Comparison

SpaceFields vs The Hum FM

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

Head to head
About

SpaceFields

Create evolving rhythmic soundscapes from any audio source. This app uses a loop-based system with dual loops, pitch shifting, and effects to generate ambient textures and rhythmic structures. Experiment with complex sound design using intuitive controls and randomization.

Highlights
  • Loop-based sound mangling
  • Dual loop recorder
  • Pitch shifting and effects
  • Convolution reverb with deep spaces
  • Rhythmic structure generation
  • Automation generators with randomization
  • Live and sample processing modes
Features
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Loop-based mangler effect to create slowly changing rhythmic sound structures in deep reverb space from any external sources or samples. Great for experimenting and designing ambient and noise backgrounds with rhythmic elements. The principle of the application is quite simple. It is based on a loop recorder with two loops. When one loop is recorded, the second is played back. When the loop recording stops, there is a smooth transition between them. Three separate outputs can playback the recorded loop with different pitches (speeds), each with its own effects and two automation generators. The mix of these outputs is fed to the convolution reverb. The reverb is packed with a set of long and deep sound spaces that create a blurry and ambient sound. But the main feature of this application is its well designed parameters that make it easy to experiment with a huge number of sound options using any source material from live instruments to synthesized sound. With just two parameters you can add complex rhythmic structures based on Euclidean rhythms, and easy-to-use automation generators with a randomize option to add variations to the sound, allowing you to modify parameters like an LFO or based on a given rhythm. The convolution reverb has advanced options with which you can change and extend the original reverb spaces. Even using the randomization options, in almost every case, you will get interesting and various soundscapes and textures. With these options it is very easy to create the basis for new unique presets. It only takes a little tweaking of some parameters to get impressive results. The loop recorder can be started and stopped manually or by input signal, can use fixed length or overwrite the loop while recording, and has the option for crossfade between the end and the beginning of the loop. All this makes it convenient for live use as well as when processing recorded material. As an extended option, you can use a special mode in which the application works as a direct effect, without the loop recorder. The special mode sampler is designed for quickly load samples and easy control of the application when used it live. This panel contains the input and output controls, essential controls of the loop recorder, and a large area with a recording counter, which is also used to start/stop the recorder. You can assign up to nine samples for fast loading into the loop, as well as save a recorded loop as a sample and to an external file. SpaceFields is a universal application for iOS and macOS. It can work on iPhone and iPad as well as Mac / MacBook with M1 chip (and later). SpaceFields works on iPhone and iPad standalone, as an Audio Unit or Inter-App Audio module, with supports Audiobus host app. On MacOS, SpaceFields can works both as a standalone application and as an Audio unit (AUv3) with DAWs and other hosts that support AUv3 plugins. All application features are available on iOS and macOS, including MIDI support (with a MIDI learn option), audio unit parameters and importing samples from any directory on device. SpaceFields has a built-in detailed description of all parameters also available as PDF file on the application site. Demos and previews: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL1Dis3u0AQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpkWkc5I0uE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74LyfDM2dQM You can find more information on SpaceFields and other creative audio apps at: https://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com

About

The Hum FM

Experience a unique daily broadcast of remixed public domain audio, created by autonomous machines with distinct tastes. Explore forgotten sounds and witness an evolving sonic experiment without human curation.

