Comparison

AudioZone vs Cantus

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

Head to head
About

AudioZone

Organize and play audio files with advanced effects and note-taking features. Record, mix, and export tracks with a built-in studio. Offers free iCloud backup and optional cloud sync for seamless cross-device access.

Highlights
  • Audio library with custom organization
  • Rich-text notes per track
  • Audiophile-grade playback effects
  • Built-in recording studio with multi-take
  • Live waveform with gapless looping
  • Free iCloud backup
  • Optional Cloud Sync (Pro)
Features
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AudioZone is a fast, beautiful audio library, player, and notes app for producers, engineers, artists, and anyone who lives in their files. Organize tracks into groups, take rich-text notes, and play back with audiophile-grade effects — speed, pitch, EQ, reverb, delay, and an A-B loop. Capture quick recordings, then layer takes in a built-in studio that mixes everything sample-accurate on iOS. Highlights • Library + groups with custom sort, swipe actions, and multi-select • Live waveform with zoomed timeline and gapless looping • Effects: speed, pitch, 5-band EQ, reverb, delay, A-B loop, export with effects baked in • Rich-text notes per track, auto-saved • Recording with a studio-style mini DAW — multi-take, per-take effects, draggable timeline • Link mode: open your library in any browser on the same Wi-Fi • Free iCloud backup that merges every device on your Apple ID — nothing is overwritten • Optional Cloud Sync (Pro): sign in with Apple or Google to sync audio files across iOS, iPadOS, and macOS Pro Cloud Sync of your full library — including audio files — for $9.99 / month. Subscription auto-renews; manage in Settings → Apple ID → Subscriptions.

About

Cantus

Features
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Cantus - Voicing Lab is an interactive harmony and chord-voicing tool by Nathaniel School of Music for pianists, composers, producers, and music theory students. Explore how notes move inside chords, hear voicings in context, and study color, tension, and modal relationships from the keyboard. Cantus is designed as a focused practice lab: pick a sound, inspect the voice leading, and build intuition for how harmony feels under your hands. FEATURES * Interactive chord and voicing explorer * Piano keyboard visualization * Modal and scale-based harmony practice * Voice-leading movement and pinboard-style comparison * Tone.js audio playback * Self-hosted fonts and bundled web assets * Works without an account BY NATHANIEL SCHOOL OF MUSIC Built for practical harmony learning, composition practice, and deeper chord fluency.

Screenshots

AudioZone4 screens
Cantus3 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Cantus at none against AudioZone's 1. AudioZone's advantage is iOS requirement (13.0 vs 15.0). On price, update cadence, ads and 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

Both are free to download. AudioZone sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Cantus asks for nothing beyond the download.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

AudioZone ships an update every 3 days, Cantus every 5 days. The most recent releases landed on October 14, 2026 and October 4, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard2 real differences · 8 level
AudioZone versus Cantus: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterAudioZoneCantus
PriceFreeFree
Rating5.0 (3 ratings) — better—
Positive reviews100.0% of reviews—
Number of ratings3 — better—
Update frequencyEvery 3 days — betterEvery 5 days
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesYesNo — better
MonetizationFreemium—
DevicesiPhone, iPodiPhone, iPad, iPod — better
Requires iOS13.0 — better15.0
Further details — not scored
Size50 MB3 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperMarcus McCallumJason Zachariah

In-app purchases

1 purchases

AudioZone

Subscriptions1
  • AudioZone Pro$9.991 Month
None

Cantus

No in-app purchases

Questions

Is AudioZone free?
AudioZone is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Is Cantus free?
Cantus is free to download, with no in-app purchases.
Do AudioZone or Cantus have ads?
Neither AudioZone nor Cantus shows ads.
Which is updated more often, AudioZone or Cantus?
AudioZone ships an update every 3 days, and Cantus every 5 days. Most recently, AudioZone was updated on October 14, 2026 and Cantus on October 4, 2026.

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