Tone Generator vs Frequency
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
Frequency
Generate various sound waves, including sine, square, sawtooth, and triangle, with adjustable frequencies from 1Hz to 22000Hz. Visually observe animated sound waves and control volume. Useful for testing hearing, speakers, instruments, and even cleaning water from speakers.
- Generate sine, square, sawtooth, triangle waves
- Adjustable frequency (1Hz-22000Hz)
- Animated sound wave visualization
- Volume control (0-100%)
- Note selection
- Speaker cleaning function
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Are you producing? Want to sound test your speakers or tune your instruments? Or simply, do you want to generate sounds and listen to the generated sounds in different frequencies? Well, then you need a frequency sound generator to produce sound waves in different frequencies. Introducing Frequency Sound Generator! Frequency: Generator Sound player lets you generate a sine, square, sawtooth or triangle sound wave with a frequency between 1Hz and 22000Hz (Hertz). It produces accurate tone & soundwaves while being simple and easy to use. Additionally, pick from a wide variety of notes by taping the notes icon. No matter if you need to sound test and generate high frequency sounds or low frequency sounds, our frequency tone generator is your #1 best solution. EASY CONTROL Frequency: Sound Generator allows you to easily change the soundwaves from the main menu. Simply tap on the sound wave icon and pick between sine, square, sawtooth or triangle. ANIMATED SOUND WAVE You’ll love the animated sound wave function which visually represents the sound for a given frequency. You can change waveform by clicking on a round button at the left side and get a different sound and animated wave. ADJUST FREQUENCY & VOLUME Adjust the sound generating frequency easily by dragging the yellow dot. Make use of the - & + buttons for added adjusting precision. Additionally, control the volume of the generated sounds from 0-100%. NUMEROUS USES: This sound generating app can be used in multiple use cases: - Test your hearing. A human being is capable of hearing frequencies in the average range of 20Hz-20000Hz. This range is getting smaller by age, so it’s interesting to sound test your hearing capabilities. - Test speakers and headphones for the high end (treble) and low end (bass) tones. - Use this app as an instrument tuner when playing or producing. - Cleaning water from the speaker. Since sound is making small vibrations it can help to shake off unwanted water from your speakers. - Find your tinnitus frequency. NOTE: Since mobile phones are not high-quality audio sources and in-built speakers may vary in quality, sometimes users can hear sounds at very low or high frequencies even beyond the scope of human hearing. That noise is not sound of a given frequency but static or “parasite” noise generated by your mobile device. For the best experience use a pair of good quality headphones.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Frequency at none against Tone Generator's 1. Frequency also leads on update cadence (fortnightly vs every 4 months). Tone Generator's advantage is review sentiment (84% vs 70%). 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. Tone Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. Frequency asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 4.8 for Tone Generator against 4.7 for Frequency. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 138 and 340 respectively. Written reviews are what separate them: 84% of Tone Generator's written reviews are positive against 70% of Frequency's.
Tone Generator ships an update every 4 months, Frequency fortnightly. The most recent releases landed on September 22, 2026 and September 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Generator | Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (138 ratings) — better | 4.7 (340 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews — better | 69.6% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 138 | 340 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Fortnightly — better |
| Ads | Yes | Yes |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 16.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 8 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tevfik Yucek | Lucija Jaksic |
Customer experience
Tone Generator
Frequency
Bugs and requests
Tone Generator
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
Frequency
Reported bugs
4 issues- Slider snaps to certain numbers, skipping decimals
- Missing specific frequencies (431Hz, 432Hz, 128Hz)
- Settings/controls off-screen on smaller devices
- App crashes when switching between applications
Requested features
9 requests- Manual text input for precise frequency selection
- Ad-free paid version option
- Timer feature for sessions
- Digital tuning with +/- buttons on main screen
- Background image customization or frequency healing chart
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- Decimal frequency support
- Increased decibel/amplification levels
- Language localization (Turkish requested)
- Continuous background play without app switching interruption
In-app purchases
Tone Generator
- Remove Advertisements$2.99
Frequency
No in-app purchases
Questions
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