Comparison

ToneCircle vs Frequency Sound Wave Generator

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

Head to head
About

ToneCircle

Experience music and sound visually by mapping audio frequencies to colors and musical notes. This app allows you to see the patterns within sound in a unique and immersive way.

Highlights
  • Visualizes sound frequencies
  • Maps frequencies to colors
  • Maps frequencies to musical notes
  • Real-time audio analysis
  • Immersive sound experience
Features
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Tone is an app that provides the user with a new and revolutionary way to experience sound and music. Tone listens to the music and sounds you love, and detects the frequencies moving through the air around you, mapping them to colors and musical notes you can now see and visualize first hand, experiencing the beautiful patterns in music in a whole new way.

About

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

Generate and analyze a wide range of sounds and frequencies. Explore tone generation, sound tests, musical tuning, and create custom sound effects. Visualize sound waves and experiment with different waveforms.

Highlights
  • Single and multiple frequency generation
  • Musical notes presets
  • Binaural beats
  • SFX sound generator
  • Sweep generator
  • Bass/Subwoofer sound test
  • DTMF tones
Features
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All frequency sound generator tools in one app! Tone generation, sound tests, musical tuning and many more. This app helps if you are looking for generating sounds in different frequencies, analyzing sound and making sound tests which produce sound waves based on the desired tone. Frequency sound generator includes user-friendly and very high-quality tone generation tools: • Single frequency generator • Multiple frequency tone generation. • Musical notes presets • Binaural beats • SFX sound generator • Sweep generator. • Bass/Subwoofer sound test • DTMF tones • Metronome • Noise generator Features: • Play sound in background: Play your frequency generation sounds in the background while your app is minimized or your screen is off. • Export all generated sounds to an audio file that you can share. • Animated wave in the single oscillator tool. • Frequency generator effects such as Vibrato (FM), Tremolo (AM), Ring Modulation (RM) and also Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) - for square wave only. • Noise generator effects such as auto-pan and breathing effect. • Play up to 15 oscillators at once in the multi oscillator tool. • Play up to 15 sweep oscillators at once. • Tap your tempo in metronome. Commonly used for: • Make you own experiments with sound generation. • Testing own hearing. Human ear is capable of hearing frequencies between 20Hz to 20000Hz. • Use this app as an instrument for playing or producing music. • Tune your musical instruments with musical notes presets. • Test speakers for high end (treble) and low end (bass) tones. • Discover how your audio handles sweeps of frequencies which range from ultrasound to infrasound. • Relax with binaural beats which play different frequencies in each ear. • Find a way to mask your tinnitus frequency. • Or have fun generating random sound effects, different frequencies and exploring all tone generation tools in this app. • Relax with white noise, brown noise, blue noise, violet noise, grey noise or pink noise playing in the background. Notes: • This app supports decimal values as input for frequencies when generating a tone. • This app makes an animated sound wave which tries to visualize a current frequency. • There are several waveforms available: sine, square, triangle and sawtooth. • Clean UI makes navigation simple through the navigation bar or pages where there are more frequency sound generating tools available. • Customize how the app behaves through settings menu where you can change themes, enable octave buttons, decimal points and more. • Phone speakers are not high-quality audio sources and may vary in quality. Sometimes a "parasite" noise can be generated by those speakers in very low or high frequencies which don't define the frequency. • Turn the volume down when creating high frequencies to not cause any discomfort when experimenting with the app. Privacy policy: https://www.frequencysoundgenerator.com/privacy Terms of use: https://www.frequencysoundgenerator.com/terms

Screenshots

ToneCircle3 screens
Frequency Sound Wave Generator4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: ToneCircle at none against Frequency Sound Wave Generator's 3. ToneCircle also leads on ads (none vs shown) and iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). Frequency Sound Wave Generator's advantage is ratings volume (93 vs 12). On price, rating, review sentiment and update cadence 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. Frequency Sound Wave Generator sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $1.99 per month. ToneCircle asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for ToneCircle against 4.7 for Frequency Sound Wave Generator. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Frequency Sound Wave Generator has 93 ratings behind it against 12, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews are what separate them: 89% of ToneCircle's written reviews are positive against 90% of Frequency Sound Wave Generator's.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

ToneCircle ships an update every 2 weeks, Frequency Sound Wave Generator monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 27, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
ToneCircle versus Frequency Sound Wave Generator: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterToneCircleFrequency Sound Wave Generator
PriceFreeFree
Rating4.8 (12 ratings) — better4.7 (93 ratings)
Positive reviews88.9% of reviews90.5% of reviews — better
Number of ratings1293 — better
Update frequencyEvery 2 weeks — betterMonthly
AdsNo — betterYes
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationFree — betterFree with in-app purchases
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size1 MB169 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperArias Software LLCDavid Krejci

Customer experience

ToneCircle

All ratings12 ratings
Positive91.7%
Neutral8.3%
Negative0.0%
Written reviews9 reviews
Positive88.9%
Neutral11.1%
Negative0.0%

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

All ratings87 ratings
Positive92.0%
Neutral3.4%
Negative4.6%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%

In-app purchases

None

ToneCircle

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

Frequency Sound Wave Generator

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly PRO subscription$1.991 Month
  • Yearly Pro Membership7 Days trial$9.991 Year
One-time1
  • Lifetime PRO membership$19.99

Questions

Is ToneCircle free?
ToneCircle is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Is Frequency Sound Wave Generator free?
Frequency Sound Wave Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, ToneCircle or Frequency Sound Wave Generator?
ToneCircle is rated higher. ToneCircle averages 4.8 out of 5 from 12 ratings, while Frequency Sound Wave Generator averages 4.7 from 93 ratings.
Do ToneCircle or Frequency Sound Wave Generator have ads?
Frequency Sound Wave Generator shows ads; ToneCircle does not.
Which is updated more often, ToneCircle or Frequency Sound Wave Generator?
ToneCircle ships an update every 2 weeks, and Frequency Sound Wave Generator monthly. Most recently, ToneCircle was updated on October 15, 2026 and Frequency Sound Wave Generator on October 27, 2026.

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