Custom Sound Box vs Aubo
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Custom Sound Box
Create a personalized soundboard by recording, importing, or sharing audio clips. Organize sounds with folders and customizable tags, and play them instantly or layered. Sync with iCloud and use widgets or Shortcuts for quick access.
- Record custom audio clips
- Import and share audio files
- Play multiple sounds simultaneously
- Organize with folders and tags
- Sync sounds with iCloud
- Home Screen widgets and Shortcuts support
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Create your own personal soundboard with audio clips from friends, family, your files, and the web. Record a sound, import audio from your device, or use the iOS share sheet to add supported audio files directly to Sound Box. Tap any sound to play it instantly, or play multiple sounds at once for layered reactions, effects, and voice clips. Keep your soundboard organized with folders, colorful tags, search, sorting, and drag-and-drop ordering. Customize tags with colors and images, sync your sounds with iCloud, and play favorites faster from Home Screen widgets or Shortcuts. Features: • Record custom audio clips • Import and share audio files into the app • Trim sounds and adjust volume • Play multiple sounds at once, or one at a time • Organize with folders and tags • Customize tags with colors and images • Search, sort, and reorder sounds • Sync with iCloud • Play sounds from Home Screen widgets • Use Shortcuts to record, play, and stop sounds • Remove ads with an optional in-app purchase Build a custom soundboard for jokes, games, reactions, podcasts, streams, classrooms, events, or anywhere you need the right sound at the right time.
Aubo
Create and customize soundboards with sounds from various sources, including web and recordings. Play sounds via widgets, edit audio properties, and share creations as videos. Organize and resize sound elements for a personalized experience.
- Add sounds from Files and web
- Play from widgets and controls
- Customize colors, photos, and emoji
- Adjust pitch, speed, and trim audio
- Record new sounds
- Share sounds as videos
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• Add sounds from Files and the web • Play from widgets and controls • Customize colors, photos, and emoji • Adjust pitch, speed, and trim audio • Explore and add open source free sounds • Record new sounds • Play sounds • Adjust soundboard layouts and sizes • Share sounds as videos in Messages • Export soundboards to Files
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Aubo at none against Custom Sound Box's shown. Aubo also leads on review sentiment (91% vs 81%). Custom Sound Box's advantage is ratings volume (974 vs 35) and update cadence (weekly vs every 3 weeks). 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
Both are free to download. Custom Sound Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Aubo sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Custom Sound Box against 4.8 for Aubo. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Custom Sound Box has 974 ratings behind it against 35, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 81% of Custom Sound Box's written reviews are positive against 91% of Aubo's.
Custom Sound Box ships an update weekly, Aubo every 3 weeks. Both last shipped on November 3, 2026.
| Parameter | Custom Sound Box | Aubo |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (974 ratings) — better | 4.8 (35 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 81.5% of reviews | 90.9% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 974 — better | 35 |
| Update frequency | Weekly — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, Vision Pro — better |
| Requires iOS | 17.0 | 16.4 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 12 MB | 13 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | William Wilson | Thomas Kane |
Customer experience
Custom Sound Box
Aubo
Bugs and requests
Custom Sound Box
Reported bugs
4 issues- Recording and editing sounds can be glitchy
- Scrolling issues when tapping on buttons
- Inconsistent behavior when playing overlapping sounds
- Occasional crashes when deleting or rearranging sounds
Requested features
5 requests- Add equalizer and volume controls for individual sounds
- Implement a repeat/loop function for sounds
- Allow uploading of video clips as sound sources
- Improve sorting and organization tools for sound libraries
- Provide export/import options for soundboards
Aubo
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Custom Sound Box
- Remove Ads$1.29
Aubo
- Snbd Pro$3.99
Questions
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