AUVideoPlayer vs FrequencyCat
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
AUVideoPlayer
This app functions as an Audio Unit v3 instrument plug-in for Digital Audio Workstations, enabling video playback within music production software. It supports various cloud storage and local files, offering sample-accurate synchronization with host transport clocks.
- AUv3 instrument plug-in for DAWs
- Supports local and cloud storage
- Sample-accurate sync with host transport
- Audio output with sample rate conversion
- Playback of videos without audio tracks
- Picture-in-Picture mode
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AUVideoPlayer is a video player that works as an Audio Unit v3 (AUv3) instrument plug-in your favorite DAW host apps such as AUM, Cubasis 3, BeatMaker 2, NanoStudio 2, GarageBand, or Audiobus 3. AUVideoPlayer can open video files stored in local, Photos, iCloud Drive, and other 3rd party cloud storage. AUVideoPlayer can output an audio signal and automatically converts the input sample rate to match the sample rate in the host app. AUVideoPlayer can also playback video files with no audio track. By enabling sync mode, AUVideoPlayer can playback a video file with the transport clock in host app for sample accurate synchronization. By running AUVideoPlayer standalone app and syncing with AUVideoPlayer plug-in in host app, you can play a video in Picture in Picture window even while closing the AUVideoPlayer plug-in window in host app. Supported Formats: MP4, MOV, ..., which Apple's Files app supports You can check the development status by following the Twitter account @AUVideoPlayer. Feel free to send your feedback! Support: https://twitter.com/AUVideoPlayer auvideoplayer@gmail.com
FrequencyCat
Transform your photos into unique sound art using advanced image-to-sound technology. Explore, enjoy, and share your creative audio-visual pieces. Embrace your inner artist and discover the unexpected.
- Morph images into sound art
- Create spectrogram oddities
- Share sound art creations
- Unique audio-visual experience
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Hide an image inside sound. FrequencyCat is a playful tool for exploring the connection between images, sound, and spectrograms. Choose an image, and FrequencyCat transforms it into a unique audio signal. Play the sound and view its spectrogram, and you’ll see the original image emerge again from the frequencies. With FrequencyCat, you can: - Turn images into sound - View audio spectrograms in real time - Play sounds and reveal the images hidden inside them - Explore how different images create different sounds - Discover the relationship between sound, frequency, and Fourier transforms in an intuitive way There’s no magic behind it. Just frequencies, phases, an inverse Fourier transform, and a little curiosity about sound. Whether you’re interested in acoustics, music, signal processing, or simply wondering what an image might sound like, FrequencyCat gives you a new way to explore. Pick an image. Hear what it sounds like.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: FrequencyCat at Free against AUVideoPlayer's $5.99. FrequencyCat also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.5) and review sentiment (100% vs 67%). AUVideoPlayer's advantage is update cadence (every 2 months vs every 40 months) and ratings volume (11 vs 1). On ads and in-app purchases 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
FrequencyCat is free to download; AUVideoPlayer costs $5.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
FrequencyCat holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.5. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: AUVideoPlayer has 11 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 67% of AUVideoPlayer's written reviews are positive against 100% of FrequencyCat's.
AUVideoPlayer ships an update every 2 months, FrequencyCat every 40 months. Both last shipped on September 4, 2026.
| Parameter | AUVideoPlayer | FrequencyCat |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $5.99 | Free — better |
| Rating | 4.5 (11 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 66.7% of reviews | 100.0% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 11 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months — better | Every 40 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Hiroshi Kajihata | Xuesong Zhang |
Customer experience
AUVideoPlayer
FrequencyCat
In-app purchases
AUVideoPlayer
No in-app purchases
FrequencyCat
No in-app purchases
