Comparison

Custom Sound Box vs Embarrassing Sounds

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

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • 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
Features
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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.

About

Embarrassing Sounds

Features
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It's the most embarrassing app out there! Embarrassing Sounds is a fun soundboard app featuring a collection of hilarious and embarrassing sound clips and loops. Create the ultimate embarrassing situation. Play sounds in infinite loop mode or, utilizing multiple devices and the remote control feature, hide one device near an unsuspecting target and automatically play embarrassing sounds near them! The possibilities are endless, so check it out today!

Screenshots

Custom Sound Box4 screens
Embarrassing Sounds4 screens

Verdict

The call

Custom Sound Box and Embarrassing Sounds are too close to call on the numbers: across 5 compared parameters — price, ads, in-app purchases and device support among them — neither pulls far enough ahead to decide it. What separates them is feature set and interface, not measurable difference.

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. Custom Sound Box sells 1 one-off in-app purchase and Embarrassing Sounds sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.

ScorecardNo meaningful differences
Custom Sound Box versus Embarrassing Sounds: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterCustom Sound BoxEmbarrassing Sounds
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (979 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews81.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings979 — better—
Update frequencyWeekly—
AdsYesYes
In-app purchasesYesYes
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad
Requires iOS17.0 — better17.6
Further details — not scored
Size12 MB5 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperWilliam WilsonBrandon Stecklein

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

Embarrassing Sounds

Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Custom Sound Box

One-time1
  • Remove Ads$1.29
1 purchases

Embarrassing Sounds

One-time1
  • Embarrassing Sounds Premium$2.99

Questions

Is Custom Sound Box free?
Custom Sound Box is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Embarrassing Sounds free?
Embarrassing Sounds is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Do Custom Sound Box or Embarrassing Sounds have ads?
Both Custom Sound Box and Embarrassing Sounds show ads.

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