer
- 8-channel Logic Analyzer
- Audio output via speakers/jack
- Custom hardware board support
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Husker Scope provides an all-in-one cross platform application that implements a Dual Channel (DC) Function Generator, DC AM/FM Modulator, DC Oscilloscope, DC Spectrum Analyzer, and an 8-channel Logic Analyzer. This app outputs audio range (20Hz to 20kHz) signals via the speakers / 3.5mm audio jack left & right channels and inputs signals either through the microphone audio jack (for audio input ranges) or through a custom hardware board (that can handle up to 500kHz signals). The hardware board can connect through serial on a PC or through Bluetooth on a mobile device. For more information and to view the custom hardware board, visit: https://www.huskerscope.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Husker Scope at none against Tone Gen Pro's 1. Tone Gen Pro's advantage is update cadence (every 3 months vs every 9 months) and ratings volume (45 vs 8). On price, rating, review sentiment and ads 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
Both are free to download. Tone Gen Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Husker Scope asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.5 for Tone Gen Pro against 4.5 for Husker Scope. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tone Gen Pro has 45 ratings behind it against 8, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews split almost evenly too, at 75% and 75% positive.
Tone Gen Pro ships an update every 3 months, Husker Scope every 9 months. The most recent releases landed on October 13, 2026 and October 14, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Gen Pro | Husker Scope |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (45 ratings) | 4.5 (8 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | 75.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 45 — better | 8 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months — better | Every 9 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 23 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Al-Sammarraie | University of Nebraska - Lincoln |
Customer experience
Tone Gen Pro
Husker Scope
In-app purchases
Tone Gen Pro
- Tone Gen Pro Full$1.99
Husker Scope
No in-app purchases
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