Comparison

High Frequency Tones vs Frequency

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

Frequency

Generate various sound waves, including sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, with adjustable frequencies from 1Hz to 22000Hz. Visually observe animated sound waves and control volume. Useful for testing hearing, speakers, instruments, and even cleaning water from speakers.

Highlights
  • Generate sine, square, sawtooth, triangle waves
  • Adjustable frequency (1Hz-22000Hz)
  • Animated sound wave visualization
  • Volume control (0-100%)
  • Note selection
  • Speaker cleaning function
Features
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Are you producing? Want to sound test your speakers or tune your instruments? Or simply, do you want to generate sounds and listen to the generated sounds in different frequencies? Well, then you need a frequency sound generator to produce sound waves in different frequencies. Introducing Frequency Sound Generator! Frequency: Generator Sound player lets you generate a sine, square, sawtooth or triangle sound wave with a frequency between 1Hz and 22000Hz (Hertz). It produces accurate tone & soundwaves while being simple and easy to use. Additionally, pick from a wide variety of notes by taping the notes icon. No matter if you need to sound test and generate high frequency sounds or low frequency sounds, our frequency tone generator is your #1 best solution. EASY CONTROL Frequency: Sound Generator allows you to easily change the soundwaves from the main menu. Simply tap on the sound wave icon and pick between sine, square, sawtooth or triangle. ANIMATED SOUND WAVE You’ll love the animated sound wave function which visually represents the sound for a given frequency. You can change waveform by clicking on a round button at the left side and get a different sound and animated wave. ADJUST FREQUENCY & VOLUME Adjust the sound generating frequency easily by dragging the yellow dot. Make use of the - & + buttons for added adjusting precision. Additionally, control the volume of the generated sounds from 0-100%. NUMEROUS USES: This sound generating app can be used in multiple use cases: - Test your hearing. A human being is capable of hearing frequencies in the average range of 20Hz-20000Hz. This range is getting smaller by age, so it’s interesting to sound test your hearing capabilities. - Test speakers and headphones for the high end (treble) and low end (bass) tones. - Use this app as an instrument tuner when playing or producing. - Cleaning water from the speaker. Since sound is making small vibrations it can help to shake off unwanted water from your speakers. - Find your tinnitus frequency. NOTE: Since mobile phones are not high-quality audio sources and in-built speakers may vary in quality, sometimes users can hear sounds at very low or high frequencies even beyond the scope of human hearing. That noise is not sound of a given frequency but static or “parasite” noise generated by your mobile device. For the best experience use a pair of good quality headphones.

Screenshots

High Frequency Tones3 screens
Frequency3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frequency at none against High Frequency Tones's 1. Frequency also leads on review sentiment (73% vs 64%). High Frequency Tones's advantage is ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (9.0 vs 16.0). On price, rating, ratings volume 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. Frequency asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.6 for High Frequency Tones against 4.7 for Frequency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 801 and 1.1K respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 64% of High Frequency Tones's written reviews are positive against 73% of Frequency's.

Scorecard4 real differences · 6 level
High Frequency Tones versus Frequency: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterHigh Frequency TonesFrequency
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.6 (801 ratings)4.7 (1.1K ratings) — better
Positive reviews63.6% of reviews72.7% of reviews — better
Number of ratings8011.1K — better
Update frequency—Fortnightly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchasesFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone, iPad
Requires iOS9.0 — better16.0
Further details — not scored
Size25 MB8 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperKevin VerghoLucija Jaksic

Customer experience

High Frequency Tones

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

Frequency

All ratings338 ratings
Positive93.5%
Neutral3.3%
Negative3.3%
Written reviews66 reviews
Positive72.7%
Neutral4.5%
Negative22.7%

Bugs and requests

High Frequency Tones

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

Frequency

Reported bugs

4 issues
  • Slider snaps to certain numbers, skipping decimals
  • Missing specific frequencies (431Hz, 432Hz, 128Hz)
  • Settings/controls off-screen on smaller devices
  • App crashes when switching between applications

Requested features

9 requests
  • Manual text input for precise frequency selection
  • Ad-free paid version option
  • Timer feature for sessions
  • Digital tuning with +/- buttons on main screen
  • Background image customization or frequency healing chart
Show 4 more
  • Decimal frequency support
  • Increased decibel/amplification levels
  • Language localization (Turkish requested)
  • Continuous background play without app switching interruption

In-app purchases

1 purchases

High Frequency Tones

One-time1
  • Frequency Premium$0.99
None

Frequency

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is High Frequency Tones free?
High Frequency Tones is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Frequency free?
Frequency is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Which has better reviews, High Frequency Tones or Frequency?
Frequency is rated higher. High Frequency Tones averages 4.6 out of 5 from 801 ratings, while Frequency averages 4.7 from 1.1K ratings.
Do High Frequency Tones or Frequency have ads?
Frequency shows ads; High Frequency Tones does not.

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