Comparison

High Frequency Tones vs Tone Generator

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

Head to head
About

High Frequency Tones

Generate sound waves across a wide frequency range to test hearing limits. Explore potential uses like deterring pests or competing with friends to see who can hear higher pitches. An optional premium upgrade removes ads and unlocks additional waveform options.

Highlights
  • Generate sound waves up to 20,000 Hz
  • Test human hearing limits
  • Dog whistle functionality
  • Bug deterrent
  • Teenager deterrent
  • Hearing competition tool
Features
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Precisely generate sound waves with High Frequency Tones and test the limits of what you can hear. Did you know that our hearing decays as we grow older? Studies show that as we age, we lose our ability to hear up to half of the upper frequency spectrum. Now, you can test that concept within a clean and easy-to-use interface. High Frequency Tones will allow you to generate any frequency up to 20,000 Hz – widely considered the upper limit to human hearing. Potential uses include: • Annoy your friends or classmates without tipping off the teacher or other adults. • Use it as a dog whistle or bug deterrent (both of whom have better hearing than humans!). • Ward teenagers away from an area. • Compete with your friends to determine who has the best hearing! Purchase Frequency Premium for just $0.99 to permanently eliminate ads and choose from four different waveforms.

About

Tone Generator

Generate various audio tones like sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle waves across a wide frequency range. Adjust frequencies by swiping and utilize built-in features for fun hearing tests or to clean your device's speaker.

Highlights
  • Sine, square, sawtooth, triangle wave generation
  • Adjustable frequency via swipe
  • Built-in hearing test sweep
  • Speaker cleaning function
  • Large frequency range
Features
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Tone Generator generates sine, square, sawtooth and triangle tone at a large frequency range. Frequency of the tones can be adjusted by swiping up or down on the screen. Tone Generator has a built-in feature to quickly sweep frequency of a sine tone to test your hearing. This feature is purely for fun and should not be used for any diagnostics. Tone Generator can also help remove dust and water from device's speakerphone by playing tones at various frequencies.

Screenshots

High Frequency Tones3 screens
Tone Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is ads: High Frequency Tones at none against Tone Generator's shown. High Frequency Tones also leads on ratings volume (595 vs 138) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). Tone Generator's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 64%). On price, rating, in-app purchases and monetization model 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. High Frequency Tones sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Tone Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.7 for High Frequency Tones against 4.8 for Tone Generator. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 595 and 138 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of High Frequency Tones's written reviews are positive against 84% of Tone Generator's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
High Frequency Tones versus Tone Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh Frequency TonesTone Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.7 (595 ratings)4.8 (138 ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews83.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings595 — better138
Update frequency—Every 4 months
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB6 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin VerghoTevfik Yucek

Customer experience

High Frequency Tones

All ratings595 ratings
Positive91.4%
Neutral3.7%
Negative4.9%
Written reviews11 reviews
Positive63.6%
Neutral0.0%
Negative36.4%

Tone Generator

All ratings138 ratings
Positive94.9%
Neutral4.3%
Negative0.7%
Written reviews43 reviews
Positive83.7%
Neutral2.3%
Negative14.0%

In-app purchases

1 purchases

High Frequency Tones

One-time1
  • Frequency Premium$0.99
1 purchases

Tone Generator

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisements$2.99

Questions

Is High Frequency Tones free?
High Frequency Tones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Tone Generator free?
Tone Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, High Frequency Tones or Tone Generator?
Tone Generator is rated higher. High Frequency Tones averages 4.7 out of 5 from 595 ratings, while Tone Generator averages 4.8 from 138 ratings.
Do High Frequency Tones or Tone Generator have ads?
Tone Generator shows ads; High Frequency Tones does not.

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