Comparison

tonies vs drift cast

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

Head to head
About

tonies

Manage your Toniebox and create custom audio stories. Save recordings even if your phone's memory is full. The app simplifies setup, corrects access rights, and allows manual WLAN entry.

Highlights
  • Create custom audio stories
  • Save recordings to phone memory
  • Simplified Toniebox setup
  • Manual WLAN name entry
  • Customer service access
Features
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We are pleased that you are using our tonies app. Our App-Tonies are always hard at work for you. In this update, they have once again worked on improvements. If your mobile phone memory is full during a recording, you can now save your recording until then. We have also optimised some steps in the setup process of the Toniebox: The request for access rights has been corrected. WLAN names (SSIDs) can now also be entered manually. Occasionally, it can happen that the set up process was successful despite the code word "hedgehog". This is now displayed. Do you have questions or feedback? The Tonie customer service is there for you in your profile. Note The use of the Content for text and data mining of (generative) AI systems is expressly reserved in the context specified in clause 13.4 of the Terms of Use and is therefore prohibited.

About

drift cast

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drift is a quiet player for podcasts and the audiobooks you own. It keeps your place, sounds good at any speed, and never asks for an account. Listen • Find shows in the podcast directory, or bring your own RSS feeds and OPML. • Up next plays in your order. Each show can send new episodes to Up Next, to New from your shows, or nowhere. • Download episodes for offline listening, or let drift fetch Up Next on Wi-Fi. • Speed from 0.5× to 4× with sliders or knobs, per show, with fine tuning. • Sleep timer: minutes, the end of an episode, or the end of a chapter. • drift checks your shows when you open it, and you can pull to check any time. Audiobooks you own • Import DRM-free M4B, M4A or MP3 files from Files. A book split across many files becomes one book with one timeline. • Chapters, per-book speed, and your place kept across restarts. • Smart rewind after a break, never back into the previous chapter. drift can't open copy-protected books. Sound • An equalizer made for voices, with presets for clarity, the car, less boom and less hiss. • Level voices evens out quiet guests and loud laughs. • Give a show or a book its own sound. Find your way • Publisher chapters, and skip the ones you choose. Per show, you can also skip chapters the publisher marked as sponsors, or a show's outro. • Read along with transcripts from the publisher, or made on your iPhone. • Moments and snips: mark a spot or save the last 30 seconds, add a note, and export them as Markdown. Read • Follow blogs and newsletters next to your shows, in a calm reader with highlights and notes. Around your iPhone • Widgets for the Home Screen and Lock Screen. • Say "resume drift" to Siri, or use it in Shortcuts. • Light, dark, or follow your iPhone. • Listening stats, with podcasts and audiobooks kept apart. Yours to keep • No account needed. Sign in with Apple, Google or email only if you want to. • Your library stays on your iPhone. Export a backup or OPML any time, free. • No tracking and no analytics. drift adds no ads; publishers may include their own.

Screenshots

tonies2 screens
drift cast4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is chart position: tonies at #134 against drift cast's unranked. tonies also leads on iOS requirement (16.4 vs 26.0). On price, ads, in-app purchases 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.

Scorecard2 real differences · 9 level
tonies versus drift cast: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
Parametertoniesdrift cast
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (8.5K ratings) — better—
Positive reviews56.1% of reviews—
Number of ratings8.5K — better—
Update frequencyEvery 5 days—
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNoNo
MonetizationFree—
Best chart rank#134 — better—
DevicesiPhoneiPhone, iPad — better
Requires iOS16.4 — better26.0
Further details — not scored
Size87 MB32 MB
Age rating4+17+
Developertonies GmbHMichael Helsel

Bugs and requests

tonies

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • App crashes and freezes
  • Difficulty connecting to WiFi
  • Creative Tonie recording issues
  • Inconsistent device performance

Requested features

4 requests
  • Add remote control and playback options in the app
  • Implement a wishlist feature in the app
  • Allow streaming of purchased content from the app
  • Improve content filtering and curation

drift cast

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

None

tonies

No in-app purchases

None

drift cast

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is tonies free?
tonies is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is drift cast free?
drift cast is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do tonies or drift cast have ads?
Neither tonies nor drift cast shows ads.

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