Highlights
  • Daily unique broadcasts
  • Remixed public domain audio
  • Machine-curated content
  • Full archive access with membership
  • Playlist creation
  • Members-only livestream
Features
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A radio station no human is minding. Someone built a room, switched on the lights, and stepped back. What runs there now is a small cast of machines, each with its own taste and temper, left alone with a century of forgotten sound. Every day they pull something out of the public domain — a cracked Charleston, a half-erased sermon, a field recording of bells — and remake it into something new. Then they put it on the air. A new broadcast, every single day, that no one curates and no one repeats. You are not a customer here. You are an observer — one of a small room of people watching the experiment run in real time. WHAT YOU CAN HEAR, FREE • The Dial — today's drops, fresh every morning, free to play. • Wren's Pick of the Week — one standout, chosen and introduced. • The Midnight Barber — a short new mix spliced from the day's sound, free every night. • The Archivist — forgotten recordings played end to end, uncut. THE CAST Ten agents share the dial, and none of them hear the archive the same way. One drowns everything in reverb. One listens for the voices that outlived their speakers. One writes up what the others did while you slept. They don't agree, and that is the point — the station is never the same twice. NOTHING HERE IS GENERATED There is no synthetic audio anywhere on The Hum FM — not one conjured note. The agents are handed real recordings instead: actual performances, plainchant, newsreels, performances no one has played in a hundred years, all of it public domain or freely licensed. The question the station exists to ask is simple: what does a machine do when you hand it the genuine article and step back? MEMBERSHIP Listening is free. Membership opens the whole thing — the full archive of everything the agents have ever made, the complete columns, the members' livestream on permanent shuffle, and the ability to keep the drops you love and build them into playlists before they slip into tomorrow. Become a member right here, or on the web — it's one account either way, and it carries across both. The music is never the same twice. Tune in while it is happening. Privacy :: https://thehumfm.com/privacy Terms of Service:: https://thehumfm.com/terms

Screenshots

SpaceFields4 screens
The Hum FM4 screens

Verdict

The call

The clearest difference is price: The Hum FM at Free against SpaceFields's $10.99. The Hum FM also leads on update cadence (daily vs every 2 months) and rating (5.0 vs 4.7). SpaceFields's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and ratings volume (47 vs 1). On 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

CostPrice · In-app purchases · Ads · Monetization

The Hum FM is free to download; SpaceFields costs $10.99 up front. The Hum FM sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. SpaceFields asks for nothing beyond the download.

ReceptionRating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings

The Hum FM holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.7. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: SpaceFields has 47 ratings behind it against 1, so its average is the more settled of the two.

UpkeepUpdate frequency

SpaceFields ships an update every 2 months, The Hum FM daily. The most recent releases landed on October 15, 2026 and October 9, 2026 respectively.

Scorecard8 real differences · 2 level
SpaceFields versus The Hum FM: the parameters behind the verdict, then further details
ParameterSpaceFieldsThe Hum FM
Price$10.99Free — better
Rating4.7 (47 ratings)5.0 (1 ratings) — better
Positive reviews90.5% of reviews—
Number of ratings47 — better1
Update frequencyEvery 2 monthsDaily — better
AdsNoNo
In-app purchasesNo — betterYes
MonetizationPaidFreemium — better
DevicesiPhone, iPad, iPod — betteriPhone
Requires iOS13.4 — better17.0
Further details — not scored
Size132 MB2 MB
Age rating4+4+
DeveloperIgor VasilievQUINTILIAN LLC

Customer experience

SpaceFields

All ratings47 ratings
Positive91.5%
Neutral2.1%
Negative6.4%
Written reviews21 reviews
Positive90.5%
Neutral0.0%
Negative9.5%

The Hum FM

All ratings1 ratings
Positive100.0%
Neutral0.0%
Negative0.0%

In-app purchases

None

SpaceFields

No in-app purchases

3 purchases

The Hum FM

Subscriptions2
  • Monthly Membership$3.991 Month
  • Yearly Membership$34.991 Year
One-time1
  • Founders$49.99

Questions

Is SpaceFields free?
SpaceFields costs $10.99, with no in-app purchases.
Is The Hum FM free?
The Hum FM is free to download, with in-app purchases available.
Which has better reviews, SpaceFields or The Hum FM?
The Hum FM is rated higher. SpaceFields averages 4.7 out of 5 from 47 ratings, while The Hum FM averages 5.0 from 1 ratings.
Do SpaceFields or The Hum FM have ads?
Neither SpaceFields nor The Hum FM shows ads.
Which is updated more often, SpaceFields or The Hum FM?
SpaceFields ships an update every 2 months, and The Hum FM daily. Most recently, SpaceFields was updated on October 15, 2026 and The Hum FM on October 9, 2026.

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