Tone Gen Pro vs jds8000
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
jds8000
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The JDS8000 programmable function/arbitrary wave signal generator can generate sine waves, square waves, triangle waves, pulse waves, and arbitrary waves. The frequency range is up to 80MHz, with modulation, frequency sweep，signal frequency measurement and programming functions, etc., and the output signal, amplitude, phase, duty and frequency can be displayed at the same time. Use this software can realize all functions of JDS8000.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: jds8000 at none against Tone Gen Pro's 1. jds8000 also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 3 months) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 12.0). On price, 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
Both are free to download. Tone Gen Pro sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. jds8000 asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tone Gen Pro ships an update every 3 months, jds8000 fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on November 2, 2026 and September 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Gen Pro | jds8000 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.5 (48 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 75.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 48 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 | 9.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 22 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Al-Sammarraie | Hangzhou Junce Instruments Co., Ltd. |
In-app purchases
Tone Gen Pro
- Tone Gen Pro Full$1.99
jds8000
No in-app purchases
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