Mackay Libraries vs Aurally
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Mackay Libraries
Manage your library account on the go. Search the catalog, renew borrowed items, and place holds on new books directly from your mobile device.
- Manage library account
- Search catalog
- Renew books
- Reserve books
- Access from iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
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Access Mackay Libraries from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. Manage your account, search the catalogue, renew and reserve books.
Aurally
This app offers advanced control over audible frequencies with natural sounds, color noise generators, and time-stretching capabilities. It includes adjustable effects and presets for various mental states like sleep, meditation, focus, and creativity.
- Time stretching for audio
- Color noise generators
- Adjustable sound effects
- Presets for mental states
- Cross-device syncing
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Aurally is a simple yet powerful app that gives you total control over the audible frequencies you’re listening to. Includes natural sound, color noise generators, and time stretching capability - Time Stretch, this is tremendous feature that instantly turns any song or audio recording into beautiful art - Sliding windows, Set stretch amount, - Replace the binaural sine wave with your stretched audio - Supports uploading on macOS and iOS - tvOS receives the shared synced audio tracks instantly - White, Pink, Blue, and Brownian noise generators. - 9 Effects that can be adjusted, fine tuned and stacked on top of eachother, and directed to the sine or ambient noise independently. - Includes 6 crafted presests designed for various mental states including: Deep Sleep, Meditation, Focus, and Creativity. A top choice among: Insomnia, Meditation, BioHackers/BioHacking, Psychonauts
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Mackay Libraries at none against Aurally's 1. Mackay Libraries also leads on iOS requirement (15.6 vs 18.5). 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
Both are free to download. Aurally sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Mackay Libraries asks for nothing beyond the download.
Both ship on a similar rhythm, roughly every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 5, 2026 and October 15, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Mackay Libraries | Aurally |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 0.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | — | 1 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Every 3 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV — better |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 — better | 18.5 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 7 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Mackay Regional Council | Inspirationull |
Customer experience
Mackay Libraries
Aurally
In-app purchases
Mackay Libraries
No in-app purchases
Aurally
- Aurally Pro$9.99
Questions
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