Cellarkalt vs ToneShaper
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Cellarkalt
Explore experimental soundscapes, dark ambient, and Lo-Fi noises from a prolific music project launched in 1999. Experience sonic adventures and Dadaist influences through audio-visual performances and curated radio shows.
- Experimental soundscapes
- Dark ambient music
- Lo-Fi noises
- Dadaist sonic adventures
- Audio-visual live shows
- Radio show hosting
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Cellarkalt is the experimental music project of Benedikt Schmidt, launched in 1999. It’s about experimental soundscapes, dark ambient, Lo-Fi noises, dadaism, and sonic adventures. Cellarkalt already performed audio-visual live shows at Krake Festival and at Echo Bücher (both in Berlin). Benedikt Schmidt is a German artist, living in Santanyí, Majorca. He founded the acid house act Snuff Crew and also produces music and plays live under his moniker Snuffo. Schmidt runs the labels Snuff Trax and In The Dark Again. He also writes books and hosts his own radio show "Snuffo in Santanyí".
ToneShaper
Design unique audio tones by graphically plotting frequency over time. Add points to define shapes, adjust frequency ranges and duration, and export your creations as WAV files. Explore a library of sample tone shapes to begin experimenting.
- Graphical frequency plotting
- Add and drag points to shape tones
- Adjust frequency range
- Set cycle duration
- Export audio to WAV
- Library of sample tone shapes
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Create cycles with tone shapes of smoothly varying frequency by plotting frequency at specific times. Tap the library button to pick from a selection of sample tone shapes to get started. Tap in the plot view to add points with coordinates (frequency, time). Drag to move points, but limited by the neighbors time. Alternatively, drag in the draw tab to add points, then apply them to set the points in the plot view. Adjust the frequency range slider to limit the bandwidth. Adjust the duration slider to specify the cycle period. Finally, in the export view you can save the audio to a WAV file with a chosen number of cycles. The duration of the audio is limited by the maximum duration, which therefore also limits the number of cycles in the audio file.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: ToneShaper at every 6 days against Cellarkalt's every 2 months. Cellarkalt's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 16.4). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads 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. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for Cellarkalt against 5.0 for ToneShaper. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 3 respectively.
Cellarkalt ships an update every 2 months, ToneShaper every 6 days. Both last shipped on October 7, 2026.
| Parameter | Cellarkalt | ToneShaper |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (3 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 2 | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 months | Every 6 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, Mac — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 35 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Benedikt Schmidt | Limit Point Software |
Customer experience
Cellarkalt
ToneShaper
In-app purchases
Cellarkalt
No in-app purchases
ToneShaper
No in-app purchases


