AudioZone vs Cantus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
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.
- 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)
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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.
Cantus
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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.
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Verdict
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
Both are free to download. AudioZone sells 1 in-app purchase, starting at $9.99 per month. Cantus asks for nothing beyond the download.
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.
| Parameter | AudioZone | Cantus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 100.0% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 3 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 3 days — better | Every 5 days |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Freemium | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better |
| Requires iOS | 13.0 — better | 15.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 50 MB | 3 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Marcus McCallum | Jason Zachariah |
In-app purchases
AudioZone
- AudioZone Pro$9.991 Month
Cantus
No in-app purchases









