Tone Generator vs Tuning Fork Studio
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.
Tuning Fork Studio
Generate fundamental audio waveforms like sine, square, triangle, and sawtooth with precise control over frequency, amplitude, phase, and harmonics. Export high-quality audio for music production, sound design, and acoustic testing.
- Sine, square, triangle, sawtooth wave generation
- Precise frequency control (A4 standard, custom Hz)
- Amplitude, phase, and multi-harmonic overlay
- Real-time complex sound synthesis
- High-quality audio export
- Music production and sound design tool
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Tuning Fork is a tool for tone generation, instrument playback, and sound observation. Build a sound from a familiar reference pitch, then explore it through live waveforms and spectra. Customize frequency, output gain, and harmonic components. Choose sine, square, triangle, or sawtooth waves, layer harmonics, and save configurations for later use. Play notes on a piano keyboard with the included GeneralUser GS soundfont. With microphone permission, the analyzer shows a live waveform, frequency reading, input level, and spectrum on your device. Core instrument playback, custom frequency, basic waveforms, and sound analysis are free. Pro adds the complete instrument library, more waveforms, unlimited sound configurations, and longer audio exports. Prices and availability are shown in the App Store. The app does not collect your data. Microphone input is processed on-device for live analysis and is not uploaded to developer servers. Privacy Policy: https://sites.google.com/view/gly699/home/privacy_policy Terms of Use: https://sites.google.com/view/gly699/home/terms-of-use Contact: liyangong697@gmail.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is ads: Tuning Fork Studio at none against Tone Generator's shown. Tuning Fork Studio also leads on rating (5.0 vs 4.8). Tone Generator's advantage is ratings volume (138 vs 1). On price, update cadence, in-app purchases and monetization model 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 and Tuning Fork Studio sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $0.99 per month. Whichever you choose, the download price is not the number that matters.
Tuning Fork Studio holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.8. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Tone Generator has 138 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.
Tone Generator ships an update every 4 months, Tuning Fork Studio every 3 months. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 18, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Tone Generator | Tuning Fork Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.8 (138 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 83.7% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 138 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 4 months | Every 3 months — better |
| Ads | Yes | No — better |
| In-app purchases | Yes | Yes |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 15.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 6 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Tevfik Yucek | 丽俨 龚 |
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In-app purchases
Tone Generator
- Remove Advertisements$2.99
Tuning Fork Studio
- Monthly$0.991 Month
- Yearly3 Days trial$5.991 Year
- Lifetime$9.99
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