Tone Gen Pro vs Frequency Gen
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
Frequency Gen
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Frequency Gen generates audio tones from 1 Hz to 22,000 Hz with 4 wave types: sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth. Frequency controls Logarithmic slider Fine tuning +/- in 1 / 10 / 100 Hz steps Quick presets: 40, 100, 440, 1000, 8000, 16000 Hz Favorites: save up to 10 frequency + waveform combos Waveform viewer Real-time waveform (canvas), on/off Settings Volume control with a warning above 80% Light/dark theme Haptic feedback (on/off) 4 languages: EN, ES, CA, DE Silent switch detection Onboarding for new users Built-in FAQ
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frequency Gen at none against Tone Gen Pro's 1. Tone Gen Pro's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (12.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence 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. Frequency Gen asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 24, 2026 and October 16, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Gen Pro | Frequency Gen |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 12.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 44 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Ibrahim Al-Sammarraie | Nina Lobadina |
In-app purchases
Tone Gen Pro
- Tone Gen Pro Full$1.99
Frequency Gen
No in-app purchases
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