Sonitus vs Tone Generator
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Sonitus
Generate audio frequencies from 20Hz to 20kHz. Test your hearing, tune instruments, or analyze audio equipment with fixed frequencies or sweeps. Input frequencies precisely via keyboard or dial.
- Generate audio frequencies (20Hz-20kHz)
- Hearing test functionality
- Instrument tuning aid
- Audio equipment testing
- Fixed frequency selection
- Logarithmic frequency sweep
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Generate frequencies in the audio range from 20Hz up to 20kHz. Test your hearing and compare with your friends. Use it to tune your instrument or simply annoy your neighbour's dog. Test audio equipment using a fixed frequency or a frequency sweep that sweeps the frequency in a logarithmic scale from 20Hz to 20kHz. The frequency can be selected by turning the knob or by entering the exact desired frequency using the keyboard.
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.
- Sine, square, sawtooth, triangle wave generation
- Adjustable frequency via swipe
- Built-in hearing test sweep
- Speaker cleaning function
- Large frequency range
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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.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is review sentiment: Tone Generator at 84% against Sonitus's 25%. Tone Generator also leads on rating (4.8 vs 3.0) and ratings volume (138 vs 4). Sonitus's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On price and device support 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. Tone Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Sonitus asks for nothing beyond the download.
Tone Generator holds the better App Store score, 4.8 against 3.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tone Generator has 138 ratings behind it against 4, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 25% of Sonitus's written reviews are positive against 84% of Tone Generator's.
| Parameter | Sonitus | Tone Generator |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 3.0 (4 ratings) | 4.8 (138 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 25.0% of reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 4 | 138 — better |
| Update frequency | — | Every 4 months |
| Ads | No — better | Yes |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 14.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 6 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Bastiaan Verreijt | Tevfik Yucek |
Customer experience
Sonitus
Tone Generator
In-app purchases
Sonitus
No in-app purchases
Tone Generator
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