Comparison

Tone Generator vs AudioEngineerToolkit

Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.

Head to head
About

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.

Highlights
  • Sine, square, sawtooth, triangle wave generation
  • Adjustable frequency via swipe
  • Built-in hearing test sweep
  • Speaker cleaning function
  • Large frequency range
Features
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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.

About

AudioEngineerToolkit

Features
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A complete set of offline calculators for audio engineers — on stage, in the studio, no internet required. No login, no ads, no tracking. ■ Electrical · Ohm's Law calculator · Power calculator · Speaker impedance (series/parallel) · dB ↔ power ratio converter ■ Delay · Distance ↔ Time ↔ Phase · Haas Effect zone finder · Multi-zone speaker delay alignment · BPM-based reverb pre-delay ■ Acoustics · Frequency ↔ Period ↔ Wavelength ↔ Quarter-wavelength · Octave band calculator · Distance ↔ time delay · Room volume calculator · Room mode calculator · RT60 reverberation time ■ Tempo & Pitch · Tap tempo (BPM) finder · Note length calculator · Playback speed ↔ pitch converter (turntable-style) · Loop BPM finder · Bar duration calculator · Sample rate / buffer size latency calculator Keep your go-to calculators in the Favorites tab and open them in one tap. Available in Korean, English, Japanese, Spanish, Simplified Chinese, German, Brazilian Portuguese and French. Runs on iPhone, iPad and Mac.

Screenshots

Tone Generator4 screens
AudioEngineerToolkit4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: Tone Generator at Free against AudioEngineerToolkit's $4.99. Tone Generator also leads on iOS requirement (16.0 vs 26.5). AudioEngineerToolkit's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 1) and ads (none vs shown). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

Tone Generator is free to download; AudioEngineerToolkit costs $4.99 up front. Tone Generator sells 1 one-off in-app purchase. AudioEngineerToolkit asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

Tone Generator ships an update every 4 months, AudioEngineerToolkit monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 6, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard5 real differences · 5 level
Tone Generator versus AudioEngineerToolkit: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterTone GeneratorAudioEngineerToolkit
PriceFree — better$4.99
Rating4.8 (138 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews83.7% of reviews—
Number of ratings138 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 4 monthsMonthly — better
AdsYesNo — better
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFree with in-app purchases—
DevicesiPhone, iPadiPhone, iPad, Mac — better
Requires iOS16.0 — better26.5
Further details — not scored
Size6 MB1 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperTevfik YucekHYO SEOP LEE

In-app purchases

1 purchases

Tone Generator

One-time1
  • Remove Advertisements$2.99
None

AudioEngineerToolkit

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is Tone Generator free?
Tone Generator is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is AudioEngineerToolkit free?
AudioEngineerToolkit costs $4.99, with no in-app purchases.
Do Tone Generator or AudioEngineerToolkit have ads?
Tone Generator shows ads; AudioEngineerToolkit does not.
Which is updated more often, Tone Generator or AudioEngineerToolkit?
Tone Generator ships an update every 4 months, and AudioEngineerToolkit monthly. Most recently, Tone Generator was updated on October 15, 2026 and AudioEngineerToolkit on October 6, 2026.

